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Crimea parliament declares independence after vote
March 17, 2014
5:30 AM ET
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Crimea's parliament on Monday declared the region an independent state, after its residents voted overwhelmingly to break off from Ukraine and seek to join Russia.
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Myanmar opium fight failing; soldiers shooting up
March 17, 2014
2:43 AM ET
NAMPATKA, Myanmar (AP) — Every morning, more than 100 heroin and opium addicts descend on the graveyard in this northeastern Myanmar village to get high. When authorities show up, it's for their own quick fix: Soldiers and police roll up the sleeves of their dark green uniforms, seemingly oblivious to passers-by.
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Australia takes up southern search for lost plane
March 17, 2014
5:11 AM ET
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Australia took the lead Monday in searching for the missing Boeing 777 over the southern Indian Ocean as Malaysia appealed for radar data and search planes to help in the unprecedented hunt through a vast swath of Asia stretching northwest into Kazakhstan.
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Suicide, allegations stun border agent's family
March 17, 2014
4:11 AM ET
MISSION, Texas (AP) — Esteban Manzanares was working his regular day shift as a U.S. Border Patrol agent along the busiest stretch of Mexican border when a trio of Honduran immigrants spotted him and offered to surrender.
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US expected to announce sanctions against Russia
March 17, 2014
3:39 AM ET
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and its allies in Europe are expected to announce sanctions against Russia, including visa bans and potential asset freezes, on Monday, one day after Crimea's vote to secede from Ukraine and join Russia.
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Games are all equal; seedings are not
March 17, 2014
4:02 AM ET
In the eyes of today's NCAA selection committee, a game is a game, no matter whether it's played in November, January or March.
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10 things to know about the NCAA tournament
March 17, 2014
4:06 AM ET
The posturing and politicking is finished. The field has been chosen, the bracket has been set and the madness of March has finally arrived in college basketball.
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Firearms expert testifies at Pistorius trial
March 17, 2014
4:53 AM ET
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Months before he killed his girlfriend, Oscar Pistorius described how he drew his gun and went into "combat mode" after hearing the noise of a possible intruder at home, which turned out to be a laundry machine, a South African guns expert testified Monday at the athlete's murder trial.
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Wichita State top seed in brutal Midwest Region
March 16, 2014
11:48 PM ET
Wichita State's reward for a perfect regular season is a loaded Midwest Region, where the top-seeded Shockers will be joined by fellow Final Four participants Michigan and Louisville from a year ago and two of the titans of college hoops.
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