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• 1. DEATH TOLL EXPECTED TO SOAR IN BANGLADESH
• One estimate said as many as 1,400 may be found dead in the collapsed building as emergency workers dig toward the ground floor.
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• 2. POWERFUL EXPLOSION IN SYRIA
• The blast in the capital of Damascus killed 13 people and wounded dozens a day after Syria's prime minister escaped an assassination attempt.
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• 3. THE HIDDEN JOLT IN SNACK FOOD
• Food makers have added caffeine to gum, potato chips and candy, prompting the FDA to investigate their safety.
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• 4. FBI SEARCHES HOME OF MARATHON SUSPECTS' IN-LAWS
• Tamerlan Tsarnaev's wife, Katharine Russell, has been staying at the Rhode Island home, where officials were seen carrying away a bag labeled "DNA samples."
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• 5. PASSING ON THE CROWN
• Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicated the throne today after 33 years, making her son, Willem-Alexander, the country's first king since 1890.
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• 6. JASON COLLINS SUPPORTED BY PRESIDENT, ATHLETES AFTER COMING OUT
• Kobe Bryant tweeted he was proud of the 12-year NBA veteran and Obama called Collins after the player became the first active NBA athlete to say he was gay.
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• 7. ABORTION DOCTOR'S MURDER TRIAL GOES TO JURY
• Philadelphia prosecutors say Kermit Gosnell killed four babies because he didn't know how to perform abortions; the defense says he helped poor women without access to medical care.
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• 8. COMPETING PORTRAITS OF JACKSON EMERGE
• Lawyers for the pop star's mother call him a loving son and father, while an attorney for concert giant AEG Live said "no one, nobody, knew his deepest darkest secrets."
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• 9. GAMBLING FROM THE COUCH IN VEGAS
• The first legal, real-money poker website in the United States is expected to go online this morning.

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