10 things to know for Monday

The Associated Press

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:

1. SUB WILL BE USED IN SEARCH FOR JET

Search crews will for the first time send an underwater vehicle into the Indian Ocean to try to determine whether detected signals are from the missing Malaysian plane’s black boxes.

2. HOW UKRAINE IS RESPONDING TO PRO-RUSSIAN INSURGENCY

President Oleksandr Turchynov says he is sending troops to the vital industrial east in an attempt to ensure the Kremlin does not “repeat the Crimean scenario” there.

3. SHOOTINGS AT KANSAS JEWISH CENTERS KILL 3

A gunman in his 70s is in custody following the violence in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, one day before the start of Passover.

4. WHO IS ACCUSED OF KILLING 7 BABIES

A Utah mother has been arrested in connection with the deaths of seven infants she gave birth to over a decade.

5. WHY SPOTLIGHT IS ON SECRET GUANTANAMO CAMP

A report that’s been declassified by a Senate panel is expected to be sharply critical of the treatment of terror prisoners, including some held in the enshrouded “Camp 7.”

6. ‘THE LONGER WE DELAY THE HIGHER WOULD BE THE COST’

The expense of keeping global warming in check is “relatively modest,” but only if the world acts quickly, the head of the U.N.’s expert panel reports.

7. IRS AUDITS LOWEST IN YEARS

Budget cuts and new responsibilities are straining the Internal Revenue Service’s ability to police tax returns.

8. 11 DIE, 1,000 HOMES BURN IN CHILE FIRE

“It’s a tremendous tragedy. This could be the worst fire in the city’s history,” President Michelle Bachelet says of the wind-whipped blaze in Valparaiso.

9. WHICH FILM TOOK HOME GOLDEN POPCORN-SHAPED PRIZE

“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” earns the prize for best film at the MTV Movie Awards, besting top Oscar winner “12 Years a Slave.”

10. ANOTHER GREEN JACKET FOR ‘BUBBA’

Watson turns in another masterpiece and joins an elite group as the 17th player to win the Masters more than once.

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