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BOSTON -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings is in serious but stable condition and likely can't communicate... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paige-lavender/

I recognize, as a lawyer, that when you infringe the rights of one citizen you threaten the rights of all citizens. But #2 arguably abandoned and disavowed those rights when he (allegedly) declared war against his people and his country. Jim Moret http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-moret/

BOSTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union says it's concerned the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect will be questioned by investigators without being read his... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paige-lavender/

BOSTON — Federal public defenders have agreed to represent the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. Miriam Conrad, the federal defender for Massachusetts, says her... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paige-lavender/

America's long drug war has produced countless tragedies, ruined lives and led to parentless children, as well as the deaths of drug warriors, nonviolent offenders... Radley Balko http://www.huffingtonpost.com/radley-balko/

The United States Senate's failure to pass common sense gun safety measures is a moral failure of great magnitude. We must stop this relentless war against our children and dethrone the NRA whose reign obstructs what 90 percent of Americans want. Marian Wright Edelman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marian-wright-edelman/

Former Sen. Al D'Amato (R-N.Y.) had some harsh remarks for lawmakers who voted against a gun-buyer background check bill earlier this week, saying he thinks... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paige-lavender/

While there are no links between Chechen insurgents/jihadists/terrorists and Al Qaeda, there is a long and bloody record of Chechen terrorism against a dominant state that may have inspired the two Chechen American brothers to carry out their senseless act of terrorism against a country that gave them refuge from their own war torn homeland. Brian Glyn Williams http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-glyn-williams/

Details of the manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects were murky at the height of the investigation, leading many news outlets to misreport the... Sara Gates http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sara-gates/

In the absence of definable enemies, as I learned in Boston, we turn on each other. Democrats and Republicans have turned on each other in the absence of a common enemy, with new permutations of class warfare where it is the wealthy who resent the poor, and where our president is the Anti-christ. David Paul http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-paul/

Wearing special home jerseys with "Boston" sewn across the chest, the Red Sox returned to Fenway Park on Saturday afternoon. More importantly, the people of... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-greenberg/

BOSTON -- The family of an 8-year-old boy killed in the Boston Marathon bombing is offering its thanks to the investigators who worked around the... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/farah-l-miller/

* Mother says she believes sons were framed * Tells Russian interviewer FBI was monitoring older son * Both parents says Internet use was monitored... Reuters http://www.huffingtonpost.com/braden-goyette/

Even the most cynical amongst us were stunned when the U.S. Senate voted down a watered down, bipartisan, partial background check for gun purchases that's supported by some 90 percent of Americans and 74 percent of NRA members. This happened because money has near-complete control of our political system. The NRA outspent the Brady Center to Control Gun Violence by 73 to 1 last year. As Gabby Giffords said in her brilliant New York Times op-ed, senators betrayed the people because of a deep fear of the NRA unseating them from office. The NRA has that power because they have and spend real political money. Josh Silver http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-silver/

There is much to learn from this horrific occurrence beyond the details that have yet to be revealed. Although it is human to seek vengeance against those who have caused pain, if this mindset is maintained our geo-political atmosphere will forever be at war. Toni Nagy http://www.huffingtonpost.com/toni-nagy/

Just as Prohibition did little to stem the flow of alcohol into Americans' gullets, its repeal did little to resolve the problems that alcohol abuse bestows upon our collective psyche. Which is why, when I think about the future of marijuana in this country, it is with a devil on one shoulder, and an angel on the other. Alfred Ryan Nerz http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alfred-ryan-nerz/

-- Bob Leonard and his family were Boston Marathon veterans and he preferred a spot not too far from the finish line to shoot... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-goldberg/

Let's see, there are 26.1 million annual tokers, 17 million monthly tokers, and 2 million daily tokers in America. Two of them are alleged terrorists. That's literally, at best, a one-in-a-million risk. Russ Belville http://www.huffingtonpost.com/russ-belville/

Many people directly exposed to mass violence will have traumatic stress reactions, and such reactions may occur off and on, even years later. But these reactions should not necessarily be regarded as pathological responses or even as precursors of subsequent disorder. Patricia Watson, Ph.D. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/patricia-watson-phd/

WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Friday morning in the Boston area began in a tense silence, as the sprawling manhunt for an alleged teenaged terrorist forced city... Michael McLaughlin http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mclaughlin/