This is AP News Minute.Search crews looking for the missing Malaysian Airlines jetliner expanded their search to Malaysia’s western coast.That area wasn't on the plane's scheduled route.Russia says its diplomats are preparing counter-proposals to a U.S. plan for Ukraine.The two countries are negotiating over Ukraine’s political crisis and Russia’s control over Crimea.Flooding is now a big problem in the Pacific Northwest as winter snow begins to melt.And three crew members from the International Space Station are back on earth.The two Russians and one American landed in Kazakhstan after 166 days in space.Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.
