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It's been a year since that bloody Tucson morning -- a year of reflecting on lives shattered, of struggling with flashbacks and nightmares, of replaying the what-ifs before the deadly rampage that shocked a nation. And in the middle of it: one woman, Gabrielle Giffords, forging one of the most grueling journeys back of all.

Just three years ago, the euro was being praised as the can-do currency that had delivered unprecedented prosperity in Europe. Now, it's widely derided as a hugely flawed experiment in the wake of a debt crisis that's threatening its very existence — an uncomfortable backdrop as the currency's notes and coins hit their first decade in circulation on Jan. 1.

The Occupy Wall Street camp in New York spawned others across the world before it was broken up this week, just short of its two-month anniversary. But, as those who bedded down in Zuccotti Park on the first night explain, it very nearly didn't happen.

Occupy Wall Street protesters hope to show there is life left in their movement with a mass rally later in New York and other US cities.

President Obama marked the tenth anniversary of the Afghanistan war with a statement praising the U.S. military and pledging to follow through ...

A mother in Malaysia greeted her dead son. People in Manila left roses for the victim who helped give them homes. And mourners in Tokyo stood before a piece of steel from ground zero, remembering the 23 bank employees who never made it out alive.

A hacker broke into the Twitter account of NBC News and sent out a handful of false tweets about a suspected hijacking and a plane attack at ground zero just days before the tenth anniversary of 9/11.

Sept. 11 changed all of us, including our national leaders who were either in charge on that day, or are responsible for our safety today. "The Early Show" spoke to a number of them, to find out where they were during the terrorist attacks ten years ago. "I was driving down Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. I was a state senator at the time as well as teaching law and practicing law. I was going to a senate hearing," President Barack Obama remembered.

On Thursday, U.S. government officials warned of a credible but unconfirmed threat of terrorist activity tied to the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. That may have some travelers wondering, should I take extra precautions? The consensus: No need to stay home, but on this day especially, be alert.