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H1N1 Flu Vaccine, Yakuza
On 60 Minutes, Scott Pelley reports on the manufacture and distribution of the H1N1 flu vaccine, and more importantly if it's safe to take. Lara Logan investigates the Yakuza, Japan's mafia, and how they may help foreigners jump the line in America for al
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Medicare and Medicaid
Medicare and Medicaid fraudsters are cheating U.S. taxpayers out of an estimated $90 billion a year using a billing scam that is surprisingly easy to execute. Steve Kroft investigates. More Americans suffer from epilepsy than Parkinson's, cerebral palsy a
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H1N1, cancer, Drew Barrymore
Scott Pelley reports on the H1N1 virus and its growing toll on children and teens. Lesley Stahl speaks with John Kanzius, a man with leukemia who invented a radio wave machine to help cure his cancer. Finally, Anderson Cooper sits down with Drew Barrymore
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Mini-Madoff; TN Waste
On 60 Minutes, Steve Kroft interviews Marc Dreier, the so-called "mini-Madoff" Ponzi schemer to help better understand how Bernard Madoff could have done what he did. Lesley Stahl reports on 130 million tons of waste in Kingston, Tennessee. Later on in th
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60 Minutes
On the season premiere of 60 Minutes, CBS News National Security Correspondent David Martin reports on General Stanley McChrystal--the top U.S. Commander in Afghanistan--and the mission that lies ahead for him and American troops in the country. Later in
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Prosthetic Arms
Tonight on 60 Minutes, Scott Pelley reports on new technology that is making it possible for amputees to pick up small, delicate objects thanks to the biggest innovation in prosthetic arms since World War II.
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Wildfires, Afghanistan, Music
On tonight's edition of 60 Minutes: global warming is increasing the intensity and number of forest fires across the American West. Scott Pelley goes to the fire line to report. Also tonight, Lara Logan reports from a forward operating basein Afghanistan
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60 Minutes 08-23-09
60 Minutes will devote its entire hour this week to the news magazine's creator and former executive producer, Don Hewitt, who died Wednesday at the age of 86.
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Michael Vick Interview
Michael Vick speaks in his first interview since he admitted to participating in the illegal dogfighting that resulted in a prison sentence and his suspension from the NFL. James Brown is the correspondent. Also tonight: Increasingly, the U.S. military is
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Supermax Prison; Drug-cartel Violence; Lebron James
This week: "60 Minutes" goes behind bars. Exclusive footage from within and a rare interview with its former warden takes viewers inside the secretive "Supermax" federal prison. Scott Pelley reports. Also: Drug-cartel fueled violence has turned into a war
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Online Poker; Mind Reading; Africa
Online poker players suspecting cheating were forced to successfully ferret out the cheaters themselves. Steve Kroft and The Washington Post's Gilbert Gaul report. Neuroscience researchers have learned so much about how we think and the brain activity lin
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Sully Sullenberger; East Africa Orphanage
Tonight on 60 Minutes, hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger tells CBS News Correspondent Katie Couric what it felt like to land a jetliner with 150 passengers and 5 crew members on the Hudson River. Also, the passengers from flight 1549 have an emotion
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Osama Bin Laden Hunt; DNA Exonerations
The officer who led the US Army's Delta Force mission to kill or capture Osama bin Laden after September 11th reveals what really happened in Tora Bora, Afghanistan, when the al-Qaeda leader narrowly escaped. Scott Pelley reports. Lesley Stahl investigate
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60 Minutes: 07/26/09
Lesley Stahl investigates the reason for a rise in gun sales, despite the economic downturn. The African lion is facing a new threat - poison, and their numbers continue to dwindle. Correspondent Bob Simon investigates. Charlie Rose speaks with casinom
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TSA Checkpoints; Drunk Driving; Wyclef Jean
The Transportation Security Administration says the hassles passengers endure at airport security checkpoints really make them safer. CBS News Correspondent Lesley Stahl reports. With drunken driving fatalities staying constant despite all the campaigns a
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Bananas; Brain Computer Interface; Sharks
On tonight's "60 Minutes": Critics argue that tour operators are making ocean waters more dangerous for swimmers and surfers, by attracting sharks to their boats with food. But first, Steve Kroft reports on the death of civilians in Colombia; and Scott Pe
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