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slide that killed at least 14 people and left scores unaccounted for.
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• 8. GIRL SCOUT COOKIE RECORD CRUMBLES
• Sixth-grader Katie Francis of Oklahoma City has sold 18,107 boxes this season, besting the previous mark of 18,000 boxes.
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• 9. WHAT A FORMER PRESIDENT IS SAYING ABOUT UKRAINE
• On the "Late Show with David Letterman," Jimmy Carter says the Crimean annexation was "inevitable" because Russia considers it to be part of its territory.
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• 10. SKIDDING SIXERS NEAR DUBIOUS MARK
• The Philadelphia 76ers, losers of 25 straight, are two losses shy of tying Cleveland for the most consecutive defeats in NBA history.
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AP News in Brief
China demands satellite data from Malaysia on lost jet as bad weather delays search
• KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- China demanded that Malaysia turn over the satellite data used to conclude that a Malaysia Airlines jetliner had crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, killing everyone on board, as gale-force winds and heavy rain on Tuesday halted the search for remains of the plane.
• The weather is expected to improve so that the multinational search being conducted out of Perth, Australia, could possibly resume Wednesday. But the searchers will face a daunting task of combing a vast expanse of choppy seas for suspected remnants of the aircraft sighted earlier.
• "We're not searching for a needle in a haystack -- we're still trying to define where the haystack is," Australia's deputy defense chief, Air Marshal Mark Binskin, told reporters at a military base in Perth as idled planes stood behind him.
• Australian and Chinese search planes spotted floating objects in an area 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) southwest of Perth on Monday, but none was retrieved. Now, with the harsh weather and a 24-hour delay in the search, those objects and other possible debris from the plane could drift to an even wider area.
• In remarks to the Malaysian Parliament, Prime Minister Najib Razak cautioned that the search will take a long time and "we will have to face unexpected and extraordinary challenges."
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