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11:30 PM ET, April 20, 2013

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Daily Mail:
‘Terrorista#1’: Bragging license plate on BMW belonging to friends of captured Boston bomber who were arrested along with another woman in dramatic raid  —  The two men arrested last night in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings drive a car with the licence plate that reads: ‘Terrorista #1’
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Amazing New Details from the Chase for the Boston Bombers  —  The police chief of the Watertown police department shares amazing new details of the chase for the Boston bombings suspects from Thursday night into Friday evening:  —  The police chief, Edward Deveau, describes how cops nearly apprehended …
The Boston Globe:
Brothers in Marathon bombings took two paths into infamy  —  The two young brothers from Cambridge seemed to be on promising paths, one a scholarship student at college, the other fighting for a national title in amateur boxing.  —  And then, apparently with little warning …
New York Post:
Tamerlan Tsarnaev: Fighter with a hidden hatred  —  He was as American as apple pie, a handsome Golden Gloves boxer who wore preppy sweaters, married his high-school sweetheart and tooled around the family's quaint Boston neighborhood in a Mercedes.  —  But Tamerlan Tsarnaev …
Fbi / Federal Bureau of Investigation:
2011 Request for Information on Tamerlan Tsarnaev from Foreign Government … The two individuals believed to be responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday have been positively identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, now deceased, and Dzhokar Tsarnaev, now in custody.
Christopher Bucktin / Mirror.co.uk:
Boston bombers: FBI hunting 12-strong terrorist “sleeper cell” linked to brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev  —  Police believe the pair were specially trained to carry out the devastating attack  —  Covered boat: Fugitive was found in back yard  —  The FBI was last night hunting …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Inquiry Shifts to Suspect's Russian Trip  —  WASHINGTON — With one suspect dead and the other captured and lying grievously wounded in a hospital, the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings turned on Saturday to questions about the men's motives, and to the significance of an overseas trip one of them took last year.
Emily Bazelon / Slate:
Why Should I Care That No One's Reading Dzhokhar Tsarnaev His Miranda Rights?  —  When the law gets bent out of shape for him, it's easier to bend out of shape for the rest of us.  —  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will not hear his Miranda rights before the FBI questions him Friday night.
Associated Press:
Gov: Bombing suspect seriously hurt but stable
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and CNN
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Graham, McCain: No criminal trial for captured suspect
Discussion: Pat Dollard, The Hill and The Verge
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Home-grown terrorist attack threatens to disrupt Obama agenda
Discussion: The Hill and Restoring Liberty
Mike Lillis / The Hill:   ACLU calls for Miranda rights for Boston bombing suspect
Telegraph:
Boston marathon bombs: Tamerlan Tsarnaev ‘interviewed by FBI in 2011’
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Add Boston Marathon Bombing to pile of Failed Eliminationist Narratives
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Bill Maher: Comparing violence of Islam to Christianity ‘liberal bullsh*t’ [VIDEO]  —  On HBO's “Real Time” on Friday night, host Bill Maher entertained UC-San Bernardino professor Brian Levin, director of the Center for Study of Hate and Extremism, who maintained that despite the events in recent days …
Bill Daley / Washington Post:
Heidi Heitkamp betrayed me on gun control  —  Bill Daley was White House chief of staff from 2011 to 2012 and secretary of commerce from 1997 to 2000.  —  I want my money back.  —  Last October, I gave $2,500 to support Heidi Heitkamp's campaign to become North Dakota's junior senator.
Discussion: Politico
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Ben Goad / The Hill:
Bill Daley: Heitkamp gun vote a ‘betrayal’
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Where Obama Went Wrong In The Gun Control Fight
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Kerry annouces doubling of nonlethal aid to Syrian opposition  —  Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday announced that the U.S. will provide $123 million to Syria's rebels in nonlethal aid that may include armor for the first time.  —  Kerry made the announcement in Istanbul, Turkey …
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Associated Press:
U.S. providing Syrian rebels $123 million more in aid
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
mzv.cz:
Statement of the Ambassador of the Czech Republic on the Boston terrorist attack  —  As many I was deeply shocked by the tragedy that occurred in Boston earlier this month.  It was a stark reminder of the fact that any of us could be a victim of senseless violence anywhere at any moment.
 
 
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