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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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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.
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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.
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 …
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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.
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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 Dzhokhar has several apparent years of history in Cambridge, Massachusetts. — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — Via: vk.com
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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Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Boston Bombing Suspect Posted Video on Al Qaeda Prophecy on YouTube — The deceased suspect in the bombing of the Boston marathon, which killed three and injured more than 170, appears to have posted a video extolling an extremist religious prophecy associated with Al Qaeda to his YouTube page.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Reports: “Overseas” Figures — Not Missing Brown Student — Are Suspects — Williams cites “overseas military training.” Another wild goose chase on social media? — The remaining suspect, who was still at large Friday morning. — Via: fbi.gov — NBC News and the Associated …
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Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Killed, Another On The Loose (VIDEO, PHOTOS, LIVE UPDATES) — A violent crime spree across Greater Boston that took the lives of a campus police officer and one of the suspects in the Marathon bombings morphed into a desperate door-to-door search for a man believed …
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Timothy Burke / Deadspin:
Everything We Know About Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Dead Bombing Suspect — Authorities are now confirming the two suspects sought in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing are two Russian-born Chechen brothers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev. Tamerlan, the older brother, is dead. Here's what we know about him.
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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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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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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
One Suspect in Boston Marathon Bombing Is Dead
One Suspect in Boston Marathon Bombing Is Dead
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Anthony Castellano / ABCNEWS:
LIVE UPDATES: Police Descend on Mass. Town in Hunt for Bombing Suspect
LIVE UPDATES: Police Descend on Mass. Town in Hunt for Bombing Suspect
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David Kenner / FP Passport:
Who is Tamerlan Tsarnaev? — The suspect in the Boston Marathon …
Who is Tamerlan Tsarnaev? — The suspect in the Boston Marathon …
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Talking Points Memo:
NBC's Pete Williams: Other Suspect Identified As Tamerlan Tsarnaev
NBC's Pete Williams: Other Suspect Identified As Tamerlan Tsarnaev
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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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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Reports: Boston bombing suspects came from abroad
Reports: Boston bombing suspects came from abroad
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Washington Post:
Boston locked down for massive manhunt; one bombing suspect killed by police, the other at-large
Boston locked down for massive manhunt; one bombing suspect killed by police, the other at-large
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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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ABCNEWS:
Teen: I Am Not the Boston Marathon Bomber
Teen: I Am Not the Boston Marathon Bomber
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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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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Scary Cruz control — Is there nobody who can tell Ted Cruz to shut up? — The young senator from Texas has been on the job for about 100 days, but he has already turned upside down the Senate's ancient seniority system and is dominating his senior Republican colleagues.
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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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Politico:
Behind the Curtain: Obama, boxed in — There are two very different President Obamas. — There's the confident, uncompromising Obama who sought to shame and bully Republicans into submitting to his agenda of tax increases and sweeping gun reform. This version of Obama was dominant until one month ago.
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