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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: Several elderly residents are still missing after a Quebec retirement home fire; anti-government protests continue in Ukraine; a huge traffic pileup in Indiana kills three; and Toronto mayor Rob Ford gets stuck in an elevator.

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: As "fiscal cliff" looms, scenarios multiply; New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo will reportedly seek $30 billion in disaster aid; the BBC's head of news steps down; Italy is pounded by heavy rains.

Also: Loretta Lynch will finally get a confirmation vote; an international watchdog fears 30,000 migrants may die this year at sea; and this is the 100th anniversary of the use of chemical weapons.

Also: Greece will ask for more time to repay its bailout loan; more than 11 million people sought Obamacare during the signup period; and divers discover hundreds of gold coins off Israel's coast.

Also: A gas crisis is shutting down Nigeria; comedian Anne Meara and jazz trumpeter Marcus Belgrave die; and Sweden wins the Eurovision Song Contest over Russia.

Also: Iraq announces an effort to retake ground from ISIS; Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders opens his presidential bid today; and tests don't show the late B.B. King was poisoned, as two daughters allege.

Also: Bad weather hampers AirAsia recovery work; Buckingham Palace again denies a sex claim against Prince Andrew; and Wisconsin police say somebody put a diamond ring on their agency Christmas tree.