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COVER: Pundits
From the ranting on the radio…to the babbling in the blogs, to the carping on cable, just TRY to escape other people's opinions. Pundits are everywhere, and they're almost always at full-boil. But should we really be listening to the daily deluge of "expert" opinions from the media? And why is anyone on TV actually qualified to be there?
We'll take an inside look at the industry of punditry. We'll spend a day at "pundit school," where many aspiring cable stars perfect their skills of presentation. We'll sit down with an up-and-coming conservative commentator for a behind-the-scenes perspective on waging on-air war. We'll hear from an expert on the experts -- a professor who conducted a 20-year study on the accuracy of pundits' predictions. And we'll find out from a neuroeconomist why our brains sometimes seem programmed to take advice without asking questions.
For more information:
http://mediatrainingworldwide.com/
http://www.amazon.com/Philip-Tetlock-Better-Forecasters-Hedgehogs/dp/B000V76TYS
http://www.ccnl.emory.edu/greg/
ALMANAC: Secret Service
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http://www.secretservice.gov/
BIRDS: No Egrets
A winged invasion
THE GOODS: Kenneth Cole
In 25 years, designer Kenneth Cole has built an international fashion empire, from the ground up. Having started with women's shoes, Cole now has his name on everything from sunglasses to watches, dresses to bags. His success may come, in part, from his famous ad campaigns. Instead of using traditional advertising, Cole uses one-liners and puns to comment on social and cultural issues, trying to help promote charities and causes and, sometimes, possibly crossing the line. This "Sunday Morning", correspondent Tracy Smith talks to Cole about the clever marketing tricks he used to start his business, what a person should get out of his ads, his involvement with amfAR, and what he dreamed of doing when he grew up when he was still a kid.
For more information:
Kenneth Cole Productions
http://www.kennethcole.com
Kenneth Cole AWEARNESS
http://awearnessblog.com/
amfAR
http://www.amfar.org/
THE FAST DRAW: Biomimicry
UNCHARTED WATERS: HENRY HUDSON 400
When Henry Hudson set sail from Amsterdam in 1609, he was looking for a new trade route to Asia. He didn't find it. Instead, five months later, Hudson sailed his ship the "Halve Maen" (Half Moon), up the river that would later be named for him. His discovery led to the Dutch colony of New Netherland and to the settlement of Manhattan, then known as Mannahatta.
What do we know about this 17th century, English-born explorer? Not much. The portrait of Hudson that hangs in museums isn't really Hudson -- it's just what artists thought he must have looked like. This "Sunday Morning", Hudson makes a quadricentennial comeback! Correspondent Martha Teichner voyages up the Hudson River to rediscover his legacy.
For more information:
www.mcny.org Museum of the City of NY (The Worlds of Henry Hudson exhibits)
www.nnp.org or www.newnetherlandinstitute.org (The New Netherland Project)
www.halfmoon.mus.nuy.us (The Half Moon - replica ship)
www.themannahattaproject.org (Mannahatta)
www.hnabooks.com
www.russellshorto.com (The Island at the Center of the World)
www.randomhouse.com
www.bloomsburypress.com (Half Moon by Douglas Hunter)
www.henryhudson400.com (New York events)
www.NY400.NL (Consulate General of the Netherlands)
www.steamerslanding.com
www.hrm.org (Hudson River Museum: Dutch New York exhibit)
www.nyhistory.org (NY Historical Society future exhibition: Dutch New York)
www.southstreetseaportmuseum.org (future exhibition: New Amsterdam)
HOLIDAY: All Ears: Bobby Flay on grilled corn
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VonThun Family Farm & Country Farm Market:
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Bobby' Flay's Web site:
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Make some of Bobby Flay's favorite corn recipes for your Fourth of July barbecue!:
Perfectly Grilled Corn
Serves: 4
• 8 ears corn
• Kosher salt
1. Heat the grill to medium.
2. Pull the outer husks down the ear to the base. Strip away the silk from each ear of corn by hand. Fold husks back into place and tie the ends together with kitchen string. Place the ears of corn in a large bowl of cold water with 1 tablespoon of salt for 10 minutes.
