Snapshot:1 Boston bomb suspect dead+ Mayor: Up to 35 killed at plant

Courtesy of the FBI

Authorities said early Friday the Boston Marathon bombing suspect seen in the photo wearing the black hat is dead, and the suspect in the white hat is on the run in Boston.

Carla Caldwell, Morning Call Editor

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Today?s Talkers

*One suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings is dead, and a second suspect is on the run after a night of chaos in Boston.

*As many as 35 people, including 10 first responders, were killed in the Texas fertilizer plant explosion, West, Texas, Mayor Tommy Muska told USA Today.

* Twenty-four current and former Internal Revenue Service employees have been charged with stealing government benefits.

*Microsoft is working with manufacturers to produce a line of small touch-screen devices powered by Windows, apparently intended to compete with 7-inch tablets like the iPad Mini and Amazon Kindle Fire, reports The Associated Press.

AP reports that Peter Klein, Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) chief financial officer, told investors and analysts on a conference call Thursday the new devices will be available in "coming months" at competitive prices.

* The head of engineering at Boeing Co.?s (NYSE: BA) Commercial Airplanes unit told managers Thursday the company will trim its engineering workforce by up to 1,700 positions this year, with as many as 700 job cuts coming through layoffs, reports the Seattle Times.

*How sharing a video clip can lead to arrest. A man who says he was only pretending to drink and drive on a video he posted online faces charges of consuming alcohol while operating a vehicle and driving without a license.

*KPMG LLP said it will reassess its internal safeguards following an insider-trading case that has led to the firing of a senior partner and the accounting firm's resignation as the auditor for two companies.

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