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10:50 AM ET, April 25, 2013

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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
CIA pushed to add Boston bomber to terror watch list  —  The CIA pushed to have one of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers placed on a U.S. counterterrorism watch list more than a year before the attacks, U.S. officials said Wednesday.  —  Russian authorities contacted the CIA in the fall …
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Boston Herald:
Patrick administration refuses to release Tsarnaev brothers' records  —  By:  —  The Patrick administration clamped down the lid yesterday on Herald requests for details of Tamerlan Tsarnaev's government benefits, citing the dead terror mastermind's right to privacy.
Washington Post:
Officials: Boston suspect had no firearm when barrage of bullets hit hiding place  —  Although police feared he was heavily armed, the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing had no firearms when he came under a barrage of police gunfire that struck the boat where he was hiding, according to multiple federal law enforcement officials.
Discussion: Hot Air
Washington Post:
Is the FBI focused enough on the real bad guys?  —  LAW ENFORCEMENT agencies can't be expected to stop every terrorist attack, any more than they can prevent every mass shooting.  If, as most investigators now appear to believe, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev acted on their own …
CBS News:
Drugs sales may have financed Boston terror plot
Discussion: Money Jihad and TalkLeft
Associated Press:
Officials: Tsarnaev's Name Was in US Terrorist Database
Discussion: Associated Press
The Boston Globe:
Tsarnaev brothers appeared to have scant finances
Discussion: The Week and The Democratic Daily
Associated Press:
Barbara Bush on Jeb run: 'We've had enough Bushes'  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid the celebration surrounding the opening of son George W. Bush's presidential library Thursday, former first lady Barbara Bush brushed aside talk of a Jeb Bush run for the White House in 2016.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama's Delicate Task at Bush Library Event  —  DALLAS — President Obama has left little mystery about how he views his predecessor.  “The failed policies of George W. Bush” wiped away a budget surplus and “squandered the legacy” of bipartisan foreign policy.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Barbara Bush on Jeb WH run: 'We've had enough Bushes'  —  Former first lady Barbara Bush on Thursday said she doesn't want her son Jeb to run for president.  —  Bush described her son as the best candidate for the job, but said other families should get a shot and “we've had enough Bushes.”
Discussion: Politico
James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas:   Time to reevaluate Bushonomics
Justin Sink / The Hill:   Bush was ‘deeply concerned’ Boston bombings were an organized attack
Politico:
Lawmakers, aides may get Obamacare exemption  —  Congressional leaders in both parties are engaged in high-level, confidential talks about exempting lawmakers and Capitol Hill aides from the insurance exchanges they are mandated to join as part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, sources in both parties said.
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
ObamaCare fix bill headed for climactic ending in House
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Meredith Bennett-Smith / The Huffington Post:
Mars Rover ‘Draws’ Penis On Red Planet & NASA Picture Goes Viral (PHOTO, VIDEO)  —  NASA's high-tech Curiosity rover may be getting a little cheeky over there on Mars.  —  In a photo of Curiosity's track patterns, published on the robotics section of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory site …
Politico:
What we've learned about Bush since he left town  —  DALLAS — The one duty we owe to history, said Oscar Wilde, is to rewrite it.  —  Four years after leaving office, the history of George W. Bush's presidency is being rewritten — ever-so-slowly, and not yet in ways that fundamentally …
Discussion: First Read, CNN and msnbc.com
WALA-TV:
Fourth explosion in fuel barge fire  —  MFRD: More explosions a concern  —  MOBILE, Ala (WALA) - UPDATE: 10:07 p.m. - Mobile Mayor Sam Jones said Mobile Fire-Rescue will let the fire burn out on its own to prevent further injuries.  —  9:50 p.m. - A fourth explosion just occurred around 9:50 p.m …
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Secret Tape: Top GOP Consultant Luntz Calls Limbaugh “Problematic”  —  At a talk to college students, Republican pollster Frank Luntz would only chastise Rush Limbaugh and right-wing radio off the record.  —  Frank Luntz, the media-friendly Republican consultant and word wiz …
Associated Press:
Escapee from psychiatric hospital slashes rabbi, son with box-cutter outside Paris synagogue  —  PARIS — An escapee from a psychiatric institution slashed a rabbi and his son with a box-cutter on Tuesday, prompting witnesses to tackle and subdue the attacker after a chase through a Paris synagogue, officials said.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McCain, Schumer warn House: Bill lacking path-to-citizenship a ‘non-starter’  —  The Senate authors of comprehensive immigration reform legislation have a blunt message for their House colleagues: the final package must include a path to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants.
Discussion: Politico
Courier-Journal:
Environmental lawyer Tom FitzGerald is considering a campaign to oust U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell in the 2014 election.  —  FitzGerald, a Democrat, said he is being encouraged to challenge McConnell because the five-term senator is not representing the interests of the people of Kentucky.
Discussion: Ballot Box
Breanna Edwards / Politico:
Anthony Weiner 'can't say' if other pics exist  —  Anthony Weiner admitted in an interview Wednesday that there might be other embarrassing photos of him out there that have yet to surface.  —  In the one-on-one with RNN-TV, Weiner didn't deny that there was a possibility there could be other photos …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Weiner warns of more inappropriate pictures
Discussion: Hot Air and Wake up America
 
 
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Amanda Filipacchi / New York Times:
Wikipedia's Sexism Toward Female Novelists
Discussion: The Raw Story
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
FBI video: Domestic terrorist says he targeted conservative group for being ‘anti-gay’
Discussion: Jihad Watch, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
Soyoung Kim / Reuters:
Exclusive: Verizon eyes $100 billion bid for Vodafone's Wireless stake
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Just Four Lawmakers Show Up To Congressional Hearing On Long-Term Unemployment
Discussion: NationalJournal.com and Daily Kos
Sam Baker / The Hill:
No furloughs for ObamaCare officials
Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
5 reported dead in Illinois shooting
 Earlier Items: 
Jennifer Valentino-Devries / Wall Street Journal:
Judge Denies FBI Request to Hack Computer in Probe
Discussion: Lawfare and AllThingsD
Andrew Harris / Bloomberg:
Obama Deportation Progam Likely to Be Blocked, Judge Says
Discussion: Hot Air, Colorlines and Wake up America
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Rhode Island Becomes 10th State To Approve Marriage Equality
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
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