(CBS) RECAP: May 11, 2008

WEDDING ALBUM: Heart of Texas: Jenna Bush gets married

ALMANAC: Dust Bowl storm reaches Atlantic Ocean

MOTHER'S DAY: Multiple births
Statistically speaking, there’s an epidemic of twins. In large part, because of in-vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments, the number of multiple births is, well, multiplying. Sure, you’ve seen twins and triplets at the mall, the park and school, but what does it take to raise them? How much multi-tasking can one woman do? This Mother’s Day, Rita Braver tags along with moms of multiples, including one who is raising identical triplets.

Links:

Real Birth - Childbirth Education and Postpartum Support, including Mother of Multiples Support Groups
www.realbirth.com

Manhattan Twins Club - For Parents of Twins, Triplets and More
www.manhattanmothersoftwins.org

National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs, Inc.
www.nomotc.org

North Shore-LIJ Health Services Center for Human Reproduction.
http://www.northshorelijivf.com/

REVIEW: David Edelstein on the VH-1's "Sex, the Revolution"

SUNDAY JOURNAL: MYANMAR cyclone aftermath
Reports from both Allen Pizzey and Mark Phillips

STEVE HARTMAN: A special dog who mothers a litter of kittens

CELEBRITY: Rocking the Boat (Rock star ex-girlfriends)
On the cover of Bob Dylan’s second album, "The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan," is a now iconic photograph of the young musician walking down a Greenwich Village street. But who’s that girl next to him? Her name is Suze Rotolo. And 45 years after posing for the picture with her then-boyfriend, she’s telling her story in a soon-to-be-released memoir. But Rotolo’s memoir isn't the only one of its kind at your bookstore. She’s actually part of a new, growing genre: books by rock star love interests. Besides Rotolo, we’ll sit down May Pang, who just published a volume of John Lennon photographs. Pang was Lennon’s girlfriend between 1973 and '75, when he was separated from Yoko Ono, a period known as his “Lost Weekend." Though Lennon was rumored to be depressed during those years, Pang says just the opposite -- that he was actually re-born. And she’ll tell us why her photos prove that point. Later on Sunday Morning, what is it like to have lived and loved legends?

For more information:

http://www.maypang.com

http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780767926874

MOTHER'S DAY: Joel Sartore
National Geographic photographer/Sunday Morning essayist Joel Sartore turns his thoughts (and camera) to Mothers’s Day.

For more on him:

www.joelsartore.com

A SUMMER SONG: Neil Diamond -- Still Shining
The performer returns to his roots, performing at the legendary Bitter End in New York City's Greenwich Village, and correspondent Anthony Mason takes in the show. Diamond has been entertaining audiences for almost four decades and, as Mason tells us, with each decade, Diamond’s music attracts yet another generation of fans.

OPINION: Kimberly Dozier
CBS News correspondent Dozier on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Link:

http://kimberlydozier.com/

GEIST: Overdue: Bill Geist on rural Wisconsin "book shop"
Down County Road K in Markesan, Wis., Lloyd and Leonore Dickmann -- a farmer and retired college professor -- have a used bookstore they estimate has a million books. There are no billboards to lead you there, no signs directing you down the driveway. Yet people come. This all started simply enough, with Lenore's small book collection which, somehow, grew big enough to fill a bookstore. So they opened one. But Leonore kept buying books and they outgrew the store too. So they moved it into a larger building right on the farm. And when they had too many books for their space on the farm, Lloyd decided to empty the silo that held cow droppings and, somehow, because Leonore wanted to, they turned it into a castle that's now filled with books. In fact, they now have books in more than a dozen buildings on their farm. This Sunday Morning, Bill Geist shares Lloyd and Leonore's tale from their very unique and very remote bookstore.

Phone: 920 398 3375. Open Saturdays, or by appointment, or by chance!

NATURE: Jay Scrubs in Florida

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RECAP: May 4, 2008

COVER STORY: Fingerprint Evidence
For almost a century, fingerprint evidence has been a revered cornerstone of the American criminal justice system. But that may be about to change. Last fall, in a Baltimore murder case, a judge ruled that fingerprint analysis is not reliable, shocking lawyers across the country, and possibly putting thousands of criminal investigations in jeopardy. The Baltimore judge made multiple references to an Oregon lawyer named Brandon Mayfield. In 2004, Mayfield spent two weeks in prison after he was linked to the Madrid train bombing by a fingerprint match. The match, which was made not by one FBI examiner, but by THREE, and was also confirmed by a fourth, independent examiner, turned out to be wrong. The Bureau ended up issuing Mayfield a formal apology…and settled with him for $2 million. So, is the Mayfield case an anomaly, or a sign of larger problems? And what of the Baltimore decision -- is it a harbinger of things to come? We’ll hear from Patrick Kent, the defense attorney who argued that case, and who says, “unequivocally,” that fingerprint evidence should not be allowed in criminal courtrooms. We’ll also sit down with Brandon Mayfield, who will tell us firsthand about his ordeal. And we’ll visit the FBI’s West Virginia complex, where up to 140,000 prints are processed every day.