3. Remove corn from water and shake off excess. Place the corn on the grill, close the cover and grill for 15-20 minutes, turning every 5 minutes, or until kernels are tender when pierced with a paring knife. Remove the husks and eat on the cob.
Basil Butter
• 2 sticks unsalted butter, slightly softened
• 1/2 cup tightly-packed fresh basil leaves
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Combine the butter, basil, salt and pepper in a food processor and process until smooth. Scrape into a bowl. Can be prepared 4 hours in advance and stored, covered in the refrigerator. Bring to room temperature before serving.
Red Chile Butter
• 2 sticks unsalted butter, slightly softened
• 2 tablespoons ancho, pasilla or New Mexico Red chile powder
• 2 teaspoons Spanish paprika
• 2 teaspoons honey
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Combine the butter, chile powder, paprika, honey, salt and pepper in a food processor and process until smooth. Scrape into a bowl. Can be prepared 8 hours in advance and stored, covered in the refrigerator. Bring to room temperature before serving.
Perfectly Grilled Corn with Chipotle Mayonnaise, Cotija Cheese & Lime
Serves: 4
• 1 recipe Perfectly Grilled Corn (recipe above)
• 1-1/2 cups prepared mayonnaise
• 1 large or 2 small cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 chipotle chiles in adobo (if you like it spicier, you can add 3)
• 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
• 2 teaspoons honey
• Salt
• 2 cups grated Cotija or Romano cheese
• Lime wedges
1. Combine the mayonnaise, garlic, chipotle, lime juice, honey and salt in a blender or food processor and process until smooth.
2. Spread the cheese evenly on a plate. Remove the husks from the grilled corn, brush the corn with the mayonnaise, roll in the cheese to coat the entire surface and squeeze with some lime juice. Serve immediately.
PROFILE: Sheryl Crow
This first aired on Nov. 30, 2008
Sheryl Crow, the recording artist who wrote “Everyday is a Winding Road,” is finding that life is true to her hit song. Over the last three years, her engagement to cyclist Lance Armstrong has ended, she's battled breast cancer -- and welcomed a son, Wyatt, now 19 months old. It's all chronicled in Crow's latest album, "Detours." Correspondent Rita Braver caught up with the singer at her horse farm outside of Nashville to hear about her life and new music.
For more information:
http://www.sherylcrow.com/
OPINION: Mo Rocca -- on pundits!
PASSAGE: Karl Malden
STEVE HARTMAN: Making Peace-Vietnam Vets
For many of us, the Vietnam War seems like the distant past. But for two American airmen and their one-time enemy, a North Vietnamese fighter pilot, reliving that war and the pain it inflicted on them has been a constant in their lives -- at least until earlier this year, when the three pilots, who first encountered each other more than four decades ago in air-to-air combat, met face-to-face for the first time. Correspondent Steve Hartman has the remarkable story of three former enemies who've found a way to make peace.
NATURE: The Grand Canyon
RECAP: June 28
COVER STORY: Michael Jackson
He is considered one of the most talented, gifted, oddly compelling entertainers of all time. Now, even in death, Michael Jackson, the king of pop, is surrounded in mystery, and unanswered questions.
Bill Whitaker reports on those unanswered questions - including the autopsy findings, the role of Jackson's doctor and the fate of his three children.
The singer's successful career was overshadowed by the mysteries of his tabloid lifestyle, including a penchant plastic surgery, two marriages, questions concerning the paternity of his children and more.
There's also the question of the singer's legal troubles, an alleged addiction to painkillers and, even more alarming, the singer's interest in hanging around with younger children, mostly young boys.
After a self-imposed exhile, the singer had been planning a tour that would be his comeback - something the world will now never get to see.
ALMANAC: Stonewall's 40th Anniversary
ART: Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons' playful steel sculptures look a lot like funhouse mirrors-and yet you’ll find them at that temple of high art, New York's Metropolitan Museum - not to mention some of the most prestigious collections in the world.
