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A dream cut short

Police officers from across the country gather for the funeral of New York Police Department Officer Wenjian Liu at Aievoli Funeral Home, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Liu and his partner, officer Rafael Ramos, were killed Dec. 20 as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Final farewell to slain NYPD officer

By Ray Sanchez, Holly Yan and Ben Brumfield, CNN

At a funeral for Wenjian Liu, the slain police officer was remembered as one who "believed in the possibility," one who believed he could help make the world and his city safer.

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'Really just a miracle'

Girl goes for aid after family dies in plane crash

Ed Payne, CNN

Larry Wilkins opened his door to see a young girl, her lips quivering, her nose bloodied, her arms and legs scratched up. "She told me that her mom and dad were dead."

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'Potentially deadly' cold

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Funnel cloud rips through Mississippi

By Ed Payne, CNN

"Wind chills in Minnesota and the Dakotas are as low as minus 45 degrees," says CNN meteorologist Karen Maginnis. Forecasters worried about flooding in the Southeast.

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Piece by tragic piece

Indonesian Navy personnel carry a plastic bag containing the dead body of a passenger of AirAsia Flight 8501 at sea off the coast of Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015. Indonesian officials were hopeful Saturday they were honing in on the wreckage of the flight after sonar equipment detected two large objects on the ocean floor, a full week after the plane went down in stormy weather. (AP Photo/Adek Berry, Pool)

AirAsia search turns up big pieces in Java Sea

By Euan McKirdy, Ben Brumfield and Jethro Mullen, CNN

As the search for AirAsia QZ8501 stretched into its eighth day, the Java Sea continued to slowly give up the remains of the 162 victims, as well as wreckage of the aircraft.

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'There is no one to steer'

Immigrants wait early on Decembre 31, 2014 aboard the Moldovan-flagged ship Blue SKy M. in the port of Gallipoli, in southeastern of Italy. Some 700 illegal migrants rescued from the ship near the Greek island of Corfu arrived in Italy on December 31 after their boat was intercepted while drifting towards the coast. Police and maritime authorities will investigate how the migrants, reportedly mainly from Syria, came to be hidden on the Blue Sky M as it sailed to the Croatian port of Rijeka. AFP PHOTO / NUNZIO GIOVE (Photo credit should read NUNZIO GIOVE/AFP/Getty Images)

Desperation for migrants fleeing to Europe

Tim Lister, CNN

Hundreds of migrants survive a terrifying journey on a crewless ship off Italy. They're not the first, nor will they be the last, lucrative shipload of migrants abandoned at sea.

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Blame it on the brother?

Photos of Boston Bombing Suspect Tsarnaev as he was captured on a boat

Boston Marathon bombing trial set to begin

By Michael Martinez, CNN

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's high-profile defense team has suggested that the accused bomber was a manipulated youngster controlled by a big brother bent on jihad.