10 things you need to know today: March 10, 2014

Search continues for vanished Malaysian airliner, Obama invites Ukraine's pro-Western premier to the White House, and more

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1. Search fails to explain disappearance of Malaysian airliner

The fate of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that vanished in flight remained a mystery early Monday after a two-plus-day search involving 40 ships and 34 aircraft. There were unconfirmed reports that a Vietnamese plane had spotted parts of the plane — possibly a door and part of the tail — at sea near two oil slicks. Malaysian authorities said the plane, which had 227 passengers on board, might have turned around before disappearing. [Fox News]

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.