It's a typical Jeff Koon gesture: making art that turns attention away from the artist, and back at the viewer
But his seemingly user friendly artwork begs the question: "How did works like these make Jeff Koons so successful?"
Just this past June, his stainless steel "Balloon Flower” was auctioned for close to twenty six million dollars - the record for a living American artist. This Sunday Morning, Serena Altschul profiles the prolific artist, Jeff Koons.
Click on Jeff Koons’ website:
http://www.jeffkoons.com/
MUSIC: Bill Flanagan on Michael Jackson
For more information:
www.michaeljackson.com
ATWITTER: The World Reacts
WHY WE CARE: Jeff Greenfield on Celebrity Deaths
PASSAGE 1: Ed McMahon
MUSIC VIDEOS: David Edelstein on Michael Jackson's Videos
PASSAGE 2: Farrah Fawcett
MUSIC MAN: Quincy Jones (Repeat from March 9, 2008)
Over the past 60 years, few people have had greater impact on popular music than Quincy Jones. He began playing trumpet in the 1950’s, 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, 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.
THE FAST DRAW:
HARTMAN: Best of Friends
NATURE: Admiralty Bay in Washington State.
RECAP: June 21
COVER STORY: Father-in-Chief
President Barack Obama sits down for a Father's Day interview with CBS News' Harry Smith, focusing on a wide range of topics, including a look at the troubled U.S. financial system and the president's latest initiatives on health care. In honor of the holiday, part of the interview will focus on President Obama's role as First Dad.
The nation has been keenly interested in the entire Obama family since Mr. Obama was elected the country's 44th president in November. The president and first lady Michelle Obama are the parents of two daughters - Malia, born in 1998, and Sasha, born in 2001. Sasha is the youngest child to live in the White House since 1961, and the first-ever White House occupant to be born in the 21st Century.
The first half of the two-part interview will be broadcast on Sunday Morning; part two will be aired on CBS' The Early Show on Monday, June 22, beginning at 7 a.m. ET.
SUNDAY ALMANAC: Big Wheel
The first Ferris Wheel.
OUR MAN IN PARIS: "Turning the Corner"
David Turecamo meets some Parisian graffiti artists.
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TRENDS: Bye, Bye Birdie
Parrots are beautiful, they can talk, and they do tricks. So it's perhaps no surprise that parrots are now one of the most popular pets in the U.S. With an estimated 40 million in American households, they're not far behind cats and dogs in popularity. But owners soon learn that Polly wants more than just a cracker - Polly wants hand-prepared food, plus all your time and attention and patience.
Parrots can live to 80, they love to chew, and they have beaks as strong as can openers. Like a toddler, if they don't get the care they need, they bite and scream. Or even worse, if isolated in a cage, these flock animals go stir crazy, mutilating themselves and plucking out feathers.
It's all too much for many owners. The result: Flocks of parrots, set loose by frustrated owners, are multiplying from coast to coast, with 30,000 flying around cities from California to Brooklyn, even as their numbers decline in their natural habitats. Parrot rescue centers, now found in every state, are also growing fast. It's such a big problem that the Humane Society recommends unwanted birds be euthanized.
Many owners say they love their parrots but, experts say, prospective parrot owners should be prepared for a pet that demands a lot of time, attention and patience.
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STEVE HARTMAN: "New York Shorts"
Keith O'Dell is only 2 years old, but is already considered to be one of the brightest billiards prodigies to ever grab a cue. Steve Hartman reports on the Tiger Woods of pool.
You can watch the video by clicking here.
AMERICANA: Wanted! John Dillinger
During the depths of the Great Depression, the Midwest had an unlikely hero: bank robber John Dillinger. In 1934, Dillinger was almost as famous as FDR . . . handsome, charming, with an easy smile and a knack for PR.
Seventy-five years later, John Dillinger is coming back, larger than life, played by Johnny Depp in the summer movie blockbuster "Public Enemies."