Links:

http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/about.htm

http://www.opd.state.md.us/

ALMANAC: Kent State University Shooting

ART: Blue Dog
Artist George Rodrigue started out as a respected painter of Cajun landscapes. In fact, the first blue dog he ever painted was a creature from a Cajun story -- a werewolf, who scared little children. That was years ago. Since then, Rodrigue’s Blue Dog has become a cultural icon -- a kind of modern equivalent to Andy Warhol’s soup can. The Blue Dog has appeared in ads, in books, on posters and silkscreens, in addition to the original oil paintings, which sell for up to $250,000. Now, after years of commercial success, but not a whole lot of critical acclaim, the art of George Rodrigue is the subject of a major retrospective at the New Orleans Museum of Art. With CBS contributor Benno Schmidt, we’ll take you to meet George Rodrigue, the man behind the Blue Dog.

ENTERTAINMENT: It’s Magic!
He calls it "chamber magic." Every weekend, magician Steve Cohen puts on an intimate -- and interactive -- magic performance for a small audience of 50 guests in a private suite at New York City's Waldorf Astoria Hotel. He appears to read minds, makes objects move in space, does card tricks, slight of hand, and other forms of close-up magic. It's a high-wire act, with the audience just inches away. Correspondent Rita Braver introduces you to Cohen and his special form of magic.

Link:

http://www.chambermagic.com

www.magicposters.com

UNDER THE SUN: Summer Movies ’08
The summer movie season kicks off this weekend. There’ll be lots of superheroes on the big screen, and superstars of comedy, but can any of them keep up with the Joneses -- Indiana Jones, that is, and the "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull?" With the help of Newsweek film critic David Ansen, correspondent Jerry Bowen anticipates some of the big hits -- and misses -- of the summer movie season.

PEOPLE: Peak Performance
Wendy Booker is a mountain climber used to taking on challenges, but she met her match in a classroom at the McKay Elementary in East Boston, Massachusetts. Through Booker’s mission to climb the 7 summits of the world, the kids of Jim Cleere’s classroom learn a thing or two about science, math and geography - and a lot about life.

Link:

http://www.wendybooker.net/

SHOOTOUT: Trigger Happy
Steve Hartman on wanna-be cowboys.

A FUNNY THING... : Rita Rudner
Comedian Rita Rudner has been making people laugh for nearly 30 years. With a style that combines clean humor and quick one-liners, Rudner has always taken the high-road in her material. Now, in Sin City, of all places, Rudner has hit the big-time, headlining her own show and settling into an ordinary life. This Sunday Morning, John Blackstone talks with Rudner about life as a young comic, turning 50, and a husband and daughter who mean the world to her -- and her comedy.

Links:

Rita Rudner’s Official Web site
http://www.ritafunny.com/

Rita Rudner Books and DVDs
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/104-7606823-0895165?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=rita+rudner&x=18&y=26

Harrah's - Las Vegas
http://www.harrahs.com/casinos/harrahs-las-vegas/hotel-casino/property-home.shtml

PASSAGE: 30th Anniversary of Spam e-mail

END PIECE: STRONG SUIT
While "Iron Man" blows up the opening weekend box office, Mo Rocca gets a sneak peak at technology that could soon give the superhero a run for his money. Dr. Stephen Jacobsen at the Raytheon Sarcos laboratory in Salt Lake City, Utah has invented a robotic skeleton or "exoskeleton" that enables the wearer of the suit to lift 20 times his or her strength.

Links:

http://www.sarcos.com/

http://ironmanmovie.marvel.com/

http://www.powentertainment.com/

NATURE: Maine Muskrat

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RECAP: April 27, 2008

COVER: Therapy
More than a century ago, Sigmund Freud introduced an obscure theory in Europe, putting forth the notion that conversation could serve as a window into the human mind. Today, psychotherapy is well-entrenched in the American mainstream. Take, for example, Tony Soprano. When he began seeing a therapist, he took a sizeable real-life demographic with him into the doctor’s office: middle-class and blue-collar men who would otherwise never have gone. Elsewhere on television, pills to treat your every mood-swing are advertised like household products -- part of a $25 billion industry. And at your local newsstand, even Consumer Reports, known for rating refrigerators and microwaves, has turned its focus to ranking therapies. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that Americans now spend about $100 billion a year on psychological care. And a survey by the American Psychological Association says 91 per cent of us would seek counseling or advise a friend or family member to do the same. From pills, to brain scans, to plain old talking, just what is it about therapy that keeps us coming back? We’ll hear from several doctors on their respective approaches to mental health care, and we’ll hear first-hand war stories from the poster-boy for on-stage neurosis, Richard Lewis. So, join us as we lie down on the couch and talk about it.

Links:

http://www.psychoanalysis.org/

http://www.richardlewisonline.com/

www.beckinstitute.org

http://www.bcm.edu/psychiatry/?PMID=1944

ALMANAC: First electric hearing aid patented

Link:

Link: http://www.hearingaidmuseum.com/

PHOTOGRAPHY: Gregory Crewdson

Anthony Mason visits one of the most influential photographers in the country, Gregory Crewdson. With gallery shows in New York, Los Angeles, and London, Crewdson is exhibiting his signature images of disquieting scenes that dare us to look more closely. Shot as elaborately staged events, much like a movie set, his photographs capture moments that are both beautiful and mysterious.

