Yahoo to Block Sign-Ins With Facebook IDs and Other News You Need to Know

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Stan Schroeder
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Yahoo to Block Sign-Ins With Facebook IDs and Other News You Need to Know
Yahoo president and CEO Marissa Mayer speaks during a Yahoo presentation at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV on Jan. 7th, 2014. Credit: Nina Frazier-Hansen

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.

Remember that old Yahoo ID? You might want to dig it up. From now on, you'll need a Yahoo ID to use any of Yahoo's services. The company is stopping user access of its services using Facebook and Google IDs.

John Travolta made a mess of Idina Menzel's name at the Oscars, and he's well aware of it. “I've been beating myself up all day. Then I thought ... what would Idina Menzel say? She'd say, Let it go, let it go! Idina is incredibly talented and I am so happy Frozen took home two Oscars Sunday night,” he said in a statement.

North Korean missiles passed near a Chinese passenger jet during recent testing. The missiles “traveled six miles above airspace traversed by a China Southern Airlines’ flight … carrying 220 passengers and crew seven minutes later,” according to The Wall Street Journal.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will attempt to ease tensions with Russia surrounding the Ukrainian crisis during talks in Lavrov.

Learn more about Cortana, Microsoft's answer to Siri, from mobile news site Unleash the Phones: There's a video of it in action.

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