Russia says its diplomats are preparing for counter-proposals to a U.S. plan for Ukraine. The two countries are negociating over Ukraine's political crisis and Russia's control over Crimea.

 

Flooding is now a big problem in the Pacific Northwest as winter snow begins to melt.

 

And 3 crew members from the International Space Station are back on earth. Two Russians and one American landed in Kazakhstan after 166 days in space.

 

Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.