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RECAP: May 19, "By Design"
This week "Sunday Morning" comes to you from Miami Beach, where host Charles Osgood presents a show dedicated to design -- in architecture, fashion, flowers, psychology, at home and in the workplace!

BACKGROUND: A history of Miami and Miami Beach
In the early 20th century a tangle of mangroves and palmettos was built into America's most fashionable destination.

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COVER STORY: The newest thing in architecture: Something old | Video
Anyone who has seen a great old building being torn down knows that they don't make 'em like they used to. But one New York design team is trying. Our Cover Story is reported by Tracy Smith.

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PSYCHOLOGY: How designs color the mind | Video
The psychology of design has been applied to analysts' offices, prisons, even locker rooms. Susan Spencer of "48 Hours" explains how.

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WEB EXTRA: The evolution of the psychoanalyst's office
In this extended interview with Susan Spencer, psychoanalyst and photographer Mark Gerald tells how the analyst's working space has (or hasn't) changed since Freud.

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9 TO 5: Work spaces: Past and present (Video)

How do you design an office so that employees will be happy, and management will get a productive workforce? For several decades cubicles ruled the workplace, but many people didn't like them -- it turns out the company that largely introduced them didn't like them much, either.

Correspondent Richard Schlesinger visits the Herman Miller Company in Michigan, which has produced some of the most iconic furniture designs of the past century. But when one of their designers tried to create a more flexible office in the 1960s, employers turned it into the cubicle, much to the designer's disgust. We'll learn why that happened, and how Herman Miller is trying to recreate a more open office, with amenities like living room-like arrangements and even baristas.

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FAMILY: The benefits of multi-generational homes (Video)
Contemporary designers of homes for extended families have to make do with much less. Anna Werner shows us how they do it.

SCULPTURE: Houses that are for the birds (Video)
Martha Teichner visits a designer with a true bird's-eye view.

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POSTCARD FROM ITALY: The bells are still ringing, for the last 1,000 years (Video)
Allen Pizzey visits Agnone, a town in Italy that owes its success to never changing the design of the bells they've making for a thousand years.

LOOK, UP IN THE SKY! Gardens in the sky | Video
In cities where skyscrapers dominate the landscape, people go to great lengths -- or rather, great heights -- to create gardens. Erin Moriarty of "48 Hours" lifts our sights.

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DECORATING: The strange, inventive world of wallpaper (Video)
Some historians believe wallpaper had ancient origins, but despite its popularity among past generations it had fallen out of favor. Now some entrepreneurial wallpaper designers are stirring a renaissance of wall coverings with styles that surprise and amuse. Rita Braver reports.

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SUNDAY PROFILE: Jennifer Lopez: A design for living | Video
The singer-actress is also a fashionable business tycoon who says "workaholic" is not a dirty word. Lee Cowan sought her out for a chat.

WEB EXTRA VIDEO: Jennifer Lopez on her fashion line: "It has to be me" (Video)

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ARCHITECTURE: A tour through the Hutongs of Beijing (Video)
In China the labyrinthine streets known as Hutongs re-define your typical "old" part of town - some date back centuries, to the Yuan and Ming dynasties. But many such ancient passages have been bulldozed into history. Seth Doane explores the oldest surviving commercial street in Beijing.

BILL GEIST: A battered mini-golf course gets back on its feet (Video)
Bill Geist meets Glenn Lynn, who has designed more than 400 mini-golf courses, and is adding one more to his list: Barnacle Bill's miniature golf course, which like many other Jersey Shore businesses was obliterated by Hurricane Sandy.

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A NATION OF SLOBS: Dressing down a culture for refusing to dress up | Video
Nancy Giles meets a crusading Notre Dame professor who seeks to teach her students the lost art of more elegant attire.

TAKE OUT POLL! Tell us, which Nancy Giles do YOU prefer? Elegant Nancy? Or Slob Nancy?

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  • Our thanks to the Langham Place in New York for lending us their elegant spiral staircase

NATURE: Peacocks (Extended Video)
We leave you this Sunday with some proud peacocks strutting their stuff in Davie, Florida.


RECAP: May 12

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COVER STORY: Just the two of us: Childless by choice | Video
According to the Pew Research Center, in the 1970s, around one in 10 women were childless. That number now is closer to one in five.

