The mother of the Boston bombing suspects was placed on a U.S. terror database a year and a half before the two bombs planted at the finish line of the Boston Marathon exploded, counterterrorism officials confirmed with NBC News.
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Radicalized by Mom?
Syria, maybe?
I understand the skepticism about the use of sarin gas in Syria. Given the US history of WMD claims that later turned out to be bogus, some skepticism is welcome.
Trudeau wins Liberal leadership
As many expected, Justin Trudeau has won the Liberal leadership race with a whopping 77.8 per cent of the vote.
Taxing who ought to be taxed
President Barack Obama’s new budget proposal, released Wednesday, would raise $16 billion in revenue over 10 years by getting rid of one of the ways millionaires and billionaires pay lower taxes than their secretaries. It’s called the carried interest tax break

Stepping back on Syrian chemical weapons claims?
Just degraded? Or wasn’t much to go on in the first place and it’s easier to just climb down and try again when you think you can get it through? I don’t think for one second that Syria’s Assad is a saint, but this isn’t the first time the UK has cooked up information in the Mideast and eyeing what they do is probably a good idea.