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Second Boston Marathon victim identified: Krystle Campbell — A second victim in the Boston Marathon bombings has been identified: Krystle M. Campbell, a 29-year-old originally from Medford, Mass. — Her father, William A. Campbell Jr., told Yahoo News he's in shock that his daughter was killed.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Bomb Details Emerge in Boston Case — BOSTON — The explosives used to kill three people and injure 176 at the Boston Marathon on Monday were likely some kind of “pressure-cooker” devices that sent sharp bits of shrapnel flying into victims in the vicinity of the blast, several law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Injured Saudi is a witness, not a suspect, in Boston bombing — U.S. law enforcement officials said Tuesday that a Saudi national injured in the Boston Marathon bombing is regarded as a witness, not a suspect. — The Saudi, who is recuperating at a Boston hospital, is in his 20s …
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Breanna Edwards / Politico:
Report: 2 escorted off Boston plane — Officials in Boston are taking no chances, a day after the tragedy at the Boston Marathon — including on flights out of nearby Logan Airport. — A plane headed to Chicago was brought back to the gate at Logan Airport, after some passengers …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Jack Kingston urged Guard ‘take a pass’ on Boston Marathon — A year ago, Rep. Jack Kingston was so concerned about the National Guard's shriveling budget that he wanted it to “take a pass” on major events like “the Boston Marathon.” — The Georgia Republican pleaded with the guard's leaders …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
PHOTOS of SAUDI NATIONAL Person of Interest in Boston Custody ...Update: Saudi Ruled Out as Suspect — Here is the Facebook page of the Saudi national guarded by federal agents at a Boston hospital. — Abdulrahman Ali Alharbi — The name was released by Townhall and Free Republic.
Bridget Johnson / The PJ Tatler:
An Al-Shabaab Link to Boston Marathon Bombings? — A series of Twitter gloats today raised questions about the possible involvement of Somali terror group Al-Shabaab in the Boston Marathon bombing. — No person or group has yet directly taken responsibility for the attack that killed three and wounded 176, 17 of those critically.
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Daily Mail:
Pictured: Boy, 8, who was waiting to give his runner father a hug at finish line is named …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
After Boston, Dems decry sequester
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CNN:
CNN's GUT CHECK for April 16, 2013
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Carl Weiser / Politics Extra:
Schmidt: 'I've never been so close to death'
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Associated Press:
AP source: Boston Marathon bombs built out of pressure cookers packed with shrapnel
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Richard Spencer / Telegraph:
Boston Marathon bombs: al-Qaeda's Inspire magazine taught pressure cooker bomb-making techniques
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Kate Kowsh / New York Post:
Roommate calls Saudi national ‘quiet and clean;’ number of injuries rises to over 170
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Bill Forry / Dorchester Reporter:
Ashmont boy killed in bomb blast; mom and little sister badly hurt
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Washington Post, Weasel Zippers and New York Times
Mike Konczal / nextnewdeal.net:
Researchers Finally Replicated Reinhart-Rogoff, and There Are Serious Problems. — In 2010, economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff released a paper, “Growth in a Time of Debt.” Their “main result is that...median growth rates for countries with public debt over 90 percent of GDP …
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Is The Reinhart-Rogoff Result Based on a Simple Spreadsheet Error? — So this is huge. Or, rather, it won't matter even a tiny little bit but it ought to be a big deal anyway. You've probably heard that countries with a high debt:GDP ratio suffer from slow economic growth.
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ThinkProgress, The Tell and Gawker
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Letter sent to Roger Wicker tests positive for ricin — An envelope sent to the U.S. Senate office of Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) included a substance that has tested positive for Ricin, two sources say. — It was not immediately clear when the envelope was received.
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CNN:
Envelope tests positive for ricin at Washington mail facility — Washington (CNN) — An envelope that tested positive for the deadly poison ricin was intercepted Tuesday afternoon at the U.S. Capitol's off-site mail facility in Washington, congressional and law enforcement sources tell CNN.
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Senate at war over Thatcher resolution — Senate Republicans and Democrats are in an intense battle over the contents of a resolution to honor former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died last week and will be laid to rest on Wednesday. — The fight has prompted Senate Foreign …
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James Chapman / Daily Mail:
Obama's snub to Thatcher: President won't send envoy to funeral - and leaves it to her old allies from the Reagan era
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National Review, The Lonely Conservative, The PJ Tatler, Ricochet Conversations Feed and Ed Driscoll
Ian McKellen / Sir Ian McKellen:
Margaret Thatcher 1925-2013 — The official obituaries have been …
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Peter Walker / Guardian:
Margaret Thatcher funeral: US opts for low-key official representation
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
No White House envoy to Thatcher funeral? Update: Boehner sending House delegation
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
U.S. Practiced Torture After 9/11, Nonpartisan Review Concludes — WASHINGTON — A nonpartisan, independent review of interrogation and detention programs in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks concludes that “it is indisputable that the United States engaged in the practice of torture” …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
How out of touch is today's GOP? — I already touched on today's new Post poll this morning, but there are a bunch of numbers in here that really deserve their own post. — To wit: It finds that only 23 percent of Americans — that would be fewer than one in four — believe the Republican Party is …
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Jeffrey Goldberg / Bloomberg:
Obama's Second Term Already Looks Like a Failure — President Barack Obama's second term has so far been a story of high liberal hopes and scant liberal achievements. — The president has been re-elected, demographic trends favor the growth of his coalition, his party has a technological edge …
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Tom Kington / Los Angeles Times:
Pope Francis reaffirms crackdown on U.S. nuns — The pontiff backs a Vatican assessment last year that the Leadership Conference of Women Religious was promoting ‘radical feminist themes.’ — A nun watches Pope Francis hold Mass in Vatican City last month before his first Easter message.
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Pope Upholds Reprimand of American Nuns' Group
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No More Mister Nice Blog and The Agonist
Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Yep, The Immigration Bill's Path To Citizenship Is The Real Deal — After months of vague talking points about creating a “path to citizenship” versus a “special path to citizenship” versus “amnesty,” the Senate's “Gang of 8” finally has an immigration bill ready.
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
News Analysis: Senators Set to Unveil Immigration Bill
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Susan Tran / WHDH-TV:
EXCLUSIVE: New pics from moments before, after blasts — BOSTON (WHDH) — Photos sent to 7News by a viewer show the scene just before and right after the bombs went off on Boylston Street. — 7News has provided these pictures to the FBI as they continue their investigation.
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The Right Scoop, Doug Ross and Riehl World News
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
New York Sports Talk Show Host Calls For Murder In Response To Boston Bombing — Passions are running high on the east coast and in America in general in response to the terrorist attack that occurred at the Boston Marathon on Monday. I woke up early Tuesday morning and turned on the Boomer …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama: Senate immigration bill ‘clearly a compromise’ — President Obama said Tuesday that the immigration bill developed by the so-called Gang of Eight was “clearly a compromise” effort, but said he would ultimately back the Senate legislation. — “This bill is clearly a compromise …
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Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Read The 'Gang Of 8's' Landmark Immigration Plan
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