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12:55 PM ET, April 19, 2013

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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.
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 …
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.
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
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.
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.
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 …
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 (as reported by the AP) Chechen brothers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev.  Tamerlan, the older brother, is dead.
Joshua Keating / FP Passport:
Chechen leader on Boston suspects: ‘Seek the roots of evil in America’  —  Chechnya's pro-Russian strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov has just posted a statement about the Boston marathon bombing suspects on Instagram, his social media outlet of choice.  Here's the Google-translated version:
Anna Palmer / Politico:
How Boston is already shaping politics  —  Details are emerging in the Boston Marathon bombing that suggest the case will not only be remembered as a local tragedy, but also one with broad political and economic implications.  —  Authorities believe the two suspects may have ties to Chechnya …
Patricia Wen / The Boston Globe:
College friend shocked by charge he is Boston Marathon bomber
Discussion: The Hill, Crooks and Liars and The Hill
RT:
Boston bombing suspects identified as Tsarnaev brothers from Russia, near Chechnya
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Chechen President Blames American Upbringing For Suspected Boston Bombers
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Former Classmates Shocked By Boston Bombing Suspect's Crimes
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
The Morning Plum: Foes of immigration reform pounce on Boston bombing
U.S. News:
Boston on lockdown during marathon manhunt for white-hat suspect
Daily Mail:
Boston marathon bombing suspect KILLED in shoot-out: Second terrorist still on run after gun battle …
Discussion: Power Line and Right Wing News
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David Crary / ABCNEWS:
Boy Scouts Proposing to Lift Gay Ban for Youth  —  Under pressure over its long-standing ban on gays, the Boys Scouts of America is proposing to lift the ban for youth members but continue to exclude gays as adult leaders.  —  The Scouts announced Friday that the proposal would be submitted …
Discussion: The Raw Story and AMERICAblog
John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Republican Senator Says Boston Terror Attack Should Impact Immigration Reform  —  “It will help shed light on the weaknesses in our system ...  [and] how can we beef up security checks on people who would enter the United States,” Iowa's Chuck Grassley says.  —  Via: Jacquelyn Martin / AP
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Scary Cruz control
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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: Mediaite and Riehl World News
 
 
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