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Boston Globe:
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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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Government source: Bells should have gone off for student in custody in Boston case — A U.S. government official tells CNN that the three students in law enforcement custody Wednesday are two students from Kazakhstan, Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, and another student, U.S. citizen Robel Phillipos.
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FP Passport and 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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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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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CNN, The Gateway Pundit, The Lonely Conservative and The PJ Tatler
Matt Smith / CNN:
3 more detained in Boston attack
3 more detained in Boston attack
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Mother Jones, The Week, Fox News, “The Lid” and National Review
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Pat Toomey: Background Checks Died Because GOP Didn't Want To Help Obama — Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) revealed that some members of his party opposed expanding background checks for gun sales recently because they didn't want to “be seen helping the president.”
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New York Times:
New York Times/CBS News Poll: Unity on Issues Falls to Politics
New York Times/CBS News Poll: Unity on Issues Falls to Politics
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Hullabaloo
Manu Raju / Politico:
Kelly Ayotte on defense over gun vote
Kelly Ayotte on defense over gun vote
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Evan Brandt / Main Line Media News:
Toomey doubts second Senate gun-control vote any time soon
Toomey doubts second Senate gun-control vote any time soon
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CNN, The Political Carnival, Taking Note, msnbc.com and The Hill
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 and Firedoglake
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Saudi Arabia ‘warned the United States IN WRITING about Boston Bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2012’
EXCLUSIVE: Saudi Arabia ‘warned the United States IN WRITING about Boston Bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2012’
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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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Kyle Roerink / Casper Star-Tribune:
University of Wyoming police: Rape threat came from alleged target
University of Wyoming police: Rape threat came from alleged target
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This ain't Hell …, Weasel Zippers and Jammie Wearing Fools
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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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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AL.com, Gawker and The Daily Caller
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Jane O'Brien / BBC:
‘Proof’ Jamestown settlers turned to cannibalism
‘Proof’ Jamestown settlers turned to cannibalism
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Guardian and Colorlines
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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Weasel Zippers, “The Lid”, The Lonely Conservative, Wake up America, Josh Blackman's Blog and Moe Lane
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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New York Times, Free exchange, National Review, Calculated Risk, Jared Bernstein, Business Insider and AEIdeas
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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National Review and Power Line
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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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Paul Krugman, Democracy in America, Brad DeLong, Crooked Timber, National Review and TheMoneyIllusion
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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Washington Monthly and Hullabaloo
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
A House in chaos — Less than two weeks ago, House Majority …
A House in chaos — Less than two weeks ago, House Majority …
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American Prospect and The Maddow Blog
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
It's a 401(k) World and It Basically Sucks — I like the metaphor in Tom Friedman's latest column, arguing that we now live in a 401(k) world. But I wish he'd spelled it out in greater detail, because the problem with living in a 401(k) world is that Planet 401(k) is a pretty sucky planet.
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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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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Washington Post:
Muslim cabdriver alleges assault by passenger who cited Boston Marathon bombing — An Army reservist and Iraq veteran who works as a cabdriver says a passenger he picked up early Friday at a Northern Virginia country club accused him of being a terrorist because he is Muslim …
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DCist and The Raw Story
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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Taylor Marsh, RH Reality Check and Food and Drug Administration
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 …
Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan Uses Derogatory Term For Undocumented People To Argue For Immigration Reform — WISCONSIN — Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the latest GOP champion of an immigration reform bill in the House of Representatives, used an offensive term for undocumented people while touring town halls …
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NBC Latino and The Political Carnival