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THENATION’SNEWS
SUMMER
MOVIES
Moreof
thesame,
butbigger
Sequelsmultiply,
plusanew
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HOWDIDYOURTEAMDO?1stroundselections,1,7,11,13C
Congresstacklesairdelays
SenategivesFAA
theall-clear
toshiftfunds
toendfurloughs
‘YOUARENOTFORGOTTEN’
NEWSLINE
U.S.nowsays
Syriahasused
chemicalweapons
DefenseSecretaryHagel,
WhiteHousecite“varying
degreesofconfidence”
thatSyriahasusedchem-
icalweapons.
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PressuregrowingonU.S.
totakeaction.
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Congressispoisedtoendair-traf-
fic-controlfurloughsthathavede-
layedthousandsofflightsthisweek.
TheSenateunanimouslyagreed
ThursdaytoallowtheFederalAvia-
tionAdministration(FAA)toshift
$253millionfromotheraccountsso
itcanendfurloughsandkeeptowers
openatsmallerairportsnationwide.
TheHouseisexpectedtorubber-
stampthelegislationtoday.
Lawmakerssaidthefurloughs
couldendimmediatelyunderthebill,
buttheFAAsaiditwasn’tclearhow
quicklythecontrollerschedules
couldbechanged.
“Thisshouldpreventtheonerous
delaysthathavebeenoccurringand
thatwereonlygoingtogetworseas
thetravelingseasonreacheditspeak
thissummer,”saidSen.SusanCol-
lins,R-Maine,whoservesontheap-
propriations subcommittee for
transportation.
Passenger,pilotandairlineCEO
frustrationgrewasthefurloughs
stackedupflightsfromNewYorkto
LosAngelesforafifthstraightday.
“Thisisoneoftheworstflyingex-
periencesever,”saidEvanShenkin,a
NewYorkresidentwhochangedDel-
taflightstwiceWednesdayand
whosedeparturewasdelayedfour
hourstoflyfromBostonLoganto
JFKairportinNewYork.
About40%ofdelaysthisweek
werearesultofnotenoughcontrol-
lersintowers,theFAAsaid,with400
delaysblamedonstaingSunday,
1,200delaysblamedonstaingon
Monday,1,025onTuesdayand863
onWednesday.
Thetotalnumberofdelays,in-
cludingthoseforweather,morethan
tripledfromayearearlier,from
2,795to8,804thisweek,accordingto
theNationalAirTraicControllers
Association,theunionrepresenting
furloughedworkers.
OnThursday,theFAAwarnedof
delaysfromstaingshortagesatthe
threeNewYork-areaairportsandre-
gionalcentersforSouthernCalifor-
nia,ChicagoandWashington.
Thefurloughsofabout1,500con-
trollersadayresultedfromgovern-
mentwidespendingcutsthatforced
theFAAtotrim$637millionbySept.
30.TransportationSecretaryRayLa-
HoodandFAAAdministratorMi-
chaelHuertasaidtheycouldn’tavoid
furloughstoshave$220millionand
theclosureoftowersatsmallair-
portstosave$25million,alongwith
curbingtraining,travelandinforma-
tion-technologyspending.
TheWhiteHouse signaled
Wednesdayitwaspreparedtofixthe
FAA.SpokesmanJayCarneycalledit
a“Band-Aidapproach”tothelinger-
ingfederalspendingdisputebetween
RepublicanlawmakersandtheDem-
ocraticadministration.
Sen.JerryMoran,R-Kan.,saidthe
legislationwouldallowFAAtokeep
openthetowers,“inavictoryforair
travelers and communities
nationwide.”
AFP/GETTYIMAGES
FormerpresidentsgatheredThursday.
Livingpresidents
jointohailBush
“Honorofalifetime,”he
saysatdedicationofhis
presidentiallibraryand
museum.
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HonorguardmemberssaluteThursdayinWaco,Texas,astheychangeshiftbeforeamemorialser-
viceforfirstresponderswhodiedinlastweek’sfertilizerplantexplosioninWest,Texas.President
Obamalaudedtheircourageandtoldfamilyandfriendsthatthenationsharestheirgrief.3A.
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hasn’tquiteleftthebattlefield
behind.
“Thisishomeforme,”saysPor-
ta,26,whogrewupinsuburban-
WashingtonBeltsvilleafterhisfam-
ilyemigratedfromPeru. “But
sometimes,it’skindofhardsaying,
‘Iamhome.’”
Twomonthsago,amanap-
proachedPortainaHomeDepot.
Hestoodstudyingtheburnson
Porta’sfaceandaskedifacaracci-
dentwastoblame.Porta,wearinga
MarineCorpssweatshirt,said,no,
itwasanIEDexplosioninIraq.
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angershimstillwerethewordsthe
mansaidnext:“Wasitworthit?”Is
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NEWS
2A
Agencytoturnoffupto375
floodgaugesbecauseofcuts
INBRIEF
OBAMAASKSSUPREMECOURT
TOUPHOLDAPPOINTMENTS
DEATHTOLLCLIMBSINCOLLAPSE
ASupremeCourtbattleoverpresi-
dentialpowersloomedcloserThurs-
dayastheObamaadministration
askedthejusticestoupholdappoint-
mentsmadewithoutSenateconsent.
TheJusticeDepartmentrequestis
almostcertaintomakeitswayonto
thecourt’scalendarlaterthisyearor
in2014becauselowercourtshaveis-
suedsplitdecisionsontheissue.
AtstakeiswhetherObama—or
anypresident—cancircumventfili-
bustersofhisnomineesbyappoint-
ingthemwhilesenatorsareoutof
town.Thestickingpointinthiscase
isthattheSenatereconvenedevery
fewdaysin“proforma”sessions
wherenobusinesswasconducted.
Obamaappointedthreemembers
inJanuary2012tothefive-member
NationalLaborRelationsBoard,
whichhadbeenstymiedfollowing
SenateRepublicans’refusaltocon-
siderhisnominees.Theadministra-
tionarguedObamahad that
authoritybecausetheSenatewasnot
insession.
Butthefederalappealscourtfor
theDistrictofColumbiaruledthat
Obamalackedauthoritytomakethe
appointmentsinthemiddleofthe
112thCongress.Itreasonedthat
Obama’sactionwasawayaroundthe
Senate’sadvise-and-consentrole.
Thatdecision“woulddramatically
curtailthescopeofthepresident’s
authorityundertherecessappoint-
mentsclause,”theJusticeDepart-
mentargued. —RichardWolf
DoyleRice
@USATODAYWeather
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HOW STREAM GAUGES HELP MONITOR RIVER LEVELS
Upto375ofthe8,000streamgaugestheU.S.GeologicalSurveyusesto
monitorriverlevelscouldsoonbeshutofbecauseofsequestrationcuts.
Justintimeforthespringflood
season, thefederalsequesteris
threateningtoshutoffundingfor
hundredsofstreamgaugesusedto
predictandmonitorfloodlevels
acrossthecountry.
TheU.S.GeologicalSurveywill
discontinueoperationofupto375
streamgaugesnationwidedueto
budgetcuts,theagencynotesonits
website.Additionalstreamgauges
maybeafectedifstateandlocal
partnersreducetheirfunding.
USGSisquicktopointoutitwon’t
shutdowngaugesnowbeingusedto
monitortheheavyfloodsintheMid-
west.RobertMason,deputychiefof
theUSGSOiceofSurfaceWater,
saystheagencyplanstoprioritize
gaugesusedbytheNationalWeather
Serviceforforecasting.