Links:

New York Gallery: http://www.luhringaugustine.com/index.php?mode=artists&object_id=66

London Gallery: http://www.whitecube.com/artists/crewdson/

LA Gallery: http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/beverly-hills-2008-05-gregory-crewdson/

Gregory Crewdson’s Web site: http://www.hoverproductions.com/

SUNDAY PASSAGE: Frick of Frick and Frack

Link:

www.worldskatingmuseum.org

THE MILITARY: Religion in Uniform
There’s an old saying dating back from World War II, "There are no atheists in foxholes." It implies that, even if you think you don’t believe in God, you will -- once the bombs and bullets start flying! The sentiment seems harmless enough, unless you’re an atheist in the U.S. Army, as Jeremy Hall is. Now, he’s suing the Defense Department for religious discrimination, saying he was treated as an outcast, passed over for promotion, and even physically threatened because of his beliefs -- or non-beliefs. Correspondent Susan Spencer looks into the role of religion in the military, and growing concerns that it plays far too great a role.

For more information:

www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org

www.constantinessword.com

www.ocf.gospelcom.net

OPINION: Ben Stein on the raid on the polygamy compound in Texas

ADVERTISING: Hand Models
You know about famous models. Even so-called “supermodels.” This Sunday Morning, meet some hand models -- folks whose hands play starring roles in movies and commercials alike.Do your hands have what it takes?

SUNDAY PROFILE: Craig Ferguson
For the next four weeks, we’ll be giving a listen to some of our most memorable comics. We call our series “A Funny Thing ...” and, to begin, you’ll be hearing from late-night star Craig Ferguson. At any given moment, he might be Prince Charles. Or Michael Caine. Or Sean Connery. Or even Aquaman. In truth, Ferguson is host of "The Late Late Show," a job he’s held since 2005. He’s famous for his off-the-cuff monologues and comedy riffs. But he’s more than just a TV funnyman. He’s also a director, a screenwriter, an actor, and a novelist. And as Bill Whitaker recently discovered, he’s also a student pilot, though it’s safe to say his career has already taken off!

Link:

http://www.cbs.com/latenight/latelate/

ENDER: Risqué Business

Burlesque is back -- and there’s no shortage of students lining up to learn the A B Cs of bumping and grinding at New York’s School of Burlesque.

Links:

Links:
Jo Weldon’s School of Burlesque
http://www.schoolofburlesque.com/

Pinchbottom
www.pinchbottom.com/

Dita von Teese
www.dita.net/

Ivan Kane’s Forty Deuce
http://www.fortydeuce.com/

Spiegelworld
http://www.spiegelworld.com/

www.lavendercabaret.com/

www.belmontburlesque.com/

NATURE: Yosemite Waterfalls

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RECAP: April 20, 2008

COVER STORY: Behind the Headlines -- Which Is It?

When Texas officials raided a fundamentalist Mormon compound two weeks ago, they seized 416 children and stirred up a host of religious and legal questions. On one side are charges that followers of the Fundamental Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are practicing polygamy and child abuse. On the other side are claims that the group’s civil and religious rights are being violated. And the raid is not without precedent. In 1953, a compound in Arizona was raided; the raid turned out to be a public relations disaster for the government. Correspondent Hari Sreenivasan looks to the past for lessons, and questions some of the women caught up in the Texas raid about their group’s practices.

For more information:

http://www.sltrib.com

ALMANAC: Failure of Bay of Pigs Invasion

ARTS: Marjane Satrapi and the Graphic Novel
The story behind "Persepolis," an animated feature about the life of an Iranian girl.

MOVIES: Edelstein
He reviews “Young@Heart,” a documentary about a group of New England senior citizens singing popular music and touching hearts.

Links:

http://www.foxsearchlight.com/youngatheart

http://www.youngatheartchorus.com

Water Woes
The Colorado River is the water source for 27 million people in seven Western states. But years of drought and increased demand have cut the water supply in half, leaving the river at risk. Environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calls the Colorado "a train wreck at this point," and scientists are predicting that the Lake Mead Reservoir along the Colorado could be a virtual dry hole by the year 2021. Correspondent Jerry Bowen looks at the water crisis in the West, and how farmers and city dwellers are addressing the very real possibility that there won’t be enough water to go around. He talks with Kennedy; with the water planner for Las Vegas; with an avocado grower in California forced to stump nearly a-third of his avocado trees; and with the scientist whose research sounded the alarm about the Colorado.

For more information on the IMAX film, “Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk,” go to www.grandcanyonadventurefilm.com

For more information on the book “Grand Canyon: River at Risk,” go to www.earthawareeditions.com

For more information on the Scripps Institution of Oceanography study, go to www.sio.ucsd.edu

POST CARD FROM TOKYO: Maid to Order
The growing trend of Japanese waitresses dressed as maids.

PHENOMENA: Full Moon
Thalia Assuras examines the power, mystery and romance of the full moon. What can we learn from the scientific evidence? And what have scientists learned from what we believe, if not in our minds, then in our hearts?

CELBEBRITY PROFILE: Michael Buble

OPINION: Ben Stein
On pets caught up in the housing foreclosure mess.

GEIST: Heaven Scent
All eyes have been on Pope Benedict XVI, but there's a California doctor who has had his nose on a different Pope. Dr. Fred Hass stumbled upon the recipe for the cologne reportedly worn by Pope Pius IX back in the 1800s and decided to see what it smelled like. So, Dr. Hass gathered the ingredients, did some research on making cologne, and mixed up a batch in his kitchen. He now makes and bottles “The Pope’s Cologne” in his Northern California home and sells it for $25.95 a bottle. This Sunday Morning, Bill Geist samples this heavenly scent.

