* For $250,000, guests at Las Vegas's Bellagio can press a button that sets fountain water to a tune of their choice. * In America, people on the terror watch list are still allowed to buy guns. * British man made millions selling fake bomb detectors to Iraq, with a
* Hundreds remain trapped after an eight-story building collapses in Bangladesh, killing at least 76. * In the case of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, "it may be impossible to disentangle the psychological demons from political motives." * List of "mystifying things" performed by the Tsarnaev brothers while killing three people
* Obama given poor marks for lacking Lyndon Johnson's toughness during the gun-control fight; supporters say DC has changed since Johnson's era. * Related: "The Ghost of Gun Control." * K-Pop's "neon bubble" distances South Koreans from pre-separation history and
* Law-enforcement officials say the FBI shouldn't have made much of Russia's 2011 tip-off about Tsarnaev. * Stories collected from runners and spectators found in an iconic Boston Marathon bombing picture. * Pictures of the Boston shootout taken by an eye witness who lived nearby. * Few Chechens
* Speculation about the Boston Marathon bombers immortalizes the attackers rather than the victims. * I got facials from Dzhokhar and Tamerlan's mother for years--in the living room of the family's home. * Czech ambassador confirms that the Czech Republic is not, in fact, Chechnya. * Analysis of obituaries
* We should all listen to Uncle Ruslan. * One hundred years ago, the violent act of one Polish-American caused a country to treat all Polish-Americans with suspicion. * Study: Majority of Americans not informed enough to stereotype Chechens. * Nearly half of internet users don't know it's
* Stunning photos from the Boston manhunt currently underway. * From Monday to right now, an ongoing timeline of events in Boston. * Chechnya's president says the bombing suspects are more American than Chechen. * Nearly all of the senators who voted against the gun-control bill received campaign donations from the
* Eyewitness accounts from last night's manhunt for the Boston bombing suspects in Watertown, Mass. * A Boston victim who appeared in a now-iconic photo identified one of the suspects. * Eleven years into the war on terror, we should no longer expect we know what an "al Qaeda
* This week, a marathon's first-aid tents and a high school football field became triage centers. * As horrific as it was, the Boston Marathon bombing may not qualify as a terrorist attack for the purposes of insurance coverage. * Following trips to Sandy victims and Newtown, therapy dogs arrive
* Giffords: Senators who chose the NRA against the people should be ashamed, but are not. * Congressional reaction to the Senate's rejection of background checks. * Despite his fight, Obama knew before setting out that gun-control legislation never stood a chance in hell of surviving the NRA's
