Second Thoughts: After days of protest and backlash, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says he will seek a legislative clarification of the state’s “religious freedom” law he signed last week. Critics say the bill gives license to discriminate against homosexuals and other people on religious grounds.

Yesterday the CEO of Angie’s List said because of the law he will cancel a $40 million expansion of the company’s Indianapolis headquarters.

The law, which is vaguely worded, says the state cannot substantially burden a person’s religious beliefs without justification.

Pence told the Indianapolis Star, “I just can’t account for the hostility that’s been directed at our state.” He said, “I’ve been taken aback by the mischaracterizations from outside the state of Indiana about what is in this bill.”

Nation: Investigators are trying to determine whether an improperly tapped gas line was the contributing cause of an explosion and fire that collapsed three buildings in New York’s East Village. Two people are still missing.

Last August Con Edison turned off the gas for 10 days when it discovered a gas line had been illegally tapped to feed an apartment upstairs.

>A Boston police officer involved in the wild shootout with the Tsarnaev brothers after the Boston Marathon bombing has been shot and seriously wounded during a traffic stop. Officer John Moynihan, 34, was shot point-blank below the right eye and is in a coma with a bullet lodged behind his right ear. The motorist was shot dead.

Moynihan is a former Army Ranger who saved the life of a badly wounded transit officer during the Tsarnaev shootout.

Permawar: After four days of fighting, Islamic insurgents captured the Syrian city of Idlib, breaking what is mostly a stalemate in Syria’s four-year civil war. It is the second time insurgents have taken a provincial capital. While some residents celebrated, others hit the road, streaming out of the city in cars and trucks.

>Arab ;eaders meeting in Saudi Arabia have agreed to create a joint military force to confront Houthi rebels in Yemen, possibly setting up a confrontation with Iran who back the Shiite uprising.

And the meeting agreed that Saudi Arabian airstrikes against the Houthi will continue until they “withdraw and surrender their weapons.”

Spring Breakers: Seven people were wounded early yesterday when a spring break party in Panama City Florida turned into a shooting gallery. Several of the injured were students on break from Alabama A&M University. Police arrested a 22-year-old man from Mobile, Ala. and recovered a .40 caliber gun.

Madness: Notre Dame made a valiant effort to topple the powerful Kentucky, leading much of yesterday’s thrilling near upset, only to be beaten 68-66. The Kentucky machine has a history of near-defeats. They are now 37-0, facing Wisconsin next.

Today Louisville plays Michigan State and Duke goes up against Ganzaga to determine the other pair in NCAA basketball’s Final Four.

The Gathering Crowd: Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina says there’s a 90 percent chance that she will run for president and would announce in April or May. Fiorina, who’s never been elected to dogcatcher, was clobbered when she ran for the US Senate against California Sen. Barbara Boxer.

Also about to announce is Florida Sen. Marco Rubio who will pit his “son of immigrants” success story against the “son of immigrants” success story of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

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