Top Items:
Bianna Golodryga / ABCNEWS:
Boston Bomb Suspect's Dad Tells Him to Surrender, Warns ‘ Hell Will Break Loose’ if Son Dies — The father of suspected Boston Marathon bomber called on his son today to give up peacefully, but warned the U.S. that if his son is killed “all hell will break loose.”
Discussion:
Washington Post, ABCNEWS, Mediaite, The Raw Story, Wonkette, Weasel Zippers, Business Insider and nation.foxnews.com
RELATED:
Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
Hospital Denies Involvement In Leak Of Grisly Post-Mortem Photo Of Boston Marathon Bomb Suspect — A grisly post-mortem photo of one of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers appears to have been taken early today after medical personnel turned the body over to law enforcement officials.
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and Weasel Zippers
Irene / Judicial Watch:
Boston Bomber Could Have Been Deported After 2009 Arrest — Updated 4 p.m. Friday related to arrest versus conviction issue: One of the Chechen terrorists who carried out the Boston Marathon bombings could have been deported years ago after a criminal arrest and/or conviction …
Discussion:
Daily Mail, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Business Insider and Atlas Shrugs
Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Did Boston Bombing Suspect Post Al Qaeda Prophecy on YouTube? — Authorities have identified the deceased suspect in the bombing of the Boston marathon, which killed three and injured more than 170, as Tamerlan Tsarnaev. A user by that name has posted a video to his YouTube playlist extolling …
The Boston Globe:
One suspect in custody, another remains on the loose — WATERTOWN — One suspect in Monday's Boston Marathon bombings has been captured, according to an official with knowledge of the investigation. Another remains on the loose in Watertown after a firefight with police.
Discussion:
CNN, Twitchy, U.S. News, Little Green Footballs, The Atlantic Wire, ThinkProgress, AMERICAblog, Associated Press, First Read, Firedoglake, Politico, Quartz, Washington Monthly, Daily Mail, The Gateway Pundit, American Power, Wired, National Review, Macleans.ca, The Moderate Voice, The Week and Scared Monkeys, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
One Boston Bombing Suspect Is Dead — By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and JESS BIDGOOD — BOSTON — The Boston region was in the grip of a security emergency as police pursued one of the suspects believed to be responsible for the Monday bombings at the Boston Marathon.
Discussion:
U.S. News, The Atlantic Online, BuzzFeed, JustOneMinute, Boston Globe, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, The Lede, CNN, Instapundit, New Republic, Lawfare, FP Passport, ThinkProgress, Bloomberg, Guardian, The Week, NPR, WorldViews, Deadspin, Quartz, CANNONFIRE, Mediaite, msnbc.com, THEROOT.COM, Daily Kos, Mashable, CBS Boston, Pat Dollard, The Hugh Hewitt Show, Telegraph, Washington Monthly, BuzzFeed, Daniel W. Drezner and This Just In
U.S. News:
One Boston Marathon suspect killed; second suspect, his brother, on loose after firefight — The two marathon bombing suspects. The man in the white hat is still believed to be at large. — With a bomb strapped to his chest, one of the Boston Marathon suspects was killed early Friday …
Discussion:
The Plum Line, Fox News, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, Outside the Beltway, Washington Examiner, News Desk, Deadspin, The Week, First Read, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite, ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, National Review, Algemeiner.com, American Prospect and CANNONFIRE
David Weigel / Slate:
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Dead Bombing Suspect: “I Don't Have a Single American Friend” — MYSLATE — Follow all Blog articles. — Follow the Weigel blog. — Follow stories by David Weigel. — MySlate is a new tool that lets you track your favorite parts of Slate.
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Friend: Suspect ‘a normal pot head’ — The younger Boston Marathon bombing suspect seemed more interested in blunts than bombs while in college in Massachusetts, his classmate told POLITICO on Friday. — “He didn't seem like a dangerous person at all,” said Chris Barry, a sophomore at UMass-Dartmouth …
Discussion:
The Daily Caller
Sy Mukherjee / ThinkProgress:
Boston Bombing Hero Who Identified Suspect Resorts To Online Fundraising To Pay His Medical Bills (UPDATED) — Jeff Bauman, center, promoting the Boston Marathon — In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday, Jeff Bauman's image was seared into the American consciousness.
