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  • 7:16 PM EST 11/23/2009

    A Human Billboard

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    A 27-year-old Floridian makes a comfortable living by simply putting on a T-shirt. Jason Sadler gets paid to wear company logos and circulate pictures online. Steve Hartman his story on Assignment America.

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  • 7:00 PM EST 11/24/2009

    A Walking Advertisement

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    Jacksonville, Fla., Man Makes a Living Wearing T-Shirts for Marketing Company that Takes Advantage of Social Media

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  • 8:30 PM EST 11/16/2009

    Man Creates Pan Am Jet Cabin in Garage

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    Assignment America: Anthony Toth Spent 20 Years and $50,000 Building an Airplane

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  • 7:49 PM EST 11/9/2009

    An Enduring Love

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    A couple who was separated for 50 years because of someone's lie now has a happy ending. As Steve Hartman reports, this happy couple is ready to start their life together.

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  • 9:00 PM EST 11/9/2009

    A Tale of Love Lost and Found

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    Assignment America: High School Sweethearts Start a Life Together, 50 Years after a Lie Split Them Up

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  • 7:53 PM EST 11/2/2009

    Anvil's Away!

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    For centuries, the anvil was used to make tools. As Steve Hartman reports, one man's obsession with carving anvils eventually turned into a more exciting fixation.

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  • 8:00 PM EST 11/2/2009

    Anvils Fall from Sky (No Cartoon Coyotes)

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    Missourian Shows CBS' Steve Hartman the Pioneer Tradition of Shooting Anvils

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  • 7:22 PM EDT 10/26/2009

    Love is Blind

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    People adopt disabled and neglected kids, but there was one blind child from India that nobody wanted. On this week's Assignment America Steve Hartman shows us a child who was a perfect fit for his new family.

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  • 7:30 PM EDT 10/26/2009

    Blind Man Adopts Son He'd Been Looking For

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    Assignment America: Blind Boy Spent 5 Isolated Years in Indian Orphanage Before Denver Couple Gave Him a Home

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  • 7:38 PM EDT 10/19/2009

    Teen's Road to the White House

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    If you're concerned about the future of the U.S., the young man you're about to meet may just give you a reason for optimism. Steve Hartman reports.

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  • 2:30 PM EDT 10/20/2009

    Teen T-Shirt Entrepreneur Meets Obama

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    Assignment America: Steve Hartman Profiles a Young Entrepreneur who Won $10,000 and Met President Obama

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  • 7:50 PM EDT 10/12/2009

    Shooting Stars a Slam Dunk

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    In today's age, anyone with some creativity can become a star. In the case of these Texas A&M students, they became shooting stars by shooting hoops. Steve Hartman has Assignment America.

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  • 12:00 PM EDT 10/13/2009

    Web Makes College Kids (Shooting) Stars

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    Assignment America: Steve Hartman Meets up with DudePerfect - Whose Amazing Trick Basketball Shots are YouTube Favorites

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  • 8:25 PM EDT 9/28/2009

    A Dog's Unending Loyalty

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    Ella, a Rottweiler, was in a car crash and scavenged for food on the highway for weeks. Ella was reunited with her family but as Steve Hartman tells us, the story doesn't end there.

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  • 9:00 PM EDT 9/28/2009

    Lost Dog Gathers Clues to Find its Family

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    A Hopelessly Lost Rottweiler and the Dedicated Animal Rescue Worker who Found her Family

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  • 9:00 PM EDT 9/21/2009

    Revisiting the Most Senior of Sr. Citizens

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    Celebrating his 113th Birthday, Walter Breuning is Now the Oldest Man in the World

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  • 8:35 PM EDT 9/21/2009

    Oldest Man's 113th Birthday

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    On this week's "Assignment America," Steve Hartman revisits Walter Breuning as he turns 113 years old, making him the oldest man in the world.

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  • 8:38 PM EDT 9/18/2009

    Last Call for Bartender at 95

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    Steve Hartman reports on recently retired 95-year old Angelo Cammarata bartender who began his career 77 years ago at the beginning of the end of prohibition.

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  • 9:30 PM EDT 9/18/2009

    Last Call for 95-Year-Old Bartender

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    Angelo Cammarata Retires After Bartending for Nearly 77 Years

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  • 8:28 PM EDT 9/11/2009

    Cab Driver to Donate Kidney

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    A Phoenix woman in need of a kidney transplant will receive a kidney from the cab driver who drove her to kidney dialysis appointments for two months. Steve Hartman reports.

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  • 1:00 PM EDT 9/13/2009

    Cabbie Hailed for Donating Kidney

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    Regular Taxi Passenger in Need of a Kidney Says, "It's Hard For Me To Express In Words how Grateful I Am"

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  • 7:30 PM EDT 9/4/2009

    Finding a Foster Family

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    A 17-year-old boy who needed a foster home took matters into his own hands, writing an application letter to prospective families. Steve Hartman reports on a technique that worked.

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  • 8:00 PM EDT 9/4/2009

    Refusing to Fall through the Cracks

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    Assignment America Update: Following up with the Teen Who Fought to Find His Own Foster Family

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  • 8:00 PM EDT 8/21/2009

    Recession Ride Taxi Service

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    "Pay What You Want" Pays Dividends for this new Small Business Owner

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  • 8:00 PM EDT 8/14/2009

    Where is Woodstock?

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    40 Years after the World Famous Music Festival, People Have Different Answers

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