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Original Airdate: 2009-05-17

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates talks about the war in Afghanistan; the new head of AIG talks about the tasks that lie ahead; Vogue editor Anna Wintour.

Original Airdate: 2009-05-10

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The U.S. military's use of unmanned armed aircraft to track and destroy the enemy; the curious life and death of Ashraf Marwan, an Egyptian billionaire said to have been a spy; Bill James makes an intense statistical analysis of baseball.

Original Airdate: 2009-05-03

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Ecuadorians sue Chevron over oil drilling in the Amazon jungle; Saudi officials try to re-educate jihadists; the Antinori family has been in the wine business for 600 years.

Original Airdate: 2009-04-26

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A profile of Vice President Joe Biden; coal is America's cheapest fossil fuel but is blamed for global warming; an elephant orphanage in Kenya.

Original Airdate: 2009-04-19

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Devastating losses in the stock market and their effects on 401(k) accounts; scientists are re-examining cold fusion as an energy source; a family of bullfighters in Spain.

Original Airdate: 2009-04-12

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New technology helps amputees to pick up small, delicate objects; the increase in gun purchases despite the economic downturn; casino mogul Steve Wynn talks about his success.

Original Airdate: 2009-04-05

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Budget cuts force a county hospital to close its outpatient cancer clinic; a man recounts his eight years in an Iranian prison; musician and entrepreneur Dolly Parton talks about her career.

Original Airdate: 2009-03-29

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Cyber gangs use computer viruses to gain information to electronically rob bank accounts; the African lion is in danger of extinction; basketball star LeBron James earns tens of millions of dollars annually.

Original Airdate: 2009-03-22

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President Barack Obama discusses the issues facing the economy and the country; musician Nathaniel Ayers and journalist Steve Lopez are the inspiration for the film ``The Soloist.''

Original Airdate: 2009-03-15

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke talks about what went wrong with the country's financial system and when the recession might end; Alice Waters has been touting the virtues of fresh foods grown in an environmentally friendly way for decades.

Original Airdate: 2009-03-08

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation takes over a failed bank; wrongful convictions based on flawed eyewitness testimony.

Original Airdate: 2009-03-01

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Harry Markopolos repeatedly warned SEC officials about Bernie Madoff's investment fund; violence between drug cartels in Mexico has caused thousands of deaths; a profile of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R).

Original Airdate: 2009-02-22

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The debate about lowering the drinking age to 18; CBS cameraman Richard Butler talks about his captivity in Iraq; a young Jewish orphan becomes the mascot of a group of Nazi soldiers.

Original Airdate: 2009-02-15

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A closer look at the ``buy American'' clause in the economic stimulus package; a whistleblower at one of the nation's largest financial institution says he warned bosses their loans were predatory; an interview with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.