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State law lets any member of the bar be appointed as a public defender. Gov. Jay Nixon was assigned a client, but Nixon's spokesman says you can't appoint an attorney without the attorney's consent.

Also: Jurors deliberate the fate of the Colorado movie theater shooting suspect; there's flash flooding in Kentucky; and the Pluto space probe is safe.

Also: The Obama Administration will briefly delay the health insurance penalty deadline; Germany summons the U.S. ambassador over allegations of spying; military training is implicated in one Australian bushfire; and the Vatican's newly formed cricket team will play a Church of England team.

Also: A monster Kansas tornado causes damage but no injuries; South Carolina bans most abortions after 20 weeks; and the San Jose Sharks will be one of the teams in the NHL's Stanley Cup finals.

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.