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(CBS) Sunday, May 11, 2008 THE PRICE OF BANANAS - Chiquita Brands International says it paid murderous paramilitaries in Colombia to protect the lives of its employees there, but the families of civilians killed by the paramilitaries say the company is responsible for their deaths. Steve Kroft reports. Andy Court is the producer. DETENTION IN AMERICA - An investigation by Washington Post reporters Dana Priest and Amy Goldstein, joined by 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley, uncovers the neglectful conditions and inadequate medical treatment in a U.S. government-run prison system that has caused the deaths of some detainees. Henry Schuster is the producer. ALEC BALDWIN - Morley Safer profiles the versatile actor, who talks candidly about his career and his personal life - including his very public divorce and custody battle. Deirdre Naphin and Katy Textor are the producers. Sunday, May 4, 2008 EXONERATED - The Dallas County District Attorney’s office and the Innocence Project of Texas have joined forces to re-examine cases and have freed several inmates so far, including James Woodard, who spent 27 years in jail. Scott Pelley reports. Tom Anderson and Jenny Dubin are the producers. WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO PAT TILLMAN? - In her first television interview, Mary Tillman talks to Katie Couric about her son, Pat, a former NFL star turned Army Ranger, and her frustration over the way the government handled information about his death by friendly fire. Kyra Darnton is the producer. DR. FARMER’S REMEDY - Dr. Paul Farmer dedicates his life and career to delivering medical treatment in Third World countries, saving countless lives in places like Haiti and Rwanda. Byron Pitts reports. Catherine Olian is the producer. Sunday, April 27, 2008 THE IAF - The Israeli air force - the best in the Middle East - has to prepare for anything says one of its officers, because if Israel loses just one war, it will cease to exist. Bob Simon reports. Michael Gavshon and Drew Magratten are the producers. JUSTICE SCALIA - The U.S. Supreme Court's Antonin Scalia discusses his public and private life in a remarkably candid interview with Lesley Stahl. Ruth Streeter is the producer. THIS IS A DOUBLE-LENGTH SEGMENT Sunday, April 20, 2008 AMBUSH IN AFGHANISTAN - U.S. Army Special Forces say they were shocked by the disciplined military tactics used by hundreds of Taliban fighters who ambushed them near Kandahar, Afghanistan, in their first account of the unreported battle. Lara Logan reports. Tom Anderson, Max McClellan, and Jenny Dubin are the producers. THE BYPASS EFFECT - An operation performed primarily to reduce weight in the obese has some startlingly positive side effects on type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, high blood pressure, coronary artery disease and even cancer. Lesley Stahl reports. Shachar Bar-On is the producer. THE LOST LEONARDO - The Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece, The Battle of Anghiari, is thought to be lost forever, but an art detective thinks he has solved the mystery of the missing mural. Morley Safer reports. David Browning is the producer. Sunday, April 13, 2008 STATE OF CORRUPTION - Corruption in Iraq is so entrenched that militia groups known to target U.S. troops control some of Iraq’s ministries and have used those government funds and resources to kill Americans. Steve Kroft reports. Andy Court and Keith Sharman are the producers. THE KANZIUS MACHINE - Leukemia patient John Kanzius wants to see the promising machine he invented that kills cancer cells go into clinical trials and maybe help other people beat a disease he probably won’t. Lesley Stahl reports. Tanya Simon is the producer. EL SISTEMA - Through a system of early training and local orchestras, Venezuela has not only provided an uplifting musical experience for its at-risk youth, but also developed an orchestra that is world famous. Bob Simon reports. Harry Radliffe is the producer. Sunday, April 6, 2008 SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND - For the first time, China’s government-controlled $200-billion sovereign wealth fund discusses its investment philosophy and addresses concerns that it will try to use it to control companies and countries it invests in. Lesley Stahl reports. Shachar Bar-On is the producer. THE PATH TO WAR - The first Pentagon insider to give his account of the run-up to war says the attack on Iraq was more a defensive move against possible future threats from Saddam Hussein than a retaliation for the 9/11 attacks. Steve Kroft interviews Douglas Feith, the former undersecretary of defense for policy. Frank Devine and Michael Rosenbaum are the producers. A BIGGER LEAP FOR MANKIND - With the Space Shuttle program ending soon, NASA is planning to return men to the moon in preparation for a manned flight to Mars. Bob