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3rd anniversary of bombings marked BOSTON — Boston marked the third anniversary of the deadly 2013 marathon bombings Friday with subdued, silent remembrances.Victims' families laid wreaths at the spots where two pressure cooker bombs detonated near the Boylston Street finish line, killing three people and injuring more than 260.The father of 29-year-old bombing victim Krystle Campbell, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Baker's wife, Lauren, placed one of the white flower wreaths.Mayor Marty Walsh and the families of 8-year-old Martin Richard and 23-year-old Lingzi Lu — the other two killed — placed another wreath at the site of the second bomb blast.No one spoke. A bagpipe played softly before the occasion, which was observed by nearly 100 people including survivors, their families and supporters.A multicolored banner with a peace sign, a heart and words Martin Richard had written before his death — “no more hurting people ... peace” — hung on an empty storefront.Two men placed crosses on a tree honoring the victims, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Officer Sean Collier, who was killed by the attackers in the ensuing manhunt.Throughout the day, residents took part in blood drives, food and clothing collections and other community service projects as the city has proclaimed April 15 “One Boston Day,” a day to celebrate the city's resilience.
<b>Wrongly convicted man, 76, released </b>CHICAGO — A 76-year-old man who a prosecutor says was wrongly convicted in the 1957 killing of an Illinois schoolgirl was released Friday after a judge vacated his conviction, meaning one of the oldest cold cases to be tried in U.S. history has gone cold again.Jack McCullough was sentenced to life in prison in 2012 in the death of 7-year-old Maria Ridulph in Sycamore. In a review of documents last year, a prosecutor found evidence that supported the former policeman's alibi that he had been 40 miles away in Rockford at the time of Maria's disappearance.