Links:

www.thepopescologne.com

http://www.sephora.com

NATURE: Louisiana Irises

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RECAP: April 13, 2008

COVER: Having Fits / Boomers Staying Fit
Forget frail old age: A growing number of aging baby boomers has discovered the world of serious weight-training. From overweight folks who just want to feel better to dedicated 60-plus bodybuilders, the weight machine has become the new rocking chair. In a report by Sunday Morning correspondent Dr. Emily Senay, we meet the current senior National Bodybuilding Champion, a Manhattan gerontologist who preached a healthy lifestyle for years and is now taking her own medicine, and the legendary figure behind the modern fitness industry, Jack LaLanne.

LINKS:

www.92y.org

www.clubhfitness.com

www.jacklalanne.com

www.bodybuildingsenior.com

ALMANAC: Pony Express
April 13, 1860 was the day that the first Pony Express rider reached Sacramento, Calif.

BALL ONE: Golfing Across Scotland
As host of the "The Amazing Race," Phil Keoghan has traveled the world and done some crazy things. But even he was wondering what possessed him to attempt this ridiculous challenge: to hit a golf ball clear across Scotland from coast-to-coast, ending at the birthplace of golf, The Old Course at St. Andrews: 107 miles in 4 days, basically a marathon a day. But along the way, he would meet some delightful characters, such as a champion women's tug-of-war team, a professional whisky taster, and a man who's built a golf course where you can only play with antique hickory sticks, exactly like they used in the old days. And a magical ending awaits Phil when he makes it to the 18th hole of The Old Course.

For more information:

www.visitscotland.com

www.standrews.org.uk

www.maninaskirt.com

SUNDAY JOURNAL -- RELIGION: Pope Benedict
As America and the Vatican prepare for Pope Benedict XVI's first visit stateside, Martha Teichner examines who this pope is, what he hopes to accomplish and what, if any, answers Americans Cathloics can expect.

FAST DRAW: Taxes

BALLS TWO AND THREE: Golfing in Scotland, Continued...

ART: Hunt Slonem
Hunt Slonem is a well-known painter whose work sells for up to $100,000, but he's also a collector of unusual objects and homes -- three, to be exact. This Sunday Morning, Rita Braver catches up with Slonem at his New York studio and at one of his homes in Louisiana to talk about his life and work.

For more information on Hunt Slonem, please visit www.huntslonem.com.

"Pleasure Palaces: The Art and Homes of Hunt Slonem," by Vincent Katz, is published by powerHouse Books.

The Ogden Museum of Southern Art
925 Camp Street
New Orleans, Louisiana
504-539-9600
www.ogdenmuseum.org

STEVE HARTMAN: Driven to Extremes

COUPLES: Ashford and Simpson
“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” and “I’m Every Woman” are songs that have something in common: They were all hits and they were created by one of America’s most dynamic singing and songwriting duos, Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson. Correspondent Randall Pinkston caught up with the couple to talk about their marriage on and off the stage.

OPINION: Nancy Giles on Air Travel

BALL FOUR: Golfing in Scotland concludes.

NATURE: Augusta (Ga.) Beauty

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RECAP: April 6, 2008

COVER: Cleared for Takeoff
You probably don¹t need some guy on TV telling you how bad air travel is these days. It's miserable, and it's expected to get much worse. We're sending 60,000 flights a day into a 50-year-old system of radar dishes that was designed to manage a tiny fraction of that traffic. David Pogue takes a look at what the FAA hopes will be the solution: a 17-year-long, $20 billion air-traffic technology makeover that will save fuel, cut emissions, reduce noise, and permit more flights to fly safely and on time. But it wants the airlines to share the cost, at up to $300,000 per plane. Will the plan get off the ground?

Links:

At FAA:
http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/reauthorization/
http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/technology/ads-b/

AT UPS:
http://www.pressroom.ups.com/mediakits/aviation/upsairlines/0,1366,,00.html

AT ITT:
http://onlinepressroom.net/ittnew/

ALMANAC: Celluloid/Plastic Patented in 1869

PASSAGE: Charlton Heston

WORK IN PROGRESS: MLK Remembered
Forty years ago this week Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn. He was there to support striking sanitation workers. A rally on behalf of the workers turned violent. In a speech the day before he was killed, Dr. King called for fair treatment for all of “God's children” and asked people to rise up “with a greater readiness ... to make America the place it ought to be.” “We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I have been to the mountaintop and I don’t mind.” What has changed since the spring of 1968? With the recent focus on race relations in the 2008 presidential campaign, CBS News Sunday Morning takes a look at the racial divide, then and now. Correspondent Chip Reid talks with one of the Memphis sanitation workers, and with well-known local civil rights and community leaders, who are working to promote racial harmony in Memphis.

