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​This week on "Sunday Morning" (Aug. 20)

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COVER STORY:
Internet shaming: When mob justice goes virtual | Watch Video
David Pogue of Yahoo Finance reports on how those who exhibit "bad" behavior are getting their comeuppance online. But sometimes the victims of this new form of cyberbullying are innocent victims of misidentification. 

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ALMANAC:
Dogs in space | Watch Video
On August 20, 1960, canine cosmonauts Belka and Strelka became the first dogs to survive an orbital space flight. Jane Pauley reports.

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PASSAGE:
Remembering Dick Gregory (Video)
Humorist and activist Dick Gregory passed away yesterday in Washington at age 84. The comedian long used his act to attack racism, and proudly proclaimed his role as an "agitator" for social change. Jane Pauley reports. 

       
WORLD RECORDS:
 A small town dreams big | Watch Video
Conor Knighton visits Casey, Illinois, home to the World's Largest Rocking Chair, World's Largest Golf Tee, World's Largest Pitchfork, and World's Largest Wind Chime, among many other over-sized objects. It's a collection that has helped the tiny town halfway between St. Louis and Indianapolis loom large on the map of world records.

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Correspondent Mark Strassmann with the young cast of "Stranger Things." CBS News

TELEVISION: "Stranger Things" to once again go bump in the night | Watch Video
Mark Strassmann goes behind the scenes of the hit Netflix series.

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PASSAGE:
Jane's summer vacation (Video)
What did Jane Pauley see and do during her time off?  She shares some pictures.  

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Oyster farming has been booming in recent years. CBS News

SEAFOOD: Aw, shucks! A renaissance period for oysters | Watch Video
Faith Salie discovers an oyster renaissance, and finds that oystermen (and women) can't keep up with demand.

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HARTMAN:
 The secrets of a long marriage (Video)
Is there a sure-fire formula for married couples to stay together "happily ever after"? Steve Hartman traveled deep within the cornfields of Knox County, Indiana, to meet eight siblings who collectively have been married for 449 years. 

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Correspondent Michelle Miller interviews actor Robert Pattinson. CBS News

MOVIES: Robert Pattinson: Revelling in the freedom of chaos | Watch Video
Actor Robert Pattinson shot to superstardom as vampire Edward Cullen in the smash hit "Twilight" series.  But he's been trying to shake that type ever since. He stars as a gruff bank robber in the new film, "Good Time." Michelle Miller reports.

GALLERY: Robert Pattinson

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Françoise Gilot and Pablo Picasso. CBS News

ART: Artist Françoise Gilot, on life with and after Picasso | Watch Video
It was in 1943, during the German occupation of Paris, that Françoise Gilot met Pablo Picasso. She was 21; he was 61. Gilot would later write, "It was a catastrophe I didn't want to avoid." 

Now 95, Gilot talked with Anthony Mason about her life as an artist, and as a muse and partner to one of the most famous and controversial painters in history.

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Bill Nye the Science Guy. CBS News

COMMENTARY: Bill Nye on the 2017 solar eclipse | Watch Video
The Science Guy celebrates humankind's ability to observe this rare celestial phenomenon, as well as to understand the cosmos and our place within it.

Complete CBSNews.com coverage: Great American Eclipse

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NATURE:
Dragonflies (Extended Video)
We leave you this Sunday Morning in a bog in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, with dragonflies all around. Videographer: Jeff Reisly.

       
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CALENDAR:
 Week of August 21 | Watch Video
"Sunday Morning" takes a look at some notable events of the week ahead. Jane Pauley reports.        

        
NATURE UP CLOSE:
Merritt Island

        


        
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