We asked: It’s Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW). Anything special happening in your workplace to honor the efforts of you and your colleagues? How much of a difference do you believe this week can make when it comes to the public’s perception of federal workers? Read full article > >

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Little recognition given to public service workers

An upside-down house, lawnmower madness and dancing soldiers – it’s the week’s weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat’s Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.

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VIDEO: Lawnmower madness – it’s Odd Box

This week’s diplomatic choreography — with the Americans and the Iranians in New Delhi — provided a window into the realpolitik of Iranian sanctions.

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Despite U.S. Nudge, India and Iran Keep Economic Relations

I have some advice for Julia , the Obama campaign’s mythical gal who is guided through life by the nanny state: Never work for Jack Welch. Welch, the former head of General Electric, stirred the pot this week at a gathering of women executives with tidbits of wisdom such as: “There’s no such thing as work-life balance. . . . [Instead] there are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.” Read full article > >

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Jennifer Rubin: Jack Welch, Julia and the fallacy of working women ‘having it all’

Mortgage rates averaged 3.84 percent for a 30-year fixed rate this week, down from 3.88 percent last week and beating the previous all-time low of 3.87 percent registered Feb. 9, according to a report released Thursday by Freddie Mac. Read full article > >

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Mortgage rates reach new lows

Standard & Poor’s has cut its credit rating on Finnish cellphone maker Nokia to junk on expectations of lower sales, following a similar move by Fitch Ratings earlier this week.

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S.&P. Cuts Nokia Rating to Junk

It's a tantalizing bit of expectation building. Apple's invitation to its annual developers conference is tagged with this phrase: “It's the week we've all been waiting for.”

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Apple meeting plans dim iPhone hopes

Five years after she was gutted by fire, London’s famous 19th century tea clipper the Cutty Sark will reopen to the public this week.

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VIDEO: On board the restored Cutty Sark

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is on a tour of the UK this week and the BBC’s transport correspondent Richard Westcott got a chance to look around it.

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VIDEO: In the cockpit of the Dreamliner

Case from 1979 re-opened earlier this week.

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‘Nothing Conclusive’ in Patz Search

China downplays India's successful long-range missile launch this week, saying that the two countries are not rivals but cooperating partners.

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China: India ‘not rival’ after launch

The Popocatépetl volcano spewed a cloud of ash again this week, but lifelong residents nearby who see it as a protector have no plans to evacuate.

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Santiago Xalitzintla Journal: In Mexico, a Volcano Rumbles, but Few Flinch

A North Pole wedding, the 24 hour TV channel for dogs and the man who jumped off the highest vertical cliff in the UK in this week’s Odd Box.

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VIDEO: Twenty-four hour dog TV – it’s Odd Box

The inspector general for the General Services Administration this week asked the Justice Department to conduct a criminal investigation into the activities of the senior official at the center of the Las Vegas spending scandal , officials said. Read full article > >

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Criminal probe sought in GSA case

A shampooing robot, the North Pole wedding proposal and President Obama and a giant bunny. It’s the week’s weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat’s Odd Box, this week with Natalie Jamieson.

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VIDEO: Shampooing robot – it’s Odd Box