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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 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: Talks on Iran's nuclear program move to Geneva; Malian rebels suspend peace talks; two farmers are charged in the deadly U.S. listeria outbreak; and a Klan chapter will hold a rally at the Gettysburg National Park.

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: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in the U.S. to warn against Iran; a powerful storm pummels the Pacific Northwest; a small jet crashes at Santa Monica airport; and the Marlins' Henderson Alvarez pitches a no-hitter.

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: House and Senate conferees open new budget talks; there's a strike against the Port of Baltimore; the Boston Red Sox are closer to the World Series; and a U.S nun who gave up wealth to help Mexican prisoners has died.

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.