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Progress, desperation in Puerto Rico ahead of Trump’s visit

In advance of the president’s arrival tomorrow, there is evidence that things are happening faster in Puerto Rico than we have seen before in terms of aid getting where it needs to go. However, there is still desperation in isolated parts of the island, David Begnaud reports. Source

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A Mark Twain tale is reborn

Thanks to the work of literary scholars and a husband-and-wife team of children’s book illustrators, fragments of an unfinished Samuel Clemens story have been transformed into a new Mark Twain book, “The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine.” Martha Teichner reports on the latest work by the humorist, published just 107 years after his death. Source

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Just one of the guys

The Brandywine bulldogs in Wilmington, Delaware, have one of the most unlikely football players in America today – not just because this guy is so little, but because this guy is a girl. Steve Hartman meets 4-foot-8 linebacker Felicia Perez. Source

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The evolution of Dan Brown

The author of the popular “Da Vinci Code” has been vilified by the Catholic Church. Though he claims not to be anti-religion, Dan Brown will surely face more controversy with his latest novel featuring Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, “Origin,” in which God Himself is on the edge of extinction. Correspondent Tony Dokoupil visits Brown at home in New Hampshire, where his experiences at the prestigious prep school, Phillips Exeter Academy, shaped his life views. Source

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Rebuilding America’s pool of construction workers

When the 2008 recession hit homeowners – and homebuilders – hard, more than 1.5 million residential construction workers left the industry. Fewer than half of those jobs have since been recovered, and few young people are looking to careers in construction, plumbing, welding, and other skilled trades. Mark Strassmann looks at the shortage of skilled labor (desperately needed to build or repair housing in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria) and talks with “This Old House” veteran Norm Abram and Mike Rowe, former host of the series “Dirty Jobs,” about reconstituting America’s blue-collar work ethic. Source

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Almanac: “In God We Trust”

On October 1st, 1957, during the Cold War, a familiar phrase truly gained currency, as the words “In God We Trust” first appeared on America’s paper money. Jane Pauley reports. Source

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