Links:

National Civil Rights Museum
www.civilrightsmuseum.org

Health and Healing Center
www.churchhealthcenter.org

University of Memphis Libraries
www.exlibris.memphis.edu

Panopticon Gallery:
www.panopt.com

COUPLES: Jonathan and Faye Kellerman
For Jonathan and Faye Kellerman, crime really pays -- or at least writing about it does. After more than two decades of putting out best-sellers, the Kellermans have between them over 50 million novels in print. You can find their books everywhere, not just at beaches and supermarkets in the U.S., but also in countries like China, Turkey, and Germany. The Kellermans have come a long way from when they met in college, became engaged three months later, and then pursued respective careers in psychology and dentistry. These days, they’re living in Beverly Hills, in a multi-million dollar house, one of four homes that they own. This Sunday Morning, the Kellermans discuss everything from the stories they’ve written to their life story. Plus, we’ll take a look at the latest Kellerman to hit the bookstore: Their best-selling author-son, Jesse. Which begs the question: Is this family a dynasty? We’ll hear their answer Sunday Morning.

http://www.jonathankellerman.com/

http://www.fayekellerman.net/

http://www.jessekellerman.com/

OPINION: Mo Rocca on NomoPhobia

AMERICANA: Just for Kicks
They are definitely not your father’s sneakers and certainly not shoes for sports. Street wear “kicks,” as they’re called now, dominate the worldwide $40 billion-a-year sneaker market. CBS News correspondent Rita Braver delves into the world of collectible sneakers.

For more information:

www.rivingtonclub.com

http://www.flightclubny.com/

www.bdgstore.com

SUNDAY PROFILE: Julie Andrews
Generations of movie fans know Julie Andrews as the sweet singing governess in “The Sound of Music” or as the magical "Mary Poppins." With so magical a career, it might be hard to believe she had a difficult childhood marked by divorce, alcoholism and poverty, and it’s all in her new autobiography, “Home.” CBS News correspondent Sandra Hughes interviews Dame Julie Andrews.

www.julieandrewscollection.com

GEIST: Game Face -- Mascots
The NCAA basketball tournament is an annual eruption of exciting games and crazed fans. It’s also a time to see the goofy team mascots whose job it is to stir school spirit, unite fans and, if possible, strike fear in the hearts of opponents. Bill Geist gives us his analysis of today’s crop of college mascots and introduces us to a few of the more unusual ones out there. like the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slug, the Evergreen State College Geoduck, and his favorite, a mascot that comes straight from the produce aisle at the supermarket. We’ll meet Artie the Artichoke at Scottsdale Community College, home of the Fighting Artichokes, this Sunday Morning.

Link:

www.evergreen.edu

NATURE: Cherry Blossoms in Washington, D.C.

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RECAP: March 30, 2008

COVER: Food Labels
Walk into your typical supermarket and you will be bombarded by some 50,000 products. That’s tens of thousands of labels in every shape and color imaginable, screaming: "BUY ME!" How do labels cut through the clutter and catch your eye? How do you know what is real and what is clever marketing? Correspondent Daniel Sieberg seeks looks into the dynamic, and well-regulated, world of food labels.

Links:

FDA (Food Ingredients and Packaging section) http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/foodadd.html

ALMANAC: The purchase of Alaska in 1867

ART: Future Shock
How do you transform a New York City pier into a world class show for contemporary art? Correspondent Seth Doane finds out.

Link:

http://www.thearmoryshow.com/cgi-local/content.cgi

MOVIES: David Edelstein
He reviews “Shine a Light,” the new Martin Scorsese documentary on the Rolling Stones.

PASSAGE: Viagra 10th Anniversary

SONGS: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
Baseball and the song “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” go together like, well, pitchers and catchers. And as another baseball season gets under way, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” is celebrating its 100th birthday. It’s the song everybody knows -- or do they? Do you know what the song is really about? Do you know who wrote it and how it first became popular? Maybe you’ve heard a bit of the legends about the origins of the song, legends that may or may not be true. This Sunday Morning, Charles Osgood reintroduces you to the song you only think you know.

Links:

http://baseballmusicproject.com/

http://mlb.mlb.com/index.jsp

For the book “Baseball’s Greatest Hit: The Story of Take Me Out to the Ballgame”:
http://www.halleonard.com/item_detail.jsp?itemid=331887&order=0&catcode=00&refer=search&type=product&keywords=baseball%27s+greatest+hit+

The National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum:
http://web.baseballhalloffame.org/index.jsp

OBJECT: Spanx
The hottest new fashion trend is supposed to be worn UNDER your clothes -- Spanx. Created 10 years ago by former copier saleswoman and stand-up comedian Sarah Blakely, the slimming and seamless underwear brand has become a $150 million-a-year business. Joie Chen gets to the bottom of the Blakely’s unlikely success story.

For more information:

Spanx website:
http://www.spanx.com/pls/enetrixp/!stmenu_template.main

The Sara Blakely Foundation:
http://www.sarablakelyfoundation.com/

Gretta Monahan’s site:
http://www.grettastyle.com/

PROFILE: R.E.M.
In the 1980s, R.E.M. was a college band on the cutting edge of the alternative rock scene, and it didn’t take long for them to become a “super-group.” But, as correspondent Anthony Mason reports, the band has had its ups and downs since. The group is hoping a new album will be the beginning of its resurgence.

OPINION: Nancy Giles
On the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s death, she reflects on his inspired and inspiring life.

ENDER: The Rock
Steve Hartman gets caught in the crossfire of a modern day War Between the States -- in the border war between Kentucky and Ohio over a rock. That’s right -- a rock!

NATURE: Spring Thaw

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RECAP: March 23, 2008

COVER STORY: Cutting Edge
Imagine re-growing a severed fingertip, or creating an organ in the lab that can be transplanted into a patient without risk of rejection. It sounds like science fiction. But, it's not. It's the burgeoning field of regenerative medicine, in which scientists are learning to harness the body's own power to regenerate itself, with astonishing results. Correspondent Wyatt Andrews brings you to the scientific frontier, this Sunday Morning.

