Chilling video of the Texas explosion, crowdsourcing the Boston bomber, and more

U.S. Should we be crowdsourcing the investigation of the Boston Marathon bomber? By KEITH WAGSTAFF Authorities are hoping for helpful leads from those who were in the crowd, while internet sleuths are taking the investigation into their own hands. U.S. What happened to the victims in these 3 iconic Boston Marathon bombing photos? By LAUREN HANSEN Across the country, Americans experienced the horror and trauma of Boston through these images U.S. Gabby Giffords' furious response to the Senate's gun-bill flop By Peter Weber The former congresswoman pens a scathing critique of the Senate in The New York Times Business How student debt is hurting our economy By Keith Wagstaff Nearly 42 percent of 25-year-olds have student debt. That's bad news for the housing and auto industries U.S. The Elvis impersonator arrested for the ricin letters By Peter Weber The FBI blames Mississippi resident Paul Kevin Curtis for sending poison-filled letters to senators and President Obama U.S. WATCH: Chilling video of the Waco-area fertilizer explosion By The week staff Various TV networks are reporting on the massive explosion in West, Texas From our partners at Political Wire Mitch McConnell to link Obama to secret tape By Taegan Goddard The Senate Minority Leader will release an ad linking the secret taping of his private meeting with aides to the president's supposed desire to oust him FROM OUR PARTNERS AT SLATE Why do we use explosive fertilizer? By BRENDAN KOERNER After the Waco-area explosion, we have to ask: Isn't there a safer alternative? SEE ALL CARTOONS SLATE Why some terrorist attacks go unsolved POLITICAL WIRE Former Bachmann aid to break silence NEWSER Bieber posts racy drawing of Belieber hookup SALON WATCH: Chicago sinkhole eats three cars NEW YORK MAGAZINE 'Operation Bambi': How and why NBC kicked Ann Curry off Today       Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | privacy policy Copyright © 2013 The Week, All rights reserved.