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9:30 AM ET, April 18, 2013

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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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Selwyn Crawford / Dallas Morning News:
Live video: Explosion, injuries reported at fertilizer plant near Waco in West, Texas  —  A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant rocked the town of West, north of Waco, causing multiple injuries and leaving people trapped and buildings on fire.  —  Firefighters were reported among …
Lateef Mungin / CNN:
Explosion hits fertilizer plant north of Waco, Texas  —  Are you there?  Please send photos and videos to iReport, but please stay safe.  —  (CNN) — An explosion ripped through a fertilizer plant Wednesday night in the area of West, Texas, sending a massive fireball into the sky and causing dozens of injuries, officials said.
Washington Post:
Fertilizer plant explosion injures at least 160 in central Texas; 5 to 15 feared dead  —  A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in central Texas Wednesday night left more than 160 people wounded and killed an estimated five to 15 people, officials said, likely including firefighters …
Randy Lee Loftis / Dallas Morning News:
West fertilizer plant said in report that it presented no risk  —  The fertilizer plant that exploded Wednesday night in West, Texas, reported to the Environmental Protection Agency and local public safety officials that it presented no risk of fire or explosion, documents show.
Discussion: ABCNEWS, Macleans.ca and Quartz
Lateef Mungin / CNN:
Deadly blast rattles Texas town
Discussion: Business Insider
Waco Tribune-Herald:
UPDATED: Fatalities confirmed in West plant explosion
BuzzFeed:
Massive Explosion In Texas Injures More Than 100, Leads To Evacuations
Discussion: Joe. My. God., Mediaite and U.S. News
Gabrielle Giffords / New York Times:
A Senate in the Gun Lobby's Grip  —  SENATORS say they fear the N.R.A. and the gun lobby.  But I think that fear must be nothing compared to the fear the first graders in Sandy Hook Elementary School felt as their lives ended in a hail of bullets.  The fear that those children who survived …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
A Lame Duck Squawks, But Why?  —  After his gun control proposals were defeated today in the Senate, President Obama gave a speech in the Rose Garden, surrounded by Joe Biden, Gabrielle Giffords, and Newtown parents.  He went on what can charitably be described as an angry rant.
Discussion: Washington Times
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate rejects background checks on gun purchases in 54-46 vote
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Gun Control Effort Had No Real Chance, Despite Pleas
Discussion: The Maddow Blog
Talking Points Memo:
NRA Celebrates Failure Of Background Check Bill In Senate
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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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CNN:
Hillary Clinton reacts to Boston bombing  —  (CNN) - Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paid tribute Wednesday to those who ran to help victims of the Boston Marathon bombing earlier this week.  In a speech at a Global Fund for Women anniversary gala in New York City, Clinton said such spirit of …
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and Taylor Marsh
Los Angeles Times:
Videos point to 2 suspects in Boston Marathon bombing
Discussion: Daily Mail and Weasel Zippers
Frank Smyth / msnbc.com:
How the gun lobby has already blocked Boston's bombing investigators
Discussion: The Daily Caller
FBI:
No Arrest Made in Bombing Investigation
Daily Mail:   Boston bomber is caught on camera: FBI reveals store footage shows 'dark-skinned man …
New York Times:
Suspicions in Boston Attack Turn to Man Seen in Videos
Discussion: NewsBusters, Poynter and Yahoo! News
U.S. News:
Feds arrest suspect in ricin-positive letters sent to Obama, senator  —  The ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama and Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker were both postmarked April 8 and sent from Memphis, Tenn., signed “I am KC and I approve this message.”  A third letter went to Michigan Sen. Carl Levin.
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Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
MIND-BOGGLING DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT RICIN LETTER SUSPECT: 'I'M ON THE HIDDEN FRONT LINES OF A SECRET WAR'  —  Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, of Tupelo, Miss., has been arrested in connection with ricin letters that were sent to both Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and President Barack Obama," The New York Times reports.
Jason Zengerle / New York Magazine:
How Savvy Jenny Sanford Sabotaged Ex-Husband Mark's Political Comeback  —  Obama Delivers Emotional Condemnation of Senate Republicans After Gun-Control Defeat  —  A couple of months ago, when I was reporting a feature on Mark Sanford's political comeback and the ongoing soap opera between …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Republicans pull plug on Mark Sanford
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Lawyer up, Issa warns CIA staff  —  In separate letters to the legal offices of the CIA, State Department and Defense Department, Issa said some witnesses on the issue might need lawyers, if their agencies decide to retaliate against them for their testimony.
Discussion: Hot Air
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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
House investigators talking to new Benghazi whistleblowers
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
The Local:
Hollande denounces ‘homophobic’ violence  —  President François Hollande has denounced “homophobic” acts as protests against the bill once again boiled over on Wednesday night.  The French parliament just days away from the crucial and final vote on whether to legalise gay marriage.
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Patricia Maisch, Hero Of Tucson, Escorted Out Of Capitol For Shaming Senate  —  WASHINGTON — Patricia Maisch, a hero of the Tucson shooting that left six dead and another 13 wounded, including former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), was escorted by police out of the Capitol Wednesday …
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
House Democrats, restaurant owners backing minimum wage increases  —  House Democrats are gathering support behind a proposal to raise the minimum wage for hourly and tipped workers.  —  Reps. George Miller (D-Calif.) and Donna Edwards (D-Md.) unveiled a new association of restaurant owners …
 
 
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Dan Littauer / Gay Star News:
Colombia's Senate postpones gay marriage vote
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Anti-Gay Marriage Rally Fail
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Matthew Green / Reuters:
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Discussion: The Week
Slavoj Zizek / New Statesman:
The simple courage of decision: a leftist tribute to Thatcher
Discussion: Opinionator
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Max Baucus Says He Fears Obamacare Is Headed For ‘Huge Train Wreck’
Discussion: Power Line and Weasel Zippers
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High Schooler Protests ‘Slut-Shaming’ Abstinence Assembly Despite Alleged Threats From Her Principal
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