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Also: President Obama travels to New Orleans and Miami to promote U.S. exports; the FAA will introduce new rules to govern domestic drone use; Russia plans to lodge new charges against Greenpeace activists; and there'll be a moment of silence at checkpoints to honor a slain TSA agent.

Also: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in the U.S. to warn against Iran; a powerful storm pummels the Pacific Northwest; a small jet crashes at Santa Monica airport; and the Marlins' Henderson Alvarez pitches a no-hitter.

Also: Janet Yellen, nominated to head the Federal Reserve, speaks to a Senate panel today; a published report alleges misconduct by two Secret Service agents; a bomb partially explodes outside a federal office in Oregon; and a huge pink diamond is auctioned for $83 million.

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: 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.