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CVS Won't Carry Rolling Stone with Marathon Bomber Cover
The Woonsocket-based pharmacy chain announced that it won't sell the controversial magazine when it's released on Friday.
By Joe Hutnak
Woonsocket-based CVS/Caremarkannounced on Wednesday it will not sell the newest edition of Rolling Stone magazine featuring accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the cover.
CVS has one store in Smithfield, at Apple Valley Mall, 371 Putnam Pike.
The pharmacy chain issued a statement which said, in part, that it decided not to carry the issue "out of respect for the victims of the attack and their loved ones," according to Boston Magazine online.
In a spot typically reserved for iconic rock stars, Tsarnaev's face appears on the new issue, due on newsstands Friday.
The feature has sparked outrage across social media. A Facebook Page "Boycott Rolling Stone Magazine for their latest cover" had a rapidly growing 36,000 followers Wednesday morning around 11 a.m.
With additional reporting by Olga Enger, Editor of Newport Patch.
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