Mark Memmott

Two economic indicators that are at least pointing in the right direction:

-- The number of people who filed first-time claims for unemployment insurance fell by 16,000 last week, the Employment and Training Administration says. They dipped to 414,000 from 430,000 the week before.

Claims remain in a range that signals a weak labor market, however.

As they write over at the conservative Hot Air website, when a diverse set of bloggers are saying something's a "must-see," it's worth noting.

That's the case with the commencement address that talk show host Conan O'Brien gave last weekend at Dartmouth College. Hot Air says O'Brien just may have given the "greatest commencement speech ever." An analysis that's a bit over-the-top, perhaps, but judge for yourself.

Good morning.

There's word on a "Jihadist website" that Osama bin Laden's longtime deputy, Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahri, is taking over the leadership of al-Qaida.

In recent years, fans in Montreal have burned cars and smashed windows after their beloved Canadiens won key playoff games. It happened in 2008 and again in 2010.

It's an eye-catching claim at a time when the unemployment rate is 9.1 percent, 13.9 million people are officially unemployed and another 8.5 million are working part-time but would like to have full-time jobs: