BC-AP News Coverage Advisory 10:15

Good morning! Here's a look at how AP's general news coverage is shaping up today. Some plans are subject to change; see the 2 p.m. News Digest for updates. You can find our contact info at the bottom of this advisory.

HIGHLIGHTING:

Among today's coverage highlights as we see them at 10:15 a.m. EDT:

-- NIGERIA EXPLOSION (sent; developing)

-- PISTORIUS TRIAL (sent; developing)

-- MALAYSIA-PLANE (sent)

-- FATAL SHOOTING-KANSAS (sent; developing)

-- BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING - THE INVESTIGATION

-- REMEDIAL EDUCATION (upcoming)

-- TAX DAY (upcoming)

-- UKRAINE (sent; developing)

-- FRANCE-MASS DNA TEST (sent; developing)

-- PATERNITY LEAVE IN SPORTS (upcoming)

-- HUNGRY AND ANGRY (HOLD FOR RELEASE, 3 p.m.)

PHOTOS: NIGERIA EXPLOSION (sent; developing); BOSTON BOMBING-HEROES-PHOTO ESSAY (sent)

VIDEO: FATAL SHOOTING-KANSAS (sent; developing); REDWOOD_POACHERS (sent)

Here are details of those stories, plus others we have in the works for today and notable pieces that we sent in the past 10 hours (all times EDT):

WORLD

NIGERIA-EXPLOSION - Police say an explosion that ripped through a busy bus station in Nigeria's capital has killed at least 71 people and wounded 124. SENT: 130 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing; trying for video.

PISTORIUS-TRIAL - The chief prosecutor accused Pistorius of tailoring his version of how he killed his girlfriend to fit evidence at the scene, exhaustively listing alleged inconsistencies in his account of the shooting. SENT: 600 words, photos.

MALAYSIA-PLANE - Search crews sent a robotic submarine deep into the Indian Ocean for the first time Monday to begin scouring the seabed for the missing Malaysian airliner after no signals from its black boxes were detected for six days.SENT: 930 words, photos.

MALAYSIA-PLANE-RED HERRINGS - The most prominent moments in which hopes of solving the tragic aviation mystery were dashed. SENT: 730 words, photos.

UKRAINE - Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov has called for the deployment of United Nations peacekeeping troops in the east of the country, where pro-Russian insurgents have occupied buildings in nearly 10 cities. SENT: 340 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing.

FRANCE-MASS DNA TEST - Male students and staff at a high school in western France — 527 people in total — are asked to give DNA samples as police search for the assailant who raped a teenage girl. . SENT: 330 words. UPCOMING: 750 words by 3 p.m.

ISRAEL-PASSOVER - Smoke wafts through the air in Jerusalem in the morning hours as Jews symbolically burn bread and add the final touches to weeks of meticulous preparations for Passover. SENT: 750 words, photos.

CHILE-VALPARAISO FIRE - Firefighters struggled for a second night to contain blazes that have killed 12 people, injured 500, destroyed 2,000 homes and forced 10,000 people to flee. SENT: 650 words, photos, video.

SYRIA - Syrian government troops seized at least three border communities, including an ancient Christian hamlet, north of Damascus on Monday. SENT: 820 words, photos.

VIETNAM-DISSIDENTS RELEASED - Vietnam has released two more high-profile dissidents in an unusual move. SENT: 400 words.

DYING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (HOLD FOR RELEASE, 8 p.m.) - A comprehensive global survey says that only 10 killers of 908 environmental activists slain around the world over the past decade have been convicted. SENT: 850 words, HOLD FOR RELEASE, 8 p.m.

FRANCE-NAZI GERMANY-AUCTION - A French auction house is abandoning plans to sell dozens of items from Nazi Germany including a small wooden box bearing three swastikas that was once owned by Adolf Hitler. SENT: 130 words.

WASHINGTON

TAX DAY - The calendar shows April 15, and you haven't even started on your tax returns? UPCOMING: 700 words by 4 p.m., photos.

REMEDIAL EDUCATION - Only about a quarter of students who take developmental — or remedial — classes ever graduate. UPCOMING: 800 words by 4 p.m., photos.

BUDGET-DEFICIT = The Congressional Budget Office releases its analysis of Obama's 2015 budget proposal. UPCOMING: 750 words by 5 p.m.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA-POLITICS - Democrats in Florida, the nation's largest swing-state, see the question of whether to legalize medical marijuana as a rare source of hope and high voter turnout in this year's midterm elections. SENT: 700 words, photos.

POLITICS

IOWA GOVERNOR - SUDDENLY SCRAMBLING - Republican Terry Branstad is proving surprisingly drama-prone, and his supposedly slam-dunk bid for a new term is getting a little uncertain. UPCOMING: 800 words, photo, by noon.

2016 PRESIDENTIAL CHECKLIST-TOPICS - The 2016 presidential campaign checklist and who's doing what. An update of a story released April 7 with new material on Paul, Cruz and Ryan. Separate stories on them, part of a package on 14 prospective candidates, also have been updated. SENT: 6200 words, photo. With: 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN CHECKLIST: PAUL'S PREP: An update of version released April 7. SENT: 770 words, photo.

2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN CHECKLIST-CRUZ: A look at preparations by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for a potential 2016 presidential campaign. Updates version released April 7 with N.H. speech. SENT: 780 words, photo.

US

FATAL SHOOTING- KANSAS - We aim to profile the he man accused of killing three people in attacks at a Jewish community center and Jewish retirement complex near Kansas City on Sunday. He is a well-known white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader who was once the subject of a nationwide manhunt. SENT: 700 words, photos, video. UPCOMING: 800 words by 4 p.m., photos, video.