This Sunday Morning CBS Correspondent Dean Reynolds will take up the trail of the real John Dillinger, helped by some Dillinger experts, along with the new film's stars Johnny Depp and Christian Bale.
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THE FAST DRAW: What's In A Name?
Josh Landis and Mitch Butler explain.
SUNDAY PROFILE: Wonder Woman
Do you remember the action heroine portrayed by Lynda Carter? Well, Carter is back, this time as a singer, with a new album and concerts. Correspondent Rita Braver rummages with Carter in her closet to bring out the old Wonder Woman costume and discover all about how this actress really started out as a singer - and is returning to her roots.
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OPINION: Father's Day Is For Stepfathers, Too
Anthony Mason on being a child of divorce.
BILL GEIST: Staying the Course
Bill Geist has a sports report from the 32nd annual Masters of blind golf - yes, BLIND GOLF. Thirteen of the best blind golfers were invited to compete in this prestigious tournament at New York's Mt. Kisco Country Club, and they played the 18-hole course with amazing skill and accuracy.
How do they do it? Each golfer has a coach who guides him or her from hole to hole - assisting with club selection; describing the hole, landscape and distance; positioning the golfer to hit the ball; and suggesting how hard to hit it. These golfers may not be able to see the trees and fairways, but they can smell the freshly-mown grass, feel the breezes and sunshine, and hear the birds chirping - and that sweet sound of the ball dropping into the cup.
The tournament benefits "Guiding Eyes for the Blind," an organization that has trained and placed more than 7,000 guide dogs.
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NATURE: Alaska Otters
RECAP: June 14
COVER STORY:: Changing Times
Seth Doane travels to Trinidad, Colo., where the first private practice for gender reassignment surgery, more commonly called "sex-change surgery," was started more than 40 years ago. A frontier town of about 10,000 in the southern Rockies, Trinidad was a stop on the Santa Fe Trail, and continues to be a destination for the transgendered -- those that feel their gender doesn’t match their genitalia. But for all the controversy and media attention that the surgical practice has brought, the folks of Trinidad just shrug and say their small town is more than just the "sex-change capital of the United States" -- it’s a place with a lot of heart. (First broadcast on September 7, 2008)
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THE ALMANAC: Flag Day
ART: The Graffiti Artist Known As KAWS
He's one of the hottest names in the art world ... and it's an unusual name to be sure. After garnering fame in the graffiti world in the 1990's in Jersey City, the man who calls himself KAWS left that life behind and started to paint canvases and design products. With his bright colors and clean, crisp lines, his work is perfection to many fans. Many musicians have taken note. Hip-Hip mogul, Pharrell Williams, has filled his Miami home with KAWS' work; Kanye West asked KAWS for colorful designs for his latest album cover.
Working from a small Brooklyn studio, the shy 34-year-old has also created products with massive brands including Nike, LucasFilm and Marc Jacobs. KAWS' rising star has now led to high-profile solo shows in art galleries in New York, Miami and Los Angeles. This Sunday Morning, KAWS talks to correspondent Serena Altschul and steps out of his studio to meet the fans. (First broadcast on Feb. 8, 2009)
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SCANDAL: Remembering New York's Grand Dame
The legendary Brooke Astor died two years ago year at the remarkable age of 105. As her grave stone puts it best, she led a "wonderful life." For four decades, she was a Patron Saint of New York, revitalizing the city, giving generously to the New York Public Library, the Metropolitan Museum, and the Bronx Zoo, and helping to renovate housing in Harlem. But in her later years, even her immense wealth and kindness could not protect her from personal tragedy.
Brooke Astor’s only son, Tony Marshall, is on trial for allegedly stealing from his mother while she suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. Mr. Marshall, along with his attorney, is accused of coercing Mrs. Astor into changing her will that left the bulk of her money to charity.
