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While California Rep. Kevin McCarthy was picked as the new House majority leader, more conservative members got someone closer to their ideological and regional liking for the majority whip position.

Also: Violence continues in Syria; North Korea begins fueling rocket; Arkansas fires football coach for misconduct.

Also: Democratic National Convention kicks off; power is still out for many after Hurricane Isaac; Lufthansa cancels hundreds of flights because of strikes.

Also: Texas officials are on high alert after prosecutor's death; drug maker Novartis loses a patent battle in India; Colorado prosecutors will say whether they plan to pursue death penalty in theater shootings.

Also: Workers' riot shuts down Foxconn plant in China; Libya moves to disband rogue groups; search is suspended for mountain climbers caught in Nepal avalanche; Homeland and Modern Family are big winners at Emmy Awards.

Also: In video, commander of Syria's military police says he has defected; Egypt has a new constitution; gunman in Western New York left note saying that killing is "what I like doing best;" actors Jack Klugman and Charles Durning have died.

Also: The CIA continues to send bags full of cash to the Afghan leader, The New York Times reports; an explosion, possibly due to a gas leak, injures dozens in Prague; Syria's prime minister survives a bombing; and the last spire is to be placed above new World Trade Center tower.

Also: NSA is searching "vast amounts" of Americans' emails, New York Times reports; winning tickets for huge Powerball jackpot sold in Minnesota and New Jersey; rare Sumatran tigers born at Washington's National Zoo.

Also: Duck Dynasty star says he's a lover, "not a hater;" fears grow of civil war in South Sudan; winter weather continues to wreak havoc; Apple lands a big deal in China; and Utah officials will try again to halt same-sex marriages.

Also: The Senate passes Sen. McCaskill's bill about sexual assaults in the military; author Joe McGinniss dies; and in Venezuela, a student leader is killed in anti-government clashes.