Danica Patrick, left, displays the flag with Tony Stewart after winning the pole Sunday during qualifying for the NASCAR Daytona 500 Sprint Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. Patrick became the first woman to secure the top spot for any Sprint Cup race.Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:
1) CHAVEZ RETURNS TO VENEZUELA
The president announced his return on Twitter when he arrived early today after over two months of hospital treatment in Cuba.
2) TROUBLED COUNTRY SINGER’S SUICIDE
A month after her boyfriend killed himself, 37-year-old Mindy McCready was found dead in her Arkansas home of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.