JOSEPH FARAH — Despite the collective hopes of the Big Media and government at all levels, the perps in the Boston Marathon bombings turned out to be ... Muslims. It's almost impossible to list all those who speculated and conjectured that this was the work of "right-wing extremists."... (more)

REUTERS — The Boy Scouts of America on Friday proposed lifting a ban on gay scouts but maintaining a prohibition on gay adults from leading troops, a compromise that attempts to end a bitter split in the century-old American institution... (more)

ASSOCIATED PRESS — A 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody Friday evening after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed and his older brother and accomplice dead... (more)

NBC NEWS — With a bomb strapped to his chest, one of the Boston Marathon suspects was killed early Friday after he and his accomplice brother robbed a 7-Eleven, shot a police officer to death, carjacked an SUV and hurled explosives in an extraordinary firefight with law enforcement, authorities told NBC News... (more)

BLOOMBERG — 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, Bauman was waiting among the crowd for his girlfriend to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon... (more)

BREITBART — The final prosecution witness against Kermit Gosnell, the abortion doctor on trial for the capital murder of seven babies and one adult patient, was Kareema Cross, a former employee of Gosnell's. Thursday Cross testified that she saw ten babies breathe before Gosnell killed them... (more)

WEEKLY STANDARD — Joe Biden says the president of the United States is preparing to take "executive actions" to deal with guns... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — As the Boys Scouts of America prepares to release details of a controversial policy proposal on homosexuals ahead of a vote next month, some members and activist groups are urging the iconic organization to preserve its traditional values by ending a reliance on corporate donations... (more)

FRED HUTCHISON, RA ANALYST — American Muslims tell us that Islam is a religion of peace. Jihadist leaders abroad describe Islam as a religion of war against infidels. Who is correct? Both are correct. If both are correct, does this mean there are two Muhammads and two Qurans? Yes, in the sense that Muhammad was like two different persons at two different times and the Quran is like two contradictory books pasted together... (more)

THE HILL — The Senate delivered a devastating blow to President Obama's agenda to regulate guns Wednesday by defeating a bipartisan proposal to expand background checks. It failed by a vote of 54 to 46, with five Democrats voting against it. Only four Republicans supported it... (more)

POLITICO — Never before had President Barack Obama put the moral force and political muscle of his presidency behind an issue quite this big -- and lost quite this badly. The president, shaken to the core by the massacre of 26 innocents at Sandy Hook Elementary School, broke his own informal "Obama Rule" -- of never leaning into an issue without a clear path to victory... (more)

NEWSMAX — An angry President Barack Obama denounced Senate Republicans on Wednesday for failing to pass stricter background checks on gun purchases, calling it a "pretty shameful day" for Washington... (more)

CNSNEWS.COM — Only 4 percent of Americans think guns and gun control are an important problem facing the country, according to Gallup, and far more Americans are concerned about the economy, unemployment and the federal debt... (more)

ANN COULTER — When Republicans start lying like Democrats, you can guess they are pushing an idea that's bad for America. During his William Ginsburg-like tour of the Sunday talk shows last weekend, Sen. Marco Rubio was the Mount Vesuvius of lies about his immigration bill... (more)

CNSNEWS.COM — Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) said today that the Senate immigration bill is even worse than feared, since it legalizes illegals' relatives and even those previously deported... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — Speaking for the first time about the murder trial of an abortionist in Philadelphia, President Obama said Wednesday that any abortion provider who violates the law should be prosecuted... (more)

TIM CARNEY — Flash back to 1972. Dr. Harvey Karman, a star of the abortion movement, came up with a bold publicity stunt. The 1972 "mass Mother's Day abortion," as the Chicago Tribune described it, was designed to show that late-term abortions could be easy and safe... (more)

LOS ANGELES TIMES — Two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing have been singled out in surveillance videos of the scene, sources told the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday. U.S. counter-terrorism and law enforcement officials told The Times that the suspects in the Boston bombings were seen in a department store video that caught images of a man leaving a backpack near the finish line... (more)

BLOOMBERG — California officials asked an appeals panel to enforce the state's first-in-the nation law barring gay conversion therapy for minors after two judges disagreed about whether its unconstitutional... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was laid to rest Wednesday, and the "Iron Lady" is being remembered as a steadfast and principled leader. Thatcher died April 8 following a stroke. She was 87. Thatcher served as prime minister from 1979-1990... (more)

CAMPUS REFORM — Brevard Community College (BCC) has fired a professor after a school investigation concluded she required students to sign a pledge to vote for President Obama in the run-up to the 2012 election... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — The Neighborhood House Charter School has to bring in counselors for children who will never again see their 8-year-old classmate Martin Richard. The mother of Krystle Campbell, a 29-year-old restaurant manager, said it "doesn't make any sense" that she is gone... (more)

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON — Law enforcement and intelligence authorities investigating the Boston terror bombings suspect al Qaeda terrorists were behind the blasts that killed three and injured scores although so far there is no firm evidence... (more)

NEWSMAX — The pressure cooker bombs that were used in the Boston Marathon attacks have been a staple of al-Qaida for years -- and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has known about their use by terrorists since at least 2004... (more)

NEWSMAX — The prosecutor who put the terrorists in the 1993 World Trade Center attack behind bars says the kind of counter-terrorism needed to stop horrors like the Boston bombings is now "a dirty word'' because of fears of profiling and racism... (more)