“Shame on them” is the message of Gabrielle Giffords’ powerful opinion piece in the New York Times this morning, a day after Congress defeated several measures that would lead to a gun control bill. She asks Americans to single out the senators who voted with fear of the NRA on their minds, while reminded us of the real fear the victims of Newton and Aurora and countless othere gun-related tragedies felt. “Mark my words,” Giffords writes,” if we cannot make our communities safer with the Congress we have now, we will use every means available to make sure we have a different Congress, one that puts communities’ interests ahead of the gun lobby’s. To do nothing while others are in danger is not the American way.”

The New York Post puts a picture on its front page that is purportedly being circulated among law enforcement agencies in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. The photo, which was taken at 10:30 a.m., shows two men, one carrying a black backpack and the other with a blue duffel bag slung over his shoulder. Police say they also have surveillance of two potential suspects but the Post says it’s not sure if the men in the video and in the photo are the same.

A massive explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant has left anywhere from five to 15 people dead, and more than 160 injured reports the Waco Tribune Herald this morning. The explosion, which took place just after 8:00 p.m. last night set several houses and buildings on fire, including a nearby nursing home and caused the mass evacuation of the town of West. Authorities say there is no reason to believe the explosion was anything other than an accident but are investigating the scene nonetheless. WATCH THE EXPLOSION

Don’t call him a one-hit wonder. USA Today says the new video from South Korea sensation Psy has gone “Gangnam-busters” on YouTube. The catchy single “Gentleman,” which revolves around Psy “ungentlemanly pranking a series of women,” has garnered more than 128 million views after just five days. While industry insiders say much of the traffic is probably due to sheer curiosity about the singer’s post-Gangnam…style, some say his lighthearted videos are a key to what might be enduring success. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO

Next time you open your closet, sigh, and exclaim that you have nothing to wear, consider this: The Wall Street Journal says on average, Americans only wear about 20 percent of what’s in their wardrobe. The Journal says the retail industry relies on this “closet regret”—whether it’s the outcrop of binge shopping, taking advantage of a sale, or simply aspirational buying—and has shortened and strengthened its return policies in response.

The FBI has made an arrest in the ricin scare that had officials in Washington D.C. on pins and needles yesterday. The suspect is a 42-year-old Mississippi man named Paul Kevin Curtis. So who is this guy, asks the Clarion Ledger? Curtis is better known locally as a celebrity impersonator. His most popular character being Elvis, according to his online bio, although he’s also happy to do “Johnny Cash, Prince, Bon Jovi and Kenny Chesney,” if the situation arises.

More details have emerged from Boston, as officials continue to comb the area for clues about Monday’s bombings. The Globe says officials now think the two devices were detonated by timers, set just 12 seconds apart, rather than by remote control. The timers were fastened to pressure cookers that were filled with nails and other projectiles to “increase the carnage.” The devices were left at the scene of the marathon in black nylon bags.

Yesterday was a bad day for American Airlines. A computer failure forced the airline to cancel or delay hundreds of flights—all because it couldn’t check people in. By 8:00p.m., the Fort Worth-based American had canceled 438 flights, as well as 455 American Eagle flights. And that was on top of more than 1200 delays. The Star Telegram says most of the delays were concentrated in Dallas/Fort Worth and in Chicago, the airline’s two hubs.

Pat Summerall, who went from Giants’ star kicker to a “calm voice on TV,” has died at the age of 82 reports the New York Times this morning. During their 21 years at CBS, Summerall and John Madden were the “most prominent N.F.L. broadcast twosome” says the paper. Fans were drawn to Summerall’s understated play-by-play style. As Madden put it: “When you listen to Pat, it’s comfortable, it’s a big game, you’re bringing a gentleman into your house.”

There’s a wonderful New York Times story this morning about 92-year-old sportscaster Bob Wolff, who just turned over his recordings of classic interviews to the Library of Congress. The footage—almost 1000 hours worth—comes from an era when most things weren’t recorded or preserved, says the Times, which makes Wolff’s donations extra special. The highlight of the collection, however, is Wolff’s many interviews, which cover everyone from Babe Ruth to Derek Jeter.

A letter laced with poison and addressed to a Mississippi senator was intercepted in Maryland yesterday, says the Sun Herald. The envelope was sent to Republican Sen. Roger Wicker and contained ricin, a substance that is lethal in small doses and has no antidote. As a precaution, mail delivery to both the House and Senate was shut down, though authorities say Wicker appears to be the only person targeted.