We’ll talk to friends and family of Mrs. Astor; we’ll interview the author of a new book that explores what went wrong at the end of her life; and we’ll hear from Mrs. Astor herself, as she described her world more than twenty years ago to Mike Wallace. (First broadcast on Dec. 7, 2008)
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NATION: Singing Its Praises
All Together Now: A new study reports that choral singing is the most popular form of participation in the performing arts for both adults and children. CBS News Sunday Morning examines the report and the benefits of singing together.
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TV: Rabbit Ears
Think they're going the way of the Edsel? Not so fast!
BEST BET: The High Line
SUNDAY PROFILE: Dennis Hopper's Not-So-Easy Ride
During his 50 years in Hollywood, Dennis Hopper has been in hundreds of films, including "Easy Rider," which he co wrote, directed and starred in, and which changed the way films were made.
He is legendary, not only for his over-the-top character portrayals, but for his over-the-top behavior, and drug and alcohol use during the '60s, '70s and into the '80s. What you may not know is that he is also a talented visual artist and photographer, who has chronicled his long, strange ride all along the way.
Today, at 72, Dennis Hopper is sober, and still hard at work, creating more memorable characters and pursuing his passions with the same perfectionism and manic energy that he's always had. Rita Braver talks with Hopper, at home and on location, about his long and eventful life, his many marriages, and what he's learned along the way. (First broadcast on Nov. 16, 2008)
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OPINION: Faith Salie on the Class of 2009
Contributor Faith Salie with some humorous job leads for recent unemployed college graduates.
GEIST:
"Eight thousand calories of heart stopping goodness" -- that’s how Bill Geist described the hamburger he ate at the Heart Attack Grill in Chandler, Ariz. The two-pound Quadruple Bypass Burger (four patties and eight slices of cheese stacked on a bun dipped in lard) is proof that at the Heart Attack Grill, they aren’t interested in small portions or healthy options. Would you like fries with that? Just step up to their version of a salad bar for unlimited Flatliner Fries -- cooked in lard. Fittingly, the customers here are called patients and their waitresses scantily clad in nurses uniforms. There's a warning on front door that cautions: "This establishment is bad for your health."Originally broadcast Nov. 23, 2008
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Heart Attack Grill
NATURE: Azaleas in Wilmington, N.C.
RECAP: June 7
COVER STORY: Food Fight: Tim Hortons Invades U.S.
Canada has more doughnut shops per capita than any country in the world - and the undisputed doughnut king in the Great White North is Tim Hortons, founded in 1964 by all-star hockey player Tim Horton.
Over the past 45 years, 3,000 Tim Hortons shops have sprung up across the Canadian landscape. There are more Tim Hortons in Canada then there are McDonalds, and sales in 2008 exceeded $2 billion. And now Tim Hortons has begun its push into the United States in earnest.
Correspondent Jeff Glor examines this Canadian phenomenon, and checks in with its U.S. competitors.
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SUNDAY ALMANAC: June 7, 1982
Graceland is opened to the public for the first time.
SUNDAY JOURNAL:
Chip Reid reports.
SUNDAY PROFILE: Television's King lear
In his 86 years, Norman Lear has worn many hats - music and movie producer, political activist, family man, and the creator of some of the funniest and most provocative programs in the history of television. Lear changed the TV landscape with "All in the Family" in 1971, and followed it with hits like "Maude," "The Jeffersons," "Sanford & Son," "One Day at a Time," "Good Times," and the soap opera spoof "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
Then he started the liberal activist group "People for the American Way" in the early 1980s, produced movies, bought a record company, started "Declare Yourself" (which registered 4 million new voters), and is now behind the music of "Playing for Change" and the civic activism program "Born Again American."
Correspondent Bill Whitaker talks with Lear about his remarkable and diverse career, and about what's next for a man who insists on making every day matter.
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BEST BETS: Boots
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Rocketbuster Boots
ARCHITECTURE: Dome Sweet Dome
From the Dymaxion Car to the Geodesic Dome, correspondent Dean Reynolds takes us on a tour through the multi-faceted world of visionary designer R. Buckminster Fuller.
