Boston Marathon Bombing News: Evil Never Leaves Us In Peace

In our ballparks, fear will strike out (ESPN)
So much remains unknown about the person or people responsible for the explosions at the Boston Marathon, a mystery President Obama has promised to solve. But this much is already clear about the attack on the innocents trying to enjoy a race defined by the unbreakable human spirit: If the murderer or murderers hoped to scare away sports fans from arenas and stadiums and future marathon sites, the places where people go to celebrate the teams and events representing who those people are, he or she or they will lose. And lose decisively.

New York and London race to review security (BostonHerald)
The deadly bombing of the Boston Marathon cast a dark shadow over the running world Monday, highlighting the vulnerability of massive races like the New York City Marathon. “Marathons bring out the best of the human spirit and unite our cities and towns,” said Mary Wittenberg, chief of the New York City Marathon, in a statement supporting the Boston race organizers. “This is a tragic day for all of us in the running community.” The next major marathon on the world calendar is the London Marathon on Sunday. The Metropolitan Police told the BBC that a security plan was in place for the event but that the police would be reviewing the Boston event.

Jordanian extremist ‘happy’ over Boston Marathon bombing (CTVNews)
The head of an extremist Jordanian Muslim Salafi group said early Tuesday that he was “happy to see the horror in America” after the explosions in Boston. “American blood isn’t more precious than Muslim blood,” said Mohammad al-Chalabi, who was convicted in an al-Qaida-linked plot to attack U.S. and other Western diplomatic missions in Jordan in 2003. “Let the Americans feel the pain we endured by their armies occupying Iraq and Afghanistan and killing our people there,” he said early Tuesday. Al-Chalabi served seven years in prison for his part in the foiled attack. His group is outlawed in Jordan.

Boston cops, feds descend on Revere building (BostonHerald)
A phalanx of officers from the FBI, ATF and Boston swarmed a fifth-floor apartment in Revere’s Ocean Shores Tower last night in what residents said was a startling show of force just hours after the horrific Boston Marathon double bombing. “There were all kinds of police … cops were all over the fifth floor. ATF, FBI all milling around,” said Jim Sudmeier, a resident of the complex. Sudmeier, a professor at Tufts University Medical School, said the focus was on one particular unit on that floor. In addition to two Boston Police K-9 units and a bomb squad unit, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as Homeland Security investigators and state police also assembled at the two buildings on Ocean Avenue in Revere.