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Airdate: 4/29/12 In the battle against addiction, "just say no" is magical thinking, says Dr. Nora Volkow. She's the head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and after spending decades studying the brains of addicts, Dr. Volkow has determined that drug addiction is a chronic disease that physically changes the brain. Dr. Volkow has found that even images of an addictive substance, such as alcohol or drugs, can produce a dopamine response in an addict's brain, and some foods can trigger a similar reaction. Morley Safer reports on Volkow's revolutionary research into addiction, as well as on her revolutionary family history

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black and white-This is the original CBS news special from 1964 that coincided with the release of the controversial Warren Report which attempted to explain the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather present the facts with dozens of interviews from eyewitnesses to the events of that tragic day in November of 1963. Hear the chilling accounts from Governor John Connally, Marina Oswald, Mrs. Paine- friend of the Oswalds, Wesley Frazier- Oswald's fellow worker,Officer Baker who confronted Oswald in the school book depository, Howard Brennan who saw Oswald in the window, the bus driver and the taxi driver that picked up Oswald after the murder, Mrs Roberts who ran the boarding house where Oswald stayed, John Brewer- the shoe salesman who saw Oswald roaming the streets and identified him in the theater, Officer McDonald who made the arrest of Oswald in the theater, and many more. Hear actual Dallas police radio recordings and see Oswald's actual route retraced. Since this program was created only 1 year after the assassination, the interviews and locations have not been dimmed through the prism of time, making this report on the JFK assassination a must see.

Airdate: 3/08/2009  There should be no better witness to a crime than an eyewitness, but in this report, Lesley Stahl shows how eyewitness memory can be faulty. She tells the story of Jennifer Thompson, who in 1984 picked Ronald Cotton out of a lineup, certain he had raped her. Cotton served 11 years in prison before DNA set him free. It turns out, our memory is more fragile and malleable than we think.

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Airdate 09/13/09  Morley Safer interviews the actors and writers behind broadcasting's longest running drama, "Guiding Light." Anything could happen and it usually did in the fictitious town of Springfield, where death and rebirth were as common as heartbreak, infidelity, kidnapping, suicide, sin, sex, and salvation. But after 72 years on the air,  the venerable soap opera finally broadcast the last of its 20,000 episodes.

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Airdate: 05/01/10 Is Zenyatta the greatest thoroughbred in racing history? This stunning horse has won every race she's run, and is beloved by fans -- distinguished by her size, her poise, her calm disposition, her extraordinary speed, her dramatic racing style, and the little dance she does before each race. One week before Zenyatta's final race, Bob Simon talks with Zenyatta's trainer, owner, and jockey -- and follows along with her routine as she prepares for the Breeder's Cup.

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Airdate: 4/1/12 If you are what you eat, then what does it mean that the average American consumes 130 pounds of sugar a year? Sanjay Gupta reports on new research showing that beyond weight gain, sugar can take a serious toll on your health, worsening conditions ranging from heart disease to cancer. Some physicians go so far as to call sugar a toxin.

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Airdate: 12/18/11 Meryl Streep, the two-time Oscar-winner and grande dame of American film and stage, sits down with Morley Safer for a rare interview. Streep describes why she got into acting, how her career has evolved, and what she learned from her new leading role -- as British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady."

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