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Published March 9, 2015 10:00AM (EDT)

In this photo released by Solar Impulse,  "Solar Impulse 2", a solar-powered airplane flies after taking off from Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Monday, March 9, 2015, marking the start of the first attempt to fly around the world without a drop of fuel. Solar Impulse founder Andre Borschberg was at the controls of the single-seater when it took off from the airport. Borschberg will trade off piloting with Solar Impulse co-founder Bertrand Piccard during stop-overs on a journey that will take months to complete. (AP Photo/Jean Revillard, Solar Impulse) (AP)
In this photo released by Solar Impulse, "Solar Impulse 2", a solar-powered airplane flies after taking off from Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Monday, March 9, 2015, marking the start of the first attempt to fly around the world without a drop of fuel. Solar Impulse founder Andre Borschberg was at the controls of the single-seater when it took off from the airport. Borschberg will trade off piloting with Solar Impulse co-founder Bertrand Piccard during stop-overs on a journey that will take months to complete. (AP Photo/Jean Revillard, Solar Impulse) (AP)

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

1. INTELLIGENCE REPORT AN EXCEPTION IN CIA OVERSIGHT

The Senate's conclusions on the spy agency's post-Sept. 11 interrogations show that such examinations are quite unusual, raising questions about other programs it oversees.

2. ACTIVISTS: AIR STRIKE HITS REFINERY HELD BY ISLAMIC STATE

A U.S.-led coalition raid targeted an oil facility near the Turkish-Syrian border, dealing a blow to a source of income for the extremist group.

3. INVESTORS ENJOYING ONE OF THE LONGEST BULL MARKETS

U.S. stocks have been rising for the past six years and strategists are not seeing the typical signs that accompany a peak yet.

4. WHAT THE 2016 POLLS ARE SHOWING

Surveys are merely pointing out that most Americans aren't yet paying enough attention to make the numbers worth much at all.

5. MADISON LEARNS FROM FERGUSON'S MISTAKES

The Wisconsin capital's police response is avoiding racial tensions and riots that erupted in the Missouri town as it deals with its own killing of an unarmed black man by an officer.

6. APPLE TO UNVEIL NEWEST DEVICE

CEO Tim Cook will make the case for why the company's smartwatch is the latest must-have gadget.

7. TOKYO SET TO MARK MEMORY OF HORRIFIC WWII BOMBINGS

Overshadowed by Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the March, 1945 U.S. firebombing of Japan's capital is the deadliest conventional air raid in the world's history.

8. WHERE THEY'RE FIGHTING TO KEEP WOOD FIRES BURNING

Some states are standing up to new U.S. federal limits on woodstove pollution, claiming the new rules could leave low-income residents in the cold.

9. FORMER SEX TRADE WORKER FIGHT TRAFFICKERS

Windie Lazenko, a former prostitute, is now one of the most prominent activists in the fight against the sex trade in North Dakota's oil patch.

10. HOW A SOLAR PLANE IS TRYING TO MAKE HISTORY

The Swiss-made aircraft took off from Abu Dhabi just after daybreak in its attempt to circle the world without a drop of fossil fuel.


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