Atotalof682gaugeshavesome
leveloffundingissues(someofthe
gaugesmaynotbeshutofentirely).
TheUSGS,whichoperatesabout
95%ofthegauges,ispartoftheU.S.
DepartmentoftheInterior.
“Eventhoughtheoperationof
moststreamgaugesishighlyauto-
mated,thegaugesstillrequireperi-
odic instrument and ratings
calibration,communicationadjust-
ments,batteryreplacementandsite
maintenance(especiallyafterhigh
waterevents),”Masonsays.
“Itisahighlyfieldandlaborinten-
siveoperation,”Masonsays.Hesays
thetotalyearlymaintenanceandup-
keepcostofall8,000gaugesis
$150million.
Theshutofofthegaugescould
startasearlyasWednesday.Al-
thoughgaugeshavebeenshutofin
thepastduetobudgetcuts,“wehave
justnotfacedthisdrasticacutin
decades,ifever,”Masonsays.
Floodingkillsmorethan90Amer-
icanseachyear,accordingtotheNa-
tionalWeatherService.
Floodingwillremainamajorcon-
cernoverthenextfewdaysand
weeksintheMidwest:Thoughflood-
ingontheMississippiRiveriseasing
slightly,floodfearsareontherisein
NorthDakotaandMinnesota,pri-
marilyalongtheRedandSourisriv-
ers,theweatherservicesays.
RiverlevelsontheSourisandRed
riversinNorthDakotaarebeginning
toincreaseastemperaturesinthe
60sand70sallowthesnowpackto
meltthisweekend.PartsofMinneso-
2
3
Afloatorother
sensormeasures
thelevelofthe
watersurface.
Every15minutes,
riverstagedataare
sentviasatellite.
KEVINFRAYER,AP
Awomanisliftedoutoftherubble
Thursdaybyrescuersatthesiteofa
buildingthatcollapsedWednesdayin
Savar,Bangladesh.Thedeathtoll
reachedatleast194peopleascrews
searchedforinjuredandmissing.
Data
recorder
1
4
Waterentersor
leavesthewell
viaunderground
pipes.
Riverstageand
rainfalldatahelp
meteorologists
forecasthowhigh
therivermightrise.
tralandnorthernPlains,accordingto
theDroughtMonitor.—DoyleRice
BOMBOUTSIDEPAKISTAN
POLITICALOFFICEKILLSFIVE
Floor
Gaugehouse
Abombexplodedoutsideanelec-
tionoiceofoneofPakistan’smain
politicalparties,killingfivepeople
aheadofMay11elections.
Astheelectionapproaches,mili-
tantshavebeenattackingliberal,sec-
ularparties.Theonslaughthasraise
questionsaboutwhetherthevotecan
beconsideredvalidifsomemain-
streampartiescan’tproperlytake
part.
Thebombwasplantedoutsidean
oiceusedbytheMuttahidaQuami
Movement, seniorpoliceoicial
AmirFarooqisaid.Hesaidninepeo-
plewerewoundedbythebomb,
whichwasattachedtoamotorcycle.
TalibanspokesmanAhsanullahAh-
sanclaimedresponsibilityfortheat-
tackinacalltotheAssociatedPress.
Float
Land
Water
intake
pipe
Stream/River
Source
U.S.GeologicalSurvey
FRANKPOMPA,USATODAY
taandNorthDakotaremainunderas
muchasafootofsnowinsomespots.
Muchoftheexistingsnowcoverin
thenorthernPlainsandUpperMid-
westwillmeltthisweekendinto
earlynextweek,accordingtoAccu-
WeathermeteorologistAlexSosnow-
ski.Asthishappens,hesaysthe
waterlockedupinthesnow(the
equivalentof2to6inchesandin
somecasesmore)willbereleased.
Weatherservicehydrologistspro-
jecttheRedRiverinFargotoreach
majortonear-recordstagesnext
weekbecauseofmeltingsnowand
minorrainfallevents.
DROUGHTDIVIDEISTAKING
SHAPEACROSSTHEUSA
Thenationisseeingasharpdivide
betweendryandwetassummerap-
proaches:WhiletheeasternUSAis
almostdrought-free,droughtcon-
tinuestointensifyinmuchofthe
countrywestoftheMississippiRiver.
ManyareasoftheWestareending
thewetseasonwith“bleakspring
runofprospectsandincreasing
droughtconcerns,”accordingtothis
week’sU.S.DroughtMonitor,afeder-
alwebsitethattracksdrought.
EverystatewestoftheMississippi,
exceptforWashington,isenduring
somelevelofdrought.Inall,66%of
thewesternUSAisinadrought,with
theworstconditionsinTexas,Colo-
rado,KansasandNewMexico.Na-
tionally,47%ofthecontiguousU.S.is
inadrought.
Theforecastforthenextweekto
10daysisforwarmer-anddrier-
than-normalconditionsfromthe
westernU.S.eastwardintothecen-
MISSISSIPPIMANTIEDTORICIN
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AMississippimanwhosehome
wassearchedintheinvestigationof
poisonedletterssenttothepresident
andothersisinhiding,buthisattor-
neysaidheiscooperatingandthe
FBIknowshowtoreachhim.
EverettDutschke,45,hadhis
homeandformerbusinessinTupelo
searchedinconnectionwiththelet-
ters,whichallegedlycontainedricin.
Chargesinitiallyfiledagainstace-
lebrityimpersonatorweredropped
thisweek.Attentionturnedto
Dutschke,whohastiestotheformer
suspectandajudgeandsenatorwho
theletterswereaddressedto.
AfriendofDutschke’stoldtheAs-
sociatedPressDutschkewasjusttry-
ingtoescapethenewsmedia.
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NATION
Bush:‘Itwasthehonorofalifetime’
USANow
Whatwe’re
following
Fivepresidentscome
togethertodedicate
libraryandmuseum
Obama,afrequentcriticofwhat
hehascalledBush’s“failedpolicies,”
praisedBush’sleadershipafterthe9/
11attacks,hisfightagainstAIDSin
Africaandhisimmigrationandedu-
cationpolicies.
OfBush’stenureascommanderin
chief,Obamasaid,“Weshareapro-
foundrespectandreverence”forthe
nation’smilitary.
Theceremonywasthefirstgather-
ingofthefivemensinceJanuary
2009,whentheymetattheWhite
HousebeforeObama’sinauguration.
Bushis66;hisfather,GeorgeH.W.
Bush,88;Obama,51;BillClinton,66;
andJimmyCarter,88.
TheyoungerBushgrippedhisfa-
ther’shandduringtheinvocation.
GeorgeH.W.Bush,whowashospital-
izedforamonthlastwinter,wasina
wheelchair.HehasaformofParkin-
son’sdisease.
“ThisisveryspecialforBarbara
andme,”GeorgeH.W.Bushsaid.
Withhelpfromhisoldestsonandhis
wife,theseniorBushstoodbriefly
duringastandingovation.
MarkLangdale,theBushCenter’s
president,callsthemuseum“aper-
sonalscrapbook”ofthe43rdpresi-
dentandhiswife.
TheBushCenter,onthecampus
ofSouthernMethodistUniversity—
LauraBush’salmamater—opensto
thepublicMay1.Thecenteralsoin-
cludestheBushInstitute,apublic
policycenter.
Alookaheadtonews,
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Therewerenounkind
wordsThursdayforGeorgeW.Bush,
whosepresidencywasmarkedbydo-
mesticandglobaltumult.