Links:

www.tengion.com

www.wfirm.org (wake forest)

www.mirm.pitt.edu (u of pittsburgh)

www.acell.com

ALAMNAC: O.K.
The word O.K. is coined on this day in 1839

Fifty Years: Design of the peace symbol
From across the pond, Correspondent Richard Roth reports on the origins, a half-century ago, of one of the world’s most recognizable emblems -- the peace symbol.

MUSIC: Lenny Kravitz
“Peace, Love and Rock ‘n’ Roll” was the anthem of millions of young people in the 1960s, and the creed lives on today in the life and music of Lenny Kravitz, as Correspondent Michelle Miller discovers.

PASSAGE: Paul Scofield and Arthur C. Clarke

NOT A SNAP: Tracy Smith on her “special delivery”

IT’S A SNAP:Joel Sartore on taking family pictures

www.joelsartore.com

EASTER: Peeps Deconstructed(update)
Peeps Mania is alive and well! Rita Braver reports on an Easter tale filled with the bunnies and chicks we know as “Peeps.”

For more information:

Just Born (manufacturer of Peeps)
www.marshmallowpeeps.com

David Ottogalli (Peeps artist)
www.peepsshow.com

Peeps Documentary
Matthew Beals, Producer
www.powerofthepeep.com
info@powerofthepeep.com

Washington Post Diorama Contest
www.washingtonpost.com
www.washpost.com/sources

SUNDAY PROFILE: Katie Couric talks with actor Gabriel Byrne
Mending a mind can be a more daunting task, even for an actor who plays a doctor on TV. Gabriel Byrne has been all ears as a fictional psychiatrist in the HBO series "In Treatment." But this Sunday, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric does all the listening in her Sunday Morning Profile of the Irish actor.

OPINION: Ben Stein on the recession of 2008

BILL GEIST: Complaint-Free Living
This is a story you definitely can’t complain about. Rev. Will Bowen has created a program to help people stop complaining. It involves wearing a purple rubber bracelet around your wrist. So far, he’s distributed nearly five million of these purple bracelets from the basement of his Kansas City church. It’s all part of his campaign to create a complaint-free world. Bill Geist has no complaints when he visits the church where the 11th commandment might just be “Thou shalt not whine.”

For more information on a complaint free world:
www.acomplaintfreeworld.org

For bracelets/merchandise: www.complaintfreeworld.biz

A Complaint Free World
13 NW Barry Rd, Suite 209
Kansas City, MO 64155

816-606-3668 (No Phone orders accepted, please)

NATURE: California Wildflowers

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RECAP, March 16, 2008

COVER STORY: "Star Wars" Revisted
Last month, we were treated to a space spectacular -- not a shuttle launch or moon landing but -- the shoot down of a crippled intelligence satellite by a missile launched from a U.S. Navy ship. It was a test of the country’s missile defense system, a system that was conceived over 20 years ago by President Reagan. And it worked. But was it a lucky shot, or is the nation’s missile defense a reason for Americans to feel secure? National Security correspondent David Martin has some answers. It’s not what Reagan envisioned, experts say, but $115 billion after his famous Star Wars speech, America has a real, live missile defense system. Call it, "Star Wars Lite."

Link:

http://www.mda.mil/mdalink/html/mdalink.html

ALMANAC: Joseph Lister and sterile surgery in 1867

CRAFT: Quilts
Quilting has been an American tradition for centuries, and the making of these homespun pieces of Americana has grown into a multi-billion dollar industry! Correspondent Seth Doane reports on the state of quilting, and weaves a story that is full of surprises.

Links:

http://www.thequiltshow.com

http://www.quilts.com

THE MOVIES: "Horton Hears a Who"

HISTORY: James Madison
In a quite valley in central Virginia, the sounds of power saws and hammers break the winter silence. They are renovating a mostly forgotten 18th century house. It’s called Montpelier and, if you’ve never heard of it, you are not alone. It should be as famous as George Washington’s Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. It is the home of James Madison, our fourth President and the man who was praised by his contemporaries as being most responsible for the creation and passage of the United States Constitution. Serious detective and archeological research was necessary to put the house back to the way it was in the early 1800s, when Madison and his wife, Dolley, lived there. It had been absorbed into a larger home by private owners over the years. But the $24 million renovation of his house is also an attempt to renovate Madison’s legacy and place in American history. When the house is complete this fall, it will provide insight into the daily life of Madison, and the role he played as one of the nation’s Founding Fathers.

Links:

www.montpelier.org

SNACKS: The Potato Chip

OPINION: Ben Stein on Elliot Spitzer

SUNDAY PROFILE: James Earl Jones
From his portrayal of the sinister voice of Darth Vader in “Star Wars” to Mustafa, the hero in the animated Disney film “The Lion King,” James Earl Jones has established himself as one of the world’s best-known actors. Correspondent Michelle Miller profiles a man who’s earned the respect of audiences with his performances on stage and screen.

AMERICA: Bill Geist on the Buzzards of Hinckley, Ohio
The folks in Hinckley, Ohio, say forget the Swallows and San Juan Capistrano -- come see the buzzards return to Hinckley! Every year on March 15, they say, as sure as the sun rises in the East, the buzzards return to Hinckley. Since 1957, an official buzzard spotter and the buzzard faithful have come out to greet them. It’s a sign that spring is on the way. This Sunday Morning, Bill Geist will bring his binoculars to Hinckley, and anxiously await the return of the buzzards. When they arrive, you know spring isn’t far behind.

