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Also: Senate Republicans block another of President Obama's judicial nominees; the U.N. says despite the Philippine typhoon, 2013 was a normal year for tropical storms; and a television informercial salesman is jailed for contempt.

Also: Abortion rates fall in the U.S.; Ukraine's president returns from sick leave while protests continue; Libya's chemical weapons stockpile is apparently destroyed; and Punxsutawney Phil forecasts another six weeks of winter.

Also: World markets take a beating after yesterday's losses on Wall Street; the Senate may pass the huge farm bill today; 2013 saw a record number of criminal exonerations; and arts patron Joan Mondale, wife of former Vice President Walter Mondale, has died.

Also: Violence leaves a second Venezuelan beauty queen dead; a new leak is found at the Fukushima nuclear plant; and there's a winning ticket for the $425 million Powerball lottery.

Also: China's main stock market tumbles again; President Obama's guest list for his State of the Union speech is released; and "The Martian" and "The Revenant" win Golden Globes awards.

Also: An oil spill fouls the California coast; North Korea claims it miniaturized nuclear weapons; and the latest from the Eurovision Song Contest.

Also: Obama expresses regret to Japan over alleged spying; the Colorado movie theater gunman will be formally sentenced today; and urban traffic really is the worst it's been in years.

Also: Senate Republicans insist a trade bill will pass; Britain's Prince Charles will meet a Sinn Fein leader; and Lake Mead may lose so much water that Arizona and Nevada may face cuts.

Also: Defense Secretary Ash Carter visits Iraq; a federal appeals court blocks North Dakota's tough abortion law; and the World Santa Congress ends in Denmark.

Also: Republican Senate leaders rebuke Texas Sen. Ted Cruz; the Boy Scouts hold a meeting to discuss gay adult leaders; and China's main stock market plunges 8% in today's trading.