The Seahawks Are Again on the Road to the Super Bowl: We'll have Spike Friedman's postmortem of yesterday's game up soon, but for now, here's a recap.

Senator Patty Murray Talks About Her Plans for Next Year: Even though Democrats no longer have the Senate, Patty Murray wants to help middle-class families next year. Can she manage to find some sort of bipartisan compromise that isn't a total sellout?

Mars Hill Church Hosts Its Final Mass: Pastor Rick Warren guest-preached the final Mars Hill service over the weekend. He compares the end of Mars Hill to the day forgot to put the cover on his blender before he turned it on. "Anybody can follow Jesus when it's a party," Warren told the remaining Mars Hill members. Here's his sermon:

America's Longest War Is Over: Yesterday, the "U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan formally ended its combat mission," but we still have thousands of troops over there for a mission called "Operation Resolute Support."

AirAsia Flight Missing: The second jumbo jet to go missing this year is "likely to be at the bottom of the sea," but the search continues.

Greek Ferry Fire Kills Seven: Over 400 people were rescued after the Spirit of Piraeus caught fire early this morning. Here's video of rescue efforts:

Gunmen Fire on LAPD Officers: Last night, Joseph Serna and Richard Winton of the LA Times report, "two men opened fire on a police patrol car driving southbound on Hoover Street near 62nd Street." Neither officer in the car was hurt. One man is in custody.

John Oliver Hates New Year's Eve: And so the Last Week Tonight host made a video about how you need to "avoid the whole evening." He also says Boondock Saints is a "terrible movie," which oughta get some people on the internet pretty mad. (He's right, though.)