NATURE: Irish countryside

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RECAP: March 9, 2008

Harry Smith hosts

COVER STORY: Feeling Tired?
With the beginning of daylight-saving time this weekend, we’re all going to lose an hour of sleep. But not getting enough sleep is actually business as usual for most Americans. We average just six hours and forty minutes of sleep on weeknights, almost an hour and a half less than most of us need. For many of us you can blame it on work, school, and a busy family life. So, what’s the downside of not getting enough sleep? How can you keep going through the day if you haven’t slept enough? Charles Osgood will report on strategies for alertness, including a school district that changed its schedule just so the students could sleep in a bit.

Links:

http://www.sleepeducation.com/

http://www.sleepfoundation.org/site/c.huIXKjM0IxF/b.2417141/k.2E30/The_National_Sleep_Foundation.htm

http://cehd.umn.edu/Pubs/ResearchWorks/sleep.html

http://www.nrgcoaching.com/

http://www.alertness-solutions.com/

ALMANAC: Introduction of Barbie Dolls (1959) and the Ford Mustang (1964)

ART: Gustave Klimt
He is one of the giants of modern art. His portraits, both romantic and erotic, captured the golden age of Vienna at the turn of the century. This Sunday Morning, 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer visits the Neue Galerie, where a new show of the artist's work is on view.

Gustav Klimt is on view at the Neue Galerie through June 30, 2008. For more information, please visit its Web site at www.neuegalerie.org.

Neue Galerie
Museum for German and Austrian Art
1048 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
212-628-6200
museum@neuegalerie.org

MOVIES:
David Edelstein looks at the career of actor Chris Cooper, who co-stars in the new movie, "Married Life."

http://www.inspiretheworldfoundation.org

http://www.accessports.org/

THE WORD: Jimmy Breslin
There’s a guy at every newspaper in every major city who has it all figured out. You can tell which one he is by the bottom of his shoes: scuffed if they're new, holey if they’re even a month-old. He’s the guy who knows the good guys and knows the bad guys. And they all want to know him, too. In New York, that guy is Jimmy Breslin, 60-year veteran of hometown newspaper journalism. If there’s anything Breslin does better than write a column, it just might be writing about the Mob. Harry Smith takes a walk through the old neighborhood with Breslin to discuss journalism, wiseguys, and Breslin;s new book, "The Good Rat."

POSTCARD FROM CHAMPAGNE: Bubbling Over
There's nothing like a little “bubbly” to toast any celebration. But it turns out champagne is always in short supply. The reason: The wine can only be made from grapes grown in the Champagne region of France. Now, soaring demand has resulted in a controversial movement to expand Champagne’s borders, as correspondent Sheila MacVicar explains.

FAST DRAW: Daylight-Saving Time

ALL THAT JAZZ: Quincy Jones
Over the past 60 years, few people have had greater impact on popular music than impresario Quincy Jones. He began playing trumpet in the 1950s, sharing a stage with everyone from Billie Holliday to Duke Ellington to Count Basie. But it was his work as a composer, arranger, and producer that made music history. From Frank Sinatra’s signature hit “Fly Me to the Moon” to “We Are the World,” to the biggest-selling album of all-time, and Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” Quincy Jones has left an indelible mark on contemporary music. On the occasion of his 75th birthday, Quincy Jones takes correspondent John Blackstone on a walk down Memory Lane.

OPINON: Mo Rocca
Rocca on Spring Break for politicians

STEVE HARTMAN: The Wrestler

NATURE: Manatee in the Weeki Wachee River, Fla.

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RECAP: March 2, 2008

COVER STORY: A Spirited Debate
Tithing, the giving of one tenth of one’s income to a religious group, has its roots in the Old Testament. But some Christians are questioning it, and the answers might surprise you. According to the Dean of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School, tithing has only been used in the United States since the 1870s as a way to fund churches in a country whose church and state were separated by the Constitution. In an era when contributions to religious groups are growing more slowly than other charitable contributions, and as Congress takes a closer look at the finances of some televangelists, Martha Teichner examines the controversy over tithing, and meets some inspiring people who strongly believe in the power of generosity.

Links:

For Pastor Marty Baker:
www.stevenscreek.net

For ATM machine
http://securegive.com

Anti-tither Russell Kelly sites:
www.tithing-russkelly.com
www.shouldthechurchteachtithing.com

Christian financial advisers:
www.ronblue.com
www.crown.org

Vanderbilt Divinity School
www.vanderbilt.edu/divinity

www.givingusa.org/press_releases/gusa/20070625.pdf

http://emptytomb.org/scg05pressadv.html

MILEPOST: National On-Hold Month
"Please hold the line. Your call is important to us. A representative will be with you shortly. Your wait time is approximately the rest of your life!"

Get Human:
www.gethuman.com

Audiomax, sponsors of "National On-Hold Month"
www.audiomax.com

ART: The Third Dimension
We introduce you to artist Julian Beever, who adds a special dimension to his compositions, which are primarily created on sidewalks and walls around the world. Correspondent Hari Sreenivasan explains.

