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KWTX-TV:
EMS Director Says 60 To 70 Dead In West Explosion  —  West EMS Director Dr. George Smith says as many as 60 or 70 people died and hundreds were injured Wednesday night in a fertilizer plant explosion in West.  —  A rescuer earlier said he knew of five deaths.
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Selwyn Crawford / Dallas Morning News:
Live video: Explosion, injuries reported at fertilizer plant near Waco in West, Texas  —  A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant rocked the town of West, north of Waco, causing multiple injuries and leaving people trapped and buildings on fire.  —  Firefighters were reported among …
Washington Post:
Fertilizer plant explosion injures at least 160 in central Texas; 5 to 15 feared dead  —  A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in central Texas Wednesday night left more than 160 people wounded and killed an estimated five to 15 people, officials said, likely including firefighters …
Lateef Mungin / CNN:
Explosion hits fertilizer plant north of Waco, Texas  —  Are you there?  Please send photos and videos to iReport, but please stay safe.  —  (CNN) — An explosion ripped through a fertilizer plant Wednesday night in the area of West, Texas, sending a massive fireball into the sky and causing dozens of injuries, officials said.
Randy Lee Loftis / Dallas Morning News:
West fertilizer plant said in report that it presented no risk
Discussion: Macleans.ca and Quartz
Lateef Mungin / CNN:
Deadly blast rattles Texas town
Dallas Morning News:
Cleanup begins, search for survivors continues after massive fertilizer plant explosion in West
Boston Globe:
Authorities have clear video images of two suspects in Boston Marathon bombings, official says  —  Authorities have clear video images of two separate suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings carrying black bags at each explosion site and are planning to release the images today in an appeal …
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New York Post:
Authorities circulate photos of two men spotted carrying bags near site of Boston bombings  —  Investigators probing the deadly Boston Marathon bombings are circulating photos of two men spotted chatting near the packed finish line, The Post has learned.  —  In the photos being distributed …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Report: FBI to release video of two suspects in Boston bomb attack  —  Law enforcement officials plan to release images of two suspects in the bombing of the Boston Marathon, the Boston Globe reported Thursday.  —  According to the paper, the suspects were seen separately on video gathered …
Frank Smyth / msnbc.com:
How the gun lobby has already blocked Boston's bombing investigators  —  One avenue of investigation is already closed off to forensic officials working the Boston Marathon bombing case due to efforts dating back decades by the National Rifle Association and gun manufacturers.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Suspicions in Boston Attack Turn to Man Seen in Videos
Discussion: NewsBusters, Yahoo! News and Poynter
Gabrielle Giffords / New York Times:
A Senate in the Gun Lobby's Grip  —  SENATORS say they fear the N.R.A. and the gun lobby.  But I think that fear must be nothing compared to the fear the first graders in Sandy Hook Elementary School felt as their lives ended in a hail of bullets.  The fear that those children who survived …
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Rebecca Schoenkopf / Wonkette:
‘INSTAPUNDIT’ TELLS WHATS-HER-NAME, THAT LADY WHO GOT SHOT IN THE FACE, TO STOP ‘BULLYING’ PEOPLE  —  Of the many, many, many fine citizens who have sorely tested our hippie nonviolent ways this week, we may have finally found a winner.  See that tweet up there?
Colby Itkowitz / Morning Call:
Senate rejects gun checks offered by Toomey, others
Discussion: Politico, Post Politics and Reuters
Washington Post:
President Obama's remarks on failure of Manchin-Toomey background check plan (TRANSCRIPT)
Discussion: National Review
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:   A Shameful Day in the Senate  —  The NRA got its victory …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate rejects background checks on gun purchases in 54-46 vote
Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
MIND-BOGGLING DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT RICIN LETTER SUSPECT: 'I'M ON THE HIDDEN FRONT LINES OF A SECRET WAR'  —  Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, of Tupelo, Miss., has been arrested in connection with ricin letters that were sent to both Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and President Barack Obama," The New York Times reports.
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U.S. News:
Feds arrest suspect in ricin-positive letters sent to Obama, senator  —  The ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama and Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker were both postmarked April 8 and sent from Memphis, Tenn., signed “I am KC and I approve this message.”  A third letter went to Michigan Sen. Carl Levin.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
A Lame Duck Squawks, But Why?  —  After his gun control proposals were defeated today in the Senate, President Obama gave a speech in the Rose Garden, surrounded by Joe Biden, Gabrielle Giffords, and Newtown parents.  He went on what can charitably be described as an angry rant.
Discussion: Washington Times
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Politico:
Gang of Eight aims to stop conservative attacks
Meredith Shiner / Roll Call:
After Gun Defeat, Where Does Obama Go From Here?
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Gun Control Effort Had No Real Chance, Despite Pleas
Jonathan Cohn / New Republic:
The Angriest Obama We've Ever Seen
Jason Zengerle / New York Magazine:
How Savvy Jenny Sanford Sabotaged Ex-Husband Mark's Political Comeback  —  Obama Delivers Emotional Condemnation of Senate Republicans After Gun-Control Defeat  —  A couple of months ago, when I was reporting a feature on Mark Sanford's political comeback and the ongoing soap opera between …
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Washington Post:
GOP abandons Mark Sanford; ex-wife says sons ‘upset’ over encounter with former mistress
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Gun Violence Victims Detained, Put Through Background Check For Yelling ‘Shame On You’ At Senators  —  “Shame on you!”  Patricia Maisch and Lori Haas yelled in rapid succession at the 46 senators who had just voted to kill a compromise amendment to expand background checks for gun purchases at gun shows or online.
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Kevin Diaz / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Former chief of staff to break silence on Michele Bachmann  —  WASHINGTON - GOP operative Andy Parrish, a former chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, is expected to tell an Iowa Senate ­ethics panel that her 2012 presidential campaign made improper payments to its state chairman.
Discussion: Reuters and The Maddow Blog
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  April 18, 2013 - Big Gender Gap As Kasich Leads 2014 Ohio Gov Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; He Leads Dem Challengers In Early Look At 2014 Race  —  With a commanding lead among men, Ohio Gov. John Kasich leads likely Democratic challengers in an early look …
James Hohmann / Politico:
Mitch McConnell ad seizes on secret audio  —  Mitch McConnell continues to seize on the bungled taping of his Louisville campaign headquarters.  —  The Senate Minority Leader will go on the air Thursday with a new commercial that links last week's brouhaha to the Democratic president's desire to oust him.
Discussion: Washington Monthly, CNN and First Read
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Lawyer up, Issa warns CIA staff  —  In separate letters to the legal offices of the CIA, State Department and Defense Department, Issa said some witnesses on the issue might need lawyers, if their agencies decide to retaliate against them for their testimony.
Discussion: Hot Air
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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
House investigators talking to new Benghazi whistleblowers
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Max Baucus Says He Fears Obamacare Is Headed For ‘Huge Train Wreck’  —  WASHINGTON — A senior Democratic senator who helped write President Barack Obama's health care law stunned administration officials Wednesday, saying openly he thinks it's headed for a “train wreck.”
Discussion: Power Line and Weasel Zippers
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