On this day when we are focused on Boston, also remember Philadelphia...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
It's still live on the internet. George Soros, enigmatic financier, liberal philanthropist dies at XX Full Obituary available here....
Just released by FBI: ...
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...
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...
Denies media credentials to political bloggers, including Legal Insurrection...
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...
Blame NYS not NRA for failure of federal gun legislation...
1) Syria and contiguity Jacques Neria writes in Stalemate in the Syrian Civil War: While Assad has survived so far, he has not been able to quell the rebellion, the economy is in shambles, and so are most of the areas hit by the civil war. Hundreds...
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A follow up to last night's post, Salon.com ghoulishly race baits #BostonMarathon bombing with “white privilege” rant. James Taranto observes, The Privilege of Not Belonging A theory of white racism against whites. * * * Thus today's insight: To be white in America is to have the privilege of being able...
The vote took place on a vote to close debate. BREAKING: Bill to expand background checks for gun purchases is defeated in the Senate.— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 17, 2013 Toomey-Manchin Fails on Cloture Vote, 54-46; Four Democrats Vote for Filibuster bit.ly/17pjCi1— AoSHQ (@AoSHQ) April 17, 2013 Fundraising...
