Latest 60 Minutes: Newsmakers videos
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The next housing shock
August 7, 2011 | 5:00 PM PDT
As more and more Americans face mortgage foreclosure, banks' crucial ownership documents for the properties are often unclear and are sometimes even bogus, a condition that's causing lawsuits and hampering an already weak housing market. Scott Pelley reports.
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Brazil's rising star
July 31, 2011 | 4:59 PM PDT
As the U.S. and most of the world's countries limp along after the crippling recession, Brazil is off and running with jobs, industry, and resources. Steve Kroft reports.
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Slot machines: The big gamble
July 31, 2011 | 5:00 PM PDT
Lesley Stahl reports on the proliferation of gambling to 38 states and its main attraction, the slot machine, newer versions of which some scientists believe may addict their players.
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Mitch Landrieu's Big Easy challenge
July 24, 2011 | 4:59 PM PDT
The New Orleans mayor talks to Byron Pitts about the city he loves and his efforts to heal wounds it still suffers from corruption and Hurricane Katrina.
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Bribes or Death in Mexico: "Silver or Lead"
July 17, 2011 | 12:41 PM PDT
Byron Pitts reports on the murder of the mayor of a Mexican city, where powerful drug gangs seem to be giving authorities a choice of "silver or lead" - join us and we will pay you or don't and we'll kill you.
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Historic film: Market Street 1906
July 10, 2011 | 4:58 PM PDT
Morley Safer reports on a mystery that was solved about a 100-year-old film that we now know was made on San Francisco's Market Street just days before the 1906 earthquake.
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Homeless veterans: Stand Down
July 10, 2011 | 4:59 PM PDT
Some veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan into the recession are finding themselves homeless. Scott Pelley reports on an annual encampment in San Diego where veterans can find hope, help and services.
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Shale gas drilling: Pros & cons
July 10, 2011 | 5:00 PM PDT
While some complain that extracting natural gas from shale rock formations is tainting their water supply, others who have allowed drilling on their property are getting wealthy. Lesley Stahl reports.
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A visit to the Vatican Library
July 3, 2011 | 4:58 PM PDT
No one is allowed to borrow from the Vatican Library, except the pope. And no wonder: the archive holds some of the oldest and most precious works of art and treasure known to man. Morley Safer gets to see the best of the best.
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Global Medical Relief's Mission
July 3, 2011 | 4:59 PM PDT
Wars can literally shatter children's lives and Elissa Montanti is on a mission to make some of them whole again through a network of volunteers. Scott Pelley reports.
