One of the most outlandish twists in the Reddit-driven Boston bomber rumor mill was the claim that Bomber #2 was a man named Sunil Tripathi, a Brown University student who went missing in March and has been the focus of an extensive missing persons investigation as well as a far flung and desperate family social media campaign trying to find him. The rumor was hopping around the web on Thursday. Then during the all night chase and search early Friday morning it was claimed that his name and another were flagged as the suspects on the police scanner that night. Read More

We’ve just published a first profile of the guy now at the center of the Ricin letter case, after Elvis impersonator Paul Kevin Curtis was released from prison with all charges dropped. His name is Everett Dutschke, failed GOP candidate, taekwondo instructor, bluesman and insurance agent. He’s also currently facing child molestation charges. Curtis’s lawyer says Dutschke tried to frame her client. And while they were announcing Curtis’ release this afternoon, police were searching Dutschke’s home. Get the whole story here.

So who would have thought the feel good story today would be this epic press conference when Elvis impersonator, “licensed reflexologist” (and so much more) Kevin Curtis spoke to the media after all charges were dropped against him in the ricin letters case. You gotta watch this. Read More