Fidel Castro Resigns as Cuba's President  —  MEXICO CITY — Fidel Castro stepped down Tuesday morning as the president of Cuba after a long illness, ending one of the longest tenures as one of the most all-powerful communist heads of state in the world, according to Granma, the official publication of the Cuban Communist Party.

Fidel Castro Resigns As Cuba's President  —  HAVANA (AP) - An ailing, 81-year-old Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba's president Tuesday after nearly a half-century in power, saying he will not accept a new term when parliament meets Sunday.  —  The end of Castro's rule - the longest in the world …

Castro to resign; “This is not my farewell to you;"Update: US to maintain trade embargo  —  Update 11:03am.  Cuban exiles in Miami react... “'I hope this is the beginning of the end of the system, but we have to wait,' said 35-year-old chemist Omar Fernandez, who left Cuba for the U.S. six years ago.”

Fidel Castro to step down as Cuba's leader  —  Cuban leader Fidel Castro told compatriots early today that he would not accept another term as president, throwing open the Communist-ruled island's leadership for the first time in nearly 50 years.  —  Castro, 81, and ailing …

John Baer: How Pa. extension benefited Clinton  —  HERE'S A LITTLE political banana peel.  —  Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign failed to file a full slate of convention delegate candidates for Pennsylvania's April 22 primary.  —  This despite the possibility the primary proves critical …

The Politico: Hillary Clinton Campaign Targets Obama's PLEDGED Delegates  —  Question: has the Democratic party EVER seen anything like this?  The Politico: … Further down: … Perhaps — but so far if you look at the news stories (just Google them) all of the threatening noises …

When the Magic Fades  —  At first it seemed like a few random cases of lassitude among Mary Chapin Carpenter devotees in Berkeley, Cambridge and Chapel Hill.  But then psychotherapists began to realize patients across the country were complaining of the same distress.