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Also: The Obama Administration will briefly delay the health insurance penalty deadline; Germany summons the U.S. ambassador over allegations of spying; military training is implicated in one Australian bushfire; and the Vatican's newly formed cricket team will play a Church of England team.

Also: The Senate approves the nomination of Jeh Johnson as Homeland Security Secretary; Angela Merkel is re-elected to her third term as Germany's Chancellor; wintry weather continues in the Plains and Northeast; and University of Illinois students sing for Dial-A-Carol.

Also: The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan says two rockets land in embassy grounds in Kabul; the U.N. Security Council orders thousands more peacekeepers to South Sudan; a teenager is the youngest American man to ski to the South Pole; and a cabbie in Las Vegas returns $300,000 left in his backseat.

Also: Tens of thousands of customers still lack power in the U.S. and Canada from an ice storm days ago; Turkey's leader changes his cabinet after three ministers resign in a corruption scandal; a ship is still stuck in Antarctic ice; and a reenactment of Washington crossing the Delaware.

Also: A train with crude oil derails in a fiery explosion in North Dakota; Israel releases several Palestinian prisoners; arrest warrants are issued for the owners of a Bangladeshi building that collapsed, killing hundreds; and a same sex wedding planned for a Rose Bowl float draws protests.

Also: A terminally ill lawyer convicted of aiding terrorism is freed; U.S. stock markets set records in 2013; while peace talks open for South Sudan, bloody fighting continues; and passengers aboard a ship stuck in Antarctic ice ring in the New Year.

Also: Edward Snowden says his mission has been accomplished; Target says the Justice Department is investigating its data breach; and the execution of the North Korean leader's uncle is tied to a business dispute.

Also: The Senate reaches a deal to move presidential nominations forward; Russian financier Mikhail Khodorkovsky is freed after Putin's pardon; a credit rating agency cuts the European Union's rating; and a truck spills thousands of roasts on a Georgia highway, triggering a "ham jam".

Also: There's a report that two people have been arrested in last week's Chicago mass shooting; Congress' budget stalemate continues; a deadly typhoon crashes into southern China; 'Breaking Bad' and other Emmy winners; and the last VW van is close to rolling off the line.

Also: The Senate wades into the complicated budget battle; Chrysler files for an initial public offering; and the man who won last week's $400 million Powerball wants to remain anonymous.