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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.”
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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.
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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 …
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 …
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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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CBS News:
FBI interviewed dead Boston bombing suspect years ago — The FBI admitted Friday they interviewed the now-deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev two years ago and failed to find any incriminating information about him. — As first reported by CBS News correspondent Bob Orr …
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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.
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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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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.
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 …
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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 both have apparently spent several years in Cambridge, Massachusetts. — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — Via: vk.com
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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
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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
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Washington Post:
Details emerge on suspected Boston bombers
Details emerge on suspected Boston bombers
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Wall Street Journal:
Two Brothers' Lives Veered Off Course
Two Brothers' Lives Veered Off Course
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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
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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’
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Online NewsHour:
Shots Fired in Watertown as Police Seek Second Marathon Bombing Suspect
Shots Fired in Watertown as Police Seek Second Marathon Bombing Suspect
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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
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Erica Goode / New York Times:
Details of Tsarnaev Brothers' Lives Emerge
Details of Tsarnaev Brothers' Lives Emerge
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USA Today:
Details emerge on Boston suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Details emerge on Boston suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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Kevin Cirilli / Reuters:
Muslim groups: Resist ‘scapegoating’
Bloomberg:
Boston Bombing Victim in Iconic Photo Helped Identify Attackers
Boston Bombing Victim in Iconic Photo Helped Identify Attackers
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Associated Press:
MANHUNT IN BOSTON AFTER BOMBING SUSPECT IS KILLED
MANHUNT IN BOSTON AFTER BOMBING SUSPECT IS KILLED
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Associated Press:
Father: Boston bombing suspect ‘a true angel’
Father: Boston bombing suspect ‘a true angel’
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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David Crary / ABCNEWS:
Boy Scouts Proposing to Lift Gay Ban for Youth
Boy Scouts Proposing to Lift Gay Ban for Youth
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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.
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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.
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Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
It Wasn't Sunil Tripathi: The Anatomy of a Misinformation Disaster — How a terrible misidentification of two people with no connection to the Boston bombing spread so far, so fast — In the middle of the last night's nearly unbelievable turn of events, for a few hours …
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