Boy, 8, killed in Boston blasts remembered for boundless energy

Neighbours gathered around a chalk rainbow on the sidewalk outside 8-year-old Martin Richard's home, mourning the youngest victim of yesterday's bombing at the Boston Marathon and missing his boundless energy and winning smile. "Very happy, happy-go-lucky," said Jane Sherman. Martin was afraid of her dog, a Rottweiler, she said, but he always gave her a cheerful greeting. "An outgoing, wonderful kid. This is a horrendous loss." Martin lived in the large blue Victorian house in working-class Dorchester - a neighborhood dotted with "Kids at Play" traffic signs and budding trees and flowers - with his parents Bill and Denise, 7-year-old sister Jane and older brother Henry. Bill Richard told the world in an email on Tuesday that his little boy had been killed when bombs exploded at the finish line of the marathon. Martin's mother and sister were seriously injured. "My dear son Martin has died from injuries sustained in the attack on Boston," Bill Richard wrote. "My wife and daughter are both recovering from serious injuries. We thank our family and friends, those we know and those we have never met, for their thoughts and prayers." The family released a photo of Martin at a hockey...