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This Morning from CBS News: Dec. 24, 2014

By Dan Woo

December 24, 2014 / 7:40 AM EST / CBS News

Deadly storm

Christmas Eve begins under a state of emergency in parts of the South. A powerful storm system is bringing heavy rain and even tornadoes to the region. CBS News correspondent Vladimir Duthiers reports the severe weather is blamed for at least four deaths and widespread damage.

Police shooting

St. Louis County police say a man who pulled a gun and pointed it at an officer has been killed in the St. Louis suburb of Berkeley, Missouri. Some 300 people gathered at the scene. Many were clearly angry. Berkeley is about two miles from Ferguson, where a police officer fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown in August.

FBI wrong?

Cybersecurity experts are questioning the FBI's claim that North Korea is responsible for the hack that crippled Sony Pictures. Kurt Stammberger, a senior vice president with cybersecurity firm Norse, told CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy his company has data that casts doubt on some of the FBI's findings.

Bad boys' year

If you're a member of Congress whose bad behavior drew public attention, you still may have had a pretty good year. Perhaps the best example is Rep. Michael Grimm, R-New York, who pleaded guilty yesterday to causing the filing of a false and fraudulent tax return.

Mileage tax

How would you feel about being taxed for every mile you drove? With gas tax revenues falling, at least 18 states have given some consideration to taxing motorists by how far they drive. And next year, a pilot program in Oregon will help measure the feasibility of such a tax.

Lunar XPrize

It's been a little while since we checked in with Team Astrobotic, earlier this year, spending the better part of a week hanging around in the desert at the Mojave Air Space Port to watch the team testing out the landing system it hopes will set the team's lander gently on the moon in quest for the $30 million Google Lunar XPrize.

A change

Sam Cooke became one of the most popular singers in the country. But by 1964, reports CBS News correspondent Anthony Mason, with the civil rights movement spreading, the singer wanted to send a different message. Fifty years ago this week, his song, "A Change is Gonna Come," was released. It went on to become an anthem of the civil rights movement.