Memorials

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Vice President Joe Biden declared that terrorists committed to a "doctrine of hate and oppression" have seen again that the American people "refuse to yield to fear," hailing the "incredible heroism" and "resilience" of Boston in the wake of the marathon bombings. Biden spoke Wednesday at a memorial service for MIT campus police officer Sean Collier, who was killed Thursday by the alleged perpetrators of the attacks, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, described by the vice president as "two twisted, perverted, cowardly knock-off jihadis . " "We have suffered.

Want a better grip on your memory? A study suggests clenching a fist could play a role in how well you recall information. The study , published Tuesday in the journal PLOS ONE, was funded partially by the U.S. Army. It examined whether clenching the right or left fist could stimulate brain regions possibly connected to memory. Researchers recruited 51 right-handed individuals for the experiment, and asked them to squeeze a pink rubber ball for 90 seconds before they were shown a list of 36 words.

BOSTON - Lu Lingzi was 23 and relishing her first taste of life off campus. Yes, she often burned breakfast and set off the fire alarm. And she and her roommate, Jing Li, would bemoan that their studies left them no time to date. But the young Chinese women, both students at Boston University, would also sing out loud as they walked down Boston's busy streets. “I had no idea this friendship could only last one year,” Li said Monday night at a memorial for her friend. Lu was killed last week in the Boston Marathon bombings, where she'd gone to celebrate the completion of a project.

MEDFORD, Mass. - She was remembered for her smile. Outside of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Krystle Campbell's second-grade teacher reached into her black purse Monday and pulled out a class picture from April 1991 - 21 sweet, gawky children, and Krystle in the back row "with the biggest smile," Margaret Regan said as she waited for her former student's funeral to begin. "That's the way she was. " Inside the tall brick church, the Rev. Chip Hines told Campbell's friends and family members that "every picture I have ever seen" of the 29-year-old who died a week ago at the Boston Marathon "has had that ever-present smile.

BOSTON--Boston University students Jackie Mahedy and Lily Rowland waited in line with so many others to get into the memorial service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. But like so many others, they were told the service was full. Even so, hundreds continued to fill the streets surrounding the cathedral to show support and solidarity after Monday's bombings near the marathon's finish line. Others streamed into the area's bars and restaurants to watch on TV. PHOTOS: Explosions at Boston Marathon Mahedy and Rowland, both 19, went to a restaurant inside the nearby Marriott hotel.

BOSTON -- Amid heightened security and facing a packed audience, President Obama on Thursday urged this city and nation to put aside its fears and tragedies and reclaim the spirit and grace that had been disrupted by terrorist bombs. The crowd, including civic and political dignitaries and some of the runners and families caught in the twin blasts at the finish line of Monday's Boston Marathon, looked on as Obama stepped to the lectern at Boston's famed Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Cross for an interfaith service.

BOSTON -- Since the events of the last few days, Dominick DiLuzio, 23, has taken to wandering the streets of Boston. In particular, he's been drawn to the corner of Boylston and Berkeley streets, where a barrier is erected since the streets are still closed, and a memorial has been growing since Tuesday. This evening, when he made the 20-minute journey from his office, he saw the memorial to the victims of Monday's bombings had grown to dozens of bouquets of flowers, teddy bears, Red Sox hats and cards.

Here is a transcript of the remarks delivered by President Obama during an interfaith memorial service for those injured and killed by the Boston Marathon attack Monday, as provided by the White House: Hello, Boston! Scripture tells us to “run with endurance the race that is set before us.” Run with endurance the race that is set before us. On Monday morning, the sun rose over Boston. The sunlight glistened off the Statehouse dome. In the Common and the Public Garden, spring was in bloom.

There are few Muslims in the small northeast Ohio town where Karen lives with her Palestinian American husband and their five children. In a region where Amish and Mennonite women cover themselves, Karen and her 20-year-old daughter, Amanda, find the occasional rude remark about their head scarves more puzzling than annoying. But what happened Tuesday to Karen's youngest, 10-year-old Yusef, has her steaming. The fifth-grader came home from school with a note that said he'd earned a punitive "strike" and spent time in detention.

There it was on the screen, tragic and terrifying, another senseless act of cowardice. This time in Boston. Like everyone else Monday, I was upset, angry and at a loss for words. So I called two people who have been through this before. Tom Frost of Rancho Santa Margarita, who lost his daughter Sept. 11, 2001. And Kevin Danni of Pasadena, who survived those same attacks in dramatic fashion. I'll start with Frost, who was at work Monday morning when his phone rang.