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12:55 AM ET, April 20, 2013

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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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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.
Dee DeQuattro / WLNE-TV:
Report: 3 arrested in New Bedford in connection to bombing suspect  —  Neighbors say three have been arrested in New Bedford in connection with the Boston Bombing suspect.  —  Police apprehended suspects from the Hidden Brook Apartments on Carriage Drive in New Bedford.
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.”
Wall Street Journal:
Life in America Unraveled for Brothers  —  By ALAN CULLISON and PAUL SONNE in Moscow and JENNIFER LEVITZ in Cambridge, Mass.  —  Where did the alleged bombers of the Boston Marathon come from?  What were their career aspirations?  What can we learn from their online media presence?
Julie Eich / CBS Boston:
CAPTURED - Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Caught In Watertown  —  WATERTOWN (CBS) - A flurry of applause at the scene of a standoff between police and Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev signaled his capture Friday night.  —  After a nearly two-hour standoff in a Watertown neighborhood …
Fox News:
‘We got him!’  Second marathon suspect in custody after tense standoff  —  BREAKING: A day-long dragnet for the second of two brothers believed to be behind Monday's Boston Marathon bombing ended Friday night, with police capturing the suspect covered in blood and hiding in a boat in the backyard …
Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Did Boston Bombing Suspect Post Al Qaeda Prophecy on YouTube?
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Friend: Suspect ‘a normal pot head’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Boston Globe:
Relatives of Marathon bombing suspects worried that older brother was corrupting ‘sweet’ younger sibling
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Details emerge on suspected Boston bombers
Kevin Cirilli / Reuters:
Muslim groups: Resist ‘scapegoating’
Discussion: CNN and Politico
New York Times:
Updates on the Hunt for the Boston Bombing Suspects
Discussion: New Republic
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  —  Near the end of today's radio broadcast, Glenn Beck declared that the cover-up of the Saudi link to the Boston Marathon bombing makes this the second most important thing (behind 9/11) …
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Substituting Identity for Motivation
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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Mark K. Updegrove / PARADE Magazine:
President George W. and Laura Bush Reflect on the Twins, Bush's Newfound Passion for Painting, and More
Discussion: Trail Blazers Blog
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.
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Why Chechens Think The Tsarnaev Brothers Were Framed  —  Even paranoids have real enemies.  Especially in Russia.  —  Via: Alexander Nemenov / AFP / Getty Images  —  The Tsarnaev brothers' forceful and charismatic aunt, Maret Tsarnaeva, had barely begun her lecture to the press …
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 …
TMZ.com:
HIP HOP  —  The older brother who was killed and suspected in the Boston bombings was deep into hip hop, and it appears he belonged to a fan website that touted that genre of music.  —  Tamerlan Tsarnaev has an email associated with the website, “Real-hiphop.com.”
Discussion: New Jersey Online and BuzzFeed
Katrina Trinko / National Review:
The Corner  —  Peter King sees the attacks in Massachusetts this week as a wake-up call to local law-enforcement authorities to increase their surveillance and awareness of potential terrorists.  —  “Police have to be in the community, they have to build up as many sources as they can …
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 …
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Atossa Araxia Abrahamian / Reuters:
U.S. Boy Scouts set to end ban on gay members : spokesperson
 
 
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Back-Alley Abortion Never Ended
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Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
Sen. Lindsey Graham: Boston bombing “is Exhibit A of why the homeland is the battlefield”
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John McCain Defends Obama's Emotional Speech After Gun Vote
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
MSNBC comes perilously close to Brian Ross-level blunder
Sean J. Miller / Campaign Insider:
Romney strategist: We were two years behind Obama
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