• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times in EDT):
• 1. DRAGNET TIGHTENS FOR MARATHON BOMBING SUSPECT
• One of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing is dead and a massive manhunt is under way for another.
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• 2. TEXAS TOWN STRUGGLES TO COUNT DEAD
• Residents of West gather at a tearful church service and many say they knew someone feared dead.
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• 3. IMMIGRATION BILL ON TAP ON HILL
• At 10 a.m., the proposed immigration law gets its first test in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, where opponents are sure to grill its authors.
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• 4. AP POLL SEES PESSIMISM ON ECONOMY
• The poll shows that only one in four Americans expects their financial situation to improve over the next year.
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• 5. FAMILY SAYS ACCUSED RICIN MAILER IS MENTALLY ILL
• They add that a Mississippi man charged with sending ricin-laced letters to Obama say he pursued a conspiracy theory to its farthest reaches.
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• 6. WHAT MUSHARRAF THINKS OF CHARGES
• The former Pakistani military ruler criticizes allegations against him as "politically motivated," following his arrest in a case involving his decision to fire senior judges while in power.
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• 7. WARSAW MARKS 70 YEARS SINCE UPRISING IN GHETTO
• Ceremonies mark the against-all-odds armed revolt by Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto against the Nazis.
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• 8. WHAT FINANCE MINISTERS ARE AIMING FOR
• World finance leaders are searching for ways to promote better economic growth and stronger job creation while avoiding a global currency war.

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