This is A-P NewsMinute.NORTH KOREA HAS GIVEN KIM JONG UN THE TITLE OF "GREAT LEADER."THAT WAS THE TITLE OF HIS FATHER, THE LATE PRESIDENT KIM JONG IL.NORTH KOREA ALSO SAYS THE WORLD SHOULD NOT EXPECT ANY CHANGE IN ITS FOREIGN POLICY.---A MASSIVE FIRE ENGULFED A RUSSIAN NUCLEAR SUBMARINE NEAR THE ARCTIC CIRCLE.THE FIRE BEGAN WHILE THE SUB WAS DOCKED ALONG THE ARCTIC OCEAN.AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE WERE INJURED.HOWEVER, RUSSIA SAYS THERE WAS NO RADIATION LEAK.---A MASSIVE THURSDAY MORNING PILE-UP IN NEW ORLEANS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.TWO PEOPLE DIED AND DOZENS WERE INJURED WHEN MORE THAN 40 VEHICLES COLLIDED.SURVIVORS REPORT LOSING VISIBILITY IN FOG OR SMOKE.---AND PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE GETTING READY TO RING IN THE NEW YEAR.SYDNEY AUSTRALIA IS PREPARING THE MASSIVE FIREWORKS DISPLAY THAT IT HOLDS EVERY YEAR AROUND THE SYDNEY HARBOR BRIDGE.MATT SMALL, The Associated Press with AP NewsMinute.