Co-pilot researched suicide, cockpit security...US and Iran hail framework of a deal...Israeli missing

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BERLIN (AP) — A tablet computer that was found at the home of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz is offering the first evidence that he may have planned ahead of time to fly the plane into a mountain last week. Authorities say his recent searches on the tablet dealt with suicide methods -- and, in one case, with cockpit doors and security. Authorities also announced today that the plane's second black-box -- the flight data recorder -- has been found. And searchers have found remains from all 150 people who were aboard the plane.

SEYNES-LES-ALPS, France (AP) — A French prosecutor says at least 40 cellphones have been found at the site of last week's crash in the French alps -- and that they are in "very, very damaged" condition. No video or audio from the cellphones of those aboard the plane has been released publicly. But a French reporter who says he saw video from one cellphone described the sound of "screaming and screaming" as the plane flew full-speed into the mountain. Questions persist about the reporter's account, but he continues to defend it.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The United States and Iran are both hailing the framework that was agreed to today in Switzerland by negotiators working toward a deal to limit Iran's nuclear program. The negotiators from the nations involved in the talks -- including Russia and China -- will now start writing the text of a final accord. Iran will still be allowed to maintain significant elements of a program that could be used to make either energy or nuclear weapons. But President Barack Obama says a final accord will "make our country, our allies and our world safer."

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli soldiers are searching in the West Bank for an Israeli man who disappeared there. A senior defense official says it's being treated as an abduction -- something the Israelis take seriously. Last year, Palestinians abducted and killed three Israeli teenagers, sparking a chain of events that led to a 50-day war in Gaza.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Boy Scouts' New York chapter has hired the nation's first openly gay Eagle Scout as a summer camp leader. The move comes in public contrast to the national scouting organization's ban on openly gay adult members. A spokesman for the Boy Scouts of America says there's been no change in that national policy. The Boy Scouts' Greater New York Councils say they've hired Pascal Tessier (TEHS'-ee-ay), an 18-year-old who has been a vocal advocate of opening the organization to gay scouts and leaders.