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Three additional people arrested in Boston Marathon bombings — Three college students have been arrested by federal authorities in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings, a law enforcement official familar with the case said this morning. — The Boston police Web page said that three additional …
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U.S. News:
3 pals of Boston Marathon bombing suspect charged with coverup
3 pals of Boston Marathon bombing suspect charged with coverup
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Mediaite, Boston Globe and Outside the Beltway
Jake Tapper / CNN:
Government source: Bells should have gone off for student in custody in Boston case
Government source: Bells should have gone off for student in custody in Boston case
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Hot Air
Associated Press:
FBI: 3 Friends Removed Backpack From Boston Suspect's Room
FBI: 3 Friends Removed Backpack From Boston Suspect's Room
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Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
New Boston suspects drove car with 'Terrorista #1′ license plate
New Boston suspects drove car with 'Terrorista #1′ license plate
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Matt Smith / CNN:
3 more detained in Boston attack
3 more detained in Boston attack
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For immediate release — Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Labor market conditions have shown some improvement in recent months, on balance, but the unemployment rate remains elevated.
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
More Forceful Fed Stands By Stimulus
More Forceful Fed Stands By Stimulus
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Katherine Timpf / Campus Reform the #1 Source …:
Police say liberal student activist threatened herself with rape in Facebook hoax, framed conservatives — A well-known female liberal blogger and radio host at the University of Wyoming (UW) is being accused by police of fabricating a rape threat against herself to appear as if it came from a conservative.
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David Brown / Washington Post:
Skeleton of teenage girl confirms cannibalism at Jamestown colony — The first chops, to the forehead, did not go through the bone and are perhaps evidence of hesitancy about the task. The next set, after the body was rolled over, were more effective. One cut split the skull all the way to the base.
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Jane O'Brien / BBC:
‘Proof’ Jamestown settlers turned to cannibalism
‘Proof’ Jamestown settlers turned to cannibalism
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Jackie Bensen / nbcwashington.com:
Possible Human Trafficking Investigated at Saudi Diplomatic Compound in Virginia — McLean home owned by Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, real estate records say — Federal and local authorities responded to a report of human trafficking at this McLean compound overnight.
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Feds Investigating Possible Human Trafficking At Saudi Diplomatic Compound In Virginia
Feds Investigating Possible Human Trafficking At Saudi Diplomatic Compound In Virginia
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The Raw Story
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
White House denies Saudis sent warning about Boston suspect
White House denies Saudis sent warning about Boston suspect
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The Gateway Pundit, Little Green Footballs, Firedoglake and Daily Mail
Paul Miller / The Verge:
I'm still here: back online after a year without the internet — I was wrong. — One year ago I left the internet. I thought it was making me unproductive. I thought it lacked meaning. I thought it was “corrupting my soul.” — It's a been a year now since I “surfed the web” or …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid: More funding needed to prevent ObamaCare from becoming ‘train wreck’ — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says he shares colleagues' concerns that the Affordable Care Act could become a “train wreck” if it's not implemented properly. — Reid warned that people will not be able …
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Clive Crook / Bloomberg:
Paul Krugman's Proud War on Fools, Knaves and Lunatics — Could I say a word about Paul Krugman? A recent blog post by the eminent economist and New York Times columnist struck me as out of the ordinary, even for him. Krugman was responding to critics who accuse him of seeing everybody …
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Pam Belluck / New York Times:
U.S. to Defend Age Limits on Morning-After Pill Sales — The Justice Department said on Wednesday that it would appeal a federal judge's order to make the most common morning-after contraceptive available without a prescription for girls and women of all ages.
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Vitals, Taylor Marsh, Outside the Beltway, RH Reality Check, Mother Jones and Food and Drug Administration
Wall Street Journal:
Governors, GOP Allies Clash Over Tax Cuts — Republican lawmakers in several states are blunting plans by GOP governors to reduce or eliminate income taxes, putting the legislators at odds with figures many in the party see as leading voices on reshaping government.
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The PJ Tatler
Economist:
Charts, maps and infographics — Daily chart — A new study reveals what Islam means in different countries — THE Pew Research Centre has released a chunky report on Muslims and their attitudes to sharia law, among other things. If you want to know how Islam in Indonesia …
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Hot Air, Power Line, National Review and Pew Forum on Religion …
Dr. Boyce Watkins / Your Black World:
Mountain Dew Releases Arguably the Most Racist Commercial in History Tweet — If you've never heard of Felicia the Goat, you'll know about her soon. Felicia the Goat is the main character in a recent Mountain Dew commercial, created in part by Tyler the Creator.
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: New Hampshire Lawmaker Warns Of Revolution Over Immigration Reform — WARREN, NH — At Sen. Kelly Ayotte's (R-NH) Warren Town Hall Tuesday, a Republican state legislator questioned the senator about whether she shared his concern that America was headed for an armed internal revolution due …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
It's a 401(k) World — It's hard to have a conversation today with any worker, teacher, student or boss who doesn't tell you some version of this: More things seem to be changing in my world than ever before, but I can't quite put my finger on it, let alone know how to adapt.
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
It's a 401(k) World and It Basically Sucks
It's a 401(k) World and It Basically Sucks
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New York Times:
New York Times/CBS News Poll: Unity on Issues Falls to Politics — While the public overwhelmingly supports background checks for gun buyers and a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, Americans largely retreat into their partisan camps when asked whether President Obama …
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Hullabaloo
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama prods liberals to give-and-take on Senate immigration bill — President Obama is warning liberal supporters that their push to make changes in a comprehensive immigration bill could jeopardize the strategy of Senate leaders, who are aiming to win up to 70 votes for the measure.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
The Time Terry McAuliffe Left The Delivery Room For A Washington Post Party — Another time: “We got to the dinner and by then Dorothy was in tears, and I left her with Justin and went inside.” But he raised a million bucks. — Source: youtube.com — Former Democratic National Committee …
Jake Sherman / Politico:
A House in chaos — House leadership aides will tell you they're winning. They forced Senate Democrats to release a budget, and Cantor is holding out hope that their family-focused agenda will attract Democratic support or jam them politically. — But in a practical sense, the House is even more isolated than ever.
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Hullabaloo and Washington Monthly
Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
More Bad News for Obamacare: Study Finds Medicaid Has No Effect on Measured Health Outcomes — This is huge, and stunning, even for critics of Medicaid: A randomized-controlled study published in the New England Journal of Medicine by a group of nation's top health policy scholars has found …
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