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DEVELOPING

— UNITED NATIONS-UKRAINE — UN Security Council plans to hold a closed meeting on the crisis in Ukraine, beginning at 8 p.m. We will move a story as soon as possible following the meeting.

— MASTERS — Play is underway in the final round. 900 words, photos expected by 7 p.m.

— UCONN PARADE — The University of Connecticut men's and women's basketball teams will be feted at a parade in the state's capital to celebrate their national championships. Parade underway. UPCOMING: 400 words by 6 p.m., photos.

— BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING — Cross country run for marathon victim expected to end 6:15 p.m. in Boston. SENT: 140 words. UPCOMING: Will be updated after finish.

— MTV MOVIE AWARDS — Show begins at 9 p.m.

Adds:

— FATAL SHOOTING-KANSAS.

Has moved:

— RANGE SHOWDOWN — Official: 'Door isn't closed' to effort to resolve longstanding dispute with Nevada rancher. SENT: 160 words. UPCOMING: 500 words by 7 p.m.

— I AM A BULLY-SENTENCE — Ohio man ordered to hold 'I AM A BULLY' sign says sentence is unfair, judge 'destroyed' him. SENT: 500 words, photos.

— NAVAJOS-ELECTRICITY — Dozens of Navajo families to receive electricity for first time under partnership. SENT: 600 words, photo.

— MARILYN MONROE-EARRINGS — Earrings worn by Marilyn Monroe to 1955 film premiere sold for $185,000. SENT: 125 words, photo.

— BRITAIN-THEATER AWARDS — 'Chimerica,' 'Book of Mormon' big winners at British theater's Olivier Awards. SENT: 710 words, photo.

TOP STORIES

UKRAINE

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine — Ukraine is deploying troops in a "large-scale anti-terrorist operation" to resist attacks by armed pro-Russian forces, Ukraine's President Oleksandr Turchynov says in a televised address. The previous president, who fled to Russia after being ousted earlier this year, accused the CIA of being behind the decision. Turchynov said the Ukrainian Security Council decided to use the army because "we're not going to allow Russia to repeat the Crimean scenario in Ukraine's east." By Peter Leonard. SENT: 2,000 words, photos, video, graphic, interactive. UPCOMING: Will be updated following UN Security Council meeting, which begins at 8 p.m.

FATAL SHOOTING-KANSAS

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Three people have been killed and a 15-year-old boy is in critical condition folliwing shootings in suburban Kansas City at a Jewish community center and a Jewish retirement home, officials say. Overland Park Medical Center spokeswoman Christine Hamele says a 15-year-old boy who was brought from the scene of the Jewish Community Center is in critical condition. There is a heavy police presence at the campus, which spans several acres in an affluent area of Johnson County, Kan. The entrance to the campus is blocked off. By Maria Sudekum. SENT: 210 words, photos. UPCOMING: 400 words, photos, video by 7 p.m.

AFGHAN-ELECTIONS

KABUL, Afghanistan — Two clear front-runners emerge in Afghanistan's presidential election as partial results show a tight race that increasingly appears destined for a runoff vote. Both candidates promise a fresh start with the West, vowing to sign a security pact with the United States that has been rejected by President Hamid Karzai, but their fierce rivalry raises fears of a divisive campaign for a second round in what so far has been a relatively peaceful vote. By Kim Gamel and Kay Johnson. SENT: 850 words.

GUANTANAMO-SECRET CAMP

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Camp 7 is a prison within a prison on this scrub brush-and-cactus covered U.S. base that has been so shrouded in secrecy that its exact location is classified. The prison complex holding 15 of the most notorious terrorist suspects in U.S. custody is being dragged into the spotlight, in part because a prisoner's complaints of sleep deprivation have brought proceedings in the Sept. 11 case to a halt. By Ben Fox. SENT: 1,100 words, photos.

OBAMA-GENDER POLITICS

WASHINGTON — After months on the defensive over his health law, a more combative President Barack Obama has emerged to fight about gender politics, leading to an election-year competition with Republicans for support from women. No single group will be more important to Democrats' fortunes, say White House advisers, than unmarried women, who are likely to go Democratic — if they vote, and that's far from certain when trust in Washington is low. Republicans say they have learned important lessons from previous elections where women helped put Obama and other Democrats in office. This year, the GOP is promising an aggressive counterattack. By Nedra Pickler. SENT: 830 words. Photos.

—CONGRESS-IMMIGRATION — Congressman who heads committee to help elect House Democrats says immigration overhaul has stalled because some elements of GOP base "are animated by racism." SENT: 350 words.

