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Also: The Senate gets ready to pass a bipartisan budget deal; former NBA star Dennis Rodman is returning to North Korea; a government report finds fewer teens are using synthetic marijuana; and a Chinese hospital opens a "smog clinic".

Also: A German magazine alleges the NSA infiltates some technology companies' data; a very strong cyclone will hit Australia; the home of the German ambassador to Greece is hit by gunfire; and Justice Sonia Sotomayor will push the ball drop in New York's Times Square on New Year's Eve.

Also: The U.S. embassy in South Sudan withdraws more personnel; the Senate will vote Monday on Janet Yellen as the next Federal Reserve chair; Snapchat will fix its app but doesn't apologize for lax security; and one of the rescue icebreakers in Antarctica may need to be rescued.

Also: A federal judge overturns Chicago's ordinance banning gun purchases; the Senate is scheduled to vote on extending unemployment benefits; mining deaths increased in the U.S. last year; and furious French tire plant workers barricade their managers in their office.

Also: There's video of a ship still trapped in Antarctic ice; the final Connecticut police report on the Newtown shootings will be released today; hackers can access phone numbers on social media site, Snapchat; and piranhas attack swimmers in Argentina.

Also: The death toll from Pakistan's enormous earthquake continues to rise; an international court upholds former Liberian leader Charles Taylor's war crimes conviction; the EPA will investigate the molasses spill in Honolulu's harbor; and wild pigs frighten an Atlanta-area neighborhood.

Also: Storms batter both Mexican coasts; Facebook and Twitter surface in Tehran; the shipping company responsible for the Hawaii molasses spill will pay cleanup costs; and the porn industry lifts a moratorium on filming after an HIV scare.

Also: Talks on Iran's nuclear program move to Geneva; Malian rebels suspend peace talks; two farmers are charged in the deadly U.S. listeria outbreak; and a Klan chapter will hold a rally at the Gettysburg National Park.

Also: Ohio prison officials will investigate the suicide of kidnapper Ariel Castro; Tropical Storm Gabrielle forms south of Puerto Rico; judges in Chile apologize for "state abuse" under the Pinochet regime; and surprising cars that can be folded.

Also: Blaze near Yosemite continues to spread; orders for durable goods plunged in July; trial of former Chinese politician ends; Nelson Mandela nears his 100th day in a hospital.