A flurry of activity at a strategic airbase in Syria suggests that Russia might be limiting activity in the region after the ousting of former President Bashar al-Assad. Meanwhile, patients at a children’s hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, received a thrilling holiday surprise. All that and all that matters in today's Eye Opener.
A skier buried for hours in an avalanche in Washington State last week was saved after his wife followed her feeling that something was wrong when he failed to answer his phone....