10 Things to Know for Friday February 21, 2014

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.

1. UKRAINE SAID TO HAVE DEAL TO END VIOLENCE  Presidency says agreement reached between police and protesters to stop battles in Kiev that have killed scores, injured hundreds.   UKRAINE-PROTESTS

1. WHY FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT IS FADING AS A POLITICAL ISSUE  Annual spending gap has fallen sharply, lawmakers are tired of budget battles, and public has shifted its focus to issues like health care.   DEFICITS-FADING ISSUE

3. LIFE OF YOUNG WOMAN IN YEMEN IS ENTANGLED WITH AL-QAIDA  Story of Abeer al-Hassani, her ex-husband and three brothers provides rare look at one branch of the terror network.   YEMEN-AL-QAIDA

4. WHO OBAMA WILL HOST AT THE WHITE HOUSE  Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama coming for a meeting. Visit could hurt already tense relations with China, which denounces him as a separatist.   OBAMA-DALAI LAMA

5. NYPD CLEARED IN SURVEILLANCE OF NEW JERSEY MOSQUES  Federal judge dismisses civil rights lawsuit brought by eight Muslims who alleged New York police discriminated based on religion, national origin, race.   NYPD INTELLIGENCE-NJ

6. WOMAN IN CUSTODY AFTER FOUR KILLED IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA  Eviction hearing at American Indian tribal headquarters turns deadly. Police say tribe's leader among the victims.   INDIAN HEADQUARTERS SHOOTING

7. NEW HONDA PLANT SHOULD MAKE MEXICO NO. 2 EXPORTER TO U.S.  Country expected to pass Japan, narrow gap with No. 1 Canada once 200,000 Fit hatchbacks a year are rolling off assembly line.   MEXICO-CAR BOOM

8. WHITE HOUSE POLITICAL OFFICE BACK IN ACTION AHEAD OF NOVEMBER ELECTIONS  Democrats have always complained Obama doesn't do enough to help elect their candidates. This year, he has incentive: keep party's fragile Senate majority.   OBAMA-POLITICAL OFFICE

9. WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS YEAR'S FLU SEASON  It wasn't as bad as last year, and the vaccine worked better, but children and young adults - not the elderly - were hit hardest because of swine flu.   FLU SEASON

10. HOW TWO STATES MAY TRY TO DRIVE SMOKING RATES LOWER  Utah and Colorado, which already have low percentages of smokers, considering raising legal age to buy tobacco to 21.   21 TO SMOKE