memeorandum: Terrorist suspect may have traveled to Russia in 2012 under alias (Tom Curry/NBC Politics)

8:15 AM ET, April 22, 2013

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EXCLUSIVE - How doctor's daughter became the Muslim convert widow of Boston bomber: Terrorist husband ‘brainwashed’ her and she gave up her dreams of college to have his baby at 21 — Schoolfriend tells MailOnline how Katherine Russell had dreams of joining the Peace Corps - but was ‘totally transformed’ by Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Discussion: Israel Matzav, The Gateway Pundit, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Riehl World News and American Power

bigstory.ap.org:

Mass. police: Bomb suspects didn't have gun permit — You are here — Home » Massachusetts » Mass. police: Bomb suspects didn't have gun permit — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts police official say the brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, Doug Ross and The Hinterland Gazette

Alyssa Newcomb / ABCNEWS:

Authorities: Boston Bombing Suspect Is Responding to Questions in Writing — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is awake and responding sporadically in writing to questions, authorities said. Investigators are asking about other cell members and other unexploded bombs, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Times, The Fix, The Week, Daily Mail, Politico, Gawker, CNN and ABCNEWS, more at Mediagazer »

Daily Mail:

Bomber is awake and responding to questions after he ‘shot himself in the head while he was cornered in boat’ — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is responding sporadically in writing to questions from investigators regarding other cell members and other unexploded bombs

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, BBC, Infowars and Riehl World News

Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

College Friend Of Boston Bombing Suspect Says They Discussed Bombing At School Gym — A student who was friendly with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told CNN Sunday that he discussed the Boston bombing with the suspected bomber at the UMass Dartmouth gym after Monday's bombing.

Daily Mail:

Caught just in time: ‘Bombers were about to plant MORE devices but plot was spoiled by release of CCTV photos’ — Footage released on Saturday shows Dzhokhar Tsranaev laying flat under a tarp in a boat. Police used a robot to pull the tarp off the boat — Police tracked …

Discussion: Telegraph, The Gateway Pundit, Riehl World News, Politico and Boston Globe

Mike Lillis / The Hill:

Report: Boston attack suspects not licensed to own firearms — The two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings were not licensed to have the firearms they used in several shootouts with police on Friday, Reuters reported Sunday night. — The news that the suspects were not authorized …

Discussion: JustOneMinute and Twitchy

Tom Curry / NBC Politics:

Terrorist suspect may have traveled to Russia in 2012 under alias — The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday that when Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed Friday in a shootout with police …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars

Noah Rothman / Mediaite:

Harris-Perry: Bombers' Muslim Faith As Relevant To Bombing As Ben Affleck Movies About Violence In Boston — Making the point that the Tsarnaev brothers' Muslim faith at the moment bears little relevance to the investigation into the brothers' decision to attack the Boston Marathon last week …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Hinterland Gazette, Conservatives4Palin, Riehl World News and The PJ Tatler

Jonathan Allen / Reuters:

Boston Bombing Suspects Did Not Have Valid Handgun Licenses — (Reuters) - The two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings, who police say engaged in a gun battle with officers early Friday after a frenzied manhunt, were not licensed to own guns in the towns where they lived, authorities said on Sunday.

Julia Preston / New York Times:
F.B.I. Interview Led Homeland Security to Hold Up Citizenship for One Brother

Discussion: Daily Mail, Outside the Beltway and Twitchy

Barney Henderson / Telegraph:
Boston bomber: FBI ‘dropped the ball’ over Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch and The Gateway Pundit

USA Today:
No charges to be filed in Boston bomb case today

Discussion: Guardian and The Raw Story

Sabrina Siddiqui / The Huffington Post:
Lindsey Graham: FBI ‘Dropped The Ball’ With Boston Bombing Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Discussion: Power Line and PoliticusUSA

NY Daily News:
Friends of accused Boston bomber taken into custody in New Bedford, Mass.

Discussion: Jihad Watch, Weasel Zippers, Daily Mail, Scared Monkeys and Hot Air

CBS News:
Boston bombing suspect in serious condition

Discussion: U.S. News, The Democratic Daily, Riehl World News, Weasel Zippers, ThinkProgress, Gothamist, The Reaction, The Hill and The Moderate Voice

Arsen Mollayev / Associated Press: Chechen Terrorist Group Denies Involvement In Boston Attack

Los Angeles Times:
FBI: Boston suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev followed ‘radical Islam’

Discussion: Jihad Watch, Althouse, UrbanGrounds, NewsBusters, The Political Carnival, Mediaite, Hot Air, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Daily Mail, Patterico's Pontifications and Pressing Issues

Washington Post:
Conflict in the Caucasus reflected in suspect's YouTube playlist

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Slate, Post Politics and The Long War Journal

Ben Goad / The Hill: Reports: No charges expected Sunday against Boston suspect

NY Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Suspected Boston Marathon bombers lived in squalid, ramshackle apartment

Discussion: Pressing Issues and Riehl World News

John Hinderaker / Power Line:

Why Does Evil Make Liberals Stupid? — In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, we are suffering through the inevitable period of liberal hand-wringing. Liberals can't help themselves: while normal people are reviling the bombers, celebrating their capture or death …

Discussion: Betsy's Page, Daily Kos and NewsBusters

Mike Jaccarino / Fox News:

Town of West, Texas, recovers after plant blast kills 14, injures 200 — Officials now number the dead from a Central Texas fertilizer plant explosion at 14, while residents attempt to recover some semblance of normalcy in the 2,800-person town of West. — “The devastation is immense,” …

Discussion: NewsHounds blog

Arutz Sheva:

Kerry Compares Boston Victims, Marmara Terrorists — At Istanbul, Secretary of State makes jarring comparison between Boston Marathon terror victims, IHH terror activists killed by Israel. — Speaking at Istanbul, Turkey, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made a jarring comparison between …

Discussion: Israel Matzav and Atlas Shrugs

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

The Jobless Trap — F.D.R. told us that the only thing we had to fear was fear itself. But when future historians look back at our monstrously failed response to economic depression, they probably won't blame fear, per se. Instead, they'll castigate our leaders for fearing the wrong things.

Discussion: naked capitalism

Bill Glauber / JSOnline:

Paul Ryan to discuss immigration reform Monday in Chicago — By Bill Glauber of the Journal Sentinel — U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is scheduled to discuss immigration reform during a joint appearance in Chicago Monday with U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.).

Discussion: Power Line and National Review