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Authorities ID person of interest as Saudi national in marathon bombings, under guard at Boston hospital — Investigators have a suspect — a Saudi Arabian national — in the horrific Boston Marathon bombings, The Post has learned. — Law enforcement sources said the 20-year-old suspect …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
PHOTOS of SAUDI NATIONAL Person of Interest in Boston Custody — 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. — Here is Abdulrahman with a metal pipe.
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Mark Arsenault / Boston Globe:
Three killed, more than 100 injured in marathon blast — Area is locked down as FBI leads investigation — Two bomb blasts, 12 seconds apart, rocked the finish line of the 117th running of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least three people, including an 8-year-old Dorchester boy …
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Katherine Connell / National Review:
After Boston, Congressman Urges Caution on Immigration Reform — Representative Steve King of Iowa, a prominent House conservative, says Congress should be cautious about rushing immigration reform, especially after Monday's bombing in Boston, where three people were killed.
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Larry Celona / New York Post:
FBI grills Saudi man in Boston bombings — ‘Smells of gunpowder’ — An FBI investigator examines a bag inside an apartment in Revere, in a building on the street where a man being questioned in the bomb attack lives. — Police took a 20-year-old Saudi national into custody near the scene …
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John Miller / CBS News:
Authorities question Saudi national in Boston attack — (CBS News) Following the twin blasts at the Boston Marathon that has claimed two lives and dozens injured, a Saudi national is being held in custody in relation to the incident who was near the scene of the blast, CBS News correspondent John Miller reported.
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CBS News:
Boston Marathon bombings: Suburban apartment searched — Law enforcement officers investigating the Boston marathon bombings searched an apartment in the Boston suburb of Revere, Mass. late Monday into early Tuesday, CBS Boston station WBZ-TV reports.. — Massachusetts State Police confirm …
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Daily Mail:
Pictured: Boy, 8, who was waiting to give his runner father a hug at finish line is named as one of three Boston Marathon bombing victims along with woman in her twenties while 152 are injured and 17 left in critical condition — Martin Richard, 8, and woman in 20s among three confirmed dead …
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CNN:
Tagg Romney: They messed with the wrong people
Tagg Romney: They messed with the wrong people
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Israel News Agency:
Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah Celebrate Boston Terror Attack
Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah Celebrate Boston Terror Attack
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Bruce Schneier / The Atlantic Online:
The Boston Marathon Bombing: Keep Calm and Carry On
The Boston Marathon Bombing: Keep Calm and Carry On
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Kate Kowsh / New York Post:
Roommate calls Saudi national ‘quiet and clean;’ number of injuries rises to over 170
Roommate calls Saudi national ‘quiet and clean;’ number of injuries rises to over 170
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Leah Barkoukis / Townhall.com:
FBI Press Conference: “This Will be a Worldwide Investigation”
FBI Press Conference: “This Will be a Worldwide Investigation”
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Robinson / nation.foxnews.com:
Death toll at 3 in Boston Marathon bombing seen by White House as terrorism
Death toll at 3 in Boston Marathon bombing seen by White House as terrorism
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Miketoole / CBS Boston:
Boston Marathon Bombings: Investigators Make Plea For Photos, Video
Boston Marathon Bombings: Investigators Make Plea For Photos, Video
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
One Word on the Boston Massacre
Carl Weiser / Politics Extra:
Schmidt: 'I've never been so close to death'
Schmidt: 'I've never been so close to death'
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Jimmy Golen / Associated Press:
MASS. GOV: NO UNEXPLODED BOMBS AT BOSTON MARATHON
MASS. GOV: NO UNEXPLODED BOMBS AT BOSTON MARATHON
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Obama Calls Boston Attack ‘Act of Terrorism’
Obama Calls Boston Attack ‘Act of Terrorism’
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Alyssa Newcomb / ABCNEWS:
8-Year-Old Died at Boston Marathon Waiting to Greet Father
8-Year-Old Died at Boston Marathon Waiting to Greet Father
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Patricia Wen / The Boston Globe:
Brothers watching Boston Marathon each lose a leg
Brothers watching Boston Marathon each lose a leg
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Algemeiner.com:
Boston Marathon Blasts: Doctor Credits Israelis With Helping Set Up Disaster Team (VIDEO)
Boston Marathon Blasts: Doctor Credits Israelis With Helping Set Up Disaster Team (VIDEO)
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Boston Globe:
Terror at the Boston Marathon
Terror at the Boston Marathon
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Kevin Cullen / The Boston Globe:
A perfect Marathon day, then the unimaginable
A perfect Marathon day, then the unimaginable
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
What Obama's learned about talking about terror — When bombs went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday afternoon, President Barack Obama was quick to speak out — but extremely cautious about what he said. — Obama's decision to step before cameras despite sketchy information …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Axelrod: Obama Thinks Boston Bombings Could Be Related to ‘Tax Day’
Axelrod: Obama Thinks Boston Bombings Could Be Related to ‘Tax Day’
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Obama, calling attack ‘terror,’ shifts to response
Obama, calling attack ‘terror,’ shifts to response
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David Weigel / Slate:
Why the Conspiracy Theorists Will Have a Tough Time With Boston — Shortly before 9 p.m. I got out of a much-needed, much-delayed catch-up with a friend who shared my desire to escape — briefly — the news from Boston. It was unescapable. A bar next door had turned a flatscreen toward the street …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Alex Jones: Boston explosion a government conspiracy
Alex Jones: Boston explosion a government conspiracy
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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” …
Politico:
Gun control bill in peril — The tough gun-control bill that President Barack Obama wants now has little, if any, chance of passing this Congress - it's struggling in the Senate and facing outright rejection in the House. — Vice President Joe Biden worked the phones Monday to try to salvage …
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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 — President Obama made decision not to send a member of his administration before yesterday's bombings in Boston — Instead, Reagan's former Secretary of State George Shultz …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Barney Frank: ‘No Tax Cut Would Have Helped Us Deal With This’ — Barney Frank discussing the Boston marathon bombing on CNN this morning: — “We are talking about recovery here all morning, as this city, as this state tries to bounce back from this,” the CNN host said to Frank, a former congressman from that state.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Kerry meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister abruptly closed — A meeting Secretary of State John Kerry was to hold with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal was abruptly closed to press coverage Tuesday morning. — The State Department provided no reason for the change …
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