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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.
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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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USA Today, Weasel Zippers, Firedoglake and Outside the Beltway
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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Daily Kos and Yahoo! News
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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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, MyFoxBoston, Bloomberg and msnbc.com
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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The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers and Washington Free Beacon
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 …
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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Riehl World News, The Smoking Gun, Israel Matzav, The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers and The PJ Tatler
CNN:
CNN's GUT CHECK for April 16, 2013
CNN's GUT CHECK for April 16, 2013
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RealClearPolitics Video Log, Associated Press and Politico
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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Guardian, Atlas Shrugs, The Gateway Pundit, The PJ Tatler, Deadspin, The Right Scoop, The Hinterland Gazette and Jihad Watch
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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The Boston Globe, The Fix, The Hill and Yahoo! News
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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WorldViews, Guardian, The Week and Mediaite
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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Clayton Cramer's Blog
The Boston Globe:
Some areas of downtown Boston reopen Tuesday
Some areas of downtown Boston reopen Tuesday
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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
Roger Robinson / Guardian:
The Boston Marathon's spirit of openness horribly abused | Roger Robinson
The Boston Marathon's spirit of openness horribly abused | Roger Robinson
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The Week, The Huffington Post and Business Insider
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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Fox News, The Daily Caller and Fox News Insider
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
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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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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National Review, The Lonely Conservative, The PJ Tatler, Ricochet Conversations Feed and Ed Driscoll
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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AmmoLand.com Shooting …, Naked DC and Heritage Action for America
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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Weekly Standard
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
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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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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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Washington Monthly, New York Magazine, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, National Review and American Prospect
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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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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Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
News Analysis: Senators Set to Unveil Immigration Bill
News Analysis: Senators Set to Unveil Immigration Bill
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CNN, Wonkblog, The Week, Post Politics and The Hugh Hewitt Show
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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Taylor Marsh, Shakesville and Washington Monthly
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Pope Upholds Reprimand of American Nuns' Group
Pope Upholds Reprimand of American Nuns' Group
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No More Mister Nice Blog and The Agonist
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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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CNN
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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Naked DC, Michelle Malkin, The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers and The Right Scoop
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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.