At 12:42, State Police tweeted:
Report of explosion at Hyde Park Commuter Rail station is unfounded. Bird flew into overhead power lines. Responding units called off.
Ed. note: I was listening to Boston Fire on the scanner at the time, and they were just responding to a report of smoke underneath the River Street bridge - which was gone when they got there - not an explosion.
In his speech at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross this morning, President Obama paid tribute to the three murder victims, the scores of injured, the first responders and medical workers and volunteers who rushed to help.
"Every one of us has been touched by this attack on your beloved city, Because after all, it's our beloved city, too," he said, recalling his days as a Harvard Law student. "Boston, you're my home. For millions of us, what happened on Monday is personal. It's personal."
Bennett Wilson reports City Hall set up screens so that workers and visitors there could watch the interfaith service.
Daily Show on the scoop by Dorchester native John King: The most busted name in news.
The Onion: Internet Comes Up With 8.5 Million Leads On Potential Boston Bombing Suspect.
Nathaniel Jewett captured the building across from Symphony Hall last night.
The Dorchester Reporter introduces us to Jeff Gonyeau, who has the only keys to the fancy clock in Peabody Square in Dorchester, the clock that Martin Richard's parents helped restore, in the square they helped rebuild. When Gonyeau heard the news, he walked to the clock, set it to the time the explosions went off and then stopped the clock.
Our world has stopped. For some of us it will stay that way forever. But Jeff Gonyeau will be back one day to wind it up and set the hands in motion again. It won't be this week and probably not this month.
Gov. Patrick and Mayor Menino announced today that Kenneth Feinberg will serve as administrator of One Fund Boston, which is collecting donations to help the victims of Monday's bombings.
As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, more than $7 million had been committed to the fund by corporate partners and 5,000 individual donors, they added.
Eric Twardzik, managing editor at the Emerson student newspaper, took a photo after the race of a guy in a white hoodie being arrested on the Common after the Marathon. He tweeted it. Now he's trying to convince people that a) it was a hoodie, and not a turban and b) that it's not him.
The Comfort Dogs are at the First Lutheran Church in the Back Bay. Boston Magazine has background and info on hours.
The T just announced the station, right by the Marathon finish line, will remain closed tomorrow.
Little sticky notes appeared all over Davis Square this morning. Photo by Dave Frost.
Cherie L. King spotted these signs on Newbury Street near Mass. Ave: Read more.
BU Today reports she was Lingzi Lu, a graduate student in statistics and mathematics. Her friend and fellow BU grad student, Danlin Zhou was seriously injured.
Aaron Tang was watching and photographing the Marathon from his office when the first explosion went off. He's posted a set of photos, some taken seconds after the blast.
Meanwhile, Ethan Long reports on being inside Forum when the second bomb went off right outside:
Suzanne Koven, a primary-care physician at Mass. General, reports on her day with patients yesterday:
The patients I saw at Massachusetts General Hospital the day after the terrorist attacks just two miles away, near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, were very calm. And more interested in talking about others than themselves.
Jed Hresko attended the vigil tonight in Garvey Park, across from St. Ann Church in Dorchester.
The Dorchester Reporter reports 1,000 people attended.
Brian D'Amico was walking around Copley Square tonight when he saw these folks who had just gone out and bought some food for the police and National Guard members patrolling the area.
UPDATE: One of the people, Mary Adamczyk, tweets:
Glad we could help out. In those bags were homemade chili, cornbread, chips, water and chocolates. We fed 50 people!
Photo copyright Brian D'Amico.
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