Jessica Valenti, author of "Why Have Kids," says that while more couples today are childless -- many by choice -- there's a persistent notion that every woman, deep down, wants to be a mom. "I do think we run into a problem, especially when you're talking about women, when the expectation [over having children] is going to be the most important thing that you ever do in your life. And when that doesn't happen, it can be really, really disappointing and devastating."

But for some, the choice to not have children can be labeled by outsiders as selfishness. "Child-free people are not selfish," said Valenti. "You know, the idea that the only way to be selfless is to have children, I think, is a really dangerous notion, and a really dangerous ideal."

Tracy Smith examines the stereotypes of couples and parenting, and talks to researchers about the demographics of a country in which more and more couples are going it alone.

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ALMANAC: Florence Nightingale | Video
May 12, 1820, was the birthday of the founder of modern nursing, known as "The Lady With the Lamp."

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BROADWAY: Tom Hanks: A "Lucky Guy" in more ways than one | Video
The Oscar-winning actor, one of today's top box office stars, talks to Rita Braver about making his Broadway debut - earning a Tony nomination, by the way -- in the Nora Ephron play, "Lucky Guy."

It's story of New York tabloid journalist Mike McAlary -- and Hanks initially hated the idea of playing him.

"I said I had seen no reason to portray a tabloid journalist in any brand of light that is flattering," he told Braver. "I think they're all jerks and I hate 'em all, 'cause they ruin my day."

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PASSAGE: Soap icon Jeanne Cooper (Video)
"Sunday Morning" remembers Jeanne Cooper, known far and wide for her long-running role as Katherine Chancellor on the CBS soap opera, "The Young and the Restless." She died this week at age 84.

MOVIES: David Edelstein reviews "The Great Gatsby," "Star Trek Into Darkness" | Video
Pass the popcorn! Our film critic rates some of the first movies out of the box office gate this summer season.

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MOTHERHOOD: The modern midwifery movement (Video)
Midwives, which literally means "with woman," once were a regular part of routine deliveries. Then came "progress" -- more technology, specialties like obstetrics -- and midwives in America were becoming obsolete. Today, more women are saying something was lost.

There is also much to be gained: Statistics show the U.S. ranks far below other developed countries when it comes to maternal and infant mortality rates.

Jan Crawford profiles the unlikely leader of a resurgent midwife movement: A 73-year-old English major from Iowa, Ina May Gaskin, who's delivered more than 1,200 babies.

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FOR THE RECORD: Natalie Maines: Going solo with "Mother" (with streaming audio) | Video
As lead vocalist for the Dixie Chicks, Natalie Maines was praised by many for her music, and vilified by some for her anti-Bush comments made during the run-up to the Iraq War.

Maines talks with Lee Cowan about the controversy; about her first solo album, "Mother"; and about not following a "plan": "I never have a plan, because it never works out according to the plan."

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WEB EXTRA: To listen to streaming audio of Natalie Maines' album, "Mother," or to purchase, click on the links below.

STEVE HARTMAN: A mother's love for a child she couldn't save (Video)
Brenda Gorman and her husband adopted 4-year-old Zia, a child from Congo with a rare heart condition.

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LEGENDS: The dignity of Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier's life has been a series of "firsts" -- the first black actor nominated for an Best Actor Oscar, and several years later the first to win one; and he was the first black man to kiss a white woman in a movie.

After starring in more than 50 films, Poitier says his career choices were less about being "first" and more about the image of his characters.

He would not, he told Lesley Stahl, play someone who was immoral or cruel.

"If you go through my career, you'll find that I didn't ever," Poitier said.

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COMMENTARY: Faith Salie on becoming a new mom at middle-age | Video
Contributor Faith Salie on her first Mother's Day as a mom.

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NATURE: Bison moms (Extended Video)
We leave you this Mother's Day morning at Custer State Park in South Dakota . . . where bison moms and their offspring are doing just fine.

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RECAP: May 5

COVER STORY: Sinkholes: The hole truth | Video
Back in February a Florida man was lying in bed when the ground literally swallowed him up. Jeff Bush died in a 60-ft.-deep sinkhole that opened up without warning beneath his bedroom.

