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One Boston Marathon suspect believed dead, another subject of massive manhunt

Global Politics

At least one police officer was killed, another is in serious condition as law enforcement found the two men believed to be behind the Boston Marathon terrorist attacks. The first man, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, is believed to be dead, but Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is at large and the subject of a massive manhunt.

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French Police in Standoff with Suspected Gunman

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Who knew what and when in the Madoff fraud

Global Politics

The House Financial Services committee met yesterday to hear testimony to determine whether regulators could have caught on to Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme before it caused so much damage. Guest: Stephen Harbeck, Security Investor Protection Corporation

The World

Global reach of Madoff fraud

Business, Economics and Jobs

The financial fraud allegedly committed by Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff has global implications. Today it’s emerged that victims of the alleged scheme include some of the world’s biggest banks. The World’s Matthew Bell reports.

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