Simon reports. Draggan Mihailovich is the producer. Sunday, March 30, 2008 FIVE YEARS - An innocent man held as a terror detainee for years tells Scott Pelley in his first U.S. television interview how Americans tortured him in Afghanistan and then at Guantanamo Bay. Graham Messick and Michael Karzis are the producers. THE GORE CAMPAIGN - The former vice president and former presidential candidate Al Gore talks to Lesley Stahl about his campaign to make the world aware of global warming. Richard Bonin and Karen Sughrue are the producers. STAT MAN - Bill James doesn’t steal bases, hit or catch a baseball but his intense analysis of the game and its players through statistics have made him an essential asset to the World Champion Boston Red Sox. Morley Safer reports. Deirdre Naphin is the producer. Sunday, March 23, 2008 THE DOOMSDAY VAULT - Scientists are collecting a billion and a half seeds from all the world’s crops to keep in safe storage deep inside a mountain near the North Pole. Scott Pelley reports. Shawn Efran and Catherine Herrick are the producers. THE STONE BOX - Did the box once contain the bones of the brother of Jesus, as its inscription said? Or was it a forgery? Bob Simon investigates. Michael Gavshon and Drew Magratten are the producers. DAVID BECKHAM - Soccer superstar David Beckham came from England to try to jumpstart professional soccer in America. He talks to CNN's Anderson Cooper about his triumphs, his troubles, the challenge ahead of him and demonstrates how he bends a soccer ball around or over his opponents. Keith Sharman is the producer. Sunday, March 16, 2008 THE WRONG MEDICINE - Dennis Quaid's newborn twins nearly died when they were mistakenly given a drug overdose. The actor and his wife share their story to draw attention to hospital mistakes that kill as many as 100,000 Americans a year. Steve Kroft reports. Ira Rosen is the producer. THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP - Scientists are discovering that sleep is far more critical to human health than previously believed and have linked sleep deprivation to serious problems such as diabetes, obesity and heart disease. Lesley Stahl reports. Shari Finkelstein is the producer. (This is a double-length segment) Sunday, March 9, 2008 JOHN MCCAIN - Now that he has become the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, John McCain talks to Scott Pelley about his plans to win the White House. Tom Anderson is the producer. 26-YEAR SECRET - Bob Simon reports on two lawyers who, bound by the client-attorney privilege, kept the secret that their client had committed a murder while an innocent man went to jail for the crime and remains there after 26 years. Robert Anderson and Casey Morgan are the producers. THE ICAHN LIFT - Carl Icahn’s reputation for pumping up the value of companies has led to a phrase that describes that Midas touch: the "Icahn lift." Lesley Stahl profiles the billionaire investor. Karen Sughrue is the producer. Sunday, March 2, 2008 OHIO - Steve Kroft talks to Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and reports from Ohio, whose primary voters next Tuesday could determine which candidate is nominated. Frank Devine, Michael Radutzky and Tanya Simon are the producers. LIFELINE - Remote Area Medical was founded to bring free medicine to the remote parts of the world but now also helps thousands of the estimated 47 million Americans who have no health insurance and others who are underinsured. Scott Pelley reports. Henry Schuster is the producer. THE PENTAGON'S RAY GUN - Straight out of Buck Rogers and perfect for crowd control, this non-lethal weapon could help eliminate the deaths incurred while trying to control crowds, especially in Iraq. But it’s not in Iraq yet, reports David Martin. Mary Walsh is the producer. Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008 THE PROSECUTION OF GOVERNOR SIEGELMAN - Don Siegelman was a successful Democratic politician in the heavily Republican state of Alabama when he was convicted of bribery in a case that has drawn criticism from Democrats and Republicans. Scott Pelley reports. Joel Bach and David Gelber are the producers. THE MURDER OF CHAUNCEY BAILEY - Shot-gunned to death in the course of reporting a story, police say newspaper editor Chauncey Bailey was probably killed to keep that story out of print. CNN's Anderson Cooper reports. Michael Rosenbaum is the producer. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE BEES? - Over the past year, some beekeepers have lost up to 90 percent of their hives to what scientists have named colony collapse disorder. Because honeybees help to produce a third of the foods we eat, the mysterious disorder could have severe consequences. Steve Kroft reports. Andy Court and Keith Sharman are the producers. Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008 ONE THOUSAND LIVES A MONTH - A renowned researcher estimates that 22,000 patients could have been saved if the Food and Drug Administration removed the heart surgery drug Trasylol two years ago, when his study revealed widespread death associated with it. Scott Pelley reports. Solly Granatstein is the producer. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS - Little Denmark, with its five-and-a-half million people, is the happiest country in the world, says a study done by an English University. Morley Safer reports why the Danes are so happy and explores why the U.S. is way down the list. Deirdre Naphin is the producer. GUSTAVO THE GREAT - Flamboyant, passionate and young, Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel is one of the biggest stars in classical music, and was picked to become the conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra at the age of 26. Bob Simon reports. Harry Radliffe is the producer. Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008 BARACK OBAMA - Steve Kroft interviews Barack Obama and 60 MINUTES cameras capture the only behind-the-scenes video of the Democratic presidential candidate's headquarters on Super Tuesday. Bill Owens and L. Franklin Devine are the producers. HILLARY CLINTON - Katie Couric interviews Hillary Rodham Clinton as the race for the Democratic presidential nomination between her and Barack Obama grows tighter. Robert Anderson, Lori Beecher and Ira Rosen are the producers. SHOULD WE MAKE CENTS? - The U.S. Mint is in a bind: should it continue to produce pennies and nickels whose metal content is worth more than their face value? Morley Safer reports. David Browning is the producer. Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008 Special Time: 8 p.m. ET/PT DUBAI INC. - Oil-rich, a magnet for business and tourism and a stable island in the turbulent Middle East, the Kingdom of Dubai is the success story of the region. Steve Kroft reports. Harry Radliffe is the producer. (This is a double-length segment.) GORDON HINCKLEY - On the death of Gordon Hinckley, the president and prophet of the Mormon Church, 60 Minutes revisits this unprecedented Mike Wallace interview with the Mormon leader. Wallace also interviews prominent Mormons Steve Young, former NFL quarterback, and Senator Orrin Hatch (Rep., Utah). Robert Anderson is the producer. Also, before 60 Minutes, tune in at 7 p.m. ET/PT for CBS Reports: "Fathers, Sons And Brothers." Correspondent Scott Pelley follows the 1st Battalion of the 133rd Infantry of the Iowa National Guard and their families in an exploration of the American experience of war, in Iraq and at home. Sunday, Feb. 3, at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008 HOUSE OF CARDS - Steve Kroft reports on how the U.S. subprime mortgage meltdown, in which risky loans drove a housing boom that went bust, is now roiling capital markets worldwide. L. Franklin Devine and Jennifer MacDonald are the producers. SADDAM'S CONFESSIONS - In his first television interview, FBI Agent George Piro tells Scott Pelley how he won the confidence of Saddam Hussein and got the truth out of him in a seven-month interrogation before the Iraqi dictator went to trial and the gallows. Henry Schuster is the producer. THIS IS A DOUBLE- LENGTH SEGMENT. Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008 60 Minutes will not be seen this Sunday, Jan. 20. Taking its place will be CBS News Presents: "The Age Of Warming" Nowhere is the evidence of global warming as striking than near the earth’s poles. CBS News correspondent Scott Pelley's report brings him to the top and the bottom of the world, where scientists point out the effects of the warming trend. He also speaks to NASA’s top scientist studying climate, who says the Bush administration has restricted what he can say about global warming. Catherine Herrick and Bill Owens are the producers. An all-new edition of 60 Minutes returns on Sunday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008 THE KING OF SUSHI - Highly coveted as the definitive dish in sushi, bluefin tuna are being captured in rising numbers by modern methods that threaten to endanger the species. Bob Simon reports. Michael Gavshon and Drew Magratten are the producers. WAR AGAINST WOMEN - The civil war in Congo is an ethnic conflict, but gender has become a crucial factor, too, as women are bearing the brunt of one of the horrible weapons used in the war: rape. CNN's Anderson Cooper reports. Michael Gavshon and Drew Magratten are the producers. THE FACE BEHIND FACEBOOK - Meet Mark Zuckerberg, 23, said to be worth $3 billion for founding the second-most popular social networking Internet site, Facebook. Lesley Stahl talks to the young man whose $15 billion company could be the next Google. Shachar Bar-On is the producer. Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008 PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf talks to Lara Logan in his first one-on-one interview since the assassination of his chief political rival, Benazir Bhutto. Max McClellan, Jeff Newton and Harry Radliffe are the producers. THE EXECUTIONER - In his first interview, infamous Boston mob triggerman John Martorano coolly explains why and how he murdered 20 people to protect his friends, family and his gang’s business. Steve Kroft reports. Tanya Simon is the producer. ROGER CLEMENS - In his first interview since being accused in the Mitchell Report of using performance-enhancing drugs, the baseball superstar talks to Mike Wallace. Robert Anderson and Casey Morgan are the producers. Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007 THE AGE OF MEGA-FIRES - Global warming is increasing the intensity and number of forest fires across the American West. Scott Pelley goes to the fire line to report. David Gelber and Joel Bach are the producers. POT SHOPS - The law some thought would put medical marijuana in pharmacies has created chaos according to critics, who say there are now "pot dealers in storefronts" who are selling to anyone with a doctor’s note. Morley Safer reports. David Browning is the producer. GET ME THE GEEKS! - The increasingly complicated electronics our society relies on have given rise to the geeks - the essential technicians who set up our gadgets, including TVs, computers and hand-held devices. Steve Kroft reports. L. Franklin Devine is the producer. Sunday, Dec. 23, 2007 JOEL OSTEEN - Popular preacher Joel Osteen's positive message packs them in - 40,000 a week at his Houston Lakewood church - and has made him known around the world in books, speeches and televised sermons. Byron Pitts reports. Ruth Streeter is the producer. ROOTS - The new field of genetic genealogy uses DNA to trace ancestry back hundreds of years, sometimes surprising customers with unlikely relatives. Lesley Stahl reports. Shari Finkelstein is the producer. THE WINNER - Steve Kroft profiles the young, three-time Super Bowl-winning Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Ira Rosen is the producer. Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007 DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL - With the military struggling to recruit and retain soldiers, gay soldiers claim that commanders are reluctant to discharge critical personnel - even those openly gay - in the middle of a war, despite the don't ask, don't tell policy. Lesley Stahl reports. Karen M. Sughrue is the producer. GARDEN OF EDEN - Bob Simon visits a pristine paradise in Indonesia where only a few humans have ever set foot and many new species are being discovered. Draggan Mihailovich is the producer. A-ROD - The baseball superstar talks to Katie Couric about performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, his amazing career and his personal life. Kyra Darnton, Michael Radutzky, and Lori Beecher are the producers. Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007 KINGS OF CONGO - With just 700 mountain gorillas left on earth, CNN's Anderson Cooper finds some high in the African jungles and reports on why they have become so endangered. Robert Anderson and Casey Morgan are the producers. PRESCRIPTION FOR ADDICTION - Prometa is touted as a new treatment for addictions, especially to methamphetamine, but some doctors say its claims are unverified, even though addicts and other doctors say it works. Scott Pelley reports. Henry Schuster and Rebecca Peterson are the producers. LT MVP - The star running back for the San Diego Chargers sets records on the field but also set the bar for charity off of it. Bob Simon is the correspondent. Robert Anderson and Casey Morgan are the producers. Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007 THE PURGE - A Baghdad clergyman estimates that 90 percent of Iraq's Christians, once thought to number over a million, have either fled or have been murdered by Islamic extremists during the religious civil war. Scott Pelley reports. Shawn Efran and Philip Ittner are the producers. ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD - MIT Prof. Nicholas Negroponte’s dream is to put a laptop computer into the hands of every child as an educational aid. Lesley Stahl reports on his progress in Cambodia and Brazil. Catherine Olian is the producer. WILL SMITH - Steve Kroft profiles the versatile actor on the eve of his next film, "I Am Legend." John Hamlin and Albert Kahwaty are the producers. Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007 AWAKENINGS - Minimally conscious people - those who cannot talk, walk or eat, but are not in what’s called a vegetative state - are being re-evaluated for degrees of consciousness many thought they never had. Some are actually re-awakening thanks to drug therapies. CNN's Anderson Cooper reports. Denise Schrier Cetta is the producer. HI-TECH HEIST - Even after a retailer had nearly a hundred million computerized customer financial records stolen by hi-tech thieves, many stores still underestimate how vulnerable to such thefts they are. Lesley Stahl reports. Shachar Bar-On is the producer. EAGLES - The first Eagles studio album in 28 years recently debuted in the number one slot on the Billboard charts - taking this legendary band back to the heights they reached in the 1970s. Steve Kroft caught up with the Eagles last month in Los Angeles as they rehearsed new songs from the album. Graham Messick and Michael Karzis are the producers. Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007 EVIDENCE OF INJUSTICE - In a joint investigation, 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft and The Washington Post's John Solomon report on a flawed science used in the convictions of hundreds of defendants, dozens of whom may be innocent. Ira Rosen is the producer. THE YOUNGEST TERRORIST? - Omar Khadr was 15 when he was captured in a firefight with suspected al-Qaeda members and accused of killing an American soldier. He’s now at Guantanamo Bay awaiting trial. Bob Simon reports. Catherine Olian and George Crile are the producers. CALORIE COUNTING - Americans so underestimate the calories in the food they eat out that health officials want to force restaurant chains to put calories on menu boards. Lesley Stahl reports on this battle brewing between health advocates and the restaurant industry. Shachar Bar-On is the producer. Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007 SUPERBUG - Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureas, or MRSA, infections are showing up in institutions, especially schools, across the country, causing alarm and spurring researchers to find a way to control the drug-resistant superbug. Lesley Stahl reports. Karen Sughrue is the producer. INSANITY ON DEATH ROW - The Supreme Court has ruled the execution of insane persons is unconstitutional. But Gregory Thompson, whose lawyers say is mentally ill, may yet be put to death in a bizarre case that has been going on for over 20 years. Lara Logan reports. Tom Anderson is the producer. HERE COME THE MILLENNIALS - They are in their late teens to early twenties and have been coddled by their parents to the point of being ill prepared for a demanding workplace. Morley Safer reports on the generation called "millennials." Katy Textor is the producer. Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007 CURVE BALL - Bob Simon's investigation offers the most complete portrait -- including his identity and video of him -- of the Iraqi defector known as "Curve Ball," whose fabricated story of mobile biological weapons drove the U.S. argument for invading Iraq. Draggan Mihailovich is the producer. IVORY WAR - Correspondent Scott Pelley goes to Africa to see firsthand the endangered elephant herds and confront the careless poachers who slaughter them for their ivory tusks. Solly Granatstein and Jenny Dubin are the producers. CAPTAIN OF CAPITALISM - Lesley Stahl profiles Tom Perkins, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist and former Hewlett-Packard director whose mega yacht is the biggest sailboat in the world. Richard Bonin is the producer. Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007 BOMBING AFGHANISTAN - The president of Afghanistan demands that the U.S. military curtail its use of air strikes against insurgents in his country because they are killing too many civilians. Scott Pelley reports. Solly Granatstein is the producer. WHAT'S WITH THE BEES? - Over the past year, some beekeepers have lost up to 90 percent of their hives to what scientists have named colony collapse disorder. Because honeybees help to produce a third of the foods we eat, the mysterious disorder could have severe consequences. Steve Kroft reports. Andy Court and Keith Sharman are the producers. SARKO L'AMERICAIN - "Sarko the American" is what the French are calling their new president, Nicolas Sarkozy, who has been siding with the U.S. on policy. Lesley Stahl profiles the energetic and sometimes volatile leader. Harry Radliffe and Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson are the producers. Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007 THE AGE OF MEGA-FIRES - Global warming is increasing the intensity and number of forest fires across the American West. Scott Pelley goes to the fire line to report. David Gelber and Joel Bach are the producers. LIFE SAVER - Plumpynut is a cheap, nutritious food that needs no refrigeration or preparation that is saving starving children in the developing world. CNN's Anderson Cooper reports on this miracle product that would save even more lives if more of it could be made. Robert Anderson and Casey Morgan are the producers. NO ORDINARY SPY - Valerie Plame Wilson, the former covert CIA officer whose leaked identity resulted in a national scandal that reached all the way to the White House, appears in her first interview. Katie Couric reports. Graham Messick is the producer. Sunday, Oct. 14, 2007 BLACKWATER - The founder of embattled private security