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USA Men's Hockey Team Wins Olympic Gold in Absolute Thriller

Intersectionality is an "intellectual foundation for violence, terrorism, antisemitism, and anti-westernism"

Purges of Conservative and pro-Israel Faculty leave "very few to speak up for Jewish students"

Coexist, “reportedly”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2013 9 Comments

Many people sent me links to this image. I don't know if it's real, or was obtained from Reddit, 4Chan, or CNN. But it's too good not to print, with all the caveats, "reportedly." Picture of the century: highjacked car had "COEXIST" bumper sticker twitter.com/chelseagrunwal…— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 19,...

Reports — Second Suspect “Down” (UPDATE – in custody)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2013 20 Comments

UPDATE -- Suspect in custody. Ace has the photo of the take down. Suspect in custody. Officers sweeping the area. Stand by for further info.— Boston Police Dept. (@Boston_Police) April 20, 2013 "We got him" #oneboston twitter.com/mayortommenino…— Mayor Tom Menino (@mayortommenino) April 20, 2013 -------------------------------------------------- Just breaking. Large volley of...

Boston curfew lifted, mass transit reopened, suspect still on the run

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2013 9 Comments

At a news conference at 6 p.m. the reopening of mass transit and the lift on the request for people to stay in their homes has been lifted. There will be increased police patrols. The suspect still is on the run. No indication was given as to...

Mideast Media Sampler – 04/19/2013 – #MiddleEast reacts to #BostonMarathon bombing

Posted by David Gerstman on April 19, 2013 8 Comments

1) The Middle East and Boston What have been the reactions in the Middle East to the Boston Marathon? Jordanian Salafists, unsurprisingly, endorsed the terror. "American blood isn't more precious than Muslim blood," said Mohammad al-Chalabi, who was convicted in an al-Qaida-linked plot to attack U.S. and other...

Chilling history of #Gosnell and babies struggling to survive

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2013 19 Comments

On this day when we are focused on Boston, also remember Philadelphia...

Wesleyan U. President Writes Blog Post Praising Anti-ICE Efforts During 'War on Minnesota'

Women Now Outnumber Men in Medical and Law School Enrollment

Yale Investigating Antisemitic Graffiti Spray-Painted Into Snow on Campus

Pro-Abortion Prof Backs Out of Notre Dame Leadership Role After Protests

Teacher Claims School Threatened to Fire Him for Refusing to Read LGBT Book to 1st Graders

Larry Summers to Resign Harvard Teaching Appointments Over Epstein Files

Letter from the Family of Lu Lingzi

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2013 6 Comments

The family of Lu Lingzi, the Chinese graduate student killed in the Boston Marathon bombing, issued a statement Thursday, via BU Today: We are grieving and at a loss for words to describe the pain and sadness we are experiencing following the sudden passing of our...

Boston Marathon suspect manhunt underway – ongoing updates

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 19, 2013 14 Comments

UPDATE 1:30 pm EST: The Associated Press is reporting that the FBI is at the New Jersey home of the alleged Boston Marathon bomber's sister. Authorities say that she has been cooperative and that there are no reports that she was involved in any of the...

Boston Marathon manhunt Live Feeds

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2013 15 Comments

I'm going to leave this as a stand alone post for you to follow updates as they happen in real time. MOVED TO NEWER POSTS...

Shootout with Boston Marathon Suspects — One dead, one on loose — developing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2013 22 Comments

Listen to BOSTON POLICE SCANNER LIVE. Suspect #1 in black cap dead. Died in same hospital still caring for bombing victims. Suspects believed to be from abroad, foreign trained. "We believe this man to be a terrorist, someone who came here to kill people." Tied to...

Journalism sometimes means you are not the one to break the story

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2013 18 Comments

Ben Smith on the crowdsourcing photo analysis and media failures of the past few days: The media's new and unfamiliar job is to provide a framework for understanding the wild, unvetted, and incredibly intoxicating information that its audience will inevitably see — not to ignore it. A...

Reuters publishes George Soros Obituary prematurely

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2013 18 Comments

It's still live on the internet. George Soros, enigmatic financier, liberal philanthropist dies at XX Full Obituary available here....

Images and video of suspects in Boston Marathon Bombing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2013 26 Comments

Just released by FBI: ...

No Breaking News in #BostonMarathon, media survives day relatively unscathed (Okay — there is breaking news!)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2013 2 Comments

Lesson No. 1 in blogging -- never preschedule, even by 30 minutes, a "no breaking news" post! Apparently the FBI is holding a press conference soon to identify a photo of a suspect. For real. UPDATE 5:20 -- Two suspects -- images to be released soon. A At...

#Gosnell never gets better

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2013 14 Comments

News today, AP via Ed Morrissey, Nurse saw more than 10 babies breathing: A former abortion clinic worker has capped the murder trial of her former boss with testimony that she saw more than 10 babies breathe before they were killed. Kareema Cross is the final prosecution witness against Dr. Kermit Gosnell. She...

Is the Maryland GOP really that stupid? (hint, you betcha)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2013 24 Comments

Denies media credentials to political bloggers, including Legal Insurrection...

#BostonMarathon suspects, or just guys in the crowd?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2013 23 Comments

Yesterday there was a wealth of speculation based on sleuthing at 4Chan and Reddit about possible suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing. I didn't run the photos, because, well, these may just be guys in the crowd and the analysis did not impress me based on...

Albany Police Officers Union denounces “shameful” NY gun law