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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.
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U.S. News:
One Boston Marathon suspect dead, another still on run, officials say — 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 after he and the other suspect robbed …
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Adam Clark Estes / The Atlantic Wire:
An Officer's Been Killed and There's a Shooter on the Loose at MIT — Updated 12:02 a.m.: MIT issued an emergency alert at 10:48 on Thursday night reporting shots fired on the university campus. MIT's school newspaper, The Tech, reports, “Shots fired near 32 Vassar St (Stata Center), police officer down.
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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.
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
What We Know About Boston Marathon Bomb Suspects Dzhokhar And Tamerlan Tsarnaev — Although the AP and NBC reported that Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev came to the U.S. from or near Chechnya, Dzhokhar has several apparent years of history in Cambridge, Massachusetts. — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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Daily Mail:
Boston marathon bombing suspect KILLED in shoot-out: Second terrorist still on run after gun battle that left cop dead as police warn: ‘terrorist on loose wants to kill you - do not open your door’ — Terrorist dubbed ‘Suspect 1’ killed after explosions and machine gun fire rocked Boston suburb of Watertown
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Anthony Castellano / ABCNEWS:
LIVE UPDATES: One Boston Bombing Suspect Dead in Shootout; Massive Manhunt Underway — 8:03 a.m. ET: Police tell residents of Boston and surrounding suburbs to “shelter in place,” placing a major city essentially on lockdown. — 8:00 a.m. ET: Gov. Deval Patrick tells residents of Boston …
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
One Suspect in Boston Marathon Bombing Is Dead — Two young men, armed with guns and explosives in what appeared to be backpacks, engaged in a violent standoff with dozens of police on a street in Watertown, Mass.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Reports: “Overseas” Figures — Not Missing Brown Student — Are Suspects
Reports: “Overseas” Figures — Not Missing Brown Student — Are Suspects
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Jade Walker / The Huffington Post:
Watertown Police Chase: Gunfire, Explosions Reported On Scanner (LIVE UPDATES)
Watertown Police Chase: Gunfire, Explosions Reported On Scanner (LIVE UPDATES)
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Israel Matzav, The Gateway Pundit, Pat Dollard and Taylor Marsh
Miketoole / CBS Boston:
‘White Hat Suspect’ In Boston Marathon Bombings On Run, Other Suspect Dead
‘White Hat Suspect’ In Boston Marathon Bombings On Run, Other Suspect Dead
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The Lede:
New, Higher-Resolution Image of Boston Marathon Suspect Emerges — Shortly after finishing the Boston Marathon this week David Green, 49, was walking to meet friends when two bombs exploded in front of him as he faced east on the corner of Fairfield and Boylston Streets.
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Bloomberg:
Boston Bombing Victim in Iconic Photo Helped Identify Attackers — FBI Releases Images of Two Boston Bombing Suspects — Minutes before the bombs blew up in Boston, Jeff Bauman looked into the eyes of the man who tried to kill him. — Just before 3 p.m. on April 15 …
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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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MyFoxBoston:
FBI releases images of two marathon bombing suspects
FBI releases images of two marathon bombing suspects
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Fox News:
FBI releases video, photos of Boston Marathon bombing suspects
FBI releases video, photos of Boston Marathon bombing suspects
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Doug Ross, Blazing Cat Fur, Riehl World News, Infowars, The Reaction and Los Angeles Times
New York Times:
F.B.I Releases Video of Boston Bombing Suspects
F.B.I Releases Video of Boston Bombing Suspects
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The Democratic Daily, Outside the Beltway, Crooks and Liars, Mashable and FBI
Tom Scocca / Gawker:
Is the New York Post Edited by a Bigoted Drunk Who F**ks Pigs?
Is the New York Post Edited by a Bigoted Drunk Who F**ks Pigs?
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Todd Eastham / Reuters:
George Soros, enigmatic financier, liberal philanthropist dies at XX — (Reuters) - George Soros, who died XXX at age XXX, was a predatory and hugely successful financier and investor, who argued paradoxically for years against the same sort of free-wheeling capitalism that made him billions.
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Taylor Bigler / The Daily Caller:
Reuters accidentally publishes George Soros obituary
Reuters accidentally publishes George Soros obituary
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Techdirt and Patterico's Pontifications
Politico:
Gun control: President Obama's biggest loss — The gun control groups central to Obama's push never lost faith in the White House and praised its efforts even as it was clear the push would fail. — “Bribery isn't what it once was,” said an official with one of the major gun-control groups.
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Robert Farago / The Truth About Guns:
BREAKING: President Readying Executive Orders on Gun Control
BREAKING: President Readying Executive Orders on Gun Control
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
On MSNBC, a Gun Debate That Fox Doesn't Seem to Worry About — President Obama hadn't finished his first sentence on Wednesday when the Fox News Channel cut away from his Rose Garden remarks about the Senate's defeat of a measure that would have expanded background checks for gun buyers.
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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
The Hits and Misses of the Gun Debate on Cable News
The Hits and Misses of the Gun Debate on Cable News
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Weasel Zippers and Mediaite
James Hohmann / Politico:
Media shrug at Boston blunders — The inaccurate report by CNN and other news organizations about an arrest in the Boston bombing case was arguably one of the most flagrant errors on a story of major national consequence in years. — When the news organizations later corrected their mistakes …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Gun vote triggers media outcry — If you thought President Obama was outraged after the Senate killed the plan to expand background checks on guns, you should have seen some members of the press. — Even by the standards of today's partisan media environment, the response has been noteworthy.
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Weasel Zippers and Hot Air
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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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Obamacare Has Its Problems, But It's Basically On Track
Obamacare Has Its Problems, But It's Basically On Track
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