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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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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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The Gateway Pundit, The Week, Weasel Zippers and Washington Free Beacon
CNN:
CNN's GUT CHECK for April 16, 2013
CNN's GUT CHECK for April 16, 2013
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Politico, Boston Globe, RealClearPolitics Video Log and Associated Press
Daily Mail:
Pictured: Boy, 8, who was waiting to give his runner father a hug at finish line is named …
Pictured: Boy, 8, who was waiting to give his runner father a hug at finish line is named …
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Riehl World News, The Smoking Gun, Israel Matzav, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller and The PJ Tatler
Associated Press:
AP source: Boston Marathon bombs built out of pressure cookers packed with shrapnel
AP source: Boston Marathon bombs built out of pressure cookers packed with shrapnel
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Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Why Boston Bombings Might Be Scarier Than 9/11
Why Boston Bombings Might Be Scarier Than 9/11
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AMERICAblog, Yahoo! News, Hullabaloo, The Atlantic Online and Balloon Juice
Richard Spencer / Telegraph:
Boston Marathon bombs: al-Qaeda's Inspire magazine taught pressure cooker bomb-making techniques
Boston Marathon bombs: al-Qaeda's Inspire magazine taught pressure cooker bomb-making techniques
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Bill Forry / Dorchester Reporter:
Ashmont boy killed in bomb blast; mom and little sister badly hurt
Ashmont boy killed in bomb blast; mom and little sister badly hurt
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Jimmy Golen / Associated Press:
FBI SEEKS IMAGES IN BOSTON MARATHON BOMB INQUIRY
FBI SEEKS IMAGES IN BOSTON MARATHON BOMB INQUIRY
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New Orleans Times-Picayune and Firedoglake
Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Mitch McConnell On Boston Bombings: Americans Have Become Complacent About Terrorism
Mitch McConnell On Boston Bombings: Americans Have Become Complacent About Terrorism
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U.S. Senate Republican …, Daily Kos and First Read
Yahoo! News:
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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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.
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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Michelle Malkin, The Jawa Report, Post Politics, Hot Air, Crooks and Liars, The Daily Caller and AMERICAblog
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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BuzzFeed, Outside the Beltway and The PJ Tatler
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Ian McKellen / Sir Ian McKellen:
Margaret Thatcher 1925-2013 — The official obituaries have been …
Margaret Thatcher 1925-2013 — The official obituaries have been …
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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
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
Peter Walker / Guardian:
Margaret Thatcher funeral: US opts for low-key official representation
Margaret Thatcher funeral: US opts for low-key official representation
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Weasel Zippers and Weekly Standard
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
No White House envoy to Thatcher funeral? Update: Boehner sending House delegation
No White House envoy to Thatcher funeral? Update: Boehner sending House delegation
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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 Gateway Pundit, The Right Scoop, Doug Ross and Riehl World News
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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Jake Sherman / Politico:
After Boston, Dems decry sequester
After Boston, Dems decry sequester
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CNN, Yahoo! News and Weasel Zippers
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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Washington Post, CNN, Taegan Goddard's … and The Fix
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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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Jeff Flake · 19,330 like this — In a previous post I said that I wanted to study the Manchin-Toomey proposal before commenting on it. — Here are a few thoughts: Manchin-Toomey would expand background checks far beyond commercial sales to include almost all private transfers …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Mark Kelly threatens to back challenger to Flake over gun votes
Mark Kelly threatens to back challenger to Flake over gun votes
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
How long until we know? — It's been more than 24 hours since the explosions in Boston. But while new details emerge by the hour, the question on so many people's minds remains unanswered: Who did it? — “The range of suspects and motives remains wide open,” FBI Special Agent Richard DesLauriers said …
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