For more information:

Art Institute of Dallas
www.artinstitutes.edu/dallas

Julian Beever Web site
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever

“Country Canvas” -- 10-Part Series on Gallery HD
www.electricsky.com

www.harrahs.com

New Orleans Downtown Development District
http://neworleansdowntown.com/site.php

www.wwltv.com

WHAT'S IN A NAME? -- Book Titles
How many of these classic works have you read? "Something That Happened," "He Do The Police in Different Voices," "The Last Man in Europe," or "Barbeque." Probably all of them, but you know them by their more famous titles: "Of Mice and Men," "The Wasteland," "1984," and "The Postman Always Rings Twice." This Sunday Morning, Charles Osgood looks at famous book titles, including the stories behind "Catch-22" with legendary editor Robert Gottlieb and "Winnie The Pooh" with British columnist Gary Dexter. We’ll also look at the process behind naming books with publisher Jamie Raab and author Brad Meltzer.

Gary Dexter - author, Why Not Catch-21?
www.garydexter.co.uk

Brad Meltzer - author, The Book of Lies
www.bradmeltzer.com

Grand Central Publishing
www.hachettebookgroupusa.com

The Tattered Cover bookstore
www.tatteredcover.com

Logos Bookstore New York
http://logosbookstorenyc.com

The Princeton Club of New York
www.princetonclub.com

THE FAST DRAW: On Animal Magnetism
Josh and Mitch look at the scientific theories that explore how dogs went from being wild animals to domesticated ones.

Link:

www.biscuitsandbath.com

ALL THAT JAZZ: Herbie Hancock
The Oscar- and Grammy-winning musician speaks with Correspondent Rita Braver.

SUNDAY JOURNAL: Prince Harry Comes Home

PEOPLE: In a New Light
Mike May was blinded at age 3 by a freak chemical explosion in his garage, but that has never stood in his way. He’s been an explorer and adventurer all his life, learning first to ride a bike, then a horse, then to ski downhill…fast…winning 3 gold medals in the 1982 paralympics, and setting a new world record for the blind. Married to a beautiful woman, with two lively boys and his own business, his life was as full and exciting as any sighted person. Then, in 1999 he learned that through a revolutionary new stem cell surgery, he might be able to see. Our story, reported by John Blackstone, is the story of Mike May’s odyssey into the sighted world, perhaps the greatest and riskiest adventure he ever undertook.

Sendergroup (GPS for the blind)
www.sendergroup.com/mike.htm

Krikwood Mountain Resort
www.kirkwood.com/winter0607

Robert Kurson-Crashing Through
www.robertkurson.com

Random House-Crashing Through
www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400063352

Photographs of Mike May after operation by Florence Low
www.sacramentoweddingophotos.com/contact.htm
530-753-5877
Florence@florencelow.com

OPINION: Ben Stein
On Campaign '08

END PIECE: The Onion
Serena Altschul explores The Onion, a satirical weekly newspaper and Web site that has been making the public laugh for 20 years.

www.theonion.com

NATURE: Big Bend National Park in Texas

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RECAP: February 24, 2008

COVER STORY: Elton John
Ever since changing his name 40 years ago, Elton Hercules John has been a music sensation. Now, he’s using that legendary name to halt the spread of HIV and AIDS the world over. On the morning of his Oscar party to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation, the Oscar- and Grammy-winning composer/performer welcomes our Russ Mitchell into his apartment in Atlanta. There, they talk about everything from Elton’s stunning career to his transformation from hard-partying rocker to world-renowned humanitarian.

For more information:

www.ejaf.org

To read the story, click here.

ALMANAC: Henny Youngman Dies

MUSIC: Postcard from North Korea
Correspondent Barry Petersen examines the intersection of cultural diplomacy and international politics as the New York Philharmonic visits North Korea.

MOVIES: Edelstein on Oscar
In this tense political season, election fever has rubbed off on David Edelstein’s breakdown of the Oscars.

DO UNTO OTHERS: Chuck Feeney
In 1988, Forbes magazine listed Chuck Feeney as one of the richest men in America. But what the world and the magazine didn’t know was that four years earlier, Feeney had secretly given his entire fortune away to fund charitable works around the world. CBS News correspondent Cynthia Bowers sits down with the billionaire who gave it all way.

For further information:

www.publicaffairsbooks.com/publicaffairsbooks-cgi-bin/display?book=9781586483913

http://atlanticphilanthropies.org

OSCARS: The Animated Shorts

To read our story, click here.

Links:

I MET THE WALRUS
www.imetthewalrus.com

MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI
www.madametutliputli.com

MEME LES PIGEONS VONT AU PARADIS (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
www.samueltourneux.com/PAGE1/page1

MY LOVE (Moya Lyubov)
Dago-Film Studio

PETER & THE WOLF
http://www.breakthrufilms.co.uk/peterandthewolffilm

DESIGN: Costume Design
Good costume design can leave an indelible mark on audiences -- just think of the black caped Darth Vader in "Star Wars" or John Belushi wearing a toga in "Animal House." CBS News correspondent Sandra Hughes takes a look at some of Tinsel Town’s most memorable costumes.

For more information:

www.dressedthebook.com

SUNDAY PROFILE: Jessica Lange
Correspondent Anthony Mason sat down with the two-time Oscar winner to discuss her career in film and her latest venture -- into still-photography.

OPINION: Nancy Giles
Politicians and secrets

GEIST: Hollywood Memorabilia
correspondent Anthony Mason sat down with her to discuss her career in film and her latest venture -- into still-photography.

To read the story, click here.

NATURE: Yosemite National Park in California

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