Because of Florida's geology, sinkholes are increasingly common in the Sunshine State. But they're a problem across the country (including Missouri, at left) and around the world as well, as Mark Strassmann reports in our Cover Story.

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ALMANAC: The first train robbery in the U.S. | Video
On May 5, 1865, armed desperadoes robbed passengers and blew safes on the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad.

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ART: Migratory birds return for the summer (Video)
National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore on an annual rite for birds -- and bird watchers.

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THE FIRST LADY: Michelle Obama: Cherishing her platform | Video
In the aftermath of national tragedies like the Boston Marathon bombing and the Texas fertilizer plant explosion, the President and first lady of the United States are often called upon to help heal a wounded nation. Since her first days in the White House, Michelle Obama has made a point of using her voice and influence to help those in need.

Lee Cowan pays a visit to the White House to chat with the first lady about her ongoing efforts to promote the health and well-being of children at home and around the world.

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PASSAGE: Van Gogh's colors (Video)
Researchers using X-ray spectrometry say that the blue walls in Van Gogh's famous painting, "The Bedroom," were originally purple.

MOVIES: Summer movie preview: From blockbusters to indies | Video
It's the season of superheroes, special effects, and movies with Roman numerals in their titles. With the help of Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan, correspondent Bill Whitaker gives us a sampling of the range of films we'll be seeing at the multiplex this summer, from $200 million blockbusters, to a movie shot in the director's backyard.

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FOOD: Grilled cheese mania sweeps the nation (Video)
The grilled cheese sandwich -- humble, simple, inexpensive -- has never sought the spotlight. But suddenly grilled cheese mania is sweeping the nation. There are grilled cheese trucks and grilled cheese restaurants serving sandwiches from coast to coast. Chefs like Eric Greenspan of The Foundry on Melrose have added grilled cheese to their upscale menus.

In 2008 Greenspan won the Grilled Cheese Invitational. Recently, 150 competitors and 6,000 hungry fans -- Bill Geist among them -- gathered in Los Angeles for the 11th annual competition.

When does a grilled cheese sandwich stop being a grilled cheese? Find out on "Sunday Morning"!

WEB EXTRA: Grilled cheese recipes from chef Eric Greenspan

WEB EXTRA VIDEO: How to make a grilled cheese sandwich
Chef Eric Greenspan demonstrates for Bill Geist how to make one of his specialty grilled cheese sandwiches. Lots of butter went into the making of this video.

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SUNDAY PROFILE: Mark Harmon: A hero on-screen and off
The ratings are in and there's no doubt: "NCIS" is one of the hottest shows on television. Now in its 10th season, "NCIS" attracts about 22 million viewers a week, thanks in large part to the show's leading man, Mark Harmon.

Since the 1970s, the versatile actor has appeared or starred in countless movies and TV shows, including "St. Elsewhere," "Chicago Hope" and "The West Wing." But Harmon's career has reached new heights playing Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the Special Agent at the center of "NCIS." Tracy Smith catches up with Harmon to talk about his life and career, on stage and off.

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COMMENTARY: Conor Knighton on "Celeb-reality TV" | Video
Why get regular people to do crazy stuff on TV, when you can find FAMOUS people who'll do the same crazy stuff?

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HISTORY: America's "Forgotten War," south of the border | Video

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When Americans talk about the "Forgotten War," they usually refer to the Korean War. But there's another war that most Americans know little about, though in a real sense it created the U.S. as we know it today.

The Mexican-American War of 1846-1848 fulfilled President Polk's vision of America's "manifest destiny," extending the United States from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. But south of the border, the war is remembered all too well as "the U.S. Invasion of Mexico."

Mo Rocca takes a look back at a critical, and controversial, chapter in American history.

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NATURE: Flowers in Georgia (Video)
We leave you this Sunday morning among the Spring flowers of Amicalola Falls State Park in Georgia.


RECAP: April 28

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COVER STORY: The future isn't what it used to be | Video
Flying cars, jet backpacks, and robots that do housework -- why isn't the future here yet?

Mo Rocca brings you a history of the future as we expected it.