Florida legislators are looking to outlaw something called “revenge porn” says the Tampa Tribune. For those who have luckily avoided this situation, that’s when a spurned ex posts racy photos of you on the Internet along with details about your identity. Authorities say websites specializing in this type of retribution have proliferated in recent years. Experts are pushing for a federal law that would outlaw posting explicit photos without the subject’s consent, but for now state-by-state legislation seems to be the strategy.

Why do some foods taste better after a few days in the refrigerator? The Orlando Sentinel takes a fascinating look into the science of leftovers in this morning’s paper. Foods with lots of spices tend to do better the next day because their “flavor matrices” don’t change. Ditto foods with high amounts of fat. The technique you use to cook food also weighs into the equation. Braising meats, for example, sears in flavor, which will stick around for a few days.

Remember when Breyers was the “All Natural” ice cream? Well, those days are long gone, says Dan Barry in today’s New York Times. The company has been changing its ice cream—so much, in fact, that some varieties can’t even be called ice cream. They now must describe it as a “frozen dairy dessert.”  Barry says the longtime “All Natural” boast has been replaced by the more hazy “Quality.”

Tragic photos from the Boston marathon bombings appear on virtually every front page in the nation this morning. The Boston Globe says their city, which is renown for its hospitals, faces an unprecedented challenge as doctors rushed to treat injuries usually only found in war zones. The paper says patients started arriving at the city’s emergency rooms with missing limbs, shrapnel wounds and perforated eardrums yesterday afternoon. So far three casualties have been reported, including an eight-year-old boy, and more than 130 people have been injured. SEE GLOBE REPORTER DESCRIBE THE CHAOS

The Wall Street Journal rounds up the reactions from runners who were at the finish line when the two bombs went off in Boston yesterday. Erin Reeves was receiving her medal when she heard the explosions. “It was kind of hard to get yourself running again,” she told the paper about fleeing. Peter Sagal, the host of NPR’s “Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me” was running the race as a guide for a legally blind competitor. He said heard the blasts just as they crossed the finish line but that it wasn’t clear what had happened until later.

The Senate is expected to release a “sweeping” proposal today that will outline a path to citizenship for the 11 million people who are in this country illegally, says the Washington Post. The bill, which was crafted by a bipartisan committee, will create tens of thousands of visas for workers in low-skill jobs as a way to staunch the stem of undocumented workers. The bill also includes billions of dollars in border-control measures.

By now, you’ve probably heard about the controversy over the Wrigley Field renovation. The home of the Cubs and the second oldest major league stadium in the country is famous for the views available from nearby buildings. But a plan to put a giant new scoreboard in left field would not only put an end to the view, but also reneg on a 20-year contract signed by the team to legitimize the out-of-park viewing by taking a share of rooftop profits. This morning, The Chicago Tribune looks at the long history of ballpark billboards.

This year’s Pulitzer Prize winners were announced yesterday and the New York Times has a nice roundup. Speaking of the Times, the paper topped the list of winners with four nods. The Sun Sentinel won its first ever Pulitzer in the public service category while the Minneapolis Star Tribune took home two awards, one for local reporting and the other for editorial cartoons. The biggest surprise was in the national reporting category, which went to the Brooklyn-based non-profit InsideClimate for their series on oil pipelines.

Florida is suffering from a snail problem, says the LA Times, and it’s a big one. State officials say they are battling an influx of “rat-sized” African snails, which snack on everything from stucco to car tires to hundreds of species of plants. Native to east Africa, but also found in the Carribean and Hawaii, the first snail was spotted in Florida only two years ago but since then officials say they have caught more than 117,000 of the critters. VIDEO

Talk about applicable homework. USA Today says high school students across the country are becoming IRS-certified tax preparers and then using those skills to help low-income folks do their taxes. The program is run through the IRS and has about 77 schools participating. Last year, students landed about $3.8 billion in tax refunds for their clients.

Can you imagine “Animal House” without the beer? Tough to conjure, right? Well, more and more fraternities are taking a pledge to stay dry, says the Kansas City Star. A dry frat house is still not the norm—insiders estimate about 20 percent of the nation’s chapters are substance free; 15 years ago that number was zero. But the practice is gaining steam, says the Star, due, in large part, to liability concerns and highly publicized cases of alcohol-related deaths.

David Carr devotes his column in this morning’s New York Times to the decline of the TV bundle. He says TV is now going through what newspapers already have: people no longer want to buy a bunch of unrelated stuff just to get the handful of things that they really want. An example: news that Netflix users streamed 4 billion hours of content in the first three months of this year would make it, by some calculations, the most watched cable TV network out there. Except, as Carr points out, “it isn’t on cable, isn’t on television and isn’t a network.”

