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Friday, May 17, 2013  Tonight more than one hundred family and friends gathered for a funeral at the Auburn United Methodist Church. In his second tour of duty Staff Sgt. Francis Phillips was killed in Afghanistan when an IED bomb exploded on May 4th killing him and four others.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Police in Worcester, Mass., say the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried outside of the city.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Frank Phillips Jr. is proud of his grandson, Staff Sgt. Francis Phillips IV, who died in Afghanistan over the weekend.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Military officials say five Fort Bliss soldiers have died in a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan.

Friday, May 03, 2013  A death certificate says a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings died from gunshot wounds and blunt trauma to his head and torso.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Sunday's Mountain Goat Run will have added security after the Boston Marathon bombings, and is also drawing more business to the Syracuse area.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Customs officials are being ordered "effective immediately" to verify that every foreign student arriving in the U.S. has a valid student visa.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Two U.S. officials say the surviving suspected Boston bomber told interrogators that he and his brother considered setting off their bombs on July Fourth, but they decided to carry out their attack sooner and chose the date of the Boston marathon.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Three men who attended college with the Boston Marathon suspect have been charged in connection with the case. Boston Police say there was no threat to public safety.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Colgate University will host a special mixed-doubles tennis tournament on the J.W. Abrahamson Memorial Courts on Thursday, May 2 at 4pm in honor of Martin Richard, the 8–year-old boy that died in the Boston Marathon bombing.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Lawyers for two men friendly with the Boston Marathon bombing suspect say their clients have been extensively interviewed by federal investigators.

Monday, April 29, 2013  U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer is questioning why the FBI didn't re-interview the older brother suspected in the Boston Marathon bombing when he returned from Russia and posted "inflammatory" comments on the Internet.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Irish Dancers at this year's Bob Gabor CNY Feis Irish Dance Festival will have a chance to help the family of one of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  A man is accused of robbing a M&T Bank in the town of Onondaga after displaying a pipe with wires and telling employees he had a bomb.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  New York City officials say the Boston Marathon bombing suspects intended to blow up their remaining explosives in Times Square.