firm Blackwater USA welcomes any additional oversight the U.S. government would impose on his armed guards stemming from the shooting incident in Baghdad last month in which 17 Iraqis died. Lara Logan reports. Tom Anderson, Jeff Newton and Max McClellan are the producers. A CLEAN VERSION OF HELL - Exclusive footage from within and a rare interview with its former warden takes viewers inside the secretive "Supermax" federal prison, where the nation’s most dangerous and infamous criminals -- including terrorists -- are held under the strictest rules. Scott Pelley reports. Henry Schuster is the producer. JOEL OSTEEN - Popular preacher Joel Osteen’s positive message packs them in - 40,000 a week at his Houston Lakewood Church - and has made him known around the world in books, speeches and televised sermons. Byron Pitts reports. Ruth Streeter is the producer. DUBAI INC. - Fabulously wealthy, a magnet for business and tourism and a stable island in the turbulent Middle East, the Kingdom of Dubai is the success story of the region. Steve Kroft reports. Harry Radliffe is the producer. Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007 THE MAN FROM INTERPOL - The storied international law enforcement entity is often overlooked and underutilized in the war on terror despite having valuable resources, says Interpol's secretary general, Ron Noble. Steve Kroft reports. Ira Rosen is the producer. ROOTS - The new field of genetic genealogy uses DNA to trace ancestry back hundreds of years, sometimes surprising customers with unlikely relatives. Lesley Stahl reports. Shari Finkelstein is the producer. SPRINGSTEEN - Back on tour with his E Street Band, Bruce Springsteen at 58 years old is still a passionate rock icon whose songs reflect his loves, his blue collar background and increasingly, his politics. Scott Pelley reports. John Hamlin is the producer. BIRDMAN - Forrest Bird's invention, the respirator, has saved millions of lives and, at 86, he’s still living his life to the fullest, flying his airplanes and working 12-hour days. Morley Safer reports. David Browning is the producer. Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007 THE JUSTICE NOBODY KNOWS - In his first television interview, Justice Clarence Thomas discusses his childhood, his race, his rise to Supreme Court Justice and his job on the nation’s highest court. Steve Kroft reports. Michael Radutzky and Denise Cetta are the producers. (This is a double-length segment.) WHAT KILLED REBECCA RILEY? - Four-year-old Rebecca Riley's death from an overdose of medicines given to her for bipolar disorder is the downside in a trend of increased diagnoses of this condition in young children. Katie Couric reports. Kyra Darnton is the producer. "INVINCIBLE" - Tennessee Titans' quarterback Vince Young last season set the rookie quarterback record for rushing with 552 yards and was the first rookie quarterback to play in a Pro Bowl. He just might be, as he says, NFL Hall of Fame material. Scott Pelley reports. Tom Anderson is the producer. Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007 PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD - In an exclusive interview timed to his visit to the United Nations next week, the Iranian leader addresses accusations that his country has given weapons to Iraqi insurgents and is skeptical Americans would be offended by his intentions to visit Ground Zero. Scott Pelley reports. Robert Anderson and Casey Morgan are the producers. POT SHOPS - The law some thought would put medical marijuana in pharmacies has created chaos according to critics, who say there are now "pot dealers in storefronts" who are selling to anyone with a doctor's note. Morley Safer reports. David Browning is the producer. THE MATCH OF HIS LIFE - At the chessboard, he was a legend, becoming the world’s top-ranked player at 22 and remaining there almost continuously until his retirement. But now Garry Kasparov has his hand in Russian politics, where his opponent, Vladimir Putin, seems to have the upper hand. Steve Kroft reports. Andy Court and Keith Sharman are the producers. Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007 ALAN GREENSPAN - When Alan Greenspan talked, the financial world listened. So why didn't he say anything to stop the subprime lending abuses now roiling the U.S. economy? Lesley Stahl gets that answer and many others from the former Federal Reserve chairman, who had his hand on the levers of the U.S. economy through 18 years and four presidents. Karen Sughrue is the producer. This is a double-length segment. SWIMMING WITH SHARKS - Because tour operators use food to attract sharks for their "shark tourist" customers, critics say surfers and swimmers are in more danger now because the dangerous fish are associating humans with food. Bob Simon reports. Michael Gavshon and Solly Granatstein are the producers. Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007 THE DUST AT GROUND ZERO - The 9/11 attack has claimed a whole new set of victims: thousands of firemen, policemen, construction and other workers who are now ill - maybe permanently - because they breathed the toxic dust on the "pile" at the World Trade Center. Katie Couric reports. Kyra Darnton is the producer. GET ME THE GEEKS! - The increasingly complicated electronics our society relies on have given rise to the geeks - the essential technicians who set up our gadgets, including TVs, computers and hand-held devices. Steve Kroft reports. L. Franklin Devine is the producer. PAVAROTTI - When one of the greatest operatic tenors sits down with one of the greatest interviewers, the man behind the incredible voice is revealed. 60 Minutes celebrates the life and art of the late Luciano Pavarotti with this classic Mike Wallace profile. William McClure and Deborah DeLuca Sheh are the producers. Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007 THE KILLINGS IN HADITHA - Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich speaks publicly for the first time about the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha, Iraq, resulting in murder charges against him and three other soldiers. Scott Pelley reports. Shawn Efran and Solly Granatstein are the producers. (This is a double length segment.) THE SHIP BREAKERS - Working for barely a dollar a day with little more than their hands, the ship breakers of Bangladesh strip old ships in one of the world's most dangerous jobs. Bob Simon reports. Michael Gavshon is the producer. Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007 WAS IT MURDER? - Arrested for the murder of four patients by lethal injection in the tragic days after Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Anna Pou says she and two nurses are not murderers. Just recently, the New Orleans district attorney dropped the charges. Morley Safer reports. Deirdre Naphin and Katherine Textor are the producers. LEFT BEHIND - Thousands of Iraqis who helped the U.S. in Iraq as translators, office help and construction workers are now labeled collaborators by the insurgents. Many want to come to America because their lives are at risk, but they are having a hard time, reports Scott Pelley. David Gelber and Joel Bach are the producers. ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD - MIT Prof. Nicholas Negroponte’s dream is to put a laptop computer into the hands of every child as an educational aid. Lesley Stahl reports on his progress in Cambodia and Brazil. Catherine Olian is the producer. Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007 DEEPWATER - The country is less secure and the U.S. Coast Guard is in worse shape now than when it began its $24 billion "Deepwater" refurbishment plan years ago, says a congressman overseeing the maritime force. Steve Kroft reports. L. Franklin Devine is the producer. THE AGE OF WARMING - Scott Pelley's report on global warming brings him to the bottom of the world to see the glacier in Antarctica that is the world's fastest warming place. Solly Granatstein and Catherine Herrick are the producers. SIMON COWELL - The acerbic judge on television blockbuster "American Idol" talks about his success, his lack of musical talent and the hapless contestants he sometimes drives to tears. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper reports. John Hamlin is the producer. Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007 SEARCHING FOR JACOB - Jacob fled his village in Darfur to escape mass murder, leaving his family and schoolbooks behind. Scott Pelley puts a face on the horrible genocide in Sudan when he tracks down Jacob to return his books. Shawn Efran is the producer. STOP SNITCHIN' - Anderson Cooper reports on how the hip-hop culture's message not to cooperate with the police in any way has undermined efforts to solve murders across the country. Andy Court and Keith Sharman are the producers. THE KING OF COMEDY - The down-home humor of Dan Whitney, better known as Larry the Cable Guy, is making people laugh from the heartland to the coasts. Bob Simon reports. Joel Bernstein is the producer. Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007 THE OTHER IRAQ - Bob Simon reports from Kurdistan, a peaceful swath of Iraq where Americans are liked, violence rare and the Kurdish people yearn to be their own separate country. Draggan Mihailovich is the producer. THE PHANTOM OF CORLEONE: - The law finally caught up with Bernardo Provenzano after decades on the run. The capture of the head of the Sicilian Mafia, however, will probably do little to curb the ubiquitous influence of the Italian Mafia. Steve Kroft reports. Leslie Cockburn is the producer. DAME HELEN - Morley Safer profiles the British actress Helen Mirren, who is noted for her playing strong female characters, most recently, the Queen of England. Ruth Streeter is the producer.
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