Asthenation’sfivelivingpresi-
dentsgatheredheretohelpdedicate
theGeorgeW.BushPresidential
Center,therewasonlypraiseforhis
leadershipandpersonality.
“Toknowthemanistolikethe
man,”PresidentObamasaidofhis
predecessor.“Heisagoodman.”
Bushopenedhisremarkswithwry
humor.Hejokedthattherewasa
timeinhislifewhenhewouldn’tbe
foundinalibrary,muchlessfound
one.NotingAlexanderHamilton’s
concernthatex-presidentswould
wanderthenationlike“discontented
ghosts,”Bushsaid,“Actually,Ithink
weseemprettyhappy.”
Bush’sremarksgrewmoreserious.
“Intheend,leadersaredefinedby
theconvictionsthattheyhold,”he
said.Hischiefconviction,hesaid:
“TheUnitedStatesofAmericamust
strivetoexpandthereachof
freedom.”
JEWELSAMADAFP/GETTYIMAGES
Fromleft,PresidentObamaandformerpresidentsGeorgeW.Bush,
BillClinton,GeorgeH.W.BushandJimmyCarterarriveThursday
fortheGeorgeW.BushPresidentialCenterdedicationinDallas.
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PresidentObama
hostsJordan’s
KingAbdull-
ahII
attheWhiteHouse
today.The
WhiteHouse
said
theleaderswillcontinuecon-
sultationson
Syria
,andJor-
dan’spoliticalandeconomic
changes.Learnmoreat
usatoday.com/news
.
Futuregenerations,hesaid,are
“goingtofindoutthatwestayedtrue
toourconvictions,”thathisadmini-
strationraisedschoolstandards,low-
eredtaxes,liberatednationsfrom
dictatorshipsand“madethetough
decisionsrequiredtokeeptheAmer-
icanpeoplesafe.”
Tearsfilledhiseyesasheconclud-
ed.“Itwasthehonorofalifetimeto
leadacountryasbraveandasnoble
astheUnitedStates,”hesaid,andhe
believesitsbestdayslieahead.
Obamacalledthemeetingofall
presidents“aspecialdayforourde-
mocracy.”Hesaidheneededtheir
adviceshortlybeforehisinaugura-
tionwhentheywerelasttogether.
“Ourclub’smorelikeasupport
group,”Obamasaid.“It’simpossible
totrulyunderstandthenatureofthe
jobuntilit’syours.”
Thecurrentpresidentsaidhe
foundaletterfromBushonhisfirst
inaugurationdaythat“demonstrated
hiscompassionandhisgenerosity.”
FELLOW
FIREFIGHTERS
DEVASTATED
OVERLOSSIN
TEXASBLAST
Theyknewwellthe
hugerisksbutdidtheir
duty,mournersrecall
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Thefirefightersrespondingtolast
week’sfireataWest,Texas,fertilizer
depotknewtheriskymixoffertilizer
andfire.Themostlyvolunteergroup
—farmers,cityemployees,dadsand
husbands—rushedtohelpanyway.
Theydidso,knowingtheirfate
wastiedtothemoundsofammoni-
umnitratestockedinashedfor
springplanting.
Inadeafeningflash,theywere
gone—10firefightersfromfivede-
partments—markingthesecond-
deadliestincidentinvolvingfirefight-
ersinTexashistoryandoneofthe
worsteverintheUSA.
PresidentObamaandhundredsof
fellowfirstresponderstriedtocon-
solethiscommunityrockedbythe
April17blastthatkilled14people
overallandinjuredmorethan200.
“Thissmalltown’sfamilyisbigger
now,”ObamasaidThursdayduringa
memorialserviceatBaylorUniver-
sityinnearbyWaco,Texas.
“Tothefamilies,theneighbors
grapplingwithunbearableloss,we
areheretosayyouarenotalone.You
arenotforgotten,”Obamasaidtoap-
plause.“Wemaynotallliveherein
Texas,butwe’reneighborstoo.We’re
Americanstoo,andwestandwith
you.”
Obamaspokefor16minutes,quot-
ingScriptureandlaudingthemen
whoseflag-drapedcoinsstoodbe-
forehim.“Whenyougottothe
scene,youforgotfearandyoufought
thatblazeashardasyoucould,
knowingthedanger,”Obamasaid.
Boththepresidentandfirstlady
MichelleObamawipedawayatearas
bagpipessounded
AmazingGrace
.
Nationally,theWestblastwasthe
highestsingle-incidentfirefighterfa-
talitycountsince9/11,when340fire-
fighterswerekilledrespondingtothe
terroristattacksinNewYorkCity,
accordingtotheNationalFirePro-
tectionAssociation.
Fiveofthosekilledinlastweek’s
JEWELSAMAD,AFP/GETTYIMAGES
ThoseattendingamemorialserviceforthefirefightersatBaylorUniversityinWaco,Texas—acrowd
thatincludedPresidentObamaandthefirstlady—trytocomforteachotherThursday.
‘ASADDAY’INTEXAS
Amongfatalities:
u
WestFireDepartment:
Jimmy
Matus
,52;
CodyFrankDragoo,
50;
JoeyPustejovsky
,29;
Douglas
Snokhous
,50;
RobertSnokhous
,48.
u
AbbottFireDepartment:
CyrusAdamReed
,29;
JerryDane
Chapman
,26.
u
Merkelunit:
PerryCalvin
,37.
u
Bruceville-EddyFireDepart-
ment:
KevinSanders,
33.
u
DallasFireDepartment:
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MembersoftheWestvolunteerfiredepartmentcarrythehelmetsof
fallenfirefightersduringatribute.Theunitlostfiveofitsown.
attheWestFertilizerCompanyalong
withfourotherfirefightersfromarea
departmentswhoweretakingan
eveningtrainingcourseattheWest
VolunteerEmergencyMedicalSer-
vicefacilitynearby.
Amongthevolunteers:CodyDra-
goo,50,whoworkedatthefertilizer
depot.
Capt.KennethHarris,a30-year
veteranwithDallasFire-Rescuewho
livedinWest,alsoshowedupand
toldthegatheredfirefightersthe
risksofhavingthefiresoclosetothe
combustiblechemicals,WestMayor
TommyMuskasaid.
“Theyknewitwasnotgoingtobe
good,”hesaid.
OnHarris’orders,thefirefighters
wererollingupthehoseandbacking
thefiretruckoutoftheproperty
whentheexplosionhit,instantlykill-
ingthemenonsite,destroyingnear-
byhomesandleavingacrater93feet
wideand10feetdeep,Muskasaid.
blastwerefromtheWestVolunteer
FireDepartment,andatleastfive
otherfirefighterswerehospitalized.
Volunteerfiredepartmentssuch
astheoneinWestmakeup78%of
the1,900departmentsinTexasand
nearly70%ofalldepartmentsacross
thenation,saidChrisBarron,execu-
tivedirectoroftheStateFiremen’s
andFireMarshals’Associationof
Texas.
Thelastincidentinvolvingso
manyfirefighterfatalitieswasthe
1947explosioninTexasCityofaship
loadedwith2,300tonsofammoni-
umnitrate,hesaid.Thatblastkilled
27volunteerfirefightersresponding
totheinitialfireandmorethan580
people.overall.
