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  • Ted Kennedy's Safety Concerns

    Ted Kennedy's Safety Concerns

    September 11, 2009 | 11:29 AM PDT

    In his memoir, Sen. Ted Kennedy feared he'd meet the same fate as his brothers. His son Ted Jr. remembers the bullet proof vests in the hall closet.

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  • Safer's Reporter's Notebook

    Safer's Reporter's Notebook

    September 10, 2009 | 7:38 PM PDT

    Following the recent cancellation of the long-running series, "Guiding Light," Morley Safer discusses his report on the potential demise of the TV soap opera genre.

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  • Combat in Afghanistan

    Combat in Afghanistan

    September 3, 2009 | 9:47 AM PDT

    The enemy is on the rise in Afghanistan and Lara Logan's report from a forward operating base near Pakistan includes 60 MINUTES footage of up-close combat.

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  • Mr. Ayers and Mr. Lopez

    Mr. Ayers and Mr. Lopez

    September 3, 2009 | 9:38 AM PDT

    Discovered living on the streets by L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez, mentally ill musician Nathaniel Ayers has become the subject of a book by Lopez and now a Hollywood film. Morley Safer reports.

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  • The Age of Megafires

    The Age of Megafires

    September 3, 2009 | 9:37 AM PDT

    Global warming is increasing the intensity and number of forest fires across the American West. Scott Pelley goes to the fire line to report.

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  • Birdman

    Birdman

    August 27, 2009 | 11:22 AM PDT

    Forrest Bird's invention, the respirator, has saved millions of lives and, at 88, he's still living his life to the fullest, flying his airplanes and working 12-hour days. Morley Safer reports.

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  • The Wasteland

    The Wasteland

    August 27, 2009 | 11:21 AM PDT

    Where does all the e-waste we generate end up? Some of it is shipped illegally from the U.S. to China, reports Scott Pelley, where it is harming the environment and the people who salvage its components.

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  • Financial WMDs

    Financial WMDs

    August 27, 2009 | 11:20 AM PDT

    Steve Kroft examines the complicated financial instruments known as credit default swaps and the central role they are playing in the unfolding economic crisis.

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  • Hewitt On Starting 60 Minutes

    Hewitt On Starting 60 Minutes

    August 19, 2009 | 1:08 PM PDT

    The late Don Hewitt explains how 60 Minutes started with a special mandate from CBS News.

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  • Hewitt On Story Telling

    Hewitt On Story Telling

    August 19, 2009 | 1:07 PM PDT

    The late Don Hewitt speaks about the importance of telling a story. Hewitt stresses that every piece he views must have a story and not just pretty pictures and comments from people.

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