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Gold Addiction Fuels Brutal Congo War (VIDEO)

Posted 11.25.2009 | World

Read More: Congo Gold, Blood Diamonds, Congo War, Democratic Republic of Congo, 60 Minutes, Gold, Uganda, Congo Violence, Congo, Congo Crisi, World News

This Sunday "60 Minutes" will present an investigation into how the global gold industry is helping fuel violence and chaos in the Congo. CBS repor...

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Andre Agassi ... Keep Your Head Up, Dude

Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 11.11.2009 | Sports

Read More: Drugs, Tennis, Andre Agassi, RIck Reilly, 60 Minutes, Espn, Katic Couric, Crystal Meth, Agassi Meth Use, Sports News
Dr. Johnny Benjamin

Andre Agassi does not appear, to me, to be financially motivated, He appears to be a human being attempting to grow and find a happier sustainable place in this world.

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Tadamasa Goto's Liver Transplant Profiled: How Yakuza Boss Got New Liver At UCLA (VIDEO)

Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Tadamasa, Lara Logan, Ucla Ethics, UCLA Medical Center, Crime, Organ Donation, Ucla, Organ Transplants, Ucla Medical Center Ethics, Fbi, Goto, Tokyo, 60 Minutes, Yakuza Liver Transplants, John Gotti, Mob, Yakuza, Japan, Health Care, Tadamasa Goto, World News

On Sunday, 60 Minutes aired a report by Lara Logan on the puzzling liver transplants received by Japan's top crime bosses at UCLA Medical Center. Betw...

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Andy Rooney On Sleep

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Memory, Mood, 60 Minutes, Health, Andy Rooney, Sleep, Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

It would be nice to have a gauge on us to let us know when we need to get some shut eye or when we've had enough, much like a battery light that comes on to tell us it's time to charge a certain device for optimal use.

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David And Susan Axelrod Fight For Epilepsy Cure

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.26.2009 | Impact

Read More: Axelrod Daughter Epilepsy, Axelrods 60 Minutes, Susan Axelrod, Axelrod Epilepsy, 60 Minutes, David Axelrod, Epilepsy, Cure, David and Susan Axelrod, Impact News

Most Americans know David Axelrod as a senior political adviser to President Obama. But last night, David and his wife Susan joined Katie Couric on CB...

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Don Hewitt

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Don Hewitt, Morley Safer, Les Moonves, Alan Alda, Jeff Fager, Don Hewitt Memorial Service, 60 Minutes, Phil Scheffler, Time Warner Center, Media News
Joe Peyronnin

Yesterday, Don Hewitt was remembered as a true pioneer of broadcast news in a touching ceremony at the Rose Hall in New York's Time Warner Center.

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Dudamel Begins New Era at L.A. Philharmonic

Donna Perlmutter | Posted 10.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Van Cliburn, Philharmonic, Mahler, Lenny Bernstein, 60 Minutes, Disney Hall, Gustavo Dudamel, City Noir, Entertainment News
Donna Perlmutter

On Thursday, Gustavo Dudamel, the Los Angeles Philharmonic's new podium chief, bedazzled an elite crowd, sold to the walls and thronged with celebrities.

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Think Again: CBS and Dan Rather -- Doing the Right's Dirty Work

Eric Alterman | Posted 10.08.2009 | Media

Read More: 60 Minutes, Dan Rather Les Moonves, CBS News, Dan Rather, Cbs, Dan Rather Lawsuit, Rathergate, Memogate, Media News
Eric Alterman

CBS is attempting to portray Rather as some crazy old grandpa. What's more significant, however, is the "Memogate" scandal that could be answered by the Rather lawsuit.

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Irreparable Damage: Senate Must Block OSM Nominee Pizarchik Today

Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Appalachia, Dirty Coal, Osmre, Mountaintop Removal, 60 Minutes, President Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Coal Ash, Cbs, Ken Salazar, Coal, Department of the Interior, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Given the irreparable damage of his mining record, Pizarchik's entrenched support of the coal industry suggests that the OSM would continue its decades-old tradition of lawlessness and betrayal of coalfield residents.

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Coal Ash On 60 Minutes: Lax Coal Ash Recycling Practices "An Outrage" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Lisa Jackson, Coal Ash Recycling, 60 Minutes, Epa, Coal Ash, Coal Ash Toxins, Coal Ash Filler, Coal Ash Spill, TVA Disaster, Coal, Green News

Lesley Stahl on Sunday's 60 Minutes did an in-depth look at the problems with the by-products of coal production, commonly known as coal ash. Coal ash...

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McChrystal On 60 Minutes: Afghanistan "A Little Worse" Than Gen. Stanley M. McChrystal Expected (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.27.2009 | World

Read More: Kabul, Strategy, Iraq, Troop Levels, Afghanistan War, Stanley M. McChrystal, Video, Nato, Interview, Mcchrystal, Conditions, Military, Afghanistan, Morale, General Mcchrystal, 60 Minutes, Worse Than Expected, Command, World News

Things in Afghanistan are "probably a little worse" than Gen. Stanley M. McChrystal expected. 60 Minutes aired its interview Sunday night with Gen. M...

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General McChrystal 60 Minutes Interview: Overwhelming US Firepower Not The Way Forward In Afghanistan (VIDEO)

Posted 11.24.2009 | World

Read More: Video, General Mcchrystal, Afghanistan, 60 Minutes, General Mcchrystal 60 Minutes Video, Afghan War, Afghanistan War, World News

America's top commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, warned that overwhelming firepower from the United States is not the way forward i...