Unlikefull-timefiredepartments,
suchasonesfoundinDallasand
Houston, ruralcommunitieslike
Westrelyonvolunteerfirefighters
whojugglethosedutieswithoutside
jobsandareoftenlesstrainedthan
careerfirefighters,Barronsaid.Of
thefiveWestvolunteerfirefighters
killedintheblast,threehadachieved
amoderateleveloftraining—known
as“Firefighter1”—andtwohadno
certifiedtraining,Barronsaid.
“Thiswasjustdevastatingforthe
entirefireserviceacrossthecoun-
try,”saidKimberlyQuirosoftheNa-
tionalVolunteerFireCouncil.“To
losesomanyinoneincidenthashad
adevastatingefect. It’sreally
horrible.”
Theimpacthasbeenfeltmost
sharplyinWest,acityof2,800resi-
dentswhereeventhemayorisavol-
unteerfirefighter.“Everybodyisata
lossrightnow,”saidcouncilwoman
CherylMarak,whosehusband,Mar-
ty,isavolunteerfirefighterbutsur-
vivedtheblast.“Wegotquiteafew
funeralscomingup.It’sreallybad.”
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Newfoundhormoneholdshopefordiabetestreatment
Itisaconditionthatcauseshigh
bloodsugarthatcanleadtoheart
disease,kidneyfailureandblindness.
Inthejournal
Cell
,ateamledby
Harvard’sPengYireportsthatbeta-
trophincanproducearoughlyseven-
teenfoldincreaseinthesecells.
“Thisisreallyanamazingdiscov-
ery.Hormoneswiththiskindofef-
fectaren’tdiscoveredveryoften,and
thisopensawholenewpathwayto
treatingdiabetes,”saysdiabetesex-
pertJakeKushneroftheMcNair
MedicalInstituteatBaylorCollegeof
MedicineinHouston,whowasnot
partofthestudyteam.Hecautioned
thatthehormone’sefects,whichthe
studyteamseesasisolatedtobeta
cells,needtobethoroughlyinvesti-
gatedforsafety.
Thehormonewasdiscoveredal-
mostbyaccident,astheHarvard
teaminvestigatedaresearchcom-
poundthatbasicallyrecreateswhat
happensindiabetes.Thecompound
shortcircuitsthereleaseofinsulinin
responsetoincreasingbloodsugar.
Whenthathappenedtothemicein
thestudy,theirproductionofthe
hormonebetatrophinrampedupand
spurredthegrowthofinsulinpro-
ducingcells.Diabeticsoftenneed
dailyinsulininjectionstocompen-
sateforthecondition.Intype2,or
adult-onsetdiabetes,themostfre-
quentkind,betacellsstopproducing
enoughinsulin,andinjuveniledia-
betes,ortype1,about10%ofcases,
betacellshavedied.
eventuallyisthatinsteadoftaking
insulininjectionsthreetimesaday,
youmighttakeaninjectionofthis
hormoneonceaweekoroncea
month,”saysstudyseniorauthor
DougMeltonoftheHarvardStem
CellInstitute,inacommentarypro-
videdbytheuniversity.
“Itwillneedtobeestablished
(that)themoleculedrivesbetacell
replicationinhumans,”saysbetacell
expertPeterButleroftheUniversity
ofCalifornia-LosAngeles.Hecau-
tionsthat“avariety”ofcompounds
haveearlierbeenidentifiedthatdrive
betacellgrowthinyoungmicebut
thendidnothavethesameefecton
betacellsinpeople.
DanVergano
@dvergano
USATODAY
“Hormoneswiththis
kindofeffectaren’t
discoveredveryoften,
andthisopensawhole
newpathwayto
treatingdiabetes.”
JakeKushner
oftheMcNairMedical
InstituteatBaylorCollegeofMedicine
Anewlydiscoveredmousehor-
monemayopenthedoortobetter
treatmentfordiabetes,researchers
suggestedThursday.
Thehormone,calledbetatrophin,
triggersthegrowthof“beta”cells,
whichproduceinsulininthepancre-
as,butwithdiabeteseitherdon’t
functionproperlyorbecomeinefec-
tive.
Diabetesalictsmorethan25mil-
lionpeoplenationwide,accordingto
theAmericanDiabetesAssociation.
“Ofcourse,wearealongwayfrom
atreatment.Butifthiscouldbeused
inpeople,whatIthinkitcouldmean
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FRIDAY,APRIL26,2013
BOMBINGSINBOSTON
NewYorkCitywasnextonhitlist
Investigators:
Plothatched
atlastminute
bombs—toNewYorkaftercarjack-
ingavehiclelateApril18,hoursafter
theirphotographshadbeenmade
publicbytheFBI.
Theplanfellapart,Kellysaid,
whenduringastopataservicesta-
tiontorefuel,thevehicle’sowneres-
capedandcalledpolice.Thecallled
toashootoutwithpolicethatended
inthedeathofTamerlanTsarnaev,
whileDzhokharTsarnaevwascap-
turedApril19andtakentoanarea
hospitalwithaseriousneckinjury.
HewasformallychargedMondayin
connectionwiththeBostonattacks
thatkilledthreepeopleandinjured
morethan260others.
KellysaidDzhokharTsarnaevwas
photographedwithfriendsinTimes
SquareonornearApril18,2012,and
wasagaininNewYorkCityinNo-
vember2012.NewYorkauthorities
haveidentifiedsomeofthefriendsin
thephotographsandareinvestigat-
ingthosevisits,Kellysaid.
“Wedon’tknowifthosevisits
wererelatedinanywaytowhat
(DzhokharTsarnaev)describedas
thebrothers’spontaneousdecision
totargetTimesSquare,’’thecommis-
sionersaid.“There’snoevidenceat
thistime,however,toindicatethat
NewYorkCityiscurrentlyatargetof
anotherterroristattack.”
ThursdayonMSNBCthathefeared
thatJudgeMarianneBowler’saction
MondayatTsarnaev’sbedsidecould
haveblockedfederallawenforce-
mentfromobtainingadditionalin-
formationfromthesuspect.Bowler
declinedtocommentthroughherof-
ficeThursday.
Rep.DutchRuppersberger,D-Md.,
thepanel’srankingDemocrat,down-
playedthesuggestion,sayingTsar-
naevhadbeenquestionedforupto
15hoursbeforehewasadvisedofhis
rights.Healsorejectedsomecon-
gressionalcriticismoftheFBI’shan-
dlingofa2011requestbyRussian
authoritiestoreviewTamerlanTsar-
naev’spossibletiestoextremist
groups.RuppersbergersaidtheFBI
investigatedforfourmonthsbefore
concludingthatTsarnaevrepresent-
ednoapparentthreat.
AlthoughtheCIA,whichreceived
thesamerequestfromRussialater
thatyear,submittedTsarnaev’sfor
inclusiononterroristwatchlists,
RuppersbergersaidRussianauthori-
tiesneverrespondedtothreesepa-
raterequestsfromtheFBIfor
additionalinformationonTsarnaev
afteritcloseditsreviewinJune2011.
KevinMcCoy
USATODAY
NEWYORK
BostonMarathonbomb-
ingsuspectDzhokharTsarnaevtold
federalinvestigatorsthatthreedays
aftertheattackontherace,heand
hisbrotherplannedtotraveltoNew
YorkCityanddetonatetheirremain-
ingcacheofexplosivesinTimes
Square,MayorMichaelBloomberg
andPoliceCommissionerRayKelly
saidThursday.
TheFBIrelayedinformation
abouttheplottoNewYorkauthori-
tiesaftertwointerrogationsessions
withTsarnaevinaBostonhospital.
“Wewereinformed,’’Bloomberg
said,“thatNewYorkCitywasnexton
theirlistoftargets.”
