Explosions in Boston - Open Thread - UPDATE: Internet sleuths at Reddit and 4chan search for the Boston bomber - UPDATE 2: CBS News report about the possible suspect

By Patrick

The USA has yet again been hit by a terrible tragedy which appears to be caused by terrorism. The perpetrators are unknown yet. Hopefully they will be found soon.

Our thoughts are with the victims and their families.

Live video of the explosions at the Boston Marathon today:

Let's share the news and our thoughts about this tragedy.

Continuously updated news about the events can be found at Huffington Post.

If you are family trying to find out about missing loved ones, please call 617-635-4500. If you saw or know anything about the bombings, please call 1-800-494-TIPS

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UPDATE:

New shocking live video from the explosion:

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UPDATE 2:

Internet sleuths at the famous as well infamous internet websites reddit and 4chan are searching frantically for photos of the bomber and already made several interesting finds. Please read the article at Atlantic Wire with the details. However, nothing has been proven or confirmed yet. It is an ongoing investigation. This is also the reason why we won't publish pictures of possible suspects, before anything is confirmed. 

But it is noteworthy that internet sleuths have started their own major investigation. It might prove valuable in the end.

The reddit page "findbostonbombers" can be found here.

Here are the photo comparisons of the "4chan think tank."

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UPDATE 3:

CBS News just broadcast a very informative report about the latest developments regarding the possible suspect.

Watch (or click here):

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UDPATE 4: 

Live video stream from CBS Boston about the latest developments: 

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Sarah Palin in Boston: Sight-seeing, autographs, interviews, start all over again - PLUS: Elizabeth Hasselbeck is not Happy and Yes, Sarah Will Run

By Patrick

Sarah Palin visited Boston today, and someone uploaded a video clip on youtube about this visit to Boston which shows extremely well what this visit and Sarah's "look-at-me" bus tour is all about: It's a show, nothing else. An orgy of sight-seeing, giving autographs, giving interviews and pretending very hard that the Queen of Mean hasn't decided yet whether she should run for President:

Meanwhile, it's interesting to note that former supporter Elizabeth Hasselbeck is no longer happy with Sarah: Hasselbeck, who now openly supports Mitt Romney, complained today on "The View" that Sarah Palin is manipulating the media in order to take attention away from Mitt Romney:

Also, our reader maelewis just provided a very interesting piece of information in the comments of the previous post:

Cent Uygur and his panel are discussing SarahPAC and Sarah. Shushanna Walshe (Sarah From Alaska) said that from the beginning the PAC was funded to pay for Sarah's travel. They are looking at a $5 million PAC that has donated 10% to other candidates, which leaves 90% for Sarah....to spend on herself, her so-called vacation. Walshe says that Sarah is running, and she has already seen the movie. That clinches it, after seeing the movie, "there is no way that she's not running."

David Korn (Mother Jones) thinks that in the end, Sarah is hyping her brand. They all agree that despite the fact that kids may be along on Sarah's bus, it IS NOT a family vacation. A really catty note: Today, Sarah is wearing her pink TLC t-shirt, and she appears to be wearing underwear along the same proportions of the Belmont Stakes. She does not look like the skinny gal in the black t-shirt at Rolling Thunder.

She will run, you betcha, America!