Boston Bomber: Victims described a street of carnage yesterday in the second day of trial for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Jeffrey Bauman, 27, lost both is legs. “I saw most of the blood coming out of my left leg. I still had my knee, but nothing beyond it,” Mr. Bauman testified. “There was a stream of blood coming out.”

Bill Richard described how his family was hit, his daughter lost a leg, and his eight-year-old son Martin was killed. “I just knew from what I saw that there was no chance,” he said.

The prosecution is building up horrific testimony to make a case for the death penalty.

Nation: A Delta Airline jet carrying 127 people from Atlanta skidded off the runway yesterday in snowy weather at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. The nose of the plane slid over a berm, crashed through a fence, and came to rest just over the water of Flushing Bay and the East River. No one was reported injured.

>Tabloid murder star Jodi Arias escaped the death penalty yesterday when an Arizona jury hung 11-1 on executing her. The 34-year-old’s trial for killing her ex-boyfriend in 2008 fed the tabloid newspapers and television shows with lurid stories of sex, obsession, and jealousy. Some jurors said one member of the panel refused to deliberate the question of

Permawar: Thousands of residents have fled the fighting in and around the Iraqi city of Tikrit as government forces try to re-take it from the Islamic State. Militants are reported to have set several oil wells on fire and have begun bulldozing the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, one of the archeological treasures of the world. Many of the artifacts were removed and preserved years ago, but ISIS is destroying giant relief sculptures and “lamassu” statues– winged bulls with human heads.

Oil: The price of Middle Eastern Brent crude oil is rising along with the increased fighting and instability in Iraq and Syria. Brent crude is about $61 a barrel, but US light crude is still at $50 … very cheap.

Dumbo Retires: Elephants have long been one of the biggest attractions of the circus, but the famous Ringling Bros. Circus announced it will phase them out by 2018. All circuses have been under pressure from animal rights groups about the treatment of elephants and Ringling Bros. has given in. The company’s 43 elephants will be retired to Florida; the lions and tigers will go on with the show.

The Obit Page: Cardinal Edward Egan, who presided over the Archdiocese of New York for nine years during a troubled time of shrinking budgets, a dwindling priesthood, and accusations of sexual abuse among the clergy, has died at age 82. A staunch defender of Catholic orthodoxy, Egan toward the end of his tenure softened a bit on the subject of marriage for priests. “It’s a perfectly legitimate discussion,” he said. “I think it has to be looked at.”

Indie Punches In: Harrison Ford was mildly injured yesterday when he crashed a World War II training plane into a golf course in Venice, Calif. after taking off from Santa Monica. He reported engine trouble before punching in. The 72-year-old actor walked away from the wreck. He’s an expert pilot, but he also once crashed a helicopter.

Cereal Aisle: The 1970s musical act Hall and Oates is suing a Brooklyn food company that has named its cereal “Haulin’ Oates.” The singers’ corporation is called Whole Oats, but has not yet been sued by Whole Foods.

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