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Also: Jobless claims are lower but so are orders for durable goods; Microsoft is reportedly increasing security to evade NSA eavesdropping; the Italian senate may oust former premier Silvio Berlusconi; and the White House pardons two turkeys.

Also: A Senate panel takes up Janet Yellen's nomination to head the Federal Reserve; an apparent U.S. drone strike kills militant leaders in Pakistan; French police arrest a suspect in two Paris shootings; and an underwater volcano creates a new island far south of Japan.

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: 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: A train with crude oil derails in a fiery explosion in North Dakota; Israel releases several Palestinian prisoners; arrest warrants are issued for the owners of a Bangladeshi building that collapsed, killing hundreds; and a same sex wedding planned for a Rose Bowl float draws protests.

Also: New data confirm the economy isn't growing as fast as hoped; Syria's Assad says Russian missiles have been delivered; singer Miranda Lambert fights through tears during benefit concert for victims of the Oklahoma tornado.

Also: The FBI asks Edward Snowden's father to persuade him to come home; polls open in Zimbabwe; a French luxury watch store is robbed days after a thief steals diamonds from a nearby shop; and actress Eileen Brennan dies.

Also: Heavy smog blankets Singapore; Islamists threaten another deadly attack in Mogadishu; a fast moving fire spreads southwest of Denver; and a religious group apologizes to homosexuals and closes its controversial "reparative cure" ministry.

Also: Obama administration officials urge Congress to back military action in Syria; Israel conducts a missile test in the eastern Mediterranean Sea; former NBA player Dennis Rodman returns to visit North Korean leader Kim Jong Un; and a London skyscraper's reflection damages a car.

Also: There's progress reported in the Yosemite National Park fire; most of Venezuela loses electricity; a vigilante is targeting Mexican bus drivers suspected in sexual assaults; and a Florida family turns up thousands in pirate gold just offshore.