Discussion:
NY Daily News, The Boston Globe, Joe. My. God., Hullabaloo and Gawker
Washington Post:
Details emerge on suspected Boston bombers — They blasted across the nation's airwaves as the mystery men on the run from the FBI in the Boston Marathon bombings, both carrying backpacks, one wearing a backward white baseball hat and the other clad in dark glasses and a white T-shirt.
Discussion:
Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Twitchy, Online NewsHour, Mashable, Associated Press and Ed Driscoll
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
What We Know About Boston Marathon Bomb Suspects Dzhokhar And Tamerlan Tsarnaev — AP and NBC reported that Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev came to the U.S. from or near Chechnya, but both have apparently spent several years in Cambridge, Massachusetts. — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — Via: vk.com
CBS News:
FBI interviewed dead Boston bombing suspect years ago
FBI interviewed dead Boston bombing suspect years ago
Discussion:
RT, The Jawa Report, Gawker, Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
David Weigel / Slate:
No, You Didn't Just Find Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Secret Twitter Account
No, You Didn't Just Find Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Secret Twitter Account
Discussion:
Quartz, Mediaite, BuzzFeed and Mother Jones
Adrian Chen / Gawker:
‘Stay Safe People’: Here Is The Fugitive Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect's Twitter Account
‘Stay Safe People’: Here Is The Fugitive Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect's Twitter Account
Discussion:
Quartz, Good As You, Daily Kos and Riptide 2.0
Wall Street Journal:
A Look at Brothers Suspected in the Boston Bombing
A Look at Brothers Suspected in the Boston Bombing
Discussion:
New Republic, New Atlanticist and Hit & Run
Boston Globe:
Relatives of Marathon bombing suspects worried that older brother was corrupting ‘sweet’ younger sibling
Relatives of Marathon bombing suspects worried that older brother was corrupting ‘sweet’ younger sibling
Discussion:
The Daily Caller
Bloomberg:
Boston Bombing Victim in Iconic Photo Helped Identify Attackers
Boston Bombing Victim in Iconic Photo Helped Identify Attackers
Discussion:
The Lede, Mashable, Sister Toldjah, Guardian, Weasel Zippers, Politico, Gawker, ABCNEWS, Daily Kos, nation.foxnews.com and Crooks and Liars, more at Mediagazer »
Joshua Keating / FP Passport:
Chechen leader on Boston suspects: ‘Seek the roots of evil in America’
Chechen leader on Boston suspects: ‘Seek the roots of evil in America’
Discussion:
The Atlantic Online, Yahoo! News, BuzzFeed, Roger L. Simon, The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, msnbc.com, Pat Dollard, Power Line, The Hill and The Hill
Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Chuck Grassley Ties Boston Bombings To Immigration Reform
Chuck Grassley Ties Boston Bombings To Immigration Reform
Discussion:
U.S. News, Democracy in America, Yahoo! News, ACS Blog, The Raw Story, Guardian, Salon, PoliticusUSA and The National Memo
Arsen Mollayev / bigstory.ap.org:
Boston suspect's father says he's a ‘true angel’
Boston suspect's father says he's a ‘true angel’
Discussion:
Yahoo! News, Los Angeles Times, Deadspin, The Gateway Pundit, Israel Matzav and Business Insider
Kevin Cirilli / Reuters:
Muslim groups: Resist ‘scapegoating’
RT:
Boston bombing suspects identified as Tsarnaev brothers from Russia, near Chechnya
Boston bombing suspects identified as Tsarnaev brothers from Russia, near Chechnya
Discussion:
CNN, CBS Boston, CBS New York, Guardian, Jihad Watch, Business Insider, Yahoo! News, msnbc.com, Infowars, Macleans.ca, nation.foxnews.com, The Gateway Pundit, Booman Tribune and The PJ Tatler
Gideon Lichfield / Quartz:
On Instagram, Chechnya's president criticizes America's handling of the Boston manhunt
On Instagram, Chechnya's president criticizes America's handling of the Boston manhunt
Discussion:
Mediaite, Business Insider and WorldViews
Online NewsHour:
In Boston, Lockdown Lifted But Manhunt Continues for Second Marathon Bombing Suspect
In Boston, Lockdown Lifted But Manhunt Continues for Second Marathon Bombing Suspect
Discussion:
Alan Colmes' Liberaland, TVNewser, National Review and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
