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ABCNEWS:
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 …
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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USA Today, Telegraph, CBS DC, Taylor Marsh, Riehl World News, msnbc.com, CBS Boston, Pat Dollard and The Boston Marathon
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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Poynter, Gawker, The Dish, Pat Dollard, Guardian, The Hinterland Gazette, Joe. My. God., CBS DC, Capital New York and Shakesville
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 …
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New York Post, Politico, JustOneMinute, NPR, Business Insider, The Raw Story, Guardian, The Week, Capital New York and Deadspin, more at Mediagazer »
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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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Frank Smyth / msnbc.com:
How the gun lobby has already blocked Boston's bombing investigators
How the gun lobby has already blocked Boston's bombing investigators
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The Daily Caller and Hot Air
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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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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Riehl World News, Pharyngula, The Raw Story, No More Mister Nice Blog and INSTAPUTZ
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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The Maddow Blog, ThinkProgress, The Monkey Cage, msnbc.com, News Desk, The Caucus, Capital New York and Politico
New York Times:
The Senate Fails Americans
The Senate Fails Americans
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NewsBusters, Via Meadia, Vox Popoli, The Week, The Caucus, Hit & Run, Quartz, TalkLeft and Balloon Juice
Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Sen. Manchin Continues Push for Gun Bill
Sen. Manchin Continues Push for Gun Bill
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Washington Wire, Roll Call, Taegan Goddard's … and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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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msnbc.com, The Impolitic, Wonkblog, Guardian, Quartz, Macleans.ca, Taylor Marsh and Booman Tribune
New York Times:
Huge Blast at Texas Fertilizer Plant Kills at Least 5 People
Huge Blast at Texas Fertilizer Plant Kills at Least 5 People
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Washington Monthly, emptywheel, ThinkProgress, CBS Dallas, New Republic, News Desk and The Week
Lateef Mungin / CNN:
Deadly blast rattles Texas town
Deadly blast rattles Texas town
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Friendly Atheist, Business Insider, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Examiner, susiemadrak.com, BOR and Off the Kuff
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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The Greenroom and Hot Air
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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.
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Ricin suspect charged, faces up to 15 years
Ricin suspect charged, faces up to 15 years
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Associated Press, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and CNN
Bruce Baker / Examiner:
Suspect arrested in ricin letters to Obama, lawmakers
Suspect arrested in ricin letters to Obama, lawmakers
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protein wisdom and The Camp Of The Saints
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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Crooks and Liars and Rumproast
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Gun Violence Victims Detained, Put Through Background Check For Yelling ‘Shame On You’ At Senators
Jonathan Cohn / New Republic:
The Angriest Obama We've Ever Seen
The Angriest Obama We've Ever Seen
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ThinkProgress, Wonkblog, The Week, The Other McCain, The Plum Line and Ballot Box
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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Weekly Standard, Post Politics, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
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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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Joe. My. God. and Good As You
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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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Washington Monthly and Mediaite
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
One Wednesday last month, Ann Curry, camouflaged in a hat and trench coat, trudged into the art-deco lobby of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. It had been nine months since she was pushed out as co-host of the “Today” show. Curry was now NBC's “national and international correspondent” …
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Business Insider, The Week and Althouse, more at Mediagazer »
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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BuzzFeed, U.S. News, Riehl World News, The Hinterland Gazette and AMERICAblog
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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Politico:
Gang of Eight aims to stop conservative attacks — The Senate's Gang of Eight is mounting an aggressive lobbying campaign with one major goal: weaken the conservative opposition to a sweeping immigration overhaul. — Hours after the bill was unveiled after 2 a.m. Wednesday …
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Washington Monthly, The Plum Line, The Maddow Blog and The Daily Caller