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3:35 PM ET, April 25, 2013

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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 …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Telegraph, Jammie Wearing Fools, EBL, Weasel Zippers, “The Lid”, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Atlas Shrugs and Riehl World News

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 …

Discussion: The Week, Yahoo! News, Firedoglake, Right Turn, Outside the Beltway, msnbc.com, Patterico's Pontifications, White House Dossier, Atlas Shrugs and Riehl World News

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.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Daily Caller

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 …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit

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.

Discussion: The Verge, The PJ Tatler, Wake up America, The Gateway Pundit, CNN and Jammie Wearing Fools

Boston Herald:
Patrick administration refuses to release Tsarnaev brothers' records

Discussion: Power Line, Rush Limbaugh, Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler, Wake up America, The Daily Caller, Riehl World News and Jammie Wearing Fools

U.S. News:
Officials: Boston suspects discussed second attack in Times Square

Discussion: Hot Air, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and New York Times

Washington Post: Is the FBI focused enough on the real bad guys?

The Boston Globe:
2 separate watch lists named Boston suspect

Discussion: The Week and Hot Air

Washington Post:
Officials: Boston suspect had no firearm when barrage of bullets hit hiding place

Discussion: ABCNEWS, News Desk and Hot Air

bigstory.ap.org:
Officials: Suspect described plot before Miranda

Discussion: Jihad Watch and The Jawa Report

CBS News:
Drugs sales may have financed Boston terror plot

Discussion: Money Jihad and TalkLeft

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.

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.

Discussion: Bloomberg and Via Meadia

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Congress: ObamaCare for thee, but not for we; Update: Boehner: Only solution is “full repeal”

Discussion: Politico, Patterico's Pontifications and The Week

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” …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Los Angeles Times, Firedoglake, Christian Science Monitor, AEIdeas, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The PJ Tatler and The Hinterland Gazette

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.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, ThinkProgress, The Verge, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Guardian

Ginger Gibson / Reuters:
‘Red line’ crossed on Syria, senators say

Discussion: American Prospect, Washington Post, Politico and Daily Kos

Michael Pearson / CNN:
U.S.: Intelligence points to small-scale use of sarin in Syria

Discussion: FP Passport, The Moderate Voice, Weasel Zippers and New York Times

Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
US believes Syria used chemical weapons, risks Obama's ‘red line’

Discussion: Politico

Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
U.S. intelligence: Syria's Assad used chemical weapons ‘on a small scale’

Discussion: Global Research, Hit & Run and Outside the Beltway

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.

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Wonkette

Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama uses Bush library dedication ceremony to push immigration reform

Discussion: CNN

Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama's Delicate Task at Bush Library Event

Discussion: FP Passport, Hullabaloo, Associated Press, Politico, First Read, msnbc.com and Washington Post

USA Today:
Five living presidents toast new Bush library

Discussion: Guardian and Gawker

First Read:
First Thoughts: Re-examining Bush

Discussion: FiveThirtyEight, ThinkProgress and Yahoo! News

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 …

Discussion: A plain blog about politics, NewsBusters, Mediaite, Riehl World News, The Daily Caller, The Hinterland Gazette and The Dish

Maria Armental / The Providence Journal:

Body pulled from water in Providence ID'd as missing Brown student — PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A body pulled from the water Tuesday at India Point Park has been identified as that of Sunil Tripathi, a Brown University student last seen March 15. — A forensic dental examination confirmed the identification …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Poynter, The Raw Story, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Guardian, more at Mediagazer »

Andrew Buncombe / The Independent:
Body found in river confirmed as Sunil Tripathi - missing student wrongly linked to Boston marathon bombing

Discussion: Riehl World News

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.

Discussion: 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.