Senate votes down gun bill; Texas fertilizer plant explodes, devastating town and killing untold numbers of people; video images of suspected Boston Marathon bombers start to surface; Washington Legislature has decisions on insured abortions and employee privacy; the Washington House minority leader (from our area) announced he is stepping down; a setback in the timing of making recreational marijuana recreationally available; a local standoff (not on this page), ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama; a woman implicated in the shooting deaths of a Texas DA and his wife; Margaret Thatcher laid to rest. *phew!*