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2:40 AM ET, April 19, 2013

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The Lede:
New, Higher-Resolution Image of Boston Marathon Suspect Emerges  —  Shortly after finishing the Boston Marathon this week David Green, 49, was walking to meet friends when two bombs exploded in front of him as he faced east on the corner of Fairfield and Boylston Streets.
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ABCNEWS:
Teen: I Am Not the Boston Marathon Bomber  —  The teenage boy authorities once investigated as possibly being connected to the Boston Marathon bombing told ABC News today he was shocked to see his face pop up on television and all over social media.  —  Salah Barhoun, 17 …
Bloomberg:
Boston Bombing Victim in Iconic Photo Helped Identify Attackers  —  FBI Releases Images of Two Boston Bombing Suspects  —  Minutes before the bombs blew up in Boston, Jeff Bauman looked into the eyes of the man who tried to kill him.  —  Just before 3 p.m. on April 15 …
MyFoxBoston:
FBI releases images of two marathon bombing suspects  —  The FBI released images and surveillance video of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings.  —  In a press conference Thursday, FBI officials said the public will play a critical role in identifying the men accused of committing the bombings.
Josh Margolin / New York Post:
Two men probed in Boston Marathon bombings cleared by investigators  —  Investigators have now cleared the two men whose pictures were circulated last night in an email among law enforcement officials, sources told The Post today.  —  Authorities determined neither had any information or role …
Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
The Boston Bombing Witch Hunt Bags Another Innocent Kid
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Romney: Boston Marathon bombers ‘demented’
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Jake Tapper / The Lead with Jake Tapper:
Confusion over Saudis in Boston following marathon attack
Discussion: Salon, Hullabaloo and The PJ Tatler
New York Post:
Authorities circulate photos of two men spotted carrying bags near site of Boston bombings
Todd Eastham / Reuters:
George Soros, enigmatic financier, liberal philanthropist dies at XX  —  (Reuters) - George Soros, who died XXX at age XXX, was a predatory and hugely successful financier and investor, who argued paradoxically for years against the same sort of free-wheeling capitalism that made him billions.
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Taylor Bigler / The Daily Caller:
Reuters accidentally publishes George Soros obituary  —  Publications often prepare obituaries for famous living individuals, particularly ones who are near death.  Publications don't, however, generally prematurely publish them.  —  Thursday evening, Reuters accidentally published …
Robert Farago / The Truth About Guns:
BREAKING: President Readying Executive Orders on Gun Control  —  “Vice President Biden told White House allies in the gun control fight Thursday that President Obama will be announcing new executive actions on gun violence in the days after the Senate voted down a gun violence bill,” buzzfeed.com reports.
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Biden Pledges More Executive Action On Guns “Later This Week”  —  On conference call with stakeholders, Biden says Obama will carry the gun control fight forward on his own.  Updated: The White House says it is only implementing some of the executive actions Obama announced in January.
Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
Syria no-fly zone a possibility says Clapper
Discussion: Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
Tarini Parti / Politico:
Harry Reid: ‘Pause and freeze’ on gun control
Discussion: CNN and The Plum Line
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
On MSNBC, a Gun Debate That Fox Doesn't Seem to Worry About  —  President Obama hadn't finished his first sentence on Wednesday when the Fox News Channel cut away from his Rose Garden remarks about the Senate's defeat of a measure that would have expanded background checks for gun buyers.
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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
The Hits and Misses of the Gun Debate on Cable News  —  Not only is Fox News getting knocked (though CNN is taking the brunt) for inaccurate coverage from Boston Wednesday, the network is also being criticized for not covering Pres. Obama's Rose Garden statement following the Senate defeat of a key piece of new gun legislation.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Mediaite
Adam Clark Estes / The Atlantic Wire:
An Officer's Been Killed and There's a Shooter on the Loose at MIT  —  Updated 12:02 a.m.: MIT issued an emergency alert at 10:48 on Thursday night reporting shots fired on the university campus.  MIT's school newspaper, The Tech, reports, “Shots fired near 32 Vassar St (Stata Center), police officer down.
Senator Max Baucus / Mike Pompeo:
Pompeo writes to Senator Baucus about Obamacare “Train Wreck”  —  “No one in the country bears more responsibility for the complexity of this law than you.”  —  107 Cannon House Office Building  —  Washington, DC 20515  —  511 Hart Senate Office Building  —  Washington, DC 20510
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The Huffington Post:
Regal Entertainment Group's Obamacare Policy Leads To Facebook Backlash (PHOTOS)
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and ThinkProgress
Alliance for Justice / Justice Watch:
Scalia's latest: Unethical or merely appalling?  —  We've all seen it before:  —  Justice Antonin Scalia makes comments that are appalling in their racial insensitivity.  —  Justice Antonin Scalia skates right up to the line of ethical impropriety.  —  But this time Scalia managed …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Gun debate triggered media bias  —  If you thought President Obama was outraged after the Senate killed the plan to expand background checks on guns, you should have seen some members of the press.  —  Even by the standards of today's partisan media environment, the response has been noteworthy.
Discussion: Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Holder gets stormy reception from House panel  —  The fact there is no love lost between Attorney General Eric Holder and House Republicans was on clear display again Thursday afternoon at a stormy House appropriations panel hearing which culminated with the subcommittee's chairman declaring …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Modeling the Senate's Vote on Gun Control  —  The failure of the Senate on Wednesday to pass a variety of gun control measures is yielding its share of second-guessing.  How close was President Obama to seeing the bills meet the 60-vote super-majority required for approval?
James Hohmann / Politico:
Media shrug at Boston blunders  —  The inaccurate report by CNN and other news organizations about an arrest in the Boston bombing case was arguably one of the most flagrant errors on a story of major national consequence in years.  —  When the news organizations later corrected their mistakes …
Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog
Evan Hurst / Truth Wins Out:
Former ‘Ex-Gay’ Superstar John Paulk Finally Renounces His ‘Ex-Gay’ Past  —  Paulk Must Now Begin The Hard Work Of Atoning For The Damage He Has Done To LGBT People, And Anne Paulk And The Religious Right Must Stop Peddling The Lie Of The Paulks' “Fairy-Tale ‘Ex-Gay’ Marriage” Immediately, Says Truth Wins Out
Discussion: Joe. My. God. and Good As You
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PQ Monthly:
Is John Paulk ready to renounce his ex-gay gospel?
Jim White / emptywheel:
John Galt Kills Texans in Massive Fertilizer Plant Explosion  —  Google Maps satellite view of West Fertilizer and its proximity to West Middle School, along with many houses and apartments.  —  Who needs pesky safety regulations or zoning laws when there is money to made running a fertilizer plant?
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Jonathan Cohn / New Republic:
The Angriest Obama We've Ever Seen  —  After the Senate failed to expand gun background checks, the president flashes anger  —  The compromise on background checks died today in the Senate.  And President Obama is as angry as we've ever seen him.  —  Late this afternoon …
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ThinkProgress:
The Senators Who Supported Background Checks Represent Nearly Two-Thirds Of Americans
Discussion: The Mahablog and Wonkblog
 
 
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