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Airline officials in Greece say passengers on a Cypriot jetliner may already have been dead when their plane crashed into a mountainside Sunday. The crash killed all 121 people on board, which makes it the worst airline disaster in Greek history.

As polls close, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts is the projected victor in Virginia's Democratic primary, leading by a solid margin over Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina. It would be Kerry's first win in a southern state. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and NPR's David Welna.

A powerful explosion rips apart a mosque during Friday prayer services in Najaf, Iraq, killing Shiite leader Ayatollah Mohammed Baqer al-Hakim. The attack on one of the holiest sites for Shia Muslims took a high death toll. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson.

Five U.S. soldiers are killed in a roadside bombing west of Baghdad. In Fallujah, four civilian foreigners -- including one American -- are killed when insurgents ambush their vehicles in Fallujah, a Sunni stronghold. Cheering crowds drag the corpses through the streets and hang them from a bridge. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson.

The U.S. Army general who wrote the report on prisoner mistreatment in Iraq says the abuse resulted from leadership failures, a "lack of discipline, no training whatsoever and no supervision." Taguba is testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and NPR's David Welna.

Sen. John McCain is officially the Republican presidential front-runner after a victory in Tuesday's winner-take-all Florida primary. What does this mean for Super Tuesday and the rest of the presidential race?

One writer described him as music's James Dean. He walked into the theater carrying a chair and rug with the appearance of having "fallen off the back of…

Ohio hunters bagged slightly more wild turkeys this spring than during the season last year.The Ohio Department of Natural Resources says hunters checked…

Gov. John Kasich has signed a $2.6 billion capital budget bill that includes funding for public works, community and school projects over the next two…

Ex-teammates of former Ohio State football player Willie "Chico" Nelson are remembering a man who they say had a big personality and a big smile. Grove…