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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the subject of the manhunt in Boston, in a photo released by the FBI. He's a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.

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'The Hunt Is Over:' Police Apprehend Marathon Bombing Suspect

7:11am April 20, 2013

After a massive Boston-area manhunt for the suspect in the marathon bombings, police closed in on a boat in a Watertown backyard where the 19-year-old was hiding. The dramatic resolution came shortly after police announced they did not believe the suspect was in the area.

Journalists Charles Sennott And Seth Mnookin Discuss Boston Manhunt

10:41pm April 19, 2013

Charles Sennott, vice president, executive editor and co-founder of GlobalPost, talks with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about the ongoing manhunt in Boston. Seth Mnookin, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, describes live-tweeting the events at MIT.

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Dennis Lehane On 'Messing With The Wrong City'

10:41pm April 19, 2013

Author Dennis Lehane talks with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about his New York Times op-ed, "Messing with the Wrong City," which expressed his love for his hometown.

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Jack Richmond and his daughter, Reagan, visit StoryCorps in Knoxville, Tenn.

National

Losing A Leg, But Gaining A Sense Of Purpose

9:30pm April 19, 2013

by NPR Staff

Jack Richmond was a young father when his leg was crushed in a work accident. Though in denial at first that it would need to be amputated, he quickly realized he could share his experience to help other amputees, as he tells his daughter, Reagan, on a visit to StoryCorps.

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Supporters of Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles protest in the area of Altamira, in Caracas, capital of Venezuela, on Monday.

World News

Post-Chavez Venezuela Grows More, Not Less, Polarized

8:37am April 19, 2013

by Juan Forero

A divide that began under President Hugo Chavez has grown deeper in the weeks since his death. "The country is simply split in two," says one Venezuelan, in the wake of violent protests after the disputed presidential election that Chavez's hand-picked heir won by a slim margin.

The small squares superimposed on this image of the Milky Way galaxy show where in the sky the Kepler telescope is hunting for Earth-like planets. Kepler, which launched in 2009, has identified more than 100 planets.

Kepler Telescope Spots 3 New Planets In The 'Goldilocks Zone'

10:26pm April 18, 2013

by Joe Palca

The planets orbiting far-off stars are close to Earth-sized and are a distance from their suns that makes their surfaces neither too hot nor too cold. Since launching in 2009, the Kepler telescope has identified more than 100 planets.

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Musician Yo-Yo Ma performs during "Healing Our City: An Interfaith Service" dedicated to those who were gravely wounded or killed in the Boston Marathon bombing.

Music & Culture

Listen: Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach's 'Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor'

10:26pm April 18, 2013

by Eyder Peralta

Ma said he thought of the piece as "a struggle for hope," capturing the feeling in Boston perfectly.

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Lionfish, like this one spotted in the Bahamas, are a nonnative predatory fish that can decimate native fish populations.

Lionfish Attacking Atlantic Ocean Like A Living Oil Spill

1:45pm April 18, 2013

by Elizabeth Shogren

Scientists say they have few weapons to wield against the poison-spined lionfish, which is gobbling up reef fish in the Bahamas and other habitats.

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Panels from Action Comics No. 1, the first Superman comic, adorn the site of illustrator Joe Shuster's former apartment building, long since demolished.

Cleveland Celebrates Superman, Its Hometown Hero

1:39pm April 18, 2013

by Brian Bull

Most people think of Superman as a native of Krypton, or perhaps the rural Kansas village of Smallville. Not so fast, say Clevelanders. The creators of the Man of Steel grew up in the city that steel built, and this year, Cleveland is pulling out all the stops for the superhero's 75th birthday.

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National

Police Say Fires Burning But Under Control After Texas Blast

12:22pm April 18, 2013

David Greene has the latest on Wednesday night's explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco, Texas, where at least five people are dead and more than 100 were injured.

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