KellysaidTsarnaevandhisolder
brother,Tamerlan,madeaspur-of-
the-momentdecisiontotaketheir
sixremainingexplosivedevices—
onepressurecookerandfivepipe
MARKLENNIHANAP
NewYorkCityPoliceCommissionerRaymondKelly,left,andMayor
MichaelBloombergdiscussthefoiledplottoattackTimesSquare.
InWashington,meanwhile,ques-
tionswereraisedoverwhetherthe
FBIhadadequatetimetoquestion
DzhokharTsarnaevunderthepub-
lic-safetyexceptionthatallowslimit-
edinterrogationofterrorsuspects
aboutotherpossiblethreats.
ThechairmanoftheHouseIntelli-
genceCommitteesuggestedthata
federalmagistrateinterruptedthe
interrogationtoadvisethesuspectof
hisrightstoremainsilentandcon-
sultwithcounsel,justbeforehewas
chargedwithterrorismofensesthat
carryapossibledeathpenalty.
Rep.MikeRogers,R-Mich.,said
Contributing:KevinJohnsonandDonna
LeinwandLegerinWashington
Bostonhotelhad
uniquerolein
aftermathofblasts
hadaskedtouseTheLenoxasastag-
ingarea.Whattheygot,Grigelevich
said,wasmuchmore.
Foreightdaysstraight,themajor-
ityofthehotel’sroomswerefilled
withoicialsfromvariousagencies
includingtheFBI,BostonPolice,
BostonFireDepartmentandthe
Army.
Eachday,thehotel,aidedbydona-
tionsfromlocalbusinessessuchas
Smith&Wollenskyresturant,The
ColonnadeBostonHotelandEastern
StandardKitchen,servedfoodto
morethan500people24/7.
Investigators,workingaround-
the-clockweregivenmealsthatin-
cludedeggs,bacon,chickenfingers,
andmacaroniandcheese.Therewas
alsoround-the-clockbeveragessuch
aswaterandcofeealongsideChi-
nese food, steaks,and deli
sandwiches.
CityTable,oneofthehotel’stwo
restaurants,becameabufet-style
foodroomwhereoicerscouldeat,
rest,andwatchreportsontwotelevi-
sionsandalargeprojector.
AtSolas,theotherhotelrestau-
rant,whichhasdoorsthatopenonto
BoylstonStreet,oicersspenttime
catalogingalltheevidenceleftbe-
hindthebombings.
Aroundthehotel,timestoodstill
asoutdoortablessatwithhalf-eaten
lunchesdecayingforeightdays.
Meanwhile, theoicialsbeing
servedgavethousandofdollarsin
tips.Stafershavedecidedtodonate
themoneytoTheOneFund,created
tobenefitthebombingvictims.
Mondaynight,TheLenox,builtin
1900,openedbackuptoguestsand
restoredCityTableasaregularbus-
tlingrestaurant.
ByTuesdayafternoon,Solaswas
filledwithpeopleeatingandlaugh-
ing.
YamicheAlcindor
@Yamiche
USATODAY
BOSTON
AsdowntownBostonslowly
comesbacktonormal,TheLenox
Hotel,sandwichedbetweenthesites
ofthetwoexplosions,hasaunique
storytotell.
It’saboutturningahotelintoapo-
licecommandcenter;workingwith
localbusinessesinasharedefort;
andfeeding,housing,andcateringto
specialguests.They’refederal,state,
andcityoicialswhospenthours
combingablocks-longcrimescene
searchingforevidenceoftheApril15
BostonMarathonbombings.
“Itwassecondnatureforourteam
toshiftgearandmakesureanyonein
ourbuildingwastakencareof,”said
ScottGrigelevich,directorofsales
andmarketing.“Insomestrangeway,
wefeelthatourrolewastotakecare
ofthesemenandwomanandgetthis
solved.”
ThatMonday,DzhokharTsarnaev,
19,andhisolderbrother,Tamerlan
Tsarnaev,26,carriedouttwocoordi-
natedexplosionsthatrockeddown-
townBoston,leftthreepeopledead
andmorethan260othersinjured,
federaloicialssay.
Thebombingsweresocloseto
TheLenoxthatpeopleinsidethe11-
storybuildingphysicallyfeltthe
blasts.
“Everybodyfeltit,”Grigelevich
said.Withinminutes,thehotel,
whose214roomshadbeensoldout
becauseofmarathonweekend,was
rushingtoevacuateguestsandstaf
members.Within15minutes,theho-
telwascleared.
ByTuesday,April16,however,staf
memberswerebackinthebuilding.
Oicialsinvestigatingthebombings
STEVENSENNE,AP
ERphysicianLeanaWen,picturedhereinAugust,saysnothinginhereightyearsofmedicaltrainingpre-
paredherforthementalanguishthatwouldfollowtheBostonMarathonattacks.
Dayslater,nightmares
hardtoshakefordoctor
Medicalschool
doesn’ttrainyou
foreverything
Amputationwas‘whatI
neededtodo,’victimsays
G.JeffreyMacDonald
SpecialforUSATODAY
LizSzabo
@LizSzabo
USATODAY
BOSTON
Bostonbombingvictim
HeatherAbbottofNewport,R.I.,
wantstorun,doZumba,andwear
highheelsagain.
That’swhyAbbott,38,decided
thisweektoletsurgeonsamputate
herleftlegbelowtheknee.
Doingsosetsherfreefroma
“mangled”footthatmightnever
fullyhealandallowsafulllifeona
prostheticlimb,shetoldreporters
ThursdayfromBrighamandWom-
en’sHospitalhere.Shesatwithher
legextendedandanIVinherarm.
“TheprostheticissomethingI’m
goingtohavetogetusedto,”she
said,but“IthinkIhaveabetter
chanceoflivingmylifethewayI
usedto”withit.
Abbottwasamongmorethan
260injuredaftertwobombswent
ofApril15nearthefinishlineof
theBostonMarathon.Herfootwas
amputatedMonday.Atleast14oth-
ervictimshavehadamputations.
Ahumanresourcesmanagerfor
Raytheon,shesaidshe’dbeenwait-
ingwithfriendstoenterabar
whensheheardthefirstexplosion,
sawsmokeandheardscreaming.
Momentslaterasecondbomb
wentof.“Itblewabunchofusinto
LeanaWenrelivestheBoston
Marathonbombingeveryday.
Afterfouryearsintheemergency
room,Wenhadseenhershareofac-
cidents,shootings,evenamputations,
butshesaysnothinginhereight
yearsofmedicaltrainingprepared
herforthatday.
“IamgladIwasabletohelp,”says
Wen,30,aphysicianinherlastyear
ofafour-yearresidencyatMassachu-
settsGeneralHospital.“IwishI
couldhavehelpedmore.ButIwishI
hadn’tseenit.”
Morethanaweeklater,Wenstill
hasnightmares.Everynewalarm
beeptakesherbacktothedayofthe
bombing.
Wenwasnearingtheendofher
shiftwhenacallcameovertheloud
speaker,announcingthatthehospi-
talwasabouttogettwopatientsin-
juredinanexplosion.Withsome
doctorsarrivingjustasotherswere
abouttoleave,thehospitalhadtwice
theusualnumberofphysicians.
Minuteslater,anothercallcame
in:Therehadbeentwoexplosions.
Alltooquickly,theERwasfull,
withpatientsinmoredistressthan
Wenhadeverseen.Someweresilent;
someaskedrepeatedlyaboutfamily.
