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  • Darby bottle bomb
  • Police are looking for the person or people who detonated a bottle bomb just feet from a school and police station in Darby, Pa.
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  • New Castle City ammunition explosion leaves 1 injured
  • A box of ammunition exploded in a man's face outside his home in New Castle County, Delaware Tuesday morning.
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  • New Castle City ammunition explosion leaves 1 injured
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News' David Henry
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  • New Castle City ammunition explosion leaves 1 injured
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  • Fatal California limo fire
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  • Fatal California limo fire
  • Families and friends Tuesday struggled with the heartbreak of losing five loved ones, all nurses, who died Saturday in a burning limousine.
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  • A gas tanker truck exploded on a highway in a Mexico City suburb early Tuesday, killing at least 19 people and injuring three dozen.
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  • Fatal California limo fire
  • A limousine that burst into flames on a bridge, killing five women inside, was carrying one too many passengers.
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  • Fatal California limo fire
  • A new bride was among those killed in a limo fire on a San Francisco Bay bridge.
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  • Neriza Fojas
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  • A lawyer says that the Texas fertilizer plant that exploded, killing 14 people was insured for up to $1 million in liability.
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  • Major League Baseball
  • Major League Baseball and the players association are donating a combined $100,000 to victims of the Texas fertilizer plant explosion that killed at least 14 people and injured about 200.
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  • A powerful explosion damaged an office building in the center of the Czech capital, Prague, Monday, injuring up to 40 people. Authorities believe some people are buried in the rubble.
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  • The town of West, Texas, is preparing to say goodbye to 14 people who were killed when a fertilizer plant exploded and leveled part of the town.
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  • alabama barge explosion
  • The barge exploded across the river from the Carnival Triumph, the cruise ship that became disabled in the Gulf of Mexico.
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  • A large fire that began with explosions aboard two fuel barges in Mobile, Ala., was rocked by a seventh explosion early Thursday and fire officials said they planned to let the fire, which has injured three, burn overnight.
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  • The White House says President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service for victims of the fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West, Texas.
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  • The FBI has released surveillance photos of two suspects sought in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday.
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  • Runners observe a 30 second silent in memory of Boston Marathon bombings before the start during the London Marathon, London, Sunday, April 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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  • A defiant, festive mood prevailed Sunday at the London Marathon despite concerns raised by the recent bombings at the Boston Marathon.
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  • After days of waiting, the first group of residents were allowed back afte a Texas fertilizer plant exploded.
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  • They gathered in silence on Boylston Street, just three blocks away from the chaos and carnage caused by twin bombings four days earlier. Some were crying.
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  • This aerial photo shows the remains of a fertilizer plant destroyed by an explosion and an emergency responders vehicle, bottom left, in West, Texas, Thursday, April 18, 2013. Rescuers searched the smoking remnants for survivors of Wednesday nights thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking smashed houses and apartments for anyone still trapped in debris while the community awaited word on the number of dead. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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  • The neighborhood surrounding a Texas fertilizer plant that erupted in a thunderous explosion is gone, and the residents here know they've lost more than the buildings that went up in flames.
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  • The FBI has released surveillance photographs of two suspects in the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings.
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  • In this Instagram photo provided by Andy Bartee, a plume of smoke rises from a fertilizer plant fire in West, Texas on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. An explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco Wednesday night injured dozens of people and sent flames shooting high into the night sky, leaving the factory a smoldering ruin and causing major damage to surrounding buildings. (AP Photo/Andy Bartee)
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  • Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking smashed houses and apartments for anyone still trapped in debris while the community awaited word on the number of dead.
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  • Texas plant explosion
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  • The FBI released the following photos of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings during a press conference on Thursday, April 18, 2013. Suspect #1 is wearing a dark hat. Suspect #2 is wearing a white hat.
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  • The FBI has released surveillance photographs of two suspects in the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings.
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  • In this Instagram photo provided by Andy Bartee, a plume of smoke rises from a fertilizer plant fire in West, Texas on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. An explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco Wednesday night injured dozens of people and sent flames shooting high into the night sky, leaving the factory a smoldering ruin and causing major damage to surrounding buildings. (AP Photo/Andy Bartee)
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  • Texas plant explosion
  • An explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco Wednesday night injured dozens of people.
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  • Just about everyone you can imagine stopped by Carlos Luis Arredondo's little brick row house Wednesday to hear what he had to say about the Boston Marathon bombing. Reporters flew in from as far away as Paris, friends and neighbors strolled in, even two FBI agents made a visit.
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  • Explosions at Boston Marathon
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  • Explosions at Boston Marathon
  • Investigators are on the hunt for a man seen in a department store surveillance video dropping off a bag at the site of the bombings, a local politician said.
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  • Boston Marathon bombing victims
  • The twin bombs at the Boston Marathon killed three people and wounded more than 170 on Monday.
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  • Explosions at Boston Marathon
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  • Click play to watch the report from Action News' Eva Pilgrim
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  • Podiatry students from Temple University became caught in the middle of the bombings at the Boston Marathon.
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  • The Associated Press source "stood by the information even after it was disputed."
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  • The Associated Press source "stood by the information even after it was disputed."
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  • Explosions at Boston Marathon
  • Here are some ways you can help with the relief effort following the Boston Marathon bombings:
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  • A law enforcement official briefed on the investigation says a suspect has been taken into custody in the Boston Marathon bombings.
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  • Click play to watch the report from Action News' Kenneth Moton in Boston
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  • This image from a Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security joint bulletin issued to law enforcement and obtained by The Associated Press, shows the remains of a black backpack that the FBI says contained one of the bombs that exploded during the Boston Marathon. The FBI says it has evidence that indicates one of the bombs that exploded in the Boston Marathon was contained in a pressure cooker with nails and ball bearings, and it was hidden in a backpack. (AP Photo/FBI)
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  • While there are still many questions about who caused these attacks and why, a couple of running groups wanted to stand united in response to threats of terror and to remember those affected by yesterday's horrific attack.
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  • Click play to watch the report from Action News
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  • Runners from the Philadelphia area who were in the Boston Marathon when the bombs exploded vow they will return to the race.
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