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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: In video, commander of Syria's military police says he has defected; Egypt has a new constitution; gunman in Western New York left note saying that killing is "what I like doing best;" actors Jack Klugman and Charles Durning have died.

Also: The International Olympic Committee lifts its ban on India; a cease fire is extended for the Syrian city of Homs; Nevada officials opt against defending the state's ban on same sex marriage; and a bacon festival in New Jersey features products like bacon floss.

Also: Secretary of State John Kerry visits Seoul as North and South Korea hold high level talks; a report finds heightened danger to journalists worldwide; lenders repossessed fewer U.S. homes in January; and China's "Jade Rabbit" lunar rover comes back to life.

Also: A British nuclear reprocessing plant gets a report of elevated radiation; the Colorado movie theater shooting suspect appears in court for a hearing today; another cruise ship returns to port with ill passengers; and New Mexico is selling a historic site it can't afford to keep up.

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 Deep South braces for a rare blast of winter weather; some Republican lawmakers shift on immigration; central banks move to boost emerging markets; and while the crisis in Ukraine continues, an anti-protest law there has been abolished.

Also: A Human Rights Watch report alleges Iraqi security forces illegally detain thousands of Iraqi women, many of whom are abused; Italy rescues more than 1,100 migrants at sea; there are arrests in the violent theft of a Stradivarius violin; and GI Joe turns 50.

Also: The House is poised to vote on defunding the Affordable Care Act and cuts to food stamps; Colorado faces huge piles of flooding debris; Japan's prime minister orders all Fukushima nuclear reactors closed; and somebody won the $400 million Powerball!

Also: The death toll from Pakistan's enormous earthquake continues to rise; an international court upholds former Liberian leader Charles Taylor's war crimes conviction; the EPA will investigate the molasses spill in Honolulu's harbor; and wild pigs frighten an Atlanta-area neighborhood.