People drink coffee under cherry blossoms as the sun rises along the Tidal Basin in Washington, April 7, 2013.
- One Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed, another at large.
- Boston Globe and TIME’s Jay Newton-Small on the scene.
- Video, Photos, Map
- A blast Wednesday night at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas has left more than a dozen dead, and 150 injured. It destroyed a school and 75 or so homes. Pictures
- Bowles, Simpson release new debt plan
- National Review board thinks the proposed path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the US is unacceptable.
- Opinion:
- Rich Lowry: Sen. Marco Rubio is helping Sen. Chuck Schumer’s chances of becoming Majority Leader.
- George Will: executive branch agencies shouldn’t be funded by the firms it regulates, but from congressional appropriation. He also warns of the federal gov’t. making subprime loans federal policy again
- Paul Krugman: Even if debt exceeds 90% of GDP America will be fine.
- David Brooks: Republicans won’t be harmed by voting down stricter gun control, but they will suffer if they shut down movement on immigration
- Britain and France inform U.N. Syria has used chemical weapons.
- Guantanamo Bay library: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Islamic literature, Lord of the Rings, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
- Political Guide to the TIME 100