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Overdue protections for pregnant workers

It’s a story told hundreds of thousands of times every year across America: Women can get the job – just don’t get pregnant. Even though pregnancy discrimination has been illegal under federal law for more than 40 years, pregnant women are pushed out of their jobs every day, because employers still deny accommodations to pregnant workers. Jan Crawford talks to women who have faced serious choices and sometimes tragic circumstances affecting careers and family; and with two lawmakers trying to change federal law to better protect women in the workplace. [Photos from “Showing: Pregnancy in the Workplace” by Working Assumptions.] Source

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Almanac: Arthur Godfrey

The long-running live TV variety show “Arthur Godfrey and His Friends” made its debut on CBS on January 12, 1949. Jane Pauley reports. Source

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Gary Clark Jr.: “Music is my religion”

At 35, heralded as one the best guitarists in a generation, he’s played the White House, toured with The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton, and is up for four Grammy Awards for his album “This Land” Source

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Gary Clark Jr. on “This Land”

At 35 Gary Clark Jr. is still clearly uncomfortable being heralded as one of the best guitarists in a generation. He’s played the White House, and toured with the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton. This year his blues/rock album, “This Land,” is up for four Grammy Awards. Kristine Johnson talks with the musician who describes himself as a “simple dude from Austin, Texas who picked up a guitar.” Source

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Passage: Remembering Buck Henry

The comic writer and actor helped bring “Get Smart,” “The Graduate” and “Heaven Can Wait” to the screen, and was a frequent guest host of “Saturday Night Live” Source

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The art of Kim Novak

The star of such classics as Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” and “Picnic” turned her back on Hollywood in the 1960s, exchanging a movie studio for an artist’s studio Source

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