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Immigrants have long been the backbone of restaurant kitchens. Now they're dominating the industry's top awards for chefs, with a majority of nominations going to immigrants or children of immigrants.

Mazda is recalling the cars because spiders have been found to weave their webs in a vent connected to its fuel tank. The webs could block the ventilation, which could lead to a fire — though no fires have been reported. Company officials don't know why the spiders chose the Mazda6 models to make a home.

The College Football Playoff committee announced that Ohio State took the final spot along with Alabama, Oregon and Florida State. Holly Anderson of Grantland.com joins Robert Siegel to talk about the aftermath.

The first MG sports car to be produced in 16 years rolled off a production line in Birmingham, England, Wednesday. In a sign of changing times, the MG6 was designed and engineered in Britain, but assembled from parts most of which were manufactured in China.

Help settle your jangled nerves, slow your heart rate and string up a little hammock for your soul with 6 hours of calming music.

Top officials from China and the U.S. met face-to-face in Alaska today. So far the talks have been tense, with both sides exchanging heated words.

New on the shelves this week: An obit writer writes — and drunkenly publishes — his own obituary. A Hungarian teen stumbles into adulthood. And geriatric sleuth Vera Wong returns.

Sales of single-family homes, townhouses, condominiums and co-ops rose 5.6 percent from October, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.68 million, the National Association of Realtors says.

Also: an oil rig is stuck on an Alaskan Island as salvage teams try to reach it; thieves in Paris steal $1 million worth of goods from an Apple store on New Year's Eve; while Indians mourn the brutal death of a woman who was gang raped, shocking new attacks on women are reported.

Officials say with a roughly 10 percent loss, they may have to rotate SEALs in before their downtime is complete, or pull SEALs from staff and training positions.