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This photo from a private security camera shows an explosion at the Times Square military recruiting station. Police released footage showing a cyclist riding up to the station where a small bomb was detonated. (Photo by New York Police Dept. / AP)

Leads in NY bombing fizzle

Investigators trying to track down the person who set off a small bomb in front of a military recruitment center have dismissed one lead and are casting doubt on another.

CNN

In Times Square blast, echoes of earlier bombings

International Herald Tribune

'Most-wanted' arms dealer arrested

Viktor Bout was arrested in Thailand after a series of events that officials said could have come straight out of a spy novel.

CNN

Palestinian territories closed; shooter named

Authorities closed the Palestinian territories, a day after a gunman from east Jerusalem opened fire at a Jewish seminary school, killing eight students.

CNN

Security clampdown in Israel

Reuters

Mourners gather at Israeli school

BBC

Rescues and reactions from fatal seminary shootout

USA Today

US economy unexpectedly lost 63,000 jobs in February

The U.S. unexpectedly lost jobs in February for the second consecutive month, adding to evidence the economy is in a recession.

Bloomberg

A fifth of soldiers at PTSD risk

The Iraq and Afghanistan's battlefields are creating record levels of mental health problems, as about three in 10 GIs on their third tour admit emotional illnesses.

USA Today

Soldiers' concussions, PTSD linked

WebMD

NATION

Senate OKs tougher overseas toy checks

Responding to record recalls of products that sickened children, the Senate passed legislation that would toughen inspections of toys and other playthings made outside the United States.

Google News

US household wealth on the decline

American households are getting poorer for the first time in more than five years, Federal Reserve figures revealed.

Financial Times

Workers know best: job market weak

CNNMoney

No leads in UNC student's brutal murder

Police say they have no leads in the murder of a University of North Carolina student body president and believe the young woman's death was a random, isolated act of violence.

CBS

UNC student killed

CNN

WORLD

Latin American leaders head for crisis showdown

Andean leaders locked in a dispute over a Colombian military raid to kill rebels hiding in Ecuador will confront each other at a summit.

Reuters

'Farc rebels' arrested in Ecuador

BBC

Colombia pipeline bombed

Bloomberg

Dozens killed in Baghdad attacks

At least 54 people have been killed by two bomb attacks in the Karada shopping area in the center of the Iraqi capital, security officials say.

BBC

BUSINESS

Home debt greater than equity for first time since '45

The Federal Reserve said Americans' home equity has fallen below 50 percent for the first time since 1945.

USA Today

US mortgage foreclosures rise as owners 'give up'

Bloomberg

Carlyle Capital suspended; lenders force asset sales

Carlyle Group's mortgage-bond fund was suspended in Amsterdam trading after creditors forced the sale of some holdings, jeopardizing shareholders' capital.

Bloomberg

SPORTS

Hall of Fame to display Bonds' 756 ball

Barry Bonds' record-breaking 756th home run ball could be on display at the Hall of Fame by baseball's opening day, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Sporting News

Teary Favre makes it clear he's officially retired: 'It's over'

Brett Favre made it clear that he's finished with football. "I know I can play but I don't think I want to," a teary Favre said in a news conference at Lambeau Field two days after he announced his retirement.

ESPN

Brett Favre legacy

Yahoo! News

EDUCATION

Alameda high school students walk out to protest budget cuts

Hundreds of students from Alameda's two high schools walked out of class and marched to the district superintendent's office to protest $2.56 million in budget cuts approved by the school board.

San Francisco Chronicle

A bid to enroll Arabs in US colleges

Arab MIT students help dispel their fears and doubts about applying to American schools, where they remain a relative minority after 9/11.

Christian Science Monitor

RELIGION

Temple wins national pride poll

A Hindu temple has been named the landmark of which residents are most proud, in a national poll. More than 2,300 residents voted to win the inaugural Pride of Place award.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Bush greets 107-year-old veteran

Calling it a high honor, President Bush warmly greeted 107-year-old Frank Woodruff Buckles, the last known surviving American-born veteran of World War I.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Marathon hopeful, 101, training hard

Already Britain's oldest employee, 101-year-old Buster Martin now aims to be the world's oldest marathon runner by completing the London Marathon and celebrating with a pint of beer.

Yahoo! News

Can women find unique ways out of war?

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Superdelegates are torn between voters and party

With the Democratic race potentially coming down to the superdelegates, the Obama and Clinton campaigns are pushing different visions of how the undecided should make their choice.