2. The Republican presidential contest rolls into the Deep South this week with a pair of suddenly pivotal and tight races in Alabama and Mississippi. Setting the stage Saturday were Rick Santorum's romp in the Kansas caucuses and front-runner Mitt Romney's win in Wyoming.

 

 

 

3. Former UN chief Kofi Annan has left Syria without a deal to end the country's year-long conflict. But he's not giving up. He says resolving the crisis is going to be difficult but we have to have hope.

 

 

 

4. And it was a solemn day in Japan. The country marked a moment of silence at 2:46. It was at that time a year ago that a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck, triggering a devastating tsunami.