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Also: Snow clogs European travel routes; Greenland voters choose new government that could include first female prime minister; thousands of pigs removed from Chinese river; and golfer survives plunge into 18-foot Illinois sinkhole.

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. Marines' website is reportedly hacked; the fire in Yosemite National Park is California's fourth largest ever; Vodafone may sell a wireless company for billions of dollars; and endurance swimmer Diana Nyad is close to reaching Key West after starting a swim from Cuba on Saturday.

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 deadly flash flooding in Colorado; fewer homes entered foreclosure in August; and more than a million people form a human chain in Spain to demand independence in Catalonia.

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.

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.

Commentator Frank Deford responds to suggestions of things he should comment on. Here, he takes on the Washington Redskins' name; high school football games on national TV; hockey fights; Pete Rose and the Baseball Hall of Fame; and the tradition of pouring Gatorade on winning coaches.

Also: A Congressional staffer takes the rostrum for a bizarre rant; Caroline Kennedy is confirmed as the next U.S. Ambassador to Japan; a trial on Michigan's ban on gay marriage is set for next February; and it's earthquake drill day.

Also: Fuel barges in Alabama explode, injuring three; the death toll in the Bangladesh factory explosion rises; Congress is looking at ways to ease flight delays due to federal spending cuts; and a Chinese chef wreaks havoc by mistakenly adding pesticide to a sauce.