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Also: Blaze near Yosemite continues to spread; orders for durable goods plunged in July; trial of former Chinese politician ends; Nelson Mandela nears his 100th day in a hospital.

Also: School clerk in Georgia credited with persuading gunman to surrender; Army Pfc. Bradley Manning to be sentenced; and a judge approves Kodak's exit from bankruptcy.

Also: Janet Yellen, nominated to head the Federal Reserve, speaks to a Senate panel today; a published report alleges misconduct by two Secret Service agents; a bomb partially explodes outside a federal office in Oregon; and a huge pink diamond is auctioned for $83 million.

Also: President Obama travels to New Orleans and Miami to promote U.S. exports; the FAA will introduce new rules to govern domestic drone use; Russia plans to lodge new charges against Greenpeace activists; and there'll be a moment of silence at checkpoints to honor a slain TSA agent.

Also: The Senate blocks a filibuster of a bill outlawing workplace discrimination against gays and lesbians; a Bangladesh court sentences dozens of soldiers to death for mutiny; India launches a spacecraft to Mars; and will Houston voters back or sack the Astrodome?

Also: The Senate gets ready to pass a bipartisan budget deal; former NBA star Dennis Rodman is returning to North Korea; a government report finds fewer teens are using synthetic marijuana; and a Chinese hospital opens a "smog clinic".

Also: There's video of a ship still trapped in Antarctic ice; the final Connecticut police report on the Newtown shootings will be released today; hackers can access phone numbers on social media site, Snapchat; and piranhas attack swimmers in Argentina.

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 U.S. embassy in South Sudan withdraws more personnel; the Senate will vote Monday on Janet Yellen as the next Federal Reserve chair; Snapchat will fix its app but doesn't apologize for lax security; and one of the rescue icebreakers in Antarctica may need to be rescued.

Also: Russia says it's unable to hand over NSA leaker; Mandela is in critical but stable condition; Massachusetts voters will choose their next senator today; and celebrity chef Paula Deen loses another endorsement deal.