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cnn news 2013-04-20

Getting right to our first story. Explosions in Boston, Massachusettsyesterday is the city's celebrated Patriot’s Day. It’s a state holiday inMassachusetts schools are close, people take the day off of work to go tosporting events like Boston, Marathon. The races held every year on Patriot'sday. There is violence at this year's race. The latest information fromofficials, one way produce this program yesterday evening was that at least 2had been killed and at least 69 more had been wounded. Early reports indicatedthat there were two explosions. They happened around 2:45pm near the finishline of the Boston Marathon. A cnn producer was there.

Sure, I was on Boylston Avenue, which is sort of a final stretch of theBoston Marathon, maybe a final mile or two. It was packed with thousands ofspectators on either side; it was packed with thousands of runners making theirfinal sprint to the finish. And about 100 yards from me, closer to the finishline I heard an explosion turned into a big plume of smoke, rising out of whatlooked like a sidewalk or a parking lot. I’m not entirely sure. It wasn’t onthe street. It was off the street. That much I could tell. Everyone sort ofpaused. Wondered what the heck that was, and about 10 seconds later, about 20yards from me, on the other side of the avenue, another big explosion.

Nearly 27,000 runners were participating in this year's Boston Marathon.Some were still out in the course when this apparent bombing happen. The racestopped immediately. Emergency workers, police officers and Massachusetts NationalGuard members responded, rushing to the scene to help victims. Some of thepeople who injured in the blast were taken to local hospitals. Others weretreated in medical tents. They were near the finish line to treat exhausted runners.Law enforcement officials said investigators found and were working todismantle other explosive devices in Boston. A state government official saidthere were no credible security threats heading into yesterday's Marathon. Thisinformation was still coming in yesterday evening. You can get latest detailsand updates at cnnstudents.com.

Next, these events from yesterday in North Korea. They were part of one ofbiggest dates on the calendar for the country, but as North Korea celebrated,the rest of the world watched closely. Yesterday, the country marked the day ofthe sun. It's the birthday of Kim Il-sung. He’s North Korea’s founder,considered the nation’s eternal president and he’s the grandfather of itscurrent leaders. Ceremony yesterday paid tribute to Kim Uh sung, othercountries were keeping an close eye on North Korea, because concerned about thenation launching a missile attack. That something it is threatened to dorecently. U.S Secretary of State John Kerry just got back from a trip to thatpart of the world. He says the U.S. is willing to try to diplomacy to talk withNorth Korea, but before that happens, Secretary Kerry says North Korea has tostop making threats and ditch its controversial nuclear program.

Our next story, takes us to state of Virginia. We are heading toBlacksburg and the campus of Virginia Tech. On this day, six years ago was thesite of the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history. The victims wereteachers and students, the gunman also a student, eventually took his own life.Every year since then April 16th has been a day of membrane for the VirginiaTech community. People come together for candle light ceremony like this onefrom last year, also other ceremonies and events take place. He names of thevictims are read out loud. The entire state of Virginia holds a moment ofsilence in their memories.

This week also anniversary for Major League Baseball. On April 15th 1947,Jackie Robinson made his Major League debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. When hedid, he broke baseball so called color barrier becoming the firstAfrican-American to play in the Major Leagues. Around the Majors, April 15th isnow Jackie Robinson day. Every player on every team wore the number 42,Robinson’s number. Back in 1997, on the 50th anniversary of Robinson’s firstgame with the Dodgers, Major League Baseball retired his number for the entireleague. Jackie Robinson opened the door for African-Americans to playprofessional baseball, but few African-Americans are following in hisfootsteps. Jason Carroll examines this trend.