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May 19, 2007 | 11:00 AM PDT
The Amazing Doctor Q
A Brain Surgeon Has Surprising Roots: He Crossed The Border Illegally And Started As A Migrant Worker
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June 19, 2007 | 8:30 AM PDT
From Illegal Immigrant To Neurosurgeon
A John Hopkins Brain Surgeon Has Surprising Roots — He Crossed The Border Illegally And Started As A Migrant Worker
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Play CBS Video May 18, 2007 | 2:03 PM PDT
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You pick Steve Hartman's next assignment; meet the fastest banjo player in the world; Russian sister scholars or a homeless student who is graduating college with a 3.7 GPA.
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Play CBS Video May 18, 2007 | 2:02 PM PDT
An 'American' Success Story
He's known now as "Dr. Q," a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins University. But not all that long ago, he was an illegal immigrant from Mexico picking crops in the U.S. Steve Hartman met up with him.
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June 19, 2008 | 8:00 AM PDT
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May 11, 2007 | 5:00 PM PDT
Meet A True College Senior
Nola Ochs Is Earning Her Bachelor?s At 95 Years Old — Alongside Her Granddaughter
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June 19, 2007 | 3:30 PM PDT
Meet A True College Senior
Nola Ochs Is Earning Her Bachelor?s At 95 Years Old — Alongside Her Granddaughter
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Play CBS Video May 11, 2007 | 1:46 PM PDT
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You pick Steve Hartman's next assignment: meet a woman who built a lucrative business out of trash; a family that has been making saddles for 4 generations or a migrant farm worker now a neurosurgeon.
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Play CBS Video May 11, 2007 | 1:46 PM PDT
Nola, The College 'Senior'
Steve Hartman met with Nola Ochs, a 9- year-old college senior who is finishing her general studies degree at Fort Hays University In Kansas at the same time as her granddaughter Alexandra.
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Play CBS Video May 11, 2007 | 1:04 PM PDT
The Most Super Of Seniors
Only On The Web: 95-year-old Nola Ochs will soon become the oldest person ever to finish college. She talked with Steve Hartman about the long road she took to earn her degree.
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June 19, 2008 | 8:00 AM PDT
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Play CBS Video May 4, 2007 | 1:58 PM PDT
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You pick Steve Hartman's next assignment: meet a four-year old golf prodigy who whacks the ball 60 yards; an old school migrant cobbler or the oldest person to graduate from college.
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Play CBS Video May 4, 2007 | 1:58 PM PDT
Sweet Dreams Come True
A legendary candy shop in Tuscola, Ill. sat idle for 25 years - until a third generation of the family that founded the store revived it. Steve Hartman reports in this week's Assignment America.
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May 4, 2007 | 5:30 PM PDT
Kids (Again) In A Candy Shop
Third Generation Of Candy Makers In Small-Town Illinois Rekindles Grandfather's Sweets Shop
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June 19, 2008 | 8:00 AM PDT
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April 26, 2007 | 6:00 PM PDT
Singing Sensation Sweeps ? The Hospital
Meet The Highly Contagious Environmental Services Choir Of Stroger Hospital
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April 26, 2007 | 4:00 PM PDT
Singing Sensation Sweeping ? The Hospital
Meet Highly Contagious Environmental Services Choir Of Stroger Hospital
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Play CBS Video September 19, 2007 | 12:33 PM PDT
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You pick Steve Hartman's next assignment: fly fishing for wounded vets; a 13-year-old CEO of a bat company or the return Of Grandpa Flesor's Candy Kitchen.
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Play CBS Video September 19, 2007 | 12:25 PM PDT
A Joyful Noise On The Job
A group of cleaners at a county hospital have been singing together in a choir for three years and bringing joy all around. Steve Hartman reports in this week's Assignment America.
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June 19, 2008 | 8:00 AM PDT
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April 23, 2007 | 3:32 AM PDT
Changing Lives With Hot Dogs
He's Given Away Lunch To Homeless People For Years, And Changed Dozens Of Lives Along The Way
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Play CBS Video April 20, 2007 | 2:06 PM PDT
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You pick Steve Hartman's next assignment: meet a former Tibetan monk who is now a Trader in Chicago; a third generation Major League groundskeeper or a hospital gospel choir.
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Play CBS Video September 19, 2007 | 11:55 AM PDT
Hot Dogs With Love
Rick Swyden runs a production company during the week and on Sundays he scours Oklahoma City for hungry homeless people who would love a hot dog lunch and a hug. Steve Hartman reports.
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June 19, 2008 | 8:00 AM PDT
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April 13, 2007 | 5:30 PM PDT
Meet The Substitute
One School's Favorite Substitute Veers From The Lesson Plans To Teach From His 81 Years Of Experience
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