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Nature: River otters

“Sunday Morning” takes us along the Arrowhead State Trail in northern Minnesota, a winter playground for river otters. Videographer: Scot Miller. Source

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New music from the unapologetic Dixie Chicks

The Dixie Chicks, comprised of lead singer Natalie Maines and sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer, are one of the biggest female music acts of all time, with tens of millions of records sold, and 13 Grammy Awards. They talk with correspondent Tracy Smith about the Iraq War controversy that led to boycotts and blacklists of their music over comments made about President George W. Bush, and how failed relationships became a source of inspiration for their upcoming album, “Gaslighter,” their first studio album together since 2006’s Grammy-winning smash “Taking the Long Way.” Source

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“Riverdance” steps up its 25th anniversary

In the 1990s “Riverdance,” a boisterous celebration of Irish music and dance, became an unlikely show-biz phenomenon, with sold-out performances around the globe. Now it’s back with a 25th anniversary show, headed for New York’s Radio City Music Hall. Correspondent Mark Phillips talks with John McColgan and Moya Doherty, producers of the original “Riverdance” and its newest iteration, and with 22-year-old dancer Amy-Mae Dolan, who has never known a world without “Riverdance.” Source

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“Riverdance” at 25

The boisterous celebration of Irish music and dance, which became an unlikely global show-biz phenomenon in the 1990s, is back with a new generation of dancers to mark its quarter-century Source

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Muhammad Ali, in and out of the ring

The book “Picture: Muhammad Ali” shows how photographers from the Louisville Courier-Journal, the boxer’s hometown newspaper, captured both public and private moments of “The Greatest” Source

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Almanac: The Marx Brothers

On March 8, 1959, Groucho, Chico and Harpo appeared on-screen together for the last time, on TV’s “General Electric Theater” Source

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Italy goes to new extremes to fight coronavirus outbreak

Italy, which has the highest coronavirus death toll outside of Asia, has announced stringent new measures to fight the outbreak, quarantining about a quarter of its people, and even banning weddings and funerals. Charlie D’Agata has the latest. Source

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