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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: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Jordan; Beijing's smog becomes "Airpocolypse"; Ohio will execute a condemned man with a new drug method; soaring heat causes match delays at the Australian Open; and the Razzie nominations for last year's worst films are out.

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: There's been a deadly bombing in Beirut; an explosion at an Oklahoma steel factory kills two people; a student at Widener University is shot and wounded; pilot whales are beaching themselves again in southern Florida; and China has lifted its ban on Lady Gaga's latest album.

Also: Officials report a second chemical turned up in West Virginia's toxic water; Ukrainian protests turn deadly; more pilot whales have died off southern Florida; and now that the Antarctic scientists are back from their icebound ship, who pays for their rescue?

Also: U.N. ambassador Samantha Power arrives in the Central African Republic; a "Duck Dynasty" star reiterates homophobic comments; Russia says it bailed out Ukraine as a fraternal gesture; and an anonymous donor drops a diamond ring into a Salvation Army red kettle.

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 next round of Iranian nuclear talks has opened; three astronauts return safely from space; and Christie's breaks all records in its latest contemporary art auction featuring Warhol.

Also: The White House urges colleges to stop sexual violence; NBA commissioner Adam Silver holds a news conference on L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling; and a Rosie the Riveter factory could close.

Also: A new survey finds expensive colleges don't make people happier; the American Legion wants VA Secretary Shinseki to resign over health care problems; and a long-lost Mendelssohn song is found.