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Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian forces to observe the cease-fire for 36 hours starting Jan. 6. A Ukrainian official dismissed the move as "a cynical trap."

Cal-Maine Foods lost about 1.9 million chickens, or 3.6% of its flock, as a result of an outbreak at a Texas plant. The CDC says, however, that a person is unlikely to get bird flu from eggs.

Sotheby's in New York will be auctioning the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.

Companies are asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve thousands of miles of pipelines from Appalachia. It's an agency that almost never says no.

Activists are concerned over the future of prisoners reportedly let to by the government. Rights groups say officials attached conditions to the dissidents' freedom.

The president said that the promises for action that were made after the Newtown school shooting can't be "just a bunch of platitudes." He urged Americans to press Congress to pass legislation that toughens background checks for gun buyers.

The state's highest court had ordered its removal this summer. But the argument over the monument's propriety had been simmering for years.

Opposition activists said in the past two days, 80 people have been killed.

Though the sample of results released Sunday is based on less than 7 percent of the total vote, analysts say a runoff is likely.

The measure, approved in rare bipartisan fashion by both chambers, is now headed to President Obama's desk.