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BROADWAY: Billy Elliot Returns
It's a part so physically demanding it requires three boys to alternate in the title role. Katie Couric talks to the trio of young actors who share the spotlight in "Billy Elliot," and with Sir Elton John, the music legend behind the Broadway hit that is up for 15 Tony Awards.
CELEBRITY: Really Rosie
In her 25 years in show business, Rosie O’Donnell has had several careers -- comedienne, actor, talk show queen and author. But by creating a program to teach musical theater to students in New York City public schools, O'Donnell says she’s found the thing that makes her happiest of all. 48 Hours correspondent Troy Roberts reports.
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Rosie's Broadway Kids
FAST DRAW: Two-state solution
OPINON: Ben Stein on Business Travel
ENDER:
Is there a "highway to heaven" that passes through Daytona Beach every Sunday morning? The people our Steve Hartman visited certainly believe there is at their drive-in church.
NATURE: Waterfalls at the Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico.
RECAP: May 31
COVER STORY: Targeting Teens For Sexting
Most Americans are familiar with "texting" - sending messages by cell phones. But what about "sexting"? That’s the sending of nude, or semi nude or racy photos over the cell phone. A recent survey reported that 20 percent of American teenagers "sext." The problem is that the legal system has no specific laws about sexting. So some prosecutors around the country are applying child pornography laws to sexting. 18-year old Phillip Alpert of Orlando, Florida is now on the Sexual Predators List because he sexted some nude photographs his girlfriend sent him. The ACLU has sued the District Attorney of Wyoming County Pennsylvania for threatening to bring child pornography charges against teenage girls for sexting pictures of themselves. Rita Braver reports on this new teenage phenomenon.
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SUNDAY ALMANAC: Much Ado About Nothing
May 31st, 1990 ... "Seinfeld" Debuts.
ANNIVERSARY: Return To Tiananmen Square, 20 Years Later
Barry Petersen looks back 20 years to China's pro-democracy student uprising that ended in tragedy.
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BEST BETS: Button Up
A rare button shop in the heart of New York City.
A SUMMER SONG: The Dave Matthews Band Opens Up
The Dave Matthews Band is one of the most popular bands of the last 20 years. With more than 30 million albums sold and four number one records, "DMB" have packed the biggest venues in the world, including playing before 120,000 people in Central Park. Now, after a four-year hiatus, which included a near breakup of the group and the sudden death of saxophonist LeRoi Moore, the Dave Matthews Band is back with a new album, "Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King" and summer tour. The album pays tribute to their late band member, incorporating early session recordings of Moore’s into the final songs. The album’s name comes from Moore’s nickname, Groogrux. Matthews designed the entire album’s artwork as a tribute to his friend. This Sunday Morning, correspondent Anthony Mason talks to the Dave Matthews Band in a rare television interview about how Moore’s death impacted the group, a near breakup and how a revitalized DMB is moving forward.
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It has been 75 years since infamous outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow died in a barrage of bullets on a sleepy Louisiana road. From 1932 until May 1934 the couple went on a crime spree throughout the South and Southwest that left death and destruction in its wake. Bonnie and Clyde caught the nation’s attention and imagination at the time, and their mythology and legend has only grown. This, despite the fact that as criminals, they were pretty close to incompetent.
Correspondent Don Teague travels from Dallas to Gibsland, Louisiana, following the bloody, legendary trail of Bonnie and Clyde.
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POEM: Big Ben Celebrates Its 150th Anniversary
Big Ben can remember when it was 1859.
Atop the tower at Westminster ... in such stately design.
A hundred fifty years it's been. Victoria was then the queen.
And all those seconds from then to now, Big Ben has ticked away somehow.
It's four clock faces keeping perfect time, accompanied by that famous chime.
There it still stands to this day, the very symbol of the U.K.
The time may pass but it never quits, through two World Wars and the London Blitz.
Big Ben took a lickin' .,. and keeps on tickin'.
