Boston: Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, known as suspect #2, was charged by federal prosecutors yesterday as he lay in a Boston hospital bed. He’s accused of using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction and could face death if convicted.

  The White House announced he will be tried in civilian court rather than in military court as a foreign combatant.

A charging affidavit describes Tsarnaev’s behavior before and after the bombing along Boylston Street near the finish line. He is seen talking on his cellphone moments before the first explosion. “He walks away without his knapsack, having left it on the ground where he had been standing,” the document says. “Approximately 10 seconds later, an explosion occurs in the location where Bomber Two had placed his knapsack.”

The affidavit details how the suspects carjacked a Mercedes the night of a shootout in Watertown, Mass. and how the they threw hand made explosives.  The affidavit also says that a search of Tsarnaev’s college dormitory room revealed clothing similar to that worn by suspect #2 in pictures and video the day of the bombing.

National: Flight delays brought on by federal budget cuts appear to be slowing air travel, in particular at Los Angeles International airport. The FAA’s nearly 15,000 flight controllers are going on furlough two days a month. Delays in Los Angeles were attributed to staffing shortages, although delays in several other cities were also because of weather.

World: Canadian authorities say they have interrupted an al Qaeda-linked plot to derail a passenger train. Two men, 30 and 35, were arrested.

• The Israeli military believes Syria used nerve gas against rebel forces. President Obama has said use of chemicals is a “red line” that would trigger US action.

The Obit Page: Richie Havens, a star at Woodstock and a treasured musical voice from the 60s, died at age 72. In 1969 Havens opened the Woodstock festival with a three-hour performance that included the generational anthem “Freedom”. Havens had a pleasing grain to his voice. His cover of George Harrison’s “Here Comes the Sun” was a top 20 hit, and a must listen if you want to get stoned and sentimental about the 60s.

Open Mic Night: AJ Clemente was in the chair for his first night as an anchorman in Bismarck, ND when the show came up and the first words out of his mouth were “F*****g s**t”. His moment of pre-broadcast frustration was not pre-broadcast. It was his first and last night as the anchorman.

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