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Also: A published report claims the NSA collects email and IM contact lists worldwide; another dry ice "bomb" is discovered at Los Angeles's airport; and Macy's has decided to open on Thanksgiving night for the holiday shopping season.

Also: New Jersey holds its special senate election today; a federal judge will rule on Michigan's ban on gay marriage; a deadly typhoon rakes Japan's coast; Nirvana is among the nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; and an injured kangaroo seeks help from a pharmacy.

Also: A published report alleges the NSA collected millions of French phone records; a powerful storm is menacing Mexico's storm ravaged Pacific coast; the U.S. resumes aid to to Pakistan; and gas prices are down sharply.

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: New food stamp cuts take effect tomorrow; a "sophisticated" drug tunnel is found between Mexico and the U.S.; Twitter is sued over an alleged private stock sale; and so many people tried to ride Turkey's new rail line under the Bosphorus Strait that it was disrupted.

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: China launches a mission to the moon; officials in the Philippines increase the typhoon's death toll; Thailand's prime minister won't resign in face of continued protests; and the 12 Days of Christmas are more expensive thanks to the pricey "nine lords-a-leaping".

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 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: 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.

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: Despite an international agreement in Geneva, Ukrainian separatists won't give up; an arrest in the Missouri freeway shootings; and Nik Wallenda aims to walk between Chicago skyscrapers.

Also: Russia says Ukraine is violating terms of the new accord to lower tension; Sherpa guides could strike on Mt. Everest; and a teen stows away in a plane's wheelwell and arrives safely in Hawaii.

Also: Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez faces a hearing on a murder charge; a massive undersea volcano is discovered in the Pacific; and a British firm is sorry for making job applicants dance in their interviews.

Also: Storms batter both Mexican coasts; Facebook and Twitter surface in Tehran; the shipping company responsible for the Hawaii molasses spill will pay cleanup costs; and the porn industry lifts a moratorium on filming after an HIV scare.

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.

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: 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: 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.