SUNDAY PROFILE: Edie Falco
She may forever be known as Carmela Soprano, wife of New Jersey’s most colorful "waste management consultant." But in her new cable television show "Nurse Jackie," Edie Falco trades in the big hair and manicured fingernails for scrubs and a stethoscope, playing an emergency room nurse with a taste for painkillers.
Russ Mitchell meets Falco in her hometown of Northport on New York’s Long Island to talk about her life as a struggling actress to “The Sopranos” and now, to "Nurse Jackie."
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MO ROCCA: Susan Boyle
BILL GEIST: The Not-So-Great Outdoors
Ahhh the great outdoors ... communing with nature. And then the mosquitoes start biting, the deer eat our plants and flowers, the threat of ticks is everywhere, the moles, voles and gophers burrow in our yards and gardens, and every pest and insect imaginable makes its presence known. It’s a jungle out there! This Sunday Morning, warrior and correspondent Bill Geist has tips and strategies for surviving the not so great outdoors in a report from the front lines of the war on nature.
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NATURE: Crocs in the Everglades
RECAP: May 24
COVER STORY: Operation Mend
Of all the wounds American troops suffer in Iraq and Afghanistan, none is crueler than severe burns which take years to heal and leave behind grotesque scars. Military doctors save their lives, but leave these soldiers with faces so disfigured it is impossible to live anything approaching a normal life. Now a plastic surgeon at UCLA is rebuilding their faces and giving them the chance to appear human once again.
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SUNDAY ALMANAC: The Telegraph Invented
PHOTOGRAPHY: Big Picture
Andrew Rogers is one high-flying sculptor. In the past 10 years, he’s created 32 sculptures on 5 continents. But these are no ordinary sculptures. They’re huge earthworks … visible only in their entirety from on high. They are quite possibly the world’s largest sculptures.
Inspired by the Nazca lines of Peru, Rogers takes ancient and historical symbols from the culture in which the sculpture is to be placed, and then translates them into massive stone structures … what Rogers calls geoglyphs.
To construct the geoglyphs, Rogers works with teams of thousands of stonemasons and laborers … 5,000 different people have had a hand in constructing the projects so far.
Serena Altschul talks with Rogers about the meaning behind the symbols and privilege of looking down from on high.
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HARTMAN: Home Base
We pause every year on Memorial Day to pay tribute to all who have died in America's wars. This year though, our Steve Hartman wants to widen the point of the day a bit, so he can pay a tribute much closer to home.
CHILDREN OF THE RECESSION: Snapshots of Today
Five kids … five short films … five stories about the recession. Anthony Mason visits with five young directors about how the recession is affecting their families, their friends and themselves.
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BEST BETS: Encased Meats in Chicago
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MEDIA: M.D. T.V.
From "Marcus Welby MD" to "Grey’s Anatomy," doctors and medical dramas have long been part of the television landscape. But these days, practicing physicians have been showing up all over the airwaves -- on reality shows and on new programs such as "The Doctors" -- dispensing advice and satisfying the public’s seemingly insatiable appetite for medical information. Correspondent Rita Braver reports.
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From humble beginnings in the Oakland, Calif., music scene, the punk rock trio Green Day has risen to become one of the biggest bands on the planet.
Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with the band about their latest project, fame, and fatherhood.
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OPINION: College Commencement Addresses
Slate's Tim Noah
ENDER: Hal Wright
Most newspaper deliveries involve a toss from the sidewalk to the porch. But not for a fellow we met way back in 1996. That report from Bill Geist -- is one of our Sunday Best!
NATURE: Arlington Cemetery
RECAP: May 17, "THE DESIGN SHOW"
COVER STORY: Not Your Grandfather's Retirement
How are you going to design your retirement? Are you going to hit the golf course, or kick back on the porch, or are you looking for something a little more active?
Like just about everything else they touch, the baby boomers are redefining retirement, whether through choice or necessity. They’re continuing to work, or exploring new activities, or giving back to society. We found retirees trying out a variety of options close by the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C.
