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While many media outlets are reporting California's drought can be explained by global warming, the third annual analysis of extreme weather events concluded there's no clear link.Edit
The Columbia Journalism Review has named CNN anchor Don Lemon one of the worst journalists of 2014. Lemon came under fire this year for suggesting MH370 might have fallen into a black hole and for asking a Bill Cosby accuser why she didn't just bite him during oral sex. Edit
Joe Biden spoke at the funeral of Rafael Ramos, one of the two NYPD officers slain by Ismaaiyl Brinsley. Police commissioner Bill Bratton called both officers "heroes."Edit
A 13-year-old Nigerian girl says she was forced by Boko Haram militants into being part of a deadly attack. The girl said her father turned her over to the Islamist militants and she was threatened with death if she didn't wear an explosives belt.Edit
New York City police paid tribute to fallen NYPD officer Rafael Ramos at his wake the day after Christmas. Ramos was one of two policeman gunned down in a brazen daylight ambush.Edit