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A life-changing letter, and a new friend

When Marleen Brooks, of Park Hills, Mo., opened her mailbox, she was never expecting the letter she received, from someone she'd never met: a lonely, 90-year-old woman who lived across the street. Her reply: a friendship that has grown into helping others reach out to isolated seniors. Steve Hartman reports.
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