As a new spring begins, I remain hopeful that our two countries can move beyond tension.

WHITEHOUSE: Statement by President Obama on Nowruz

So on the week baseball spring training begins for pitchers and catchers, Levine will be among the pinschers and cockers.

WSJ: Pinstripe pedigree: Bronx Bowser joins Westminster

This spring Bonds begins the season with 708 career home runs.

NPR: Book Accuses Bonds of Using Performance Drugs

December is usually a big month, then sales typically drop in January and February until the spring selling season begins.

FORBES: U.S. Auto Sales To Pick Up In February, Thanks In Part To Pickups

Now, as the spring fighting season begins, it is increasingly clear that the Andar uprising didn't live up to these hopes.

WSJ: Once-Touted Afghan Force Falls on Hard Times

The device, if it passes clinical testing that begins this spring, would be a boon for patients with wide, short or steeply angled abdominal aortas.

FORBES: By the Numbers

Many builders reported less traffic by prospective customers before the critical spring home-buying season begins.

NPR: US Housing Starts Dip But Remain At Solid Pace

The action begins in the spring of 2011 and goes on until the eve of polling day in 2012.

ECONOMIST: American political fiction: Earmarked | The

To find out, we had to go back to where this story begins, back to the spring of 1967, when fierce debate was under way in the Senate over funding for anti-poverty programs.

NPR: 'Still Hungry in America': A Return to Mississippi

Families who want to move before the school year begins often look for new homes in the spring, and sellers jump at the chance to list their houses as soon as winter ends.

CNN: Spring into home-selling action