Arun Rath

Media reports in the United States say investigators have identified a suspect in the Boston marathon bombings from video footage. Host Aaron Schachter gets an update from The World’s Arun Rath.

President Barack Obama says the attack had been a “heinous and cowardly act,” but said it was not yet known who carried out the attack and why.

The intrigue of magicians stealing each other’s secrets is as old as the art of magic itself. But today, the hyper-connectivity of the world has made ripping off tricks a hundred times easier and a million times faster. It’s a huge intl business, and once again the prime violator of intellectual property rights is China.

The Freedom of the Press Foundation has released surreptitiously recorded audio of the statement Private Bradley Manning made before a pre-court martial hearing last week. The audio has let Bradley Manning speak to the world in his own voice.

Thursday, US Army private Bradley Manning, who was charged with sharing classified documents with the group Wikileaks, shed some light on why he did it. Manning spoke at military hearing in Maryland. He pleaded guilty to some of the charges against him.