Boston bomb suspect died of gunshots, blunt trauma

BOSTON (AP) -- A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings died from gunshot wounds and blunt trauma to his head and torso, his death certificate says. (   05/03/2013 8:57 PM )

• Death certificate: Boston bombing suspect died of gunshot wounds, blunt trauma to head, torso

• Bruins juggle defense; Leafs address problems

• Victorino back in Red Sox lineup

• Mass. reports jump in April tax revenue gains

Conn. board considers release of wife killer

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) -- A state psychiatric board heard testimony Friday on whether it should allow some limited freedom to a man who was found not guilty by reason of insanity for beating his pregnant wife to death in front of their 5-year-old son in 1998. (   05/03/2013 7:52 PM )

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• NYC to add 640K people to evacuation zones

• Rutland, Vt., fire displaces 3 families

• Maine panel hears case for marijuana legalization

Obama doesn't foresee US ground troops in Syria

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Friday he doesn't foresee any circumstance requiring the U.S. to send ground troops into Syria, even as Washington pursues more evidence about the regime's purported use of chemical weapons. (   05/03/2013 8:51 PM )

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• Kazakh man linked to Boston suspect 'normal teen'

• Canada accuses Qatar of trying to buy UN agency

Newtown board mulls plans for Sandy Hook school

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- Newtown, Conn., officials are meeting to discuss what to do with the elementary school where 20 first-graders and six educators were shot to death in December, but they might not vote. (   05/03/2013 8:30 PM )

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• Calif. teacher plea: No contest to sleep pill case

• No charges for Calif. teacher accused of tying kid

• UMass asks if it can release records in bomb case

Parents see more food, skin allergies in children

NEW YORK -- Parents are reporting more skin and food allergies in their children, a big government survey found. Experts aren't sure what's behind the increase. Could it be that children are growing up in households so clean that it leaves them more sensitive to things that can trigger allergies? Or are mom and dad paying closer attention to rashes and reactions, and more likely to call it an allergy? The CDC survey suggests that about 1 in 20 US children have food allergies. That's a 50 percent increase from the late 1990s. For eczema and other skin allergies, it's 1 in 8 children, an increase of 69 percent. It found no increase, however, in hay fever or other respiratory allergies.(   05/03/2013 12:00 AM )

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• Russia charging NASA $70 million per rocket seat

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