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Also: The Senate approves the nomination of Jeh Johnson as Homeland Security Secretary; Angela Merkel is re-elected to her third term as Germany's Chancellor; wintry weather continues in the Plains and Northeast; and University of Illinois students sing for Dial-A-Carol.

Also: Edward Snowden says his mission has been accomplished; Target says the Justice Department is investigating its data breach; and the execution of the North Korean leader's uncle is tied to a business dispute.

Also: The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan says two rockets land in embassy grounds in Kabul; the U.N. Security Council orders thousands more peacekeepers to South Sudan; a teenager is the youngest American man to ski to the South Pole; and a cabbie in Las Vegas returns $300,000 left in his backseat.

Also: A published report says the U.S. is trying to swap prisoners with the Taliban for a hostage U.S. Marine; an Oklahoma pharmacy won't make an execution drug for Missouri's use; the arctic ice is less white because of rapid melting; and an asteroid (safely) flies by the Earth.

Also: A U.N. agency says greenhouse gas emissions grew by record levels last year; the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra musicians are locked out; and Magic Mountain's iconic roller coaster catches fire.

Also: The Senate reaches a deal to move presidential nominations forward; Russian financier Mikhail Khodorkovsky is freed after Putin's pardon; a credit rating agency cuts the European Union's rating; and a truck spills thousands of roasts on a Georgia highway, triggering a "ham jam".

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: Mexico won't extradite a drug cartel leader to the U.S.; Asiana Airlines is fined millions for its poor response to the San Francisco crash; and the Denver Art Museum pays off a Super Bowl bet.

Also: GM will release its report on defective auto switches linked to deaths; a gunman suspected of killing 3 Canadian police is at large; and a group of tree huggers hopes to set a world record.

Also: David Perdue won Georgia's GOP Senate nomination; a huge fire broke out at a North Dakota oil supply business; and L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling files a new lawsuit against the NBA.

Also: A Wisconsin train derailment spills fuel and forces evacuations; the first Arab-American U.S. governor, Oregon's Vic Atiyeh, dies; and that huge, floating rubber duck is missing in China.

Also: Nelson Mandela is back in the hospital; U.S. stealth bombers take a practice run over South Korea; Boston mayor Tom Menino is expected to forgo another re-election bid; and the Miami Heat's winning streak ends at 27 games.