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The Boston Globe:
Tsarnaev brothers appeared to have scant finances — The older brother liked to look like a man of means, once posing for a photo in front of a gleaming Mercedes sporting a long wool scarf and white leather slip-on shoes. But Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was a stay-at-home dad …
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NYPD chief: Marathon suspect says brothers were headed for New York to party
NYPD chief: Marathon suspect says brothers were headed for New York to party
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Washington Post, Hot Air, Mediaite, CBS New York and USA Today
Chris Cassidy / Boston Herald:
Tamerlan Tsarnaev got Mass. welfare benefits
Tamerlan Tsarnaev got Mass. welfare benefits
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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
Weiner warns of more inappropriate pictures
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Hot Air and Wake up America
Colin Campbell / Politicker:
Anthony Weiner Promises Decision in ‘Days or Weeks’ in Mass Media Roll-Out
Anthony Weiner Promises Decision in ‘Days or Weeks’ in Mass Media Roll-Out
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Weasel Zippers, The Fix, ABC 7 Eyewitness News and The Daily Caller
James Hohmann / Politico:
George W. Bush library: More 9/11, less Cheney and Rove — UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas — George W. Bush was a wartime president, and his new museum won't let you forget it. — High ceilings mean visitors can hear the wail of sirens on Sept. 11 across adjoining rooms, as Bush bellows resolutely: “Today our nation saw evil.”
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
House Republican Rebranding Effort Suffers Major Setback — Amid opposition from conservative members and Democrats, House Republican leaders abruptly cancelled a vote on legislation designed to simultaneously undermine a progressive piece of Obamacare and boost the party's credibility …
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
ObamaCare fix bill headed for climactic ending in House
ObamaCare fix bill headed for climactic ending in House
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The PJ Tatler
Jake Sherman / Politico:
GOP pulls contentious Obamacare bill
GOP pulls contentious Obamacare bill
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Breaking: Saudi Student Alharbi Visited the White House Several Times — HOLY CRAP- — Saudi student Abdul Rahman Ali Issa Al-Salimi Al-Harbi was injured in the Boston Marathon Bombings. — He was once a “person of interest” in the bombings. He was put on a terror watch list after the bombings.
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Little Green Footballs, Israel Matzav, Jihad Watch and The Right Scoop
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Erica Ritz / TheBlaze.com:
‘ARMED AND DANGEROUS’: BECK'S LATEST REVELATIONS ON SAUDI NATIONAL ONCE A ‘PERSON OF INTEREST’ IN BOSTON BOMBINGS — Editor's note — We'll be discussing this story and all the day's news during our live BlazeCast at 1pm ET...including your questions, comments & live chat:
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Mediaite, Right Wing Watch, Israel Matzav, Atlas Shrugs and The Right Scoop
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Rhode Island Becomes 10th State To Approve Marriage Equality — The Rhode Island Senate just voted 26-12 to approve marriage equality, guaranteeing that The Ocean State will be the 10th state to allow same-sex couples to legally marry. Because the Senate made some revisions to the bill …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Rhode Island Senate Passes Marriage Equality
Rhode Island Senate Passes Marriage Equality
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Taylor Marsh and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Randal Edgar / The Providence Journal:
R.I. Senate approves same-sex marriage 26 to 12
R.I. Senate approves same-sex marriage 26 to 12
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The Raw Story and Daily Kos
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Steve Kush, New Mexico GOP Official, Calls 19-Year-Old Labor Advocate ‘A Radical B*tch’ — Steve Kush, the chairman of Bernalillo County Republican Party in New Mexico, called a 19-year-old Working America volunteer a “radical bitch” on Twitter Tuesday night after she testified …
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Daily Kos, Main Street, The Moderate Voice and The Raw Story
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
New Mexico GOP Official Calls 19-Year-Old ‘A Radical Bitch’
New Mexico GOP Official Calls 19-Year-Old ‘A Radical Bitch’
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New Mexico Telegram, Main Street and Shakesville
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Kelly Ayotte's Approval Rating Plunges After Vote Against Gun Background Checks — WASHINGTON — A new poll has New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte down a total of 15 points from her previous approval rating in a survey that followed her vote against requiring background checks for firearms purchases.
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Talking Points Memo, CNN, The Moderate Voice and Taking Note
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Reid bill would require background checks to purchase explosives
Reid bill would require background checks to purchase explosives
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Daily Kos, The Plum Line, The Maddow Blog and Conservatives4Palin
Chicago Tribune:
Illinois shootings: Suspect helped wounded girl after killing 5 — Brad Teeter, whose mother-in-law and niece were among the five people fatally shot in Manchester, Ill., today discusses the crime. — After he shot his way into a home in the small town of Manchester …
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Los Angeles Times, Philly.com and The Hinterland Gazette
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.
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 …
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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.
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Patterico's Pontifications, Jihad Watch and The Jawa Report
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Feds spend at least $890,000 on fees for empty accounts — If you are a federal worker on furlough this week — or an airline passenger delayed by federal furloughs — you might save your blood pressure, and go read another story. — This one is about all the money the U.S. government spends on . . . nothing.
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The Lonely Conservative, National Republican …, Mother Jones and The Daily Caller
Wall Street Journal:
GE Capital Cuts Off Lending to Gun Shops — General Electric Co. is quietly cutting off lending to gun shops, as the company rethinks its relationship to firearms amid the fallout from the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. — This month, Glenn Duncan, owner of Duncan's Outdoor Store in Bay City …
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New York Times, Weasel Zippers and Ed Driscoll
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
In Florida, a food-stamp recruiter deals with wrenching choices — FORT PIERCE, Fla. — A good recruiter needs to be liked, so Dillie Nerios filled gift bags with dog toys for the dog people and cat food for the cat people. She packed crates of cookies, croissants, vegetables and fresh fruit.
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Weasel Zippers and The Daily Caller
Jennifer Valentino-Devries / Wall Street Journal:
Judge Denies FBI Request to Hack Computer in Probe — A judge in Texas denied a request by the Federal Bureau of Investigation this week for what he describes as a warrant to remotely “hack a computer suspected of criminal use,” raising questions about the legal requirements for the government …
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Lawfare and AllThingsD
Brad Stone / Businessweek:
Here Comes Amazon's Kindle TV Set-Top Box — Amazon (AMZN) is making e-readers and tablets and will likely soon introduce a smartphone. As it works to build all types of connected devices, that leaves a natural next step: a television set-top box. The e-commerce giant is planning …
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Andrew Harris / Bloomberg:
Obama Deportation Progam Likely to Be Blocked, Judge Says — A court challenge by federal immigration agents seeking to block President Barack Obama's deferred-deportation initiative will probably succeed, a judge said. — U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor in Dallas today put off …
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Hot Air, Colorlines, Wake up America and The Right Scoop