Jobs: New unemployment claims fell to a seven-year low last week, feeding optimism that the economy is coming out of a winter freeze and growing. Unemployment claims dropped by 32,000 to 300,000, much better than expected. Nyet: Armed men holding …

School Attack: Twenty students were injured this morning in a stabbing spree inside a high school 30 minutes east of Pittsburgh. It happened in several classrooms before classes began. The assailant was captured. Authorities say none of the injuries appear …

World: Ukrainian troops re-took a government building occupied by protesters in the eastern city of Kharkiv. About 70 people were arrested. White House Press Secy. Jay Carney said yesterday that there’s strong evidence that the demonstrators who took over government …

Mickey Rooney: The Depression Era star who said “Hey kids, let’s put on a show” and became the most famous teenager in America as the optimistic Andy Hardy, has died at age 93 in North Hollywood, Calif. From 1939 to …

Signals: Australian authorities are focusing on underwater signals that have been picked up three times by ships looking for the missing Malaysian Airlines jet. A Chinese ship detected a signal twice and an Australian ship picked up a signal once …

Flight 370: China’s official Xinhua news agency says a Chinese patrol boat detected an electronic pulse signal today in the Southern Indian Ocean. The Chinese say the signal is unidentified. Two other ships equipped to detect an airplane’s black box, …

Ft. Hood: A female MP is being credited with heroism in the latest Ft. Hood shooting. She confronted and fired at gunman Ivan Lopez before he killed himself. Specialist Lopez used his own .45 caliber pistol, which is prohibited to …

Ft. Hood, Again: An Iraq war veteran went on a shooting rampage at the Army’s Ft. Hood in Texas yesterday, killing three people and wounding 16. The gunman, who was wearing an Army uniform, killed himself. The incident echoed a …

Quake: An 8.2 magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck off the north coast Chile last night, resulting in six deaths and street flooding in some areas. Landslides blocked roads, power was knocked out, an airport was damaged, and fire destroyed several …

Flight 370: The competence of Malaysian authorities is under question again after they gave a new version of the last words from Flight 370. They now say one of the pilots in the missing jet said, “Good night Malaysian three …