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Boston terrorist speaks NEW YORK (AP) — The Boston Marathon bombers were headed for New York’s Times Square to blow up the rest of their explosives, authorities said Thursday, in what they portrayed as a chilling, spur-ofthe-moment scheme that fell apart when the brothers realized the car they had hijacked was low on gas. New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told interrogators from his hospital bed that he and his older brother decided on the spot last Thursday night to drive to New York and launch an attack. In their stolen SUV they had five pipe bombs and a pressure-cooker explosive like the ones that blew up at the marathon, Kelly said. But when the Tsarnaev brothers stopped at a gas station on the outskirts of Boston, the carjacking victim they were hold-
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ing hostage escaped and called police, Kelly said. Later that night, police intercepted the brothers in a blazing gunbattle that left 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev dead. “We don’t know if we would have been able to stop the terrorists had they arrived here from Boston,” the mayor said. “We’re just thankful that we didn’t have to find out that answer.” Dzhokhar was interrogated in his hospital room Sunday and Monday over a period of 16 hours without being read his rights to remain silent and have an attorney present. He immediately stopped talking after a magistrate judge and a representative from the U.S. Attorney’s office entered the room and gave him his Miranda warning, according to a U.S. law enforcement official and others briefed on the interrogation.
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UM entities preparing for finals week
Saturday
BY Kaitlyn Fuhs
kmfuhs@go.olemiss.edu
ILLUSTRATION BY GRANT BEEBE
The staff at the J.D. Williams Library is gearing up for one of its busiest weeks: finals week. With summer just around the corner and finals week fast approaching, students are beginning to spend more time studying in the library. For many students who are on the borderline between passing and failing a class, a great deal of time may be spent there. “(Finals week) is more stress than it is worth,” freshman pharmacy major Maurizia Taylor said. “But it is a great relief when it is over.” To prepare for the chaos, the library will place extra chairs and tables throughout the three floors to provide more studying space. “We order and set up 30 (or so) chairs for student use,” said Stanley Whitehorn, head of access services. “We add 10 extra tables for use.”
Additionally, the library will remain open 24 hours starting April 29 until the last Friday of finals week, when it will close at 6 p.m. The library’s Starbucks hours will be extended until 2 a.m. While Starbucks is maintaining business, Whitehorn said the library will also have three security officers on site to ensure student safety. In addition, The University of Mississippi Office of Health Promotion and the University Counseling Center will be offering a stress-less week starting April 29 to ease the anxiety students may be facing. Pet-a-Puppy will be in the Union Pla za starting Monday. It is sponsored by the OxfordLafayette Humane Society. Students will also be able to stop by the University Counseling Center and take a 30-minute nap with no technology permitted. Massages, yoga and Zumba in the Grove will also be offered throughout the week.