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Nokia was once the most valuable company in Europe, a pioneer in mobile phone technology. But Nokia has been left behind by competitors in the smartphone market. Now the Finnish company is betting its future on a new phone that uses a Microsoft operating system.

The parks and recreation department in Edmond, Okla., hosted an Easter egg hunt for dogs. The Daily Oklahoman reports more than 70 canines took part in the first Hound Hunt — sniffing out more than 700 treat-filled plastic eggs.

Students at Santa Monica College were trying to get into a board of trustees meeting. During shouting and pushing with campus police, some were doused with pepper spray.

The U.S. now has 30 days to arraign Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on charges including terrorism and murder.

The layoffs at Yahoo Wednesday reduce its staff by about 14 percent, part of a turnaround by new CEO Scott Thompson. He's the third CEO at the Internet firm in four years. Thompson is aiming Yahoo toward better analysis of users' personal data to boost advertising revenue, and toward improving Yahoo for mobile devices.

With pride and sadness, writer David Freed watched his son Robert go off to the war in Afghanistan. In a piece in the Los Angeles Times, Freed suggests that politicians who vote or make orders to deploy service members don't understand the full extent of what it means to have a loved one serve.

The first Homo sapiens appeared on the planet some 200,000 years ago. But even though they looked fully human, they didn't act fully human until they began creating symbolic art, some 100,000 years later. Paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall discusses those human origins in his book Masters of the Planet.

The city's leaders agreed to a compromise with state officials this week, that may save Detroit from bankruptcy. But Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley tells host Michel Martin that a lot more work needs to be done to save the struggling city. They're also joined by NPR Senior Business Editor Marilyn Geewax.

Mitt Romney's sweep in Tuesday's GOP primaries essentially signals the beginning of the general election campaign. President Obama joins the fray, attacking Romney by name; Romney returns the favor a day later. Paul Ryan draws attention from the president as well as those speculating on the GOP ticket.

See which committees do the most (and which do the least) to help lawmakers raise money for re-election.