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Dale Russell / Atlanta News, Weather …:
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Boston Marathon bomb — The bomb that exploded at the finish line of Monday's Boston Marathon sent shock waves across the country. Crime scene photos obtained exclusively by FOX 5 Atlanta are the first look at what is left of the first deadly device.
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David Sirota / Salon:
Let's hope the Boston Marathon bomber is a white American — There is a double standard: White terrorists are dealt with as lone wolves, Islamists are existential threats — As we now move into the official Political Aftermath period of the Boston bombing — the period that will determine …
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Tim Rohan / New York Times:
In Grisly Image, a Father Sees His Son — BOSTON — When Jeff Bauman woke up in a hospital bed on Tuesday, an air tube was down his throat, both of his legs had been amputated at the knee, and his father was by his side. He tried to talk, but he could not.
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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.
Chris Buckley / New York Times:
China Mourns the Death of a Student in Boston Blast — HONG KONG - Mourning for a Chinese student who was the third victim killed in the Boston Marathon bombing rippled across her home country on Wednesday, when Internet sites and news reports described and celebrated a young woman whose ambitions …
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Latest Information of the Chinese Victims in Boston Marathon Bombing
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
How long until we know? — It's been more than 24 hours since the explosions in Boston.
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Amy Davidson / News Desk:
The Saudi Marathon Man
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Scott Malone / Reuters:
Boston bomb probe looking at pressure cooker, backpacks
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Jack Kingston urged Guard ‘take a pass’ on Boston Marathon
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Fox News:
Marathon bombs likely made from pressure cookers, shrapnel, sources say
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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Al Qaeda's Recipe for Pressure-Cooker Bombs
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Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
PRESSURE COOKERS HELP MAKE GOOD BOMBS _ AND CLUES
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nbcmiami.com:
Sen. Manchin: Background Checks Won't Survive Today's Vote — Potential GOP supporters out front on immigration won't risk second battle with conservative base on guns, Manchin tells NBC News.. — In this April 10, 2013 file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, and Sen. Patrick Toomey …
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
NBC: Manchin Concedes That Background Checks ‘Will Not Get The Votes’ — Amid growing Republican opposition to a bipartisan proposal that would expand background checks for gun purchases, one of the measure's chief sponsors acknowledged Wednesday that it will fail in the Senate — at least for now.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
On Gun Control, the Dems Don't Have the Votes — In the wake of Newtown, the media cheered liberal politicians who thought the moment had come to cut back on the Second Amendment. Liberal reporters gave enormous publicity to Dianne Feinstein's proposals to ban “assault weapons,” …
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New York Times:
Senate Sets Flurry of Crucial Votes on Gun Measures, Some Expanding Rights
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sen. Reid rolls dice on gun bill
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Gun control: Senate to vote Wednesday
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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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Paul Krugman:
Reinhart-Rogoff, Continued — I was going to post something sort of kind of defending Reinhart-Rogoff in the wake of the new revelations — not their results, which I never believed, nor their failure to carefully test their results for robustness, but rather their motives.
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Tim Fernholz / Quartz:
How influential was the Rogoff-Reinhart study warning that high debt kills growth?
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Bruce Smith / Associated Press:
AP: Ex-wife says former SC Gov. Sanford trespassed — CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A lawyer says ex-South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford trespassed at his ex-wife's home and he has been ordered to appear in court two days after his special congressional election. — Documents acquired …
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The Post and Courier:
Jenny Sanford accuses Mark Sanford of trespassing at Sullivan's Island home — Republican congressional candidate Mark Sanford is accused of trespassing at his ex-wife's home and faces a court appearance two days after the 1st District special election, according to published reports that surfaced late Tuesday night.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Ex-wife accuses Mark Sanford of trespassing
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Bruce Smith / Associated Press:
Mark Sanford Trespassed At Jenny Sanford's Home: Lawyer
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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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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
IS THIS THE BOMBER? Man With Black Backpack Before Bombing - Then Without Backpack Moments Before Blast — These photos from yesterday's marathon were forwarded to me from a trusted source and came from a Japanese Flickr account. — This photo here shows the Boston crowd before the bombing... And then after the bombing.
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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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Envelope tests positive for ricin at Washington mail facility
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Deadly poison sent to Sen. Wicker
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New York Times:
Thatcher's Funeral is Held at St. Paul's Cathedral — LONDON — On a gray and drizzly day, a horse-drawn gun carriage bore the coffin of Margaret Thatcher, draped in the Union flag, to St. Paul's Cathedral, for a ceremonial funeral that has divided British opinion, much as the former prime …
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Eight Potholes for ‘Gang of Eight’ Immigration Bill
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama dismisses North Korean nuclear missile threat in interview — President Obama said in an interview that aired Tuesday he did not believe North Korea was able to marry its nuclear weapons and missile technology. — “You know, based on our current intelligence assessments …
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Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:
Texas Attorney General: Democrats Pose Greater Threat To Texas Than North Korea
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CNN:
Senators formally file immigration bill — (CNN) — A bipartisan group of senators formally filed legislation early Wednesday calling for border security as the cornerstone of immigration reform. — The bill also would prevent undocumented immigrants from reaching full legal resident status until …
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