A ruling from the Supreme Court could decide the reach of the NCAA’s authority to restrict payments to athletes. Source
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“SNL” ISIS spoof ignites social media outrage
The NBC comedy show is known for pushing the envelope, but this time it might have gone too far. Several viewers took to Twitter calling the sketch “tasteless”. Source
Kelly Clarkson on her relationship and new baby
Web extra: Singer Kelly Clarkson tells correspondent Tracy Smith she never thought the whole family package would work for her, but life with her husband and baby daughter, she says, is easy. Source
Chrissy Teigen graces the cover of People’s “Beautiful Issue”
“This year has been a roller coaster for everybody in the world, including our little family,” Teigen said, opening up about the loss of her baby. Source
Kelly Clarkson’s pregnancy intensified new album
Web extra: The 32-year-old singer says there were no subtleties when she was writing for her new album, “Piece by Piece.” She tells Tracy Smith that “Kelly the mom” is all over her latest work. Source
Alex Sharp on challenges of his “Curious Incident” character
Web extra: Actor Alex Sharp talks to Jane Pauley about experiencing the fear, anxiety and trauma of his autistic character in the Broadway hit, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.” Source
Robots open up the world of art
The De Young, one of San Francisco’s fine art museums, now has two robots that open the museum up to those who cannot attend, including the physically handicapped. John Blackstone reports on the state-of-the-art in museum tour guides, and interviews robotics activist Henry Evans, a former Silicon Valley executive who is now almost completely paralyzed, and who worked with the museum to make touring by robot a reality. Source
Almanac: The first selfie
The early American photographer Robert Cornelius – credited with taking the very first photographic self-portrait in America – was born in Philadelphia 206 years ago today. Charles Osgood reports. Source
Living through winter at Yellowstone National Park
Steve Fuller is the Winter Caretaker of Yellowstone National Park – one of just a handful of hearty souls who remain in the wilderness long after the summer tourists have gone. He’s stuck out the solitary existence of the position for 42 years, ever since the winter of 1973. Lee Cowan reports. Source
U.S. closely watching “escalation” near Ukraine-Russia border
Russian troops have been assembling near the border with Ukraine as tension rises almost 7 years after Putin’s annexation of Crimea. Source