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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Here & Now's Karyn Miller-Medzon is pictured in her hockey gear during our 2012 Office Olympics. (Here & Now)

Were you one of the hockey fans who went to bed early last night — before the Boston Bruins’ incredible comeback against the Toronto Maple Leafs? Our Canadian colleague joins us for a recap.

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Former professional ice hockey center Derek Sanderson is pictured before a Bruins game at the Boston Garden. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Derek Sanderson helped the Boston Bruins win two Stanley Cups, and at one time was the world’s highest paid athlete. He dated Playboy bunnies and had his own TV show. But the fortune and fame took a toll.

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Bags holding runners' clothing and personal items wait to be claimed on April 15, 2013. (Mark Zastrow/Flickr)

Here & Now producer Emiko Tamagawa doesn’t run. But she loves the Boston Marathon and spotting those brightly colored bags.

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Thursday, April 18, 2013
Tom Davis holds his daughter Lylli with two of his other children Isaiah, far left, and Elli looking on in the kitchen of the Davis home Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, in Fremont, Ind. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond)

At least 14 of the people injured in the attack have had legs amputated. Tom Davis, who lost a leg in Iraq – and won the Boston Marathon men’s handcycle race – offers this advice.

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Thursday, April 18, 2013
Shane Magness, a student at Oklahoma Christian University, bows his head in prayer for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, at the Oklahoma City National Memorial in Oklahoma City, Monday, April 15, 2013. (Sue Ogrocki/AP)

Given the events at the Boston Marathon, Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon organizers are cautiously evaluating security plans and making their decisions one day at a time.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Competitors make their way from the finish area at the London Marathon, London, Sunday April 25, 2010.(Tom Hevezi/AP)

A sports security specialist says to expect more crowd surveillance, in addition to heightened security at the London Marathon on Sunday, as a result of the Boston Marathon bombings.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Ambrose Burfoot, center, a Wesleyan University senior from Groton, Ct., winner of the 72nd annual B.A.A. Marathon is congratulated by Johnny Kelley, left, also of Groton, after finishing 15th, and John Kelley, of Watertown, Mass., in the dressing room in Boston, April 19, 1968. (AP)

Amby Burfoot was running the Boston Marathon on Monday to mark the 45th anniversary of his winning the race. He’s among thousands of runners who didn’t finish, due to the bombing.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Karyn Miller-Medzon takes water from her son Noah at mile 17 of the Boston Marathon. (Medzon family photo)

Our colleague and avid marathoner Karyn Miller-Medzon explains why the bombings won’t deter her next year.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
An unidentified Boston Marathon runner leaves the course crying near Copley Square following an explosion in Boston Monday, April 15, 2013. (Winslow Townson/AP)

For years, Alex Ashlock has covered the Boston Marathon for WBUR. He was along the course Monday, but instead of covering the post-race celebration, he ended up reporting on a crime scene.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Medical personnel work outside the medical tent in the aftermath of two blasts which exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (Elise Amendola/AP)

Nurse Kim Giroux was volunteering at a Boston Marathon medical tent at the time of the bombing. She tells us that she’d been trained for this situation, but had never seen wounds like this.

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
1989 photo of singer, musician and entertainer, "Prince." (AP)

Prince is a brilliant musician, a mesmerizing performer and — according to cultural commentator Touré — a Generation X icon. Touré says Prince played a wise older brother to the latchkey kids of Gen X.

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Construction of a new boardwalk continues on the northern end of Seaside Heights, N.J., Saturday, May 18, 2013. (Mel Evans/AP)

In New Jersey, where Hurricane Sandy killed dozens of people and caused nearly $30 billion in damage, many people are asking: will the shore be open for business?

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Two men go through the damage surrounding the Moore Medical Center and damaged vehicals after a tornado moves through Moore, Okla. on Monday, May 20, 2013. (Alonzo Adams/AP)

Kelly Frey, the editor of Oklahoma’s big daily newspaper The Oklahoman, is from El Reno, Okla. and describes what it’s like to grow up in “tornado alley.”

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