Otherscriedandscreamed.
“Atsomepoint,Iwantedtocry
withthem,butIcouldn’t,”Wensaid.
“Therewasbloodeverywhere.On
thefloor,thereweretrailsofitbe-
hindthestretchers.”
Therewasalsosootfromtheex-
plosions,andthesmellofburned
clothing,andburnedflesh.
Oneofhermostimportantjobs
wastriage:decidingwhichpatients
neededimmediatetreatment
Withsomuchbloodeverywhere,it
wasn’talwayseasytoidentifyjust
wherethebleedingwascomingfrom.
Onceshelocatedthesourceofbleed-
ing,sheworkedtostopit,tyingtour-
niquetsonthoseindangerof
bleedingtodeath.Sheperformed
STEVENSENNE,AP
HeatherAbbottwashurtinthe
BostonMarathonbombings.
Charitablecampaigns
goviralafterbombings
thebar.Iwasontheground.Ifelt
likemyfootwasonfire.Icouldn’t
standup.…Iwasjustscreaming
‘Somebodypleasehelpme!’”
Aftertryingforaweektosave
Abbott’sfoot,surgeonEricBluman
nowsaysheexpectsshe’llbeable
todoeverythingsheusedtodo.
Shesaysshehasn’tbeenangry
andhasn’tthoughtaboutthesus-
pectsbuthasfocusedonhealing.
Friendsandfamilyhavesetupare-
coveryfundforheronacrowd-
fundingwebsite,GoFundMe.com.
Shewillgetatemporarypros-
thesisinaboutsixweeks,aperma-
nentoneinfourtosixmonths.
Optingforamputation“wasdif-
ficult,”shesaid,but“itwaswhatI
neededtodo.Ijusttrynottothink
aboutittoomuch....Eventuallyit
willgetbetter.”
$10minimumdonation.
JocelynHawkinsWoods,34,of
Memphis,whoworkspart-time,took
partinarunthestoresponsoredand
donatedmoney.Atherchurch,she
says,“We’vealwaysbeentaughtyou
justgowhereyou’reneeded,evenif
it’sjustalittlesomething.”
Grass-rootsefortsandsimple
ideashavesnowballed.
TrishJohnson,49,ofBrookfield,
Wis.,anddaughterBree,21,areIrish
dancers.WhentheyheardthatJane
Richard,MartinRichard’s6-year-old
sister,hadbeenlearningIrishdanc-
ingbutnowhaslostaleg,theycreat-
ed“WrappingJaneinOurLove,”a
FacebookcampaigntomakeT-shirts
fromIrishdanceschoolsintoaquilt.
Sofar,theyhave172shirtsand
pledgesfrom293moreschoolsin
severalcountries.MichaelFlatley,
creatorofthe
LordoftheDance
mu-
sical,senttwosignedshirts.
Dozensoffundraisersformedical
billshaveemergedonGoFundMe-
.comandGiveForward.com.Anote
attachedtooneanonymous$5,000
donationsaidsimply,“Believe.”
BondiBand,acompanyinLewis-
ton,Maine,thatmakesathletichead-
bandsforwomen,hascreatedfive
bands.Onesays“‘NoMoreHurting
People’—MartinRichard”—the
handwrittenwordsonaposterthat
Martinisholdinginawidelydistrib-
utedphoto.ProceedsgotoTheOne
FundandtheRichardfamily.
MelanieEversley
USATODAY
Fromquiltstocash,peopleacross
thecountryareextendingthem-
selvestohelpthoseafectedbythe
BostonMarathonbombings.
ManyaredonatingtoTheOne
Fund–Boston,thecharityannounced
byMayorThomasMeninoandGov.
DevalPatrick.ByWednesdaynight,it
hadraised$24.8million.Donations
areintendedforthosemostadverse-
lyafectedbytheApril15bombings.
AdministratorKenFeinberg,who
handledpaymentsfromthe9/11and
BPfunds,planstomeetwiththein-
juredandfamiliesofthosekilledto
decidehowtousethemoney.
Somepeoplearecollectingmoney
forthefamilyof8-year-oldMartin
RichardattheSalemFiveBankin
Salem,Mass.
Givinghelpspeoplefightofthe
sadnessofatragedy,saysRobert
Cialdini,apsychologyprofessorat
ArizonaStateUniversity.Hehasdoc-
umentedaphenomenoncalledthe
“helper’shigh.”Hesays,“Helping
othersismood-enhancing.”
Grouprunsbeingheldacrossthe
countrywerelaunchedbyfitness
bloggerBrianKellyofConcord,Calif.
InMemphis,theBreakawayRun-
ningstoresoldoutof300“Runfor
Boston”T-shirtsandtookordersfor
500more.Theshirtscomewitha
CPRonpatientswithoutapulse.She
orderedbloodandfluidstoreplace
whatpatientshadlost.
Wenhadbeenworkingsince7a.m.
withoutabreakbeforethebombing,
andshedidn’tgetabreakafter.“I
wasn’tweak,”shesaid,“becausemy
adrenalinewassohigh.”
Evenassherushedtosavelives,
Wenkeptaneyeonthescenearound
her,tomakesurethatthereweren’t
otherpatientswhoneededhermore.
AphoneintheERbeepswithev-
erynewpatient.OnPatriot’sDay,
thosealarmsneverseemedtostop.
Morethan30ofthe260-pluspeo-
pleinjuredthatdayweresentto
MassachusettsGeneral. Most
seemedtoarrivewithinthefirst90
minutes,Wensaid.Atleastfourre-
quiredanamputation.
Wencouldn’thelpworryingabout
herownhusband,whohadgoneto
thefinishlinetoseefriends.Wenand
herhusbandlivejustablockaway
fromthesiteoftheexplosionatCop-
leySquare.
“Iwasterrifiedthatthenextper-
sonIwouldberesuscitatingwould
bemyhusband,”saidWen,who
didn’tlearnhewasOKuntiltwo
hourslater.
“Itwasverydiiculttoseeso
manypeople’sliveschangedinone
day.Seeingallthoseyoungpeople
whoweremyage,whowouldhave
verydiferentlivesmovingforward,if
theyhadlivesatall.”
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BOMBINGSINBOSTON
TheTsarnaevbrothers:‘Justregularkids’
Familymembers
saytheyenjoyed
normalchildhood
andlivedanordinarylife,hesays.
Tsarnididn’tremembertheTsar-
naevbrothersandtheirfamilyas
veryreligious.
“WewerebornMuslim,butwe
weren’tpracticing,”saysTsarni,who
juststartedgoingtoaMaryland
mosquetwoyearsago.“Theirfamily
wasnotpracticing.Nobodyusedto
pray.Theyoungeronedidn’tpray,he
justpartied.”
Instead,thefamilyfocusedon
schoolandmakingsurethechildren
gotgoodgrades.
“Ijusttoldthemtolearnandstudy
—ifnotyou’llhavetoworklikeme,”
Tsarnisays.
Whennewsbrokethatthebroth-
erswerebeingsoughtbyauthorites
fortheBostonMarathonbombings,
Tsarnisayshecouldn’tbelieveit—
andhedoesn’tbelieveitnow.
“Theywouldneverdosomething
likethis,”hesays.“There’snoproof.”
DzhokharTsarnaevwouldhaveto
confessinfrontofthefamilyforhim
tobelievethathisnephewscarried
outthepairofbombings,Tsarnisays.
