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One-on-one with music legend Carole King

Music legend Carole King takes a look back at a hit-filled career spanning more than 50 years. “CBS This Morning” co-host Norah O’Donnell joins CBSN to discuss her interview with King. Source

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Planned Parenthood shooter: “I am guilty”

In a courtroom outburst, Robert Lewis Dear, who allegedly shot and killed three people at a Planned Parenthood in Colorado, admitted that he was guilty and that he’s “a warrior for the babies.” CBSN’s Contessa Brewer has the latest details. Source

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In vitro fertilization goes to the dogs

Researchers at Cornell University have found a new way to make puppies: in vitro fertilization. Jim Axelrod has more on what that means and how it can help more than just dogs. Source

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The shrinking middle class

In 1971, 61 percent of Americans were considered to be middle class. Today, barely half of Americans fit in that category. Anthony Mason explains the numbers from a new research study. Source

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Officer takes stand in Freddie Gray trial

The first of six Baltimore police officers on trial for the death of Freddie Gray took the stand to tell his side of the story Wed. Officer William Porter has been charged with manslaughter. Chip Reid has more. Source

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Jamie Foxx on playing (and being) an embarrassing dad

In films and on TV, Jamie Foxx has hit all the right notes. His latest project is a new Netflix series, “Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!” playing a single parent to a daughter who finds him less than cool. “CBS This Morning: Saturday” co-host Michelle Miller talks with Foxx and his co-star, fellow “In Living Color” alum David Alan Grier, and with Foxx’s daughter, Corinne, an executive producer of the show, who found inspiration in the tradeoffs of having a famous entertainer for a dad. Source

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Mandy Patinkin’s mission: Helping migrants survive

Last month Mandy Patinkin, who plays a “Homeland” CIA division chief racing to save a fictional world from a terror attack, helped refugees get ashore on the Greek island of Lesbos. We asked Patinkin to describe that journey on a beach, and how it changed his world. Source

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A new look at Ernest Hemingway

To many, writer Ernest Hemingway, author of such classics as “The Sun Also Rises,” “A Farewell to Arms” and “The Old Man and the Sea,” was the very definition of toxic masculinity. But a new PBS documentary finds the writer’s literary image, personality and sexuality are not so cut-and-dried. Correspondent Mark Whitaker talks with filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, and with Hemingway scholar Marc Dudley, about re-examining the larger-than-life writer in the age of #MeToo. Source

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Reappraising Ernest Hemingway

To many, the celebrated author of such classics as “The Sun Also Rises” and “The Old Man and the Sea” was the very definition of toxic masculinity. But a new PBS documentