Volunteers in Ukraine join the national guard after acting president Oleksandr Turchynov called up 20,000 reserists. Russian president Vladimir Putin recognized Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula as an independent and 

 

sovereign country Monday only hours after the U.S. and EU annouced sanctions and asset freezes against officials involved in the Crimean crisis.

 

"As a member of the GM family..."

 

General Motors CEO Mary Barra annouced a new recall of 1.5 million vehicles Monday. She also addressed the recall of more 1.6 million small cars last month as part of an effort to ensure buyers that GM is moving 

 

faster to fix safety defects in its cars and trunks.

 

The animals at Illinois Brookfield Zoo got lucky in St.Patrick's Day as zookeepers treated them to shamrock goodies. Gray seals enjoyed shamrock-shaped gelatin while orangutans and gorillas nibbled on shamrock-shaped 

 

monkey biscuits.

 

Salim Essaid, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.