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• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:
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• 1. CRIMEANS VOTE OVERWHELMINGLY TO JOIN RUSSIA
• Crimea's parliament declares the region an independent state following a referendum where 97 percent voted in favor of splitting from the Ukraine. Ukraine's new government in Kiev calls the referendum a "circus" directed at gunpoint by Moscow.
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• 2. OBAMA TO PUTIN: US WON'T RECOGNIZE CRIMEA VOTE
• U.S. officials reaffirm that the White House and European Union will impose penalties on Russia if it annexes the strategic region.
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• 3. WHAT'S NEXT IN SEARCH FOR MISSING MALAYSIA AIRLINER
• Malaysia says searches have begun in both the northern and southern corridors of a vast swath of Asia where the missing Malaysia Airlines jet is believed to have ended up.
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• 4. WHY ARMY WILL DROP SEX ASSAULT CHARGES AGAINST GENERAL
• Lawyers for Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair say he will plead to lesser charges after the prosecution's case crumbled as questions arose about whether the accuser lied in a pre-trial hearing.
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• 5. HOW CHINA SEEKS TO GROW
• China has announced plans to expand its cities and improve public services that would allow millions of rural resident to migrate to urban jobs.
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• 6. A PILL THAT'S EASY TO SWALLOW
• A study is being launched to see if pills containing the nutrients in dark chocolate can help prevent heart attacks and stroke. The pills are so packed with nutrients you'd have to eat a gazillion candy bars to get the amount being tested.
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• 7. PISTORIUS SAID TO HAVE A "GREAT LOVE" OF GUNS
• The manager of a firearms training academy also testified that Pistorius once re

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