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Teen: I Am Not the Boston Marathon Bomber — The teenage boy authorities once investigated as possibly being connected to the Boston Marathon bombing told ABC News today he was shocked to see his face pop up on television and all over social media. — Salah Barhoun, 17 …
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New York Post:
Authorities circulate photos of two men spotted carrying bags near site of Boston bombings — Investigators probing the deadly Boston Marathon bombings are circulating photos of two men spotted chatting near the packed finish line, The Post has learned. — In the photos being distributed …
Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
The Boston Bombing Witch Hunt Bags Another Innocent Kid — On Monday, the New York Post doggedly stuck to its claim that 12 were killed in the Boston Marathon bombings. On Tuesday, CNN (among others) reported that a suspect had been arrested, before walking that all the way back.
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Boston Globe:
Authorities have clear video images of two suspects in Boston Marathon bombings, official says — Authorities have clear video images of two separate suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings carrying black bags at each explosion site and are planning to release the images today in an appeal …
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Max Read / Gawker:
The Post's ‘Person of Interest’ Is a Local High-School Track Runner — “BAG MEN,” the New York Post's front cover brays this morning, underneath a photo of two Boston Marathon spectators. “Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon.” After its embarrassing performance on Monday …
MyFoxBoston:
FBI releases images of two marathon bombing suspects — The FBI released images and surveillance video of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. — In a press conference Thursday, FBI officials said the public will play a critical role in identifying the men accused of committing the bombings.
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FBI:
Resources — If you have visual images, video, and/or details regarding the explosions along the Boston Marathon route and elsewhere, submit them on https://bostonmarathontips.fbi.gov/. No piece of information or detail is too small. — You can also call 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), prompt #3, with information.
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Josh Margolin / New York Post:
Two men probed in Boston Marathon bombings cleared by investigators — Investigators have now cleared the two men whose pictures were circulated last night in an email among law enforcement officials, sources told The Post today. — Authorities determined neither had any information or role …
Jake Tapper / The Lead with Jake Tapper:
Confusion over Saudis in Boston following marathon attack — Boston - The Department of Homeland Security tells CNN that there has been some confusion and misreporting regarding the Boston Marathon bombing and two Saudi nationals. — One is in a Boston hospital, and has been questioned …
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New York Times:
F.B.I. Releases Images of Two Suspects in Boston Attack — BOSTON — The F.B.I. released still and video images of two men whom they characterized as suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings on Thursday evening and asked for the public's help in identifying them.
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Daniel D'Addario / Salon:
Post editor on “Bag Men” cover: “We did not identify them as suspects”
Post editor on “Bag Men” cover: “We did not identify them as suspects”
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Report: FBI to release video of two suspects in Boston bomb attack
Report: FBI to release video of two suspects in Boston bomb attack
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Biden Pledges More Executive Action On Guns “Later This Week” — On conference call with stakeholders, Biden says Obama will carry the gun control fight forward on his own. Updated: The White House says it is only implementing some of the executive actions Obama announced in January.
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Politico:
Gang of Eight aims to stop conservative attacks
Gang of Eight aims to stop conservative attacks
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Anne Bartlett / Post Politics:
Reid pulls gun bill from consideration
Reid pulls gun bill from consideration
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Next Up: The Gauntlet Facing Immigration Reform
Next Up: The Gauntlet Facing Immigration Reform
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Morning Joe Host Shames Senators Who Killed Gun Reform: 'We're The 90 Percent And We're Going To Win' — The morning after the U.S. Senate failed to pass a bipartisan compromise to expand background checks to gun shows and online sales, MSNBC's ‘Morning Joe’ host Joe Scarborough raged against the lawmakers who blocked the bill.
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Rebecca Schoenkopf / Wonkette:
‘Instapundit’ Tells Whats-Her-Name, That Lady Who Got Shot In The Face, To Stop ‘Bullying’ People — Of the many, many, many fine citizens who have sorely tested our hippie nonviolent ways this week, we may have finally found a winner. See that tweet up there?
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Gabrielle Giffords / New York Times:
A Senate in the Gun Lobby's Grip
A Senate in the Gun Lobby's Grip
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Gun Control Effort Had No Real Chance, Despite Pleas
Gun Control Effort Had No Real Chance, Despite Pleas
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Senator Max Baucus / Mike Pompeo:
Pompeo writes to Senator Baucus about Obamacare “Train Wreck” — “No one in the country bears more responsibility for the complexity of this law than you.” — 107 Cannon House Office Building — Washington, DC 20515 — 511 Hart Senate Office Building — Washington, DC 20510
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Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
EXCLUSIVE: SAUDI NATIONAL ONCE CONSIDERED ‘PERSON OF INTEREST’ MAY BE DEPORTED ON ‘SECURITY’ GROUNDS — AND HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FRAMED — Editor's note: Please see the Editors' UPDATES we will be placing in order of most-recent below. TheBlaze's Jonathon M. Seidl contributed to this report.
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Saudi student hurt in Boston bombing not a suspect, not being deported
Saudi student hurt in Boston bombing not a suspect, not being deported
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Evan Hurst / Truth Wins Out:
Former ‘Ex-Gay’ Superstar John Paulk Finally Renounces His ‘Ex-Gay’ Past — Paulk Must Now Begin The Hard Work Of Atoning For The Damage He Has Done To LGBT People, And Anne Paulk And The Religious Right Must Stop Peddling The Lie Of The Paulks' “Fairy-Tale ‘Ex-Gay’ Marriage” Immediately, Says Truth Wins Out
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KWTX-TV:
EMS Director Says 60 To 70 Dead In West Explosion — West EMS Director Dr. George Smith says as many as 60 or 70 people died and hundreds were injured Wednesday night in a fertilizer plant explosion in West. — A rescuer earlier said he knew of five deaths.
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Randy Lee Loftis / Dallas Morning News:
West fertilizer plant said in report that it presented no risk
West fertilizer plant said in report that it presented no risk
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Scott Wong / Politico:
Roger Wicker had hired ‘Elvis’ facing threat charges — Sen. Roger Wicker said he had once hired and met the Elvis impersonator who was charged Thursday with sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and the senator. — Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, told reporters the suspect …
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Chicago Tribune:
Sinkhole swallows 3 cars on Southeast Side: ‘I am lucky’ — A sinkhole on the Southeast Side of Chicago swallowed three cars this morning, one of which was caught on tape. (WGN-TV) — Staff report — One person was hospitalized after a sinkhole swallowed three cars in the South Deering neighborhood …
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Oklahoma lawmaker: ‘I apologize to the Jews’ for ‘Jew me down’ slur — An Oklahoma lawmaker who was advocating that the state drop a 70-year-old law protecting small businesses from large retails stores apologized on Wednesday after he used the slur “Jew me down” during a debate on the state House floor.
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Michael McNutt / Daily Oklahoman:
Oklahoma lawmaker apologizes for ethnic slur
Oklahoma lawmaker apologizes for ethnic slur
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Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
Krauthammer Got Played — Gang of 8 Fakery, Part 1: Remember that wacky Charles Krauthammer column from a month ago-the one that began by shredding the Marco Rubio amnesty plan but wound up endorsring it? Krauthammer's reasoning at the time was strange, but (barely) defensible.
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