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• 2. MERKEL TO FOCUS ON UKRAINE IN VISIT TO WASHINGTON
• The German chancellor and Obama could smooth over differences over the NSA's spy programs with a show of unity on the Ukrainian crisis.
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• 3. WHERE THE RAIN SENT PEOPLE RUNNING TO THE ATTIC_OR THE ROOF
• Pensacola, Florida, records its single rainiest day ever_nearly 2 feet in 24 hours_catching hundreds off guard, some of whom had to swim for help.
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• 4. SHARP RISE IN MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORTS
• The Pentagon's campaign to get more victims to speak up is working--but officials want more men to come forward and seek help if they have been assaulted.
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• 5. GERRY ADAMS ARRESTED IN DECADES-OLD KILLING
• The reputed ex-Irish Republican Army commander faces questioning in connection with the 1972 execution of a woman suspected of spying for the British.
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• 6. WHO'S THINKING OF BUYING LA CLIPPERS
• Oprah isn't the only one shopping for something that won't fit under a chair if Donald Sterling is compelled to sell the team.
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• 7. ROB FORD TAKING LEAVE
• The Toronto mayor needs time off to seek help for substance abuse, his lawyer says.
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• 8. WHAT'S BEHIND 40 PERCENT OF NYC SHOOTINGS
• As gangs thin out, crews spring up, in the form of violent bands of dozens of 12- to 20-year-olds that members see as the family they never had, and one investigator likens to an "evil fraternity."
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• 9. FORMER MAD MAGAZINE EDITOR DIES AT 88
• Al Feldstein helped assemble a pool of artists and writers who turned out such enduring features as "Spy vs. Spy" and "The Lighter Side of..."
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• 10. BRUNEI STARTS TO PHASE IN SHARIAH
• The tiny Asian nation will use a version of Islamic criminal law that allows amputations for stealing and stoning for adultery, a move Human Rights Watch calls a

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