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Also: The San Antonio Spurs defeat the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the NBA finals; Obama to take up cybersecurity with Chinese leader in California; Tropical Storm Andrea pours heavy rain on the East Coast; and Francis reveals that he didn't really want to be Pope.

Also: Louisville, Ky. train derailment and chemical fire; China makes new proposals for a Syrian ceasefire; and a California man survives a shark attack by punching it in the head.

Also: Obama will discuss wage inequality in economic remarks today; Biden talking about China's new air defense zone; the 911 tapes from the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting will be released; and researchers discover a World War II Japanese sub off Hawaii.

Also: The jobless rate falls in November; hurricane-strength winds hit England; Biden demands North Korea end its nuclear program; Shanghai gets one of its worst smog events ever; and pot smokers will celebrate marijuana legalization in Washington state with a party today.

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: International talks in Geneva over Iran's nuclear program may extend into the weekend; Utah's attorney general quits to fight corruption allegations; a supermarket collapses in Latvia, killing several people; and New Jersey tests online gambling and a few glitches are reported.

Also: New nutrition labels; California gets more rain; the government will investigate GM's latest recall; and Philadelphia police tweet against saving parking spaces dug out from the snow.

Also: Hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians are in the dark after this week's ice storm; Oregon gets a second heavy snowstorm; the toxic ash spill continues into a North Carolina river; and Toronto mayor Rob Ford starts a YouTube show with his brother.

Also: China decides to alter its one-child per couple population policy; Toronto's city council moves to strip power from the city's beleaguered mayor; President Obama is to nominate a candidate for surgeon general; and baseball's most valuable players are announced.

Also: Israel fired on military targets in Syria after bombings in Golan; Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen prepares for her first news conference; Toyota reportedly reaches $1.2 billion settlement.