OK - Newbie alert and please be patient with me. I don't know what I am doing!

I loaded in approx 1000 leads, assigned to three different people. I went in, did a search for someone, couldnt find them, and now cant view the rest of the leads. I can click on some in the "last viewed" bar and they appear, and I can see mine in the dashlet - but when i click on "view leads" it takes me back to the search screen with the name I was trying to search.

I have tried clearing the search but it just puts the name back in there.

I'm sure this simply but hoping someone can give me SugarCRM for Dummies and help me get my leads back!