Great Scott! proclaims the Augusta Chronicle this morning after Adam Scott became the first Australian to win the Masters yesterday. The 32-year-old golfer also became the first person to win the tourney with a long putter. Despite his newly minted world’s number one status, Tiger Woods only managed a fourth-place finish, while the world’s number two golfer Rory McIlroy tied for 25th place. Last year’s winner Bubba Watson ended up in 50th place.

While in the Netherlands on tour, Justin Bieber stopped by the Anne Frank house to look around. But what he wrote in the museum’s guest book is “unbelieberable” says the New York Daily News. After learning the story of Frank, the teen pop star left these words behind: “Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber.” The message was posted on the museum’s Facebook page and drew comments calling it everything from “tasteless” and “immature.”

A Colorado startup has designed an app that it hopes will help combat a health crisis facing the nation: the sitting epidemic. The Fort Collins Coloradoan says the app can tell how much of a user’s day is spent sitting—as well as standing, walking, running, climbing stairs or biking—by reading data from a USB rechargeable shoe insole. The goal is to turn that data into a meaningful motivation to get up and move around.

If you’ve got $40,000 to spare, go to Maine and head for the White Barn Inn in Kennebunk. When you’re comfortably seated at the bar, order up a Ruby Rose, which features vodka, St. Germain Elderflower, grapefruit and pomegranate juices, a spoonful of rosewater…and a 4-carat ruby. The hotel is hoping to sell one or two of the pricey cocktails, which were created in honor of its 40th anniversary, but just in case you forgot your checkbook, you can order one without the precious gem for $18.

The reviews for the new Jackie Robinson biopic “42” are in and they are almost all positive. In the New York Post, Lou Lumenick calls it an “inspiring, old-school biopic that doesn’t pull any punches in depicting the ugly racism that Robinson faced on a daily basis.” Lumenick calls out actor Chadwick Boseman, who plays Robinson, saying that the role is likely to catapult him into stardom. SEE THE TRAILER

The golf world is buzzing about Guan Tianlang. The 14-year-old Chinese amateur shot a 73 at the Masters yesterday, which puts him in position to make the cut for this weekend’s tourney. Guan is the youngest competitor in Masters history but the New York Times says by the end of the day “the kid had grown into a man.” Said veteran Ben Crenshaw: “I’m telling you, he played like a veteran today. He played like a journeyman, a 28-year-old journeyman who has been around the block and made a ton of cuts.”

Forget twirling the baton. At the Miss Snake Charmer contest in Sweetwater, Texas, contestants are expected to not only impress the judges with their poise, but also wade through a pit full of rattlesnakes. And the competition doesn’t stop there. Before taking home the tiara, the would-be beauty queens are expected to “handle scores of serpents, often ‘milking’ or gathering their venom, and beheading and skinning them.” Oh, and then they eat some snake too.

This is your dog. This is your dog on drugs. The Fort Collins Coloradoan says since marijuana was legalized last year, veterinarians have seen a steady increase in marijuana toxicity cases, after curious pets consume edibles—sweets made with pot—left out on the table. The signs are what you might expect—dogs stumbling around looking “dopey,” though more serious side effects can include vomiting and tremors. As one vet puts it: “They look stoned, to be quite honest. Most people who smoke or eat pot know what their threshold is. Animals don’t.”

There’s an interesting story in the Washington Post this morning about whether the shift to urban America will shift the nation’s politics on gun control. States like Pennsylvania, Georgia and Virginia have traditionally been strong gun-rights states. But the Post says recently, legislators from those states have shown a willingness to pass some gun-control measures. Observers point to the rapid growth of the suburbs, which they say is forcing politicians to take a more centrist position on guns.

The Winklevoss twins are back in the news this morning, and it has nothing to do with fights over Facebook. The New York Times says the “Winklevii” are setting themselves up to be bitcoin moguls. Since last summer, the brothers have amassed what appears to be about $11 million of the digital currency—or they did before the bitcoin market crash yesterday sending the market tumbling. But the twins say that’s to be expected as the currency grows into “a sort of gold for the technorati.”

All of you who plan on circling the block later to find a spot, will read this Wall Street Journal story about luxury garages with understandable envy. These are not the two-car variety. These are $1 million affairs that boast two levels and dozens of spots, as well as amenities like a mahogany bar for entertaining and a car lift. The Journal says more and more people are making their cars the focal point and designing spaces around them.