Asheville is consistently rated as a top retirement community, with a vibrant artistic and outdoors culture. Correspondent Martha Teichner talked with a former schoolteacher who came out of retirement to work part-time at the Biltmore; a couple who moved into downtown Asheville to explore the arts; another couple who have founded a center to help people with mental illness; and a developer who is promoting "wellness" in his planned communities. She saw classes ranging from meditation to Latin at the University of North Carolina's Center for Creative Retirement. Taken together, they provide a set of blueprints for a new kind of retirement.
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A BILTMORE HISTORY: Charles Osgood
AHOY! Houseboats
For more than 125 years, the San Francisco Bay and Sausalito, Calif., have been home to houseboats of varying design. What started as summer cottages on the water in the 1800s turned into permanent homes after the 1906 earthquake and the closing of the waterfront’s shipyards after World War II. The bohemian and hippie era of the 1960s ushered in a free spirited, rule-free time of houseboat living in Sausalito. Cultural icons like Alan Watts, Shel Silverstein, Jean Varda and Allen Ginsberg all lived aboard old ferries and houseboats in the bay. It was during the same era that Otis Redding wrote "(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay" while renting a houseboat in this eclectic community.
While those homes were simple, houseboat (or floating home) design has come a long way. In Portland, ore., multi-million-dollar houseboats are popping up on the Willamette River, complete with dumbwaiters, saunas and three-story spiral staircases. This Sunday Morning, correspondent John Blackstone visits the residents of Sausalito’s houseboat community and finds out why there’s no other place like it. He also visits with the builder and owner of the multi-million dollar houseboat in Portland.
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T.C. BOYLE on FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
The writer T.C. Boyle knows about living with Frank Lloyd Wright. He’s written a fictionalized account of the famous architect and the women in his life - a tumultuous personal life that played out like a soap opera. And he’s lived in a Frank Lloyd Wright home for the past 16 years.
Boyle tells 48 Hours Correspondent Erin Moriary that "The Women," though a novel, is true to the known facts of Wright’s notorious life. And Boyle also has tried to stay true to Wright’s vision of the first home the architect built in California. Boyle has lovingly restored it to its original 1909 design, even as the home was twice threatened by wildfires in the past year.
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GRAND SPECTACLE: Mo Rocca considers eyeglasses
LESS THAN ZERO: Minimalist design
For MOMA curator Klaus Biesenbach, LESS definitely is MORE. His apartment, high above the chaos of New York City, is an homage to minimalism, and perhaps that’s even saying too much. No couch. No clutter. Not even a kitchen. Klaus Biesenbach likes it that way.
With correspondent Richard Schlesinger, we’ll pay a visit to the place some call "Klaus Haus," where Klaus Biesenbach wants for nothing (which is exactly what he has).
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OUR MAN IN PARIS: David Turecamo at the Eiffel Tower
OUTPOSTS: Good Scents
Correspondent Serena Altschul takes us behind the scenes at the world’s largest fragrance house, Givaudan, to learn how perfume is designed and why it packs such a wallop. Givaudan perfumers - or “noses,” as they are known in the trade - created such classic perfumes as “L’Air du Temps" (Nina Ricca); “J’Adore” (Christian Dior); “Obsession” (Calvin Klein); “Angel” (Thierry Mugler), and many more.
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FASHION: Tommy Hilfiger
Tommy Hilfiger has been making “cool American classic” clothing for nearly 25 years. Correspondent Rita Braver caught up with the designer at his New York headqarters and his home in Greenwich, Conn.
OUTPOSTS: The Knot Considered
Serena Altschul unravels the art of knot tying…
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OUT OF HER CLOSET: Nancy Giles on Storage
We all have one secret place we’re afraid to show the world … that closet where we throw the things we just don’t know what to do with … stuff that sits, behind the closed door that (truth be told) we’re afraid to open.
This Sunday Morning, contributor Nancy Giles will venture behind closed doors into her upstairs hall closet and, with the help of professional organizers Fern Silvernagel and Julie Morgenstern, make order from the chaos behind the door.
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