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Nature: Bear vs. fish

“Sunday Morning” takes you to Taylor Creek in the Lake Tahoe Basin, where bears are fishing. Videographer: Derek Reich. Source

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Almanac: The 1969 draft lottery

As the war in Vietnam raged on and anger about U.S. involvement burned in protests across the country, a lottery was held on December 1, 1969 in order to address perceived inequities in military conscription. Lee Cowan reports. Source

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Preparing the next generation of GPS

Originally developed by the U.S. military, the Global Positioning System – now vital to nearly every facet of modern life – is being upgraded to GPS III, whose satellites will be better protected from cyber threats and signal jamming Source

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Alec’s mission

You may know Shriners Hospitals for Children because of one very special patient: 17-year-old Alec Cabacungan, who was brought to Shriners because of a rare genetic disorder called Osteogenesis Imperfecta (or brittle bone disease), and who for the past five years has helped spread their mission as the charitable organization’s leading spokeskid. Lee Cowan talked with Cabacungan, who describes his challenges and aspirations, and who makes it all look so easy, while none of it really is. Source

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A model family

Bart and Jessica Baldwin and their five children are an uncommon site in advertisements, catalogs and fashion shoots: a family of models Source

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