'I Don't Bluff, I Make Promises': Beck Gives Gov't Until Monday to Come Clean About Boston Bombing Cover-Up
'I Don't Bluff, I Make Promises': Beck Gives Gov't Until Monday to Come Clean About Boston Bombing Cover-Up
Discussion:
Crooks and Liars
Erica Goode / New York Times:
Details of Tsarnaev Brothers' Lives Emerge
Details of Tsarnaev Brothers' Lives Emerge
Discussion:
Washington Post, Daily Kos and Quartz
Associated Press:
MANHUNT IN BOSTON AFTER BOMBING SUSPECT IS KILLED
MANHUNT IN BOSTON AFTER BOMBING SUSPECT IS KILLED
Discussion:
Associated Press and Pat Dollard
Colin Campbell / Politicker:
Governor Cuomo Says Boston Bombing Part of ‘New Normal’
Governor Cuomo Says Boston Bombing Part of ‘New Normal’
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers and Sense of Events
Patricia Wen / The Boston Globe:
College friend shocked by charge he is Boston Marathon bomber
College friend shocked by charge he is Boston Marathon bomber
Discussion:
Politico, The Hill, Reuters and FishbowlDC
USA Today:
Details emerge on Boston suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Details emerge on Boston suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Discussion:
Business Insider, Right Wing News and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
Dead Boston bombing suspect was a ‘very religious’ Muslim boxer
Dead Boston bombing suspect was a ‘very religious’ Muslim boxer
Discussion:
CNN, The Hill, Telegraph and FreedomWorks blogs
Peter Graff / Reuters:
Boston suspect's web page venerates Islam, Chechen independence
Boston suspect's web page venerates Islam, Chechen independence
Discussion:
FP Passport, nation.foxnews.com and AEIdeas
Mark K. Updegrove / PARADE Magazine:
PARADE's Exclusive Interview: President George W. and Laura Bush — More by Mark K. — President George W. and Laura Bush Reflect on the Twins, Bush's Newfound Passion for Painting, and More — Ben Baker — This Sunday's PARADE features an exclusive interview with the former first couple, George W. and Laura Bush.
Discussion:
Firedoglake, Trail Blazers Blog, The Caucus, Mediaite and The Hill
Bedford / The Daily Caller:
New York Times shows sympathy for Boston terrorist suspects — A New York Times feature story on the suspected Boston terrorists showed the possible terrorists in a sympathetic light, with the headline “Far from war-torn homeland, trying to fit in” and a black-and-white picture of one of the men.
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers, National Review, Ed Driscoll and The PJ Tatler
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian / Reuters:
U.S. Boy Scouts set to end ban on gay members : spokesperson — (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America called to end a long-standing ban on openly gay members, a spokesman said on Friday, but the organization's board must still vote in May on whether to ratify the resolution.
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, New York Times, detroitnews.com, Joe. My. God., The National Memo, Mediaite and Truth Wins Out
RELATED:
David Crary / ABCNEWS:
Boy Scouts Proposing to Lift Gay Ban for Youth
Boy Scouts Proposing to Lift Gay Ban for Youth
Discussion:
CNN, Hot Air and Taking Note
Dylan Byers / Politico:
MSNBC comes perilously close to Brian Ross-level blunder — Chuck Todd may have saved MSNBC from an enormous blunder this morning when he stopped one of the network's analysts from speculating on “the electronic trails” of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.
Discussion:
Firedoglake, Mediaite and Taylor Marsh
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:
This Is Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Actual Twitter Account — His last tweet was on April 17, and he wrote, “I'm a stress free kind of guy.” — “I would confirm this as to being his Twitter account. Those users went to my high school,” said Stefanie Gardner, of the Rindge class of 2011.
Discussion:
CNN, CANNONFIRE, Atlas Shrugs and Mashable
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
Sen. Lindsey Graham: Boston bombing “is Exhibit A of why the homeland is the battlefield” — I spoke with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) by phone just a few minutes ago. He said of the Boston bombers: “They were radicalized somewhere, somehow.” Regardless of whether they are international or …
Discussion:
The Hill, The Verge and Hullabaloo