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Time for Obama to Pitch His Health Care Plan Kanye West-Style

Glynnis MacNicol | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Teabaggers, 9/12, Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Joe Wilson, Steve Kroft, Vmas, Cbs, 60 Minutes, Barack Obama, Media News
Glynnis MacNicol

The president really just needs everyone -- everyone -- to shut the hell up for seven days so he can get his point across!

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Obama To Appear On "60 Minutes" Sunday

CBS | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Obama 60 Minutes, Cbs, 60 Minutes, Barack Obama, Media News

We just got word that President Obama will sit down with 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft for an interview that will air Sunday night on "60 Minut...

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Remembering Don Hewitt, Taking Woodstock, Michael Vick and More

Alec Baldwin | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ang Lee, Don Hewitt Dead, Don Hewitt, Michael Vick, CBS News, Cbs, 60 Minutes, Taking Woodstock, Entertainment News
Alec Baldwin

Sunday nights have been sacred television time in my house for years now. That's thanks to David Chase and, especially, to Don Hewitt and the cast, producers and staff of 60 Minutes.

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My GE Dishwasher Tragedy, Manufacturer Parts, Car Repairs and Doctor Visits: Let's Be Mad as Hell and Not Take it Anymore!

Michael Russnow | Posted 09.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Abc, General Electric, Ge, Russnow, Howard Beale, Nbc, Anderson Cooper, Technology, Cbs, Regulation, Cars, Network, Cnn, Paddy Chayefsky, Ceos, Michael Russnow, Oprah, Dateline, 20/20, 60 Minutes, Peter Finch, Pepboys, Toyota Corolla, Toyota, Business News
Michael Russnow

Manufacturing CEOs do very little to reduce the need for maintenance work and perhaps there should be legislative enforcement requiring them to do so.

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Memories of Don Hewitt

Murray Fromson | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media

Read More: CBS News, Don Hewitt, Buck Zimmerman, Richard Nixon, 60 Minutes, Sandy Socolow, Walter Cronkite, Media News
Murray Fromson

I knew Don Hewitt when he was up and down, mostly up, and those who participated in Hewitt's shadow were grateful for the opportunity to be one of the lucky ones.

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Lesley Stahl On "60 Minutes" Boss Don Hewitt: He Hated My Hair...And I Loved Him!

wowOwow | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Don Hewitt, Lesley Stahl, 60 Minutes, Media News

He paused, and squirmed. He said the last thing he wanted was to upset me. "Well, just go for it," I said. So he blurted it out: "I hate your hair ....

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Don Hewitt and the Art of Truth

Steven Weber | Posted 09.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Don Hewitt Death, Don Hewitt Dead, Don Hewitt, Tv Journalism, 60 Minutes, Media News
Steven Weber

In 60 Minutes, Don Hewitt created a salon for the nation, an oasis in the midst of a saccharine, pop culture desert. It is one hour of much needed sophistication, every week.

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WATCH: Chevron's Ecuador Problem Forces Andy Rooney to Drop the H-Bomb...Something He Really, Really, Hates to Do

Paul Paz y Miño | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Ecuador, Chevron, Big Oil, Corporate America, Andy Rooney, Media, Cancer, 60 Minutes, Oil Companies, Green News
Paul Paz y Miño

Andy Rooney hates what Chevron is doing -- leaving 18 billion gallons of wastewater and 17 million gallons of crude oil to pollute Amazonian communities, and then trying to pretend that nothing ever happened.

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Taboo Alert: The Real -- And Most Disturbing -- News In the Olbermann-O'Reilly Feud

David Sirota | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Msnbc, Keith Olbermann, Bill O'Reilly, Journalism Independence, General Electric, 60 Minutes, Richard Wolffe, Thomas Friedman, The Insider, Media News
David Sirota

The real story in the Olbermann-O'Reilly feud is the heavy-handed intervention by the CEO of General Electric effectively forcing MSNBC's news team off a crucially important set of stories.

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Swine Flu...Sound Familiar?

Anthony Anderson | Posted 08.28.2009 | Living

Read More: 60 Minutes, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Vaccines, Health, Living News
Anthony Anderson

I've heard that a flu scare is coming this fall again, and vaccinations are going to be pushed upon as many people as possible. Best be prepared.

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The Ten Best Movies About Journalism by Farr

John Farr | Posted 08.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Mitchum, Pbs, Journalists, Kirk Douglas, Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Jane Fonda, Billy Wilder, American Masters, Best Movies by Farr, Journalism, Sigourney Weaver, Alfred Hitchcock, Bob Woodward, Tom Brokaw, Jack-Lemmon, Peter Jennings, Reel 13, 60 Minutes, Mel Gibson, Warren Beatty, Carl Bernstein, Walter Cronkite, Sam Waterston, Dan Rather, Peter Saarsgard, PBS Documentaries, Jason Robards, Robert Redford, Michael Douglas, Entertainment News
John Farr

In the wake of the revered Walter Cronkite's passing, I've attempted to isolate the ten best movies about journalism.

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Alec Baldwin: "I'd Love To Run Against Joe Lieberman"

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: New York, Playboy, New Jersey, Saturday Night Live, 60 Minutes, Ohio, Connecticut, Snl, Joe Lieberman, Alec Baldwin Political Office, Alec Baldwin, Politics News

Alec Baldwin, a regular Huffington Post contributor, has been talking about running for political office for years now. It seems he's still considerin...

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A Number for the Ages

Michael Sigman | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living

Read More: 60-Minute Man, 60, Numbers, Math, 60 Minutes, Babe Ruth, Living News
Michael Sigman

60 is to mathematicians what a hot fudge sundae is to, well, me, and its elixir-like qualities begin with its versatility.

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