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Mail call: Donna Reed’s wartime letters

Martha Teichner reports on how Hollywood actress Donna Reed contributed to the war effort during World War II – sharing letters with American troops and entertaining service members at the fabled Hollywood Canteen – and how her wartime correspondence, treasures lovingly preserved, are being remembered today. Source

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Retail stores ready for “Super Saturday”

If you had some last-minute holiday shopping, the stores were ready for you. This is “Super Saturday”, considered the biggest day of the year for retail sales. And for some men, it is also called “Panic Saturday.” Roxana Saberi reports. Source

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Atlanta Falcons hope new stadium can boost surrounding community

Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank has built his team into a championship contender, and he’s also been the driving force behind the construction of a world-class stadium for them to play in. But Blank isn’t finished with his rebuilding plan. He hopes the stadium can be a catalyst for change in the surrounding neighborhood. Dana Jacobson reports. Source

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Claus Meyer: The man who revolutionized Scandinavian cuisine

Growing up in the 60s, Claus Meyer says food in his native Denmark was often frozen, canned and tasteless. Later while working in France, he fell in love with great cooking and wanted to bring it home. In 2003 he co-founded Copenhagen’s Noma, voted best restaurant in the world four times over. Now, he’s come to America with the Great Northern Food Hall and the Michelin-starred Agern, both in New York’s Grand Central Terminal. Meyer joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss what brought him to New York City. Source

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Spinal surgeon’s mission to rescue the Big Apple Circus

Things for the circus haven’t been so great as of late. The Greatest Show on Earth, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, was shut down after 146 years and last year, New York’s Big Apple Circus filed for bankruptcy. But it turns out Big Apple fans are getting an encore thanks in part to some last-minute medical help. Anthony Mason reports. Source

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