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9:55 PM ET, April 16, 2013

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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Injured Saudi is a witness, not a suspect, in Boston bombing  —  U.S. law enforcement officials said Tuesday that a Saudi national injured in the Boston Marathon bombing is regarded as a witness, not a suspect.  —  The Saudi, who is recuperating at a Boston hospital, is in his 20s …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Jack Kingston urged Guard ‘take a pass’ on Boston Marathon  —  A year ago, Rep. Jack Kingston was so concerned about the National Guard's shriveling budget that he wanted it to “take a pass” on major events like “the Boston Marathon.”  —  The Georgia Republican pleaded with the guard's leaders …
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Militia Groups Denounce Boston Marathon Attack  —  Early speculation that militias were behind the bombings are “totally off-base,” says one leader.  “This was a target of civilians, which is reprehensible by every measure of what we hold to our values.”  —  Via: Adrees Latif / Reuters
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Hot Air
Bridget Johnson / The PJ Tatler:
An Al-Shabaab Link to Boston Marathon Bombings?  —  A series of Twitter gloats today raised questions about the possible involvement of Somali terror group Al-Shabaab in the Boston Marathon bombing.  —  No person or group has yet directly taken responsibility for the attack that killed three and wounded 176, 17 of those critically.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
PHOTOS of SAUDI NATIONAL Person of Interest in Boston Custody ...Update: Saudi Ruled Out as Suspect
Kate Kowsh / New York Post:
Roommate calls Saudi national ‘quiet and clean;’ number of injuries rises to over 170
Richard Spencer / Telegraph:
Boston Marathon bombs: al-Qaeda's Inspire magazine taught pressure cooker bomb-making techniques
Discussion: Clayton Cramer's Blog
Jimmy Golen / Associated Press:
FBI SEEKS IMAGES IN BOSTON MARATHON BOMB INQUIRY
Israel News Agency:
Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah Celebrate Boston Terror Attack
Bill Forry / Dorchester Reporter:
Ashmont boy killed in bomb blast; mom and little sister badly hurt
Discussion: Washington Post and Weasel Zippers
Mike Konczal / nextnewdeal.net:
Researchers Finally Replicated Reinhart-Rogoff, and There Are Serious Problems.  —  In 2010, economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff released a paper, “Growth in a Time of Debt.”  Their “main result is that...median growth rates for countries with public debt over 90 percent of GDP …
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Is The Reinhart-Rogoff Result Based on a Simple Spreadsheet Error?  —  So this is huge.  Or, rather, it won't matter even a tiny little bit but it ought to be a big deal anyway.  You've probably heard that countries with a high debt:GDP ratio suffer from slow economic growth.
Discussion: The Tell, ThinkProgress and Gawker
Paul Krugman:   Reinhart-Rogoff, Continued  —  I was going to post something sort …
CEPR:   How Much Unemployment Was Caused by Reinhart and Rogoff's Arithmetic Mistake?
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Letter sent to Roger Wicker tests positive for ricin  —  An envelope sent to the U.S. Senate office of Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) included a substance that has tested positive for Ricin, two sources say.  —  It was not immediately clear when the envelope was received.
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CNN:
Envelope tests positive for ricin at Washington mail facility  —  Washington (CNN) — An envelope that tested positive for the deadly poison ricin was intercepted Tuesday afternoon at the U.S. Capitol's off-site mail facility in Washington, congressional and law enforcement sources tell CNN.
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Letter Sent To U.S. Senator Tests Positive For Poison
Discussion: The Hill
Yahoo! News:
Second Boston Marathon victim identified: Krystle Campbell  —  A second victim in the Boston Marathon bombings has been identified: Krystle M. Campbell, a 29-year-old originally from Medford, Mass.  —  Her father, William A. Campbell Jr., told Yahoo News he's in shock that his daughter was killed.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Bomb Details Emerge in Boston Case  —  BOSTON — The explosives used to kill three people and injure 176 at the Boston Marathon on Monday were likely some kind of “pressure-cooker” devices that sent sharp bits of shrapnel flying into victims in the vicinity of the blast, several law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Why Boston Bombings Might Be Scarier Than 9/11  —  Killing Americans at play resonates differently than attacks on economic and military targets.  —  Call it “terrorism” if a label helps you make sense of this madness.  Find who did it and squash him—or them—with what President Obama called “the full weight of justice.”
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Gun control: Senate to vote Wednesday  —  The Senate will vote Wednesday afternoon on what could be the biggest change in U.S. gun laws in nearly 20 years.  —  Senators will take up the proposal from Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) to expand background checks on firearm purchases …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sen. Reid rolls dice on gun bill
Discussion: CNN
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Senate at war over Thatcher resolution  —  Senate Republicans and Democrats are in an intense battle over the contents of a resolution to honor former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died last week and will be laid to rest on Wednesday.  —  The fight has prompted Senate Foreign …
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Susan Tran / WHDH-TV:
EXCLUSIVE: New pics from moments before, after blasts  —  BOSTON (WHDH) — Photos sent to 7News by a viewer show the scene just before and right after the bombs went off on Boylston Street.  —  7News has provided these pictures to the FBI as they continue their investigation.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
How long until we know?  —  It's been more than 24 hours since the explosions in Boston.  But while new details emerge by the hour, the question on so many people's minds remains unanswered: Who did it?  —  “The range of suspects and motives remains wide open,” FBI Special Agent Richard DesLauriers said …
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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Al Qaeda's Recipe for Pressure-Cooker Bombs
Breanna Edwards / Politico:
Report: 2 escorted off Boston plane  —  Officials in Boston are taking no chances, a day after the tragedy at the Boston Marathon — including on flights out of nearby Logan Airport.  —  A plane headed to Chicago was brought back to the gate at Logan Airport, after some passengers …
Jeffrey Goldberg / Bloomberg:
Obama's Second Term Already Looks Like a Failure  —  President Barack Obama's second term has so far been a story of high liberal hopes and scant liberal achievements.  —  The president has been re-elected, demographic trends favor the growth of his coalition, his party has a technological edge …
Scott Shane / New York Times:
U.S. Practiced Torture After 9/11, Nonpartisan Review Concludes  —  WASHINGTON — A nonpartisan, independent review of interrogation and detention programs in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks concludes that “it is indisputable that the United States engaged in the practice of torture” …
Alister Doyle / Reuters:
Climate scientists struggle to explain warming slowdown  —  (Reuters) - Scientists are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that has exposed gaps in their understanding and defies a rise in global greenhouse gas emissions.  —  Often focused on century-long trends …
 
 
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
IS THIS THE BOMBER?  Man With Black Backpack Before Bombing - Then Without Backpack Moments Before Blast
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
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Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
CinemaCon: MPAA Tweaks Movie Ratings System in Wake of Newtown School Shooting
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Rainey Reitman / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
34 Civil Liberties Organizations Oppose CISPA After Amendments
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama: Senate immigration bill ‘clearly a compromise’
Discussion: Politico, Weasel Zippers and The Hill
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New York Sports Talk Show Host Calls For Murder In Response To Boston Bombing
Felix Salmon:
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Pat Buchanan Calls For ‘A New Era Of Civil Disobedience’ Against LGBT Equality
Katherine Connell / National Review:
After Boston, Congressman Urges Caution on Immigration Reform
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