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Megyn Kelly / Fox News:
Tamerlan Tsarnaev vowed to die for Islam; judge may have prematurely stopped brother's interrogation, sources say — EXCLUSIVE: The mother of Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev knew as early as 2011 that her son had been radicalized and sent text messages to family in Russia suggesting …
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Jonathon M. Seidl / TheBlaze.com:
MEGYN KELLY'S SURPRISE REVELATION: FBI WAS ‘SHOCKED’ TO SEE JUDGE ‘WALTZ’ IN AND GIVE SUSPECT MIRANDA RIGHTS — Regular viewers of Fox News are used to seeing popular host Megyn Kelly on their televisions every afternoon, but on Thursday morning Kelly made a special appearance during the morning …
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Feds Further Investigating Role of Bomber's Wife — Law enforcement officials are carefully reexamining any possible role that Katherine Russell Tsarnaeva, the wife of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, played in the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15, according to three federal officials with knowledge of the investigation.
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and The Daily Caller
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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Fox News:
Boston Marathon bombers' next target was Times Square, says Bloomberg — WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Bombings at the Boston Marathon finish line killed three people and wounded at least 176 on April 15, 2013. Dzhokar Tsarnaev, 19, has been charged in the attack.
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bigstory.ap.org:
Police: Boston suspects planned to attack New York
Police: Boston suspects planned to attack New York
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The Week, Mediaite and emptywheel
New York Times:
Officer's Killing Spurred Pursuit in Boston Attack
Officer's Killing Spurred Pursuit in Boston Attack
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Guardian, Washington Post, Business Insider, CANNONFIRE and CBS News
U.S. News:
Officials: Boston suspects discussed second attack in Times Square
Officials: Boston suspects discussed second attack in Times Square
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New York Times, Hot Air and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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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Washington Monthly, The Impolitic, Taylor Marsh and Wonkette
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama uses Bush library dedication ceremony to push immigration reform
Obama uses Bush library dedication ceremony to push immigration reform
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CNN
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama's Delicate Task at Bush Library Event
Obama's Delicate Task at Bush Library Event
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FP Passport, Associated Press, First Read, Hullabaloo, msnbc.com, Politico and Washington Post
First Read:
First Thoughts: Re-examining Bush
First Thoughts: Re-examining Bush
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New York Magazine, ThinkProgress and Politico
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
History Usually Kinder to Ex-Presidents
History Usually Kinder to Ex-Presidents
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CNN, FiveThirtyEight, Guardian, PostPartisan, Hit & Run and New York Times
Noah Shachtman / Wired:
Syrian Blood Tests Positive for Sarin Gas, U.S. Spies Say — The U.S. intelligence community has uncovered strong evidence that chemical weapons have been used in Syria. Several blood samples, taken from multiple people, have tested positive for the nerve agent sarin, an American intelligence source tells Danger Room.
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Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Hagel: Syria likely used chemical weapons — ABU DHABI — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the intelligence community believes the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against its people. — The intelligence community, Hagel said, has determined with “varying degrees of confidence” …
Reuters:
Some lawmakers told last week about Syria, sarin
Some lawmakers told last week about Syria, sarin
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American Prospect, Washington Post, Politico and Daily Kos
Michael Pearson / CNN:
U.S.: Intelligence points to small-scale use of sarin in Syria
U.S.: Intelligence points to small-scale use of sarin in Syria
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FP Passport, Weasel Zippers, The Moderate Voice and New York Times
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
US believes Syria used chemical weapons, risks Obama's ‘red line’
US believes Syria used chemical weapons, risks Obama's ‘red line’
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Politico
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
U.S. intelligence: Syria's Assad used chemical weapons ‘on a small scale’
U.S. intelligence: Syria's Assad used chemical weapons ‘on a small scale’
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Right Turn, Hit & Run, Global Research and Outside the Beltway
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
No, Congress isn't trying to exempt itself from Obamacare — There's a Politico story making the rounds that says that members of Congress are engaged in secret, sensitive negotiations to exempt themselves and their staffs from Obamacare. — Well, they were secret, anyway.
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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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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 …
Andrew Buncombe / The Independent:
Body found in river confirmed as Sunil Tripathi - missing student wrongly linked to Boston marathon bombing — Officials in Rhode Island have confirmed that the body of a man that was found in a river running through the city of Providence is that of a student mistakenly linked with the Boston bombings last week.
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Maria Armental / The Providence Journal:
Body pulled from water in Providence ID'd as missing Brown student
Body pulled from water in Providence ID'd as missing Brown student
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Little Green Footballs, Poynter, The Raw Story, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Guardian
Brittny Mejia / Arizona Daily Wildcat:
‘You Deserve Rape’ sign causes controversy on UA campus — A student holding a sign that read “You deserve rape” ignited outrage across campus Tuesday, on the same day of a sexual assault awareness event, but administrators declined requests to remove him or his sign.
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ThinkProgress, Wonkette and The Raw Story
Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
Mom wore a burka to go undercover in Egypt and take back her son, 12, who was kidnapped by his father and forced to live as a Muslim — A mother dressed up in a burka and flew to Egypt to take back her son who had been kidnapped by his father and forced to live as a Muslim.
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Different Places Have Different Safety Rules and That's OK — Bangladeshi volunteers and workers load dead bodies onto a truck at the site of a building collapse in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on April 24, 2013. — It's very plausible that one reason American workplaces have gotten safer …
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