Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening around the world. Today, we're looking at five important stories.
Crimea will vote on March 16 to determine whether it will secede from Ukraine and join Russia. If voters choose to remain part of Ukraine, it will be with enhanced local powers.
Yahoo has acquired Vizify, the social biography creation service, which will be closing its service as part of the deal.
A man was arrested and brought to trial after recording a video up the dress of an undercover police officer in Massachusetts. But the law there only prohibits photographing nude or partially nude individuals, so the court ruled in the man's favor.
LG is rolling out the first of its L Series III smartphones, the LG L90, on Thursday, starting with CIS countries.
The European Union has frozen the assets of ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, according to the Los Angeles Times.