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Original Airdate: 2009-11-22

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The cost of prolonging one's life in intensive care; journalist Maziar Bahari discusses being tortured by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard; how director James Cameron created his new $400-million film ``Avatar.''

Original Airdate: 2009-11-15

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On the road with a bomb-hunting unit in Afghanistan; paleontologist Jack Horner.

Original Airdate: 2009-11-08

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Hackers who threaten national security; author Andre Agassi discusses his upcoming book, ``Open.''

Original Airdate: 2009-11-01

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The safety of the vaccine for the H1N1 virus; the Japanese mafia, Yakuza, has a worldwide influence; people who illegally distribute movies over the Internet.

Original Airdate: 2009-10-25

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Medicare and Medicaid fraud; epilepsy; actor and director Tyler Perry.

Original Airdate: 2009-10-18

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How the government plans to fight the flu pandemic; the machine invented by John Kanzius that may offer effective cancer treatment without radiation and chemotherapy; director and actress Drew Barrymore talks about her career.

Original Airdate: 2009-10-11

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A U.S. Marine company in Afghanistan; numerous blows to the head can cause brain damage; people wearing wing suits jump off mountaintops.

Original Airdate: 2009-10-04

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Lawyer Marc Dreier discusses how he scammed people out of more than $400 million; residents of Kingston, Tenn., are told to stay out of a river in which coal ash was spilled in December 2008; threats to the great wildebeest migration in Kenya.

Original Airdate: 2009-09-27

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Gen. Stanley McChrystal is U.S. commander in Afghanistan; attempts to repay money lost to Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme; the fame of dead celebrities, including Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, continues to earn money for their estates.

Original Airdate: 2009-09-20

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New technology allows amputees to pick up small, delicate objects; Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour talks about her penchant for sunglasses; college football coach Pete Carroll also works to combat gang violence in Los Angeles.

Original Airdate: 2009-09-13

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President Barack Obama; Ted Kennedy Jr. discusses his father's life and legacy; the cast of ``Guiding Light.''

Original Airdate: 2009-09-06

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Global warming and its effect on forest fires; combat in Afghanistan; musician Nathaniel Ayers and newspaper columnist Steve Lopez.

Original Airdate: 2009-08-30

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The ultimate destination of recycled electronic refuse; the role of credit default swaps in the current economic crisis; the inventor of the respirator, Forrest Bird.