With:

OBAMA-PRAYER BREAKFAST - Obama is remembering those killed at a Jewish community center and retirement complex, saying no one should have to worry about their security while gathering with their fellow believers. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: Developing

— FATAL SHOOTING-KANSAS-REACTION. Comment from around the world in reaction to the shooting.

SEVEN DEAD BABIES - The discovery of seven dead babies stuffed in cardboard boxes has police desperately seeking answers about how such a tragedy unfolded over a decade with no one noticing. SENT: 970 words, photos.

BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING - THE INVESTIGATION - A year later, federal prosecutors say they have a trove of evidence ready to use against the surviving suspect, but many questions remain. UPCOMING: 1,000 words by 2 p.m., photos.

BOSTON BOMBING-HEROES-PHOTO ESSAY - An EMT. A volunteer. A spectator in a cowboy hat. A year later, the AP revisits the lives of the four people in the image. SENT: 480 words. AP photos by Krupa.

GAY MARRIAGE-OHIO - A federal judge is ready to deliver what could be the most sweeping ruling yet for gay marriage in a state that bans it. SENT: 540 words, photos. UPCOMING: updates from ruling that could come anytime Monday, then 500 words by 6 p.m., photos.

NYC TERROR - Jury selection starts in the rial of Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, a disabled Egyptian Islamic preacher accused of conspiring to support al-Qaida. SENT: 570 words, photos. UPCOMING: updates from 9:30 a.m. proceedings, then 500 words by 6 p.m., court sketches.

CALIFORNIA BUS CRASH - Federal transportation authorities are investigating ways to minimize death and injuries in bus crashes following the fiery wreck leaving 10 dead. SENT: 800 words, photos.

DAY CARE CRASH — A man accused in a crash that killed a 4-year-old girl and injured 14 people at a central Florida daycare center is expected back in court for a bond hearing. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: 300 words by noon, after 9 a.m. bond hearing.

PULITZER PRIZES - The 2014 Pulitzer Prizes are announced; one contender is the team that revealed that the has government has collected information about millions of Americans' phone calls and emails. SENT: 510 words, photo. UPCOMING: updates after 3:05 p.m. announcement, then 650 words by 4:30 p.m., photos, video, sidebars.

PLANE DIVERTED-UNRULY PASSENGER - A California-bound Southwest Airlines flight was diverted to Omaha, Neb., on Sunday after witnesses said a passenger tried to open a door. SENT: 210 words.

SCIENCE

SPACE STATION - The International Space Station is about to get some fresh groceries and material for an urgent repair job. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: Updating from launch scheduled for 4:58 p.m., photos.

HUNGRY AND ANGRY (HOLD FOR RELEASE, 3 p.m.) - A quick candy bar may prevent major fights between husbands and wives, at least if a new study that used voodoo dolls is right. That's because low blood sugar can make spouses touchy, researchers propose. UPCOMING: HOLD FOR RELEASE, 3 p.m., photos.

TECH

DIGITAL LIFE-REVIEW-WINDOWS CORTANA ASSISTANT - With the new Cortana virtual assistant, Windows catches up with Apple's iOS and Google's Android in a major way. SENT: 1,060 words.

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

RETAIL SALES - U.S. retail sales in March rise by the largest amount in 18 months, led by strong gains in sales of autos, furniture and a number of other products. SENT: 500 words, photo.

IPOs-TURNING POINT? - A hot market for IPOs faces a tougher reality. After the best start to a year since 2000, companies preparing to sell their shares to the public are dealing with a sudden downturn in the stock market. UPCOMING: 600 words by 4 p.m.

UBER-ASIA - Riding on its startup success and flush with fresh capital, taxi-hailing smartphone app Uber is making a big push into Asia. There's a twist, though: Instead of being the game-changing phenomena it was in the U.S., Uber faces a slew of competitors using similar technology. SENT: 960 words, photos.

SPORTS

PATERNITY LEAVE IN SPORTS - When the Mets' Daniel Murphy was criticized on talk radio for spending three days with his family after the birth of his son, his team leapt to his defense. The four major sports leagues in the U.S. are becoming increasingly open to paternity leave as more players want to be with their families when a baby arrives. UPCOMING: 850 words, photos by 11 a.m. EDT.

POP CULTURE/LIFESTYLES

PASSOVER-NO WHITEFISH - A hard winter has led to a whitefish shortage in the Midwest, so there's not enough at the market for all wanting to make gefilte fish for the Jewish holiday. UPCOMING: 600 words by 5 p.m., photos.

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

PULITZERS-ARTS - Pulitzer Prizes for literature, drama and music will be announced by Columbia University. UPCOMING: 700 words by 5 p.m., photos.

PULITZERS-ARTS-DRAMA - A look at the theatrical winners. By Drama Writer Mark Kennedy. UPCOMING: 500 words by 5 p.m., photos.

TV-FARGO-THORNTON - After failed attempts and broken dreams, by golly, someone went and put "Fargo" on series TV. SENT: 800 words, photos.

THEATER-Q&A-BILLY PORTER - Billy Porter is celebrating one year in the Broadway hit "Kinky Boots." SENT: 840 words, photos.

MTV MOVIE AWARDS - In its 22nd year, the MTV show has become an important event for Hollywood studios. And oh yes, there were some (mostly silly) awards, too. SENT: 850 words, photos, video.

- MTV MOVIE AWARDS-LIST - Complete list of winners. SENT: 200 words, photo.

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