- A high-altitude avalanche on Mount Everest [1] killed 12 Sherpa guides and injured six people in the deadliest incident ever. Three people are still missing.
- Salsa legend Jose Luis "Cheo" Feliciano [2] died in a car crash early Thursday morning at 78.
- Famed Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez died at 87 [3] from pneumonia. Among his many famous works was Love in the Time of Cholera, and he was also a Nobel Peace Prize winner.
- A security breach at Michael's [4] affects 3 million customers' credit and debit cards. There is no evidence that pins or names were stolen, but the breach lasted eight months — from May 8, 2013, to Jan. 27, 2014.
- The first potentially habitable, Earth-sized planet was found [5], and it may have liquid water on it. Sorry, Mars — better luck next time.
- General Mills' new privacy policy [6] says that if you like them on Facebook, you can never sue them.
- Your daily dose of cute: this tiny bunny sitting in an egg shell [7] is the new Easter mascot:
Source: Imgur [8]; Front Page