How did David Brat defeat Eric Cantor? (CBS News, 06/10/14).Eric Cantor: 'No regrets' after stunning re-election defeat (CBS News, 06/15/14).In June, House Republican Leader Eric Cantor lost his primary race to conservative David Brat, bringing an apparent end to Cantor's 13-year political career. Bowe Bergdahl in 'good spirits' after Army questioning, lawyer says (08/07/14).Debate over prisoner swap that freed Bowe Bergdahl intensifies (06/02/14).Bowe Bergdahl a hero or a deserter? (03/02/14)

Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who'd been held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan for five years.

Still no trace of 200 kidnapped girls in Nigeria ('CBS Evening News,' 11/03/14).

276 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls will be sold, militants threaten (05/05/14).

Schoolgirl abducted in Nigeria describes her escape ('CBS Evening News,' 05/02/14).

In April, more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists - most never to be seen again.

Complete coverage: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappearance still a mystery after six months ('CBS This Morning,' 09/08/14).

Experts on what may have happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 ('Face the Nation,' 03/16/14).

Missing Malaysia flight: What we know about the 239 on board (03/18/14).

From takeoff to final satellite signal - a timeline of Flight 370 ('CBS Evening News,' 03/19/14).

We'll remember March as the month that saw the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 with 239 people traveling from Kuala Lampur to Beijing.

Jay Leno on leaving 'The Tonight Show' ('60 Minutes,' 01/26/14).

In February, 15,000,000 viewers watched Jay Leno end 22 years as host of 'The Tonight Show.'

Complete coverage: Ukraine in turmoil.

President Putin signs treaty to annex Crimea (03/18/14).

Gallery: Ukraine protests grow more violent.

Those protests ultimately led to the Russian invasion of Crimea - and what some are calling a new cold war with the United States. January brought the first death in anti-Russian protests in Ukraine.

As we come to the end of 2014, Charles Osgood offers us some of the stories we'll remember.

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