AddingtoTsarni’sdisbeliefishis
inabilitytoclaimthebodyofTamer-
lanTsarnaev.Theunclesayshe
wenttoBostonfortwodaysand
askedrepeatedlytoseethebodyas
Tsarnaeva,whowaschargedwith
shopliftingintheU.S.lastsummer,
saysshehasbeenassuredbylawyers
thatshewouldnotbearrestedbut
saysshewasstilldecidingwhetherto
gotoAmerica.
Tsarnaeva,wearingaheadscarf
anddressedallinblack,saysshenow
regretsmovingherfamilytotheUSA
andbelievestheywouldhavebeen
betterofinavillageinhernative
Dagestan.
“Youknow,mykidswouldbewith
us,andwewouldbe,like,fine,”she
says.“So,yes,Iwouldprefernotto
liveinAmericanow.WhydidIeven
gothere?Why?IthoughtAmericais
goingtoprotectus,ourkids,it’sgoing
tobesafe.”
Thebrothers’otheruncle,Ruslan
Tsarni,whoalsolivesinMontgomery
Village,recallsthatDzhokarandTa-
merlanacclimatedeasilytoAmerica,
grewupinaclosefamilyandhada
happychildhoodfilledwithChechen
andAmericantraditions.
RuslanTsarniblamestheyoung
men’sshiftfromtypicalpartying
mentoradicalterroristsonthegrow-
inginfluenceoftheirmotherandan
Armenianhecalled“Misha.”
YamicheAlcindor
@Yamiche
USATODAY
MONTGOMERYVILLAGE
,
MD
.
When
hefirstcametoAmericaeightyears
ago,constructionworkerAlviTsarni
livedwithhisbrother,AnzorTsar-
naev,andhisfamilyinasmallapart-
mentinCambridge,Mass.Hespenta
lotoftimewithhisnephews,Dzhok-
harandTamerlan,whomhede-
scribedashappyyoungmen.
“Theywerejustregularkids,”
Tsarni,48,sayswhilesittinginside
hishomeinthisMarylandsuburb.
“Theywouldgooutsideandplay.
Theylikedmusic,dancing,playing
videogamesandtheInternet.”
DzhokharTsarnaevwasvery
youngandplayedalotwiththechil-
drenofanothernearbyChechen
familyinCambridge,recallsTsarni,
wholivedwiththefamilyforayear.
Thebrothersdidn’tgetintotrouble
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RuslanTsarni,uncleofBostonMarathonbombingsuspects
DzhokharandTamerlanTsarnaev,saidtheirfamilywasclose.
wellastohaveitreleased.Butnoth-
inghappened.
PoliceoicersandtheFBIhave
notgivenhimaclearwaytoclaimhis
nephew,Tsarnisays.Meanwhile,
Tsarni has contacted several
mosquesinNewJersey,Maryland,
andBoston,andallhaverefusedto
buryTamerlanTsarnaev.
Thebrothers’fatherisonhisway
fromRussiatoAmerica.“Iamgoing
theretoseemysonandburymyold-
erone,”AnzorTsarnaevsaidina
meetingwithjournalists.“Ihaveno
badthoughts,I’mnotplanningany
bombings,Idon’twanttodoany-
thing.I’mnotofendedbyanyone.I
wanttoknowthetruth,whathap-
pened.Iwanttoworkitout.”
Thesuspects’mother,Zubeidat
Contributing:TheAssociatedPress
Whatmadethesetwotick?
Atroublingportraitis
emergingofDzhokhar
andTamerlanTsar-
naev,thebrotherssus-
pectedintheBoston
Marathonbombings,
anditcontradicts
whatotherscloseto
themhavesaid.
Outwardlytoothers,theTsarnaev
brotherswereseenasmodestand
athletic.
TamerlanwasachampionGolden
Glovesboxer.Dzhokharwasawres-
tlerattheCambridgeRindgeand
LatinSchoolinCambridge.
Bothpursuedhighereducation,
Tamerlanasastudentforthreese-
mestersatBunkerHillCommunity
Collegefrom2006to2008.Dzhok-
harwasstudyingattheUniversityof
Massachusettscampus inDart-
mouth.
LarryAaronson,aretiredhistory
teacheratCambridgeRindgeand
LatinSchool,wasthebrothers’
neighborandgottoknowDzhokhar
whiletakingphotosofthehigh
schoolwrestlingteamandother
schoolactivities.
“It’scompletelyoutofhischarac-
ter,”AaronsonsaidofDzhokhar’sal-
leged role in thebombings.
“Everythingabouthimwaswonder-
ful.Hewascompletelyoutgoing,very
engaged,helovedtheschool.”
Dzhokharwasnotovertlypolitical
orreligious,Aaronsonsays. “He
spokeandactedlikeanyotherhigh
schoolkid.”
Andperhapslikemanycollege
kids.Dzhokhar’sdormmatesatthe
UMasscampusdescribedhimasa
pot-smoking,jokingpartier,someone
theywouldneverhavesuspectedof
beingcapableofsettingofabomb.
“It’slikefindingoutyourbest
friendisaserialkiller,”saidJennifer
Mendez,whometTsarnaevlastyear
intheirfreshmendormandpartied
regularlywithhim.“Hewasreallyso-
cialandhilarious.Hewasoneof
thosepeoplewhowouldcrackone
jokeandmakeyournight.”
Tamerlan’slifewaslesscarefree.
In2009,hewasarrestedfordo-
mesticviolenceagainstagirlfriendat
thetime,butthechargesweredis-
missed,accordingtoStephanieChelf
Guyotte,directorofcommunications
fortheMiddlesexDistrictAttorney
inWoburn,Mass.Shewouldnot
nametheallegedvictim.
TamerlanmarriedKatherineRus-
sell,24,whohadconvertedtoIslam,
in2009or2010.Theyhadadaugh-
ter,whoisnow3.Russellworked
longhoursasahomehealthcare
aide,saidherlawyer,AmatoDeLuca,
whotoldtheAssociatedPressthat
thewidowknewnothingoftheter-
roristattack.
Tamerlanandhisfamilyreceived
unspecifiedwelfarebenefitsfromthe
MassachusettsDepartmentofHealth
andHumanServicesuntil2012,
whentheybecameineligiblebased
onincome,accordingtoAlecLoftus,
the agency’scommunications
director.
WhilepreparingforaGolden
GlovesboxingcompetitioninSalt
LakeCityin2009,Tamerlantoldan
interviewer:“Idon’thaveasingle
Americanfriend.Idon’tunderstand
them.”Helamentedthebreakdown
of“values,”andworriedthat“people
can’tcontrolthemselves.”
Inthatinterviewbeforetheboxing
competition,publishedin2010in
TheComment
,aBostonUniversity
CollegeofCommunicationmaga-
zine,Tamerlandescribedhimselfasa
devoutMuslimwhoalsolikedthe
raunchyfilm
Borat
,inwhichactor
SashaBaronCohenplaysasex-ob-
sessedTVreporterfromKazakhstan
onamissiontotrytounderstand
Americanculture.
OnThursday,Zubeidattoldre-
portersinDagestanthatsheregret-
tedmovingtotheUnitedStates.
“”WhydidIevengothere?Why?I
thoughtAmericaisgoingto,like,pro-
tectus,ourkids,it’sgoingtobesafe.”
ChuckRaaschand
YamicheAlcindor
USATODAY
ThetriggersforTamerlanTsar-
naev’stransformationintoasuspect-
edterroristmayneverbefully
known,buthisallegedactshaveal-
readyscarredAmericanhistory.
