►A district judge has ruled that the U.S. government does not have to release information [1]about how it decides who to target in drone strikes [2]. New York Times reporters sued the government for the information after it denied FOIA requests. The Times reporters, Charlie Savage and Scott Shane, said they would appeal.

►A British Airways flight made an emergency landing [3] after two drunken passengers tried to storm the cockpit and threatened a stewardess. The passengers, two middle aged women, could be banned for life from British Airways flights.

►The FBI processed requests for a record number of people seeking background checks [4] in order to buy guns in December, CNN reports. The FBI saw more than 2.78 million requests last month and 19.5 million last year – an increase of three million since last year.

►In other news, more than 25,000 people were designated “missing” [5] during Felipe Calderon’s time as president of Mexico, according to a secret government list obtained by a Mexican newspaper. ♦ Gunmen kidnap the head of criminal investigation [6] in Benghazi. Last November, the police chief was executed. ♦ McAfee’s 2013 prediction report says the hacktavist group Anonymous [7] will lose visibility in the next year because of too many “uncoordinated and unclear operations [8] have been detrimental to its reputation.”