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FINE PRINT: 3-D printing: The next dimension (Video)
Serena Altschul reports on a cutting-edge technique that seems like the stuff of science fiction: 3-D printing. Imagine a device like your home printer capable of "printing" blood vessels, a liver, even a human ear.

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SPECIES: The future of evolution | Video
How will the human species continue to change? And will the nerds win the evolutionary competition? Dr. Jon LaPook reports.

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GOOGLE: Eric Schmidt and the New Digital Age | Video
As Executive Chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt is in a prime position to not only forecast the future of technology, but to shape it. He foresees a world of ongoing cyber war; a world where autocratic governments struggle against technologically-empowered citizens; a world where the threat of hacking by countries like China is ever-present.

But he also foresees a world where your smartphone will actively guide you through everyday life, and where you can summon 3-D memories, similar to the Holodeck in "Star Trek."

It's all in a new book Schmidt has co-authored, "The New Digital Age." Correspondent Rita Braver introduces us to Eric Schmidt's vision of the future.

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WEB EXTRA VIDEO: Eric Schmidt with a tour of computing history

WEB EXTRA VIDEO: Eric Schmidt: Why N. Korea fears the Internet

WEB EXTRA VIDEO: Eric Schmidt: Wars will be fought online


LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: Saving America for posterity at the Library of Congress | Video
What parts of our culture do we choose to keep and preserve for future generations? That's one of the jobs of the Library of Congress: To preserve the past and present for the future. Martha Teichner take us on a tour of the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building, where you will find some of the 155 million items that are kept for posterity. You'll also meet a photographer engaged in a very special project: Documenting the 50 United States as they exist today, as more and more of the American landscape disappears to time.

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ANIMATION The "retro-future" of "The Jetsons" | Video
Lee Cowan looks back at the futuristic 21st century TV family, "The Jetsons," and what their vision of Earth in the year 2062 tells us about the Earth of today.

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LOTTERY: More than a little bit of luck (Video)
Bill Geist meets Richard Lustig, who has made millions from winning the lottery seven times. In his book, "Learn How to Increase Your Chances of Winning the Lottery," Lustig explains how he turned luck into a career.

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SUNDAY PROFILE: Jeremy Irons talks trash
It's weird to see an Oscar-winning actor rooting through trash cans in New York City's nicest neighborhood, but for Jeremy Irons, garbage has become personal. He is producer of a new documentary, "Trashed," which shows us the terrifying possibility of a future world buried in its own garbage.

"I wanted to make a documentary about something which I thought was important and which was curable," he told Tracy Smith. "It's not rocket science."

WEB-EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Jeremy Irons on why he doesn't throw stuff out

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MARKETING: Analyzing products of the future that flopped | Video
"People are always looking for the next big thing, what's new, what's the future, what's different from now," says Jonah Berger, a professor of marketing at the Wharton Business School. But a lot of those "next big things" turn out to be failures. In fact, fewer than 20 percent of new products succeed in the marketplace. Why?

Dean Reynolds visit the New Product Works in Ann Arbor, Mich., which stands as a breathtaking case study of fads and fizzles. Owned by global market research firm GFK, the collection features 120,000 different items -- many of them marketing fiascos -- spanning more than three decades of American pop culture.

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THE COSMOS: NASA's Kepler seeks to answer: Is anybody out there? | Video
Are we alone? Or is Earth the only planet in the universe that could support life? In 2009, NASA launched a telescope called Kepler to search for Earth-like planets beyond our solar system. So far, more than 800 planets have been confirmed, and astronomers suspect there may be literally hundreds of millions more waiting to be discovered.

A handful of planets even appear to orbit in the "habitable" zone of their star in which water could pool, and life could potentially survive. But the burning question everyone wants to know is: Will we ever really know if anybody else is out there? Barry Petersen talks to scientists working on NASA's Kepler Mission.

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THE FAST DRAW: Living forever (Video)
By tweaking just a few genes, scientists can get roundworms to live four times longer than normal. Can this help extend human's lifespan? Josh Landis and Mitch Butler of "The Fast Draw" explain.

NATURE: Sunrise (Video)
This week's moment in nature leaves us at the start of brand new day.

WEB EXCLUSIVE: David Pogue on Google Glass (Video)
The New York Times' David Pogue offers his view of the new computer interface technology you wear on your face.

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