Asintelligenceandlawenforce-
mentoicialsinseveralcountries
contributetoaprosecutionofhis
brother,DzhokharTsarnaev,19, in
theBostonMarathonbombings,a
morecomplexandtroublingportrait
ofthetwosuspectedterroristshas
emergedthatcontradictthebenign
impressionstheyleftonfriendsand
casualacquaintances.
Tamerlan,26,waskilledina
shootoutwithpoliceonApril19,four
daysafterlawenforcementoicials
sayheandhisbrothersetoftwo
bombsthatkilledthreeandmaimed
morethan260,someseverely,near
theendoftheBostonMarathon.
DzhokharTsarnaevremainshospi-
talizedfromwoundssuferedinhis
attemptedgetaway,hasbeencharged
byfederalauthoritieswithconspir-
ingtouseaweaponofmassdestruc-
tionandcouldfacethedeathpenalty.
Theirmother,Zubeidat,toldre-
portersinRussiaonThursdaythat
shewillneverbelievehersonscom-
mittedtheact.ShetoldCNNsepa-
ratelythatshebelievedthebombing
wasanelaboratehoax.
ButDzhokharTsarnaevhastold
lawenforcementoicialsthatthe
twohadactedontheirownandthat
theyweremotivatedbyoppositionto
U.S.warsinIraqandAfghanistan.
U.S.oicialshavesaidthatTamerlan
hadfrequentlyvisitedjihadistweb-
sites.BoththeCIAandFBIhad
flaggedTamerlanin2011afterRus-
siansecurityoicialsraisedques-
tionsaboutTamerlan’ssuspected
terroristties.TheFBIinterviewed
him,butnofurtheractionwastaken.
Ininitialquestioningbylawen-
forcementoicialsafterhisarrest,
Dzhokharmadereferencetotherad-
icalclericAnwaral-Awlaki,whowas
bornintheUnitedStatesandkilled
byaCIAdroneinYemenin2011,ac-
cordingtotwolawenforcementoi-
cialswhoarenotauthorizedto
commentpublicly.Ajudgeread
DzhokharhisMirandarights,andhe
hasstoppedtalking,accordingtolaw
enforcementoicials.
AP
AphotoreleasedbytheFBIonApril19isbelievedtoshowDzhokharTsarnaev,left,andTamerlanTsar-
naevinthemomentsbeforetheBostonMarathonbombingonApril15.
AP
MUSASADULAYEV,AP
AnzorTsarnaev,left,andZubeidatTsarnaeva,parentsoftheBoston
bombingsuspects,speakatanewsconferenceinRussiaonThursday.
DidradicalclericAnwaral-Aw-
lakiinfluencetheTsarnaevs?
“ForanArmenian
toconverttoIslam
islikefindinga
unicorninafield.
Itwouldbesuch
ashocktothe
Armenian
communitythat
everyonewould
knowthisperson.”
NersesZurabyan
youngboys.
ThatrelationshipisalsowhyTsar-
ni,abusinessconsultant,saidoutside
hisMontgomeryVillage,Md.,home
thathenowbelievesTamerlanwas
theplotleaderandpulledinhis
youngerbrother.
Anexpertinsiblingrelationships
saysseveralfactorsmaybeatplayfor
theTsarnaevbrothers,includinga
powerfulbondandloyalty.
AnthropologistAnaZentella,a
professoremeritusattheUniversity
ofCalifornia-SanDiego,saystheir
culture,asdomanyothers,tendsto
placeeldersonsinparticularlyhigh
regardandesteem.
“Manyculturesregardgenderand
ageandstatusasimportantregula-
torsofsocialconduct,”Zentellasays.
“Certainly,itwouldn’tbesurprising
thatinaparticularculture,theolder
malewouldhavemorestatusandbe
lookeduptoasarolemodel.”
In2007,Tsarnihadafallingout
withtheTsarnaevbrothersandtheir
mother.
DuringthattimeTsarnisaidhis
brothertoldhimanArmenianman
named“Misha,”beganvisitingthe
family’ssmallCambridge,Mass.,
apartment.Themanwouldstaypast
midnightandtalktothefamilyabout
Islam.WhentheTsarnaevfather
wouldobject,thewifewouldbrush
himof,Tsarnisaid.
PeopleintheheavilyArmenian
communityofWatertown,Mass.,
saidtheydoubtedthestory.
plicationforU.S.citizenshipwasde-
niedafteraroutinebackground
checkflaggedtheFBIinterview,
whileDzhokhar,whowasbornin
Kyrgyzstan,aformerSovietRepub-
lic,receivedhis.
TheTsarnaevfamilyincludedtwo
daughters,Bella,bornin1988,and
Ailina,bornin1990.In2003,the
familyemigratedtotheUnited
States,wheretheyrentedanapart-
mentonNorfolkStreetinCam-
bridge.Theparentsmovedbackto
Russialastyear,TsarnitoldUSA
TODAY.
TYPICALIMMIGRANTEXPERIENCE
WhiletheylivedinCambridge,their
mothersetupaspaoutofthe
crampedapartment,accordingto
Boston-bornwriterandyogateacher
AlyzzaKilzer,whopostedonTumblr
and
Salon
aboutherexperienceswith
thefamily.Shewrotethatheandher
motherreceivedfacialsfromZubei-
datforroughlyfiveyears,from2007
to2012.
Inherspavisits,Kilzerdescribed
Dzhokharas“friendlyandeasygo-
ing”andthatshealwaysfeltshewas
treatedkindlybyhimandhistwosis-
ters.ButKilzerwroteshefoundTa-
merlanunfriendly.Eventually,Kilzer
wrote,shestoppedgettingfacials
fromZubeidatafterthemotherstart-
edquotingconspiracytheoriesthat
theU.S.government“purposefully
created”the9/11terroristattacks,“to
makeAmericanshateMuslims.
“ForanArmeniantoconverttoIs-
lamislikefindingaunicornina
field,”saidNersesZurabyan,32,an
informationtechnologydirectorwho
livesinnearbyCambridge.“Itwould
besuchashocktotheArmenian
communitythateveryonewould
knowthisperson.”
TsarnisaidhelastspokewithTa-
merlanin2009.Gonewasthehard-
partying,outgoingpersonheonce
knew.Inhisplacewasacompletely
diferentyoungmanwhododged
questionsaboutwhetherhewas
workingorinschoolandinstead
talkedaboutspirituality.
“Hewouldjustsayhewasona
pathtoGod,”Tsarni saidof
Tamerlan.
TheparentsmovedbacktoRussia
lastyear,Tsarnisaid.
InSeptember2011,Tamerlan’sap-
RADICALIZEDINRUSSIA?
Investigatorsarelookingintowheth-
erTamerlan,whospentsixmonths
inRussia’sCaucasusregionin2012,
wasinfluencedbythereligiousex-
tremistswhohavewagedan
insurgencyagainstRussiansecurity
servicesintheareaforyears.The
brothershaverootsinDagestanand
neighboringChechnya,butneither
spentmuchtimeineitherplacebe-
forethefamilymovedtotheUnited
Statesadecadeago.
RuslanTsarni,42,theuncleofthe
twomenaccusedofcarryingoutthe
BostonMarathonbombing,toldUSA
TODAYonThursdaythatthebroth-
erslovedeachother,andthatthe
youngerbrotherfollowedhisbrother
aroundthehousewhentheywere
Contributing:KevinJohnson,Sharon
Jayson,DonnaLeinwandLeger;theAssoci-
atedPress
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