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Also: The U.S. Marines' website is reportedly hacked; the fire in Yosemite National Park is California's fourth largest ever; Vodafone may sell a wireless company for billions of dollars; and endurance swimmer Diana Nyad is close to reaching Key West after starting a swim from Cuba on Saturday.

Also: Obama administration officials urge Congress to back military action in Syria; Israel conducts a missile test in the eastern Mediterranean Sea; former NBA player Dennis Rodman returns to visit North Korean leader Kim Jong Un; and a London skyscraper's reflection damages a car.

Also: There's progress reported in the Yosemite National Park fire; most of Venezuela loses electricity; a vigilante is targeting Mexican bus drivers suspected in sexual assaults; and a Florida family turns up thousands in pirate gold just offshore.

Also: several car bombs in Baghdad kill many people; the Taliban kidnap a female Afghan lawmaker; the destructive Idaho wildfire is expensive to fight; and now that small amounts of marijuana are legal in Washington state, Seattle police will hand out Doritos at a weekend pot festival.

Also: A Senate panel takes up Janet Yellen's nomination to head the Federal Reserve; an apparent U.S. drone strike kills militant leaders in Pakistan; French police arrest a suspect in two Paris shootings; and an underwater volcano creates a new island far south of Japan.

Also: Jobless claims are lower but so are orders for durable goods; Microsoft is reportedly increasing security to evade NSA eavesdropping; the Italian senate may oust former premier Silvio Berlusconi; and the White House pardons two turkeys.

Also: Obama will discuss wage inequality in economic remarks today; Biden talking about China's new air defense zone; the 911 tapes from the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting will be released; and researchers discover a World War II Japanese sub off Hawaii.

Also: The jobless rate falls in November; hurricane-strength winds hit England; Biden demands North Korea end its nuclear program; Shanghai gets one of its worst smog events ever; and pot smokers will celebrate marijuana legalization in Washington state with a party today.

Also: White House prepares plan on reducing gun violence; Wal-Mart pledges to hire 100,000 or more veterans; movie theater in Aurora, Colo., set to reopen on Thursday.

Also: 787 Dreamliners grounded; Notre Dame's Manti Te'o at center of bizarre "hoax;" jobless claims fall and housing starts soar; Olympics asks Lance Armstrong to return his bronze medal.