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7:35 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.
Waco Tribune-Herald:
UPDATED: Fatalities confirmed in West plant explosion  —  UPDATE, 12:25 a.m. Thursday: Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper D.L. Wilson briefed media, saying there were over 100 injuries and there are confirmed fatalities.  Wilson said he could not give a firm number of fatalities, however.
Lateef Mungin / CNN:
Deadly blast rattles Texas town
Discussion: Business Insider
BuzzFeed:
Massive Explosion In Texas Injures More Than 100, Leads To Evacuations
Discussion: Joe. My. God. and U.S. News
Randy Lee Loftis / Dallas Morning News:
West fertilizer plant said in report that it presented no risk
Discussion: ABCNEWS, Quartz and Macleans.ca
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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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate rejects background checks on gun purchases in 54-46 vote  —  The Senate delivered a devastating blow to President Obama's agenda to regulate guns Wednesday by defeating a bipartisan proposal to expand background checks.  —  It failed by a vote of 54 to 46, with 5 Democrats voting against it.
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Senate Blocks Drive for Gun Control
Talking Points Memo:   NRA Celebrates Failure Of Background Check Bill In Senate
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Drive for Gun Control Blocked in Senate
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Gun control: Senate rejects background checks deal
Associated Press:
Senate rejects gun background checks
Discussion: Hit & Run and BillMoyers.com
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Background Checks Die At The Hands Of Senate Filibuster
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Los Angeles Times:
Videos point to 2 suspects in Boston Marathon bombing  —  Investigators comb through Boylston Street just beyond the finish line of the Boston Marathon, two days after two bombs exploded.  (Julio Cortez / Associated Press / April 17, 2013)  —  Two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing …
Discussion: Daily Mail and Weasel Zippers
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FBI:
No Arrest Made in Bombing Investigation … Contrary to widespread reporting, no arrest has been made in connection with the Boston Marathon attack.  Over the past day and a half, there have been a number of press reports based on information from unofficial sources that has been inaccurate.
Daily Mail:   Boston bomber is caught on camera: FBI reveals store footage shows 'dark-skinned man …
The Boston Globe:
Image shows suspect carrying, perhaps dropping, black bag
Miketoole / CBS Boston:
CBS News: Possible Suspect In Boston Marathon Bombings Identified
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Reports: Authorities Eye Suspect In Boston Marathon Bombings
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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Lady Liberty 1885:
Paul Kevin Curtis and the Ricin Letters  —  NOTE: This post was embargoed by LL1885 pending confirmation of the suspect's identity.  We did not want to get the wrong guy.  It was written at 2:16 pm EST and held until now.  Paul Kevin Curtis Arrested for Ricin Letters My co-blogger …
Discussion: The Week, Weasel Zippers and Doug Ross
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Republicans pull plug on Mark Sanford  —  National Republicans are pulling the plug on Mark Sanford's suddenly besieged congressional campaign, POLITICO has learned — a potentially fatal blow to the former South Carolina governor's dramatic comeback bid.  —  Blindsided by news …
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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 …
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Max Baucus Says He Fears Obamacare Is Headed For ‘Huge Train Wreck’  —  WASHINGTON — A senior Democratic senator who helped write President Barack Obama's health care law stunned administration officials Wednesday, saying openly he thinks it's headed for a “train wreck.”
Discussion: Power Line and Weasel Zippers
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Texas teacher claims she couldn't have fondled black student because she's racist  —  A teacher in Texas has invoked her own racism in a defense against charges that she fondled an African-American student in her first grade class at Northwest Preparatory Academy Charter School in Humble.
Discussion: Wonkette, Gawker and KHOU-TV
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Slavoj Zizek / New Statesman:
The simple courage of decision: a leftist tribute to Thatcher
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Obama Responds to His Gun Control Defeat With Self-Righteous Solipsism
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Ron Paul Institute opens amid split with Rand
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Messing With the Wrong City
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High Schooler Protests ‘Slut-Shaming’ Abstinence Assembly Despite Alleged Threats From Her Principal
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Transgender Woman Arrested For Exposing Breasts Jailed With Men
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