Boston Marathon

It's been an emotional couple days in Boston, and it showed in last night's Sabres game against Boston that regardless of where you come from, what you do and who you root for, tragedies like the Boston Marathon bring people in this country together.

I was out watching the Sabres/Bruins game Wednesday night. Did you see the pre-game ceremony? The National Anthem? To hear 18,000 people singing along to the most beautiful song ever written brought tears to my eyes, and from what I saw, many other grown men and women's eyes as well.

Tragedies like the Boston Marathon bombing are horrific, but they also bring people together.

2:45 p.m. (EST): The Boston Police Department has announced that "there has not been an arrest in the Marathon attack." Investigations are ongoing. 2:35 p.m.: CNN is retracting their previous report that an arrest has been made in the Boston Marathon bombings. Other sources are reporting that officials are close to identifying a suspect after reviewing area surveillance video, but no arr

Brad Paisley learned of the tragedy at the Boston Marathon on Monday (April 15), and like all Americans, he felt for the victims, the families of victims and all Bostonians.

Such a senseless tragedy in Boston on Monday, and you can only hope that investigators are able to figure out who planted the bombs and arrest the person or persons responsible. But in the meantime, let's offer a prayer for the victims who were killed or injured.

As people are trying to make sense of the bombing that took place yesterday in Boston, others are asking, "What can I do?" An impromptu solidarity run is being planned for runners in Buffalo.  If you're looking for ways that you can help, here is one of them.

Here are some tweets from country stars about yesterday's (April 15) events at the Boston Marathon.

It’s annually a festive event – New England’s most widely viewed sporting event with interest all over the world and it was marred by Monday’s bombings at the Boston Marathon resulting in dozens of injuries and some fatalities. It brings tens of thousands of visitors to the Boston area and someone or a group of people used it to carry out whatever sick agenda they have.

Three people were killed and more than 100 injured on Monday afternoon when two explosions went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Rescue organizations have gathered to help and at the the tragic scene, but how can you help? The Huffington Post has put together a helpful list of ways:

9 p.m. (EST): The final press conference of the day with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis and various other officials just concluded. The FBI is now leading investigations of the events. Davis confirmed that three people were killed in today's blasts. CNN is reporting that one of the victims killed was an 8-year-old boy. The Wall Street Journal had reported