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 …

Mystery Plane: Vietnamese search aircraft spotted pieces of wreckage believed to be from the missing Malaysian Airlines 777 jetliner.  They reported no evidence of survivors.   Investigators say two passengers boarded with stolen passports. The passports belonged to an Austrian man …