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Please Touch the Exhibits: Museum Lets You 'Feel' Displays

"Look, but don't touch." That's the drill at most museums — even when the objects on display aren't behind thick glass, laying so much as a finger on that 5,000-year-old Grecian urn is going to get you in some serious trouble. Full story

Funerals begin for victims of Boston marathon bombing

MEDFORD, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Hundreds of mourners crowded outside a suburban Boston church on Monday for the first of a series of funerals for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. Full story

Boston bombing suspects killed MIT officer: police commissioner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boston's police commissioner said on Sunday that the Boston Marathon bombing suspects killed an MIT police officer and had more explosives that authorities believe they intended to use. Full story

Remembering fallen MIT officer Sean Collier

   At the shoot-out at the MIT campus, which involved both of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, MIT officer Sean Collier was killed and another officer, Richard Donahue, was wounded in the firefight and remains in critical condition. NBC’s Ron Allen reports.

Boston Lockdown: What It's Like Inside

BOSTON — The drone of helicopters and scream of sirens have become a way of life in Boston this week. Full story

MIT Students Wear Black in Show of Support For Fallen Off...

   Greg Steinbrecher, MIT's "The Tech" reporter, reveals how students at MIT are responding to the death of a campus police officer; shot and killed in last night's capture of the Boston bombing suspect.

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Andrew Collier, left, puts his hand on his brother, Robert, after delivering the eulogy at a memorial service for their brother, slain Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus officer, Sean Collier, at MIT in Cambridge, Mass. Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Sean Collier was fatally shot on the MIT ca

Handout of thousands gather in a memorial service for Massachusetts Institute of Technology Patrol Officer Sean Collier at Briggs Field at MIT in Cambridge
Handout of thousands gather in a memorial service for Massachusetts Institute of Technology Patrol Officer Sean Collier at Briggs Field at MIT in Cambridge

Thousands gather in a memorial service for Massachusetts Institute of Technology Patrol Officer Sean Collier at Briggs Field at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts April 24, 2013. The officers, friends, family and MIT employees paid tribute to Collier, allegedly killed by the brothers accused of the Bos

Handout of U.S. Vice President Biden speaks during the memorial service for Massachusetts Institute of Technology Patrol Officer Collier at MIT in Cambridge
Handout of U.S. Vice President Biden speaks during the memorial service for Massachusetts Institute of Technology Patrol Officer Collier at MIT in Cambridge

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the memorial service for Massachusetts Institute of Technology Patrol Officer Sean Collier at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts April 24, 2013. Thousands of law enforcement agents from around the United States attended the memorial for Collier, who authorit

Musician James Taylor sings during the memorial service for MIT police officer Sean Collier at MIT in Cambridge
Musician James Taylor sings during the memorial service for MIT police officer Sean Collier at MIT in Cambridge

Musician James Taylor sings during the memorial service for Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts April 24, 2013. Thousands of law enforcement agents from around the United States attended the memorial on Wednesday for Collier, who auth

Handout of MIT Police are shown in procession during a memorial service for MIT Patrol Officer Sean Collier at MIT in Cambridge
Handout of MIT Police are shown in procession during a memorial service for MIT Patrol Officer Sean Collier at MIT in Cambridge

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police are shown in procession during a memorial service for MIT Patrol Officer Sean Collier at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts April 24, 2013. Thousands of law enforcement agents from around the United States attended the memorial for Collier, who authorities