PISTORIUS-TRIAL

PRETORIA, South Africa — Prosecutor Gerrie Nel fired another tough question at murder suspect Oscar Pistorius. The athlete, who earlier said he was tired and struggling under the relentless interrogation, leaned back in the witness box and remained silent, before eventually responding. Pistorius often seemed worn down as the caustic prosecutor picked holes in parts of his story. The relentless cross-examination has drawn attention to Nel, a prominent state prosecutor dubbed "pitbull" in local media and on social networks for his combative, often effective style. By Christopher Torchia. SENT: 730 words, photos.

VATICAN-PALM SUNDAY

Pope Francis, marking Palm Sunday in a packed St. Peter's Square, ignores his prepared homily and speaks entirely off-the-cuff in a remarkable departure from practice. Later, he continues to stray from the script by hopping off his popemobile to pose for "selfies" with young people and also sipping tea passed to him from the crowd. SENT: 510 words, photos, video.

— PALM SUNDAY-PHOTO GALLERY — A look at Associated Press images from across the world as Christians celebrate Palm Sunday. SENT: 130 words, photos.

TOP PHOTOS

— BOSTON BOMBING-HEROES-PHOTO ESSAY — An EMT. A volunteer. A spectator in a cowboy hat. Moments after bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon, these three helped rescue a man whose legs were blown off, a scene captured in an Associated Press photo. That man, Jeff Bauman, was lauded as a hero himself when he gave authorities a description that helped them track down two suspects. A year later, the AP revisits the lives of the four people in the image. By Charles Krupa and Michelle R. Smith. SENT: 480 words, 10 photos.

MONDAY SPOTLIGHT

TAX ENFORCEMENT

WASHINGTON — As millions of Americans race to meet Tuesday's tax deadline, their chances of getting audited are lower than they have been in years. Budget cuts and new responsibilities are straining the Internal Revenue Service's ability to police tax returns. This year, the IRS will have fewer agents auditing returns than at any time since at least the 1980s. Taxpayer services are suffering, too, with millions of phone calls to the IRS going unanswered. Last year, the IRS audited less than 1 percent of all returns from individuals, the lowest rate since 2005. This year, the commissioner says the numbers will go down. The budget is down nearly $1 billion from a few years ago, just as the agency is gearing up to enforce the president's health law. By Stephen Ohlemacher. SENT: 960 words, photo, graphic.

—TAX ENFORCEMENT-GLANCE. SENT: 150 words.

— TAXES-FILING AN EXTENSION — The Internal Revenue Service already has received nearly 100 million tax returns. Here's what you need to do if you need more time. SENT: 715 words, photo.

INTERNATIONAL

MALAYSIA-PLANE

PERTH, Australia — Following four strong underwater signals in the past week, all has gone quiet in the hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, meaning the batteries in the plane's all-important black boxes may finally have died. Despite no new transmissions, the search continues. SENT: 665 words, photos.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya's government says its interim prime minister had declined a parliamentary mandate to form a new government and will instead step down, in a move likely to compound the difficulties facing a government already internally divided and facing widespread unrest and militia violence. By Esam Mohamed. SENT: 900 words.

UN CLIMATE REPORT

BERLIN — The cost of keeping global warming in check is "relatively modest," but only if the world acts quickly to reverse the buildup of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, the head of the U.N.'s expert panel on climate change says. Without additional measures to contain emissions, global temperatures will rise about 5 degrees to 7 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100 compared to current levels, the panel says. SENT: 1,010 words, photos.

UGANDA-HIV NURSE

KAMPALA, Uganda — A 64-year-old HIV-infected nurse in Uganda on trial for attempted murder, accused of injecting her blood into a 2-year-old patient, is attracting sympathy as the apparent victim of rampant stigma surrounding the disease. Until recently the country was praised as a global leader in fighting AIDS and promoting open attitude toward the disease. By Rodney Muhumuza. SENT: 830, photos.

CHILE-FOREST FIRE

VALPARAISO, Chile — A raging fire leaped from hilltop to hilltop in this colorful port city, killing at least 11 people and destroying at least 1,000 homes. More than 10,000 people were evacuated, including more than 200 female inmates at a prison. And with hot dry winds stoking the embers, the fires were still burning out of control as a second night approached. By Luis Hidalgo and Marianela Jarroud. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.

NATIONAL

CALIFORNIA BUS CRASH

ORLAND, Calif. — Federal investigators say that haven't found any physical evidence that a FedEx truck was on fire before it slammed into a bus carrying high school students, but they are not ruling it out. NTSB says it is wrapping up the initial stage of its investigation into the fiery collision between a tractor-trailer and tour bus in Northern California that left 10 dead. By Fenit Nirappil. SENT: 600 words.

