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4:35 PM ET, April 15, 2013

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New York Post:
12 dead, nearly 50 injured after 2 explosions rock Boston Marathon, law enforcement sources confirm  —  BOSTON — Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers …
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Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
Explosions Reported At The Boston Marathon; Dozens Injured  —  Reports are starting to come in of multiple explosions near the finish line at the Boston Marathon, across from the Boston Public Library on Copley Square.  We're updating below.  Some photos might be graphic.
New York Times:
Many Injured in Blasts Near End of Boston Marathon  —  A series of explosions erupted near the finish line at the Boston Marathon on Monday.  The Boston Police Department confirmed that they were looking into an explosion, but had no further comment.  —  The Associated Press reported …
Fox News:
Multiple casualties reported after two explosions at Boston Marathon  —  DEVELOPING: Multiple casualties are reported after at least two explosions were heard near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, according to the Boston Herald.  —  Witnesses reportedly heard booms that sounded …
Dallas Morning News:
Exclusive: As his presidential library debuts, George W. Bush prepares to return to public stage on his own terms … To post a comment, log into your chosen social network and then add your comment below.  Your comments are subject to our Terms of Service and the privacy policy and terms of service of your social network.
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Dallas Morning News:
Exclusive: See President George W. Bush's paintings: ‘People are surprised’  —  This painting, “Miss Beazley,” is a work that former President George W. Bush did of his Scottish terrier.  —  of  —  President.  Governor.  Artist?  —  More than four years after George W. Bush left the White House …
David Kopel / The Volokh Conspiracy:
The “Pro-Gun” Provisions of Manchin-Toomey are Actually a Bonanza of Gun Control  —  The Toomey-Manchin Amendment which may be offered as soon as Tuesday to Senator Reid's gun control bill are billed as a “compromise” which contain a variety of provisions for gun control, and other provisions to enhance gun rights.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Gun lobbyist brags lawmakers ‘have stepped into our trap’ on background checks  —  The head of a national gun rights group said in an e-mail Sunday that he was supporting the Manchin-Toomey compromise on background checks and that his group's lobbyist had participated in the writing of the legislative language.
Discussion: JustOneMinute, Examiner and Politico
Washington Free Beacon:
Murphy: ‘It Took Me a While to Figure Out’ Opposition to Gun Control Is Based on Philosophy
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Is media bias to blame for lack of Gosnell coverage?  Or something far more banal?  —  The trial of Philadelphia doctor Kermit Gosnell would seem to have all the elements of a spectacular news story: shocking allegations, horrifying visuals, sympathetic victims.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
White House: Trial of Pennsylvania abortion doctor ‘unsettling’
Discussion: CNN
New York Times:
Gitmo Is Killing Me  —  ONE man here weighs just 77 pounds.  Another, 98.  Last thing I knew, I weighed 132, but that was a month ago.  —  I've been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 pounds.  I will not eat until they restore my dignity.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Fewer Americans Now View Their Income Taxes as Fair  —  The 55% who say their taxes are fair is lowest since 2001  —  PRINCETON, NJ — This Tax Day, 55% of Americans regard the income taxes they have to pay as fair, the lowest percentage Gallup has measured since 2001.
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Howard Dean: Obama Might Drive Me Out Of The Democratic Party  —  “What the hell are they thinking?” the former DNC chair asks about Obama's proposed budget.  The Democrats' civil war?  —  Via: Toby Talbot / AP  —  WASHINGTON — Howard Dean has had it with President Obama's budget proposal …
Joe Miller / Restoring Liberty:
Why I Am Considering a 2014 US Senate Run  —  Serious times call for bold measures.  With the re-election of Barack Obama, our very way of self-government is in peril.  The Constitution is under attack, the value of human life degraded, religious liberties are threatened …
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Joe Miller weighs Alaska Senate run
Daniel Altman / Foreign Policy:
The Economics of War with North Korea  —  Would fighting Kim Jong Un be worth it?  —  What's the best way to decide how to deal with North Korea?  Ask an economist, naturally.  Washington, Beijing, and their allies haven't come up with any new ideas about how to deal with the unpredictable regime in Pyongyang.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Jillian Keenan / Slate:
Legalize Polygamy!  —  No. I am not kidding.  —  Sister-wives Valerie, left, and Vicki serve breakfast to their children in their polygamous house in Herriman, Utah, in this file photo from May 30, 2007.  Polygamy, once hidden in the shadows of Utah and Arizona, is breaking into the open …
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court avoids gun rights dispute (FINAL UPDATE)  —  UPDATED 3:09 pm to add actions the Court took Monday in other cases.  —  The Supreme Court, following a pattern that is now quite well established, chose again on Monday to remain on the sidelines as the national debate over gun ownership heats up in the political realm.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Declines Gun Law Case
Discussion: The Raw Story
Noam Scheiber / New Republic:
Get Rich or Deny Trying  —  One of the stars of Barack Obama's 2012 State of the Union address was Jackie Bray, a single mother who was laid off in 2011 and struggled for months to find a good-paying job.  Bray's luck finally turned, the president explained, when German industrial giant Siemens hired …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Boston Herald:
Elizabeth Warren winning support for 2016 White House bid  —  By:  —  Just a few months into her first U.S. Senate term, Democrat Elizabeth Warren is generating increasing support among liberals as a White House contender — putting her on a potential collision course with presumed front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Reuters:
Tight win for Chavez's heir spells uncertainty for Venezuela  —  (Reuters) - Late socialist leader Hugo Chavez's chosen successor Nicolas Maduro won Venezuela's presidential election by a whisker but now faces opposition protests plus a host of economic and political challenges in the OPEC nation.
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Reuters:
President Obama, Republicans fight the class war  —  There was nothing especially subtle about the way Barack Obama played the politics of class resentment against Mitt Romney in 2012.  —  “My opponent,” Obama brayed in Virginia Beach last fall, “thinks that someone who makes $20 million a year …
 
 
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Erin Durkin / NY Daily News:
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Discussion: The Agonist
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
Again and again, our moral, ethical, and intellectual betters …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll and NewsBusters
Jonathan Cohn / New Republic:
The Hell of American Day Care
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Peter Beinart / The Daily Beast:
Not so long ago, plenty of Republicans favored gun control.
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