CONVICTION QUALITY CONTROL

NEW YORK — Hospitals have staff conferences to examine why patients died. Airline pilots have a system for voluntarily submitting information on safety concerns. Yet the life-and-death world of criminal justice often operates without a similar mechanism for probing its most feared failures: wrongful convictions. Some legal thinkers say it's time for a criminal-justice version of quality control — frank scrutiny of cases gone wrong to identify potential weaknesses in the justice system and keep errors from happening again. SENT: 830 words, photos.

RUSSIA-SILICON VALLEY

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Entrepreneurs and investors say Silicon Valley's fast growing financial ties with Russia's tech sector are being slowed by political tensions between the White House and Kremlin. A flurry of investment in recent years was largely sparked in 2010 when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sat down with high tech leaders in California before a diplomatic trip to Washington. But Silicon Valley players fear negative economic fallout from Russia's takeover of Crimea, its troop buildup near Ukraine's border and its attempts to compel constitutional changes in Ukraine. By Martha Mendoza. SENT: 850 words, photos.

CALIFORNIA DROUGHT-DRILLING BOOM

FRESNO, Calif. — The scarcity of irrigation water in drought-stricken California has created such a demand for well-drilling services that Central Valley farmer Bob Smittcamp is taking matters into his own hands. He's buying his own drilling rig for $1 million to make certain he has enough water this summer for thousands of acres fruit and vegetable crops. "It's like an insurance policy," said Smittcamp, who knows two other farmers doing the same thing. "You have to do something to protect your investment." With California in a third dry year, well drilling is booming across the nation's most productive agricultural region, and some companies are booked for a year. By Scott Smith. SENT: 935 words, photos.

TRIBAL SYRUP

PRENTISS TOWNSHIP, Maine — The members of the Passamaquoddy tribe have looked under their feet for a bottled water plant and have turned to the sky for a wind farm. But it's the forest that will be the first to deliver as the impoverished tribe seeks to become one of the biggest maple syrup operations in Maine. The project falls in line with a tribal movement nationwide to get beyond casinos and federal dollars to create self-sustaining operations that can create spinoff jobs. By David Sharp. SENT: 715 words, photos.

ENTERTAINMENT

MTV MOVIE AWARDS

LOS ANGELES — Break out the golden popcorn, the MTV Movie Awards are back. Conan O'Brien may have missed out on the "Late Show" gig on CBS but he gets to host Sunday night's MTV ceremony. "American Hustle" and "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" top the nominees on the show, where fans vote online for such zany awards as best kiss and best villain. By Film Writer Jessica Herndon. SENT: 250 words, photos. UPCOMING: Will be updated throughout show, beginning with an arrivals lead by 8:45 p.m. and concluding with a 700-word wrap-up by 11:30 p.m., followed by a list of winners, photos, video.

SPORTS

MASTERS

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jordan Spieth and Bubba Watson are in front by a stroke entering the last round of the Masters. The 20-year-old Spieth, playing in his first Masters, is trying to become the youngest player to wear the green jacket. Watson won the Masters in 2012. By Golf Writer Doug Ferguson. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos by 7 p.m.

NKOREA-PYONGYANG MARATHON

PYONGYANG, North Korea — The streets of North Korea's capital are filled with runners from all over the world for the Pyongyang marathon, which was open to foreign amateurs this year for the first time. Tens of thousands of North Koreans lined the streets cheer and sometimes high-five the runners. By Eric Talmadge. SENT: 750 words, photos.

ALSO GETTING ATTENTION

— SYRIA — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says reports of a poison gas attack in a rural village north of Damascus were so far "unsubstantiated." SENT: 600 words, photos.

— MEXICO-BUS-CRASH — At least 36 reported dead as passenger bus collides with truck in Mexico. SENT: 190 words.

— ISRAEL-DOCTORS BANNED — Palestinian doctors were caught in battle over Jerusalem; court says Israel must admit them. SENT: 870 words, photos.

— SEBELIUS RESIGNATION — Outgoing health chief says predictions website would be ready were 'just flat out wrong'. SENT: 380 words, photo.

— SPACE STATION — NASA approves Mon space station supply launch despite computer outage in orbit, deemed safe. SENT: 140 words.

— NYC TERROR — Jury selection gets underway Monday in the trial of Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, a disabled Egyptian Islamic preacher accused of conspiring to support al-Qaida, partly by trying to create a training camp in Oregon. SENT: 560 words, photos.

— MAD MEN-WEINER — Mad Men' creator Matthew Weiner faces the end, and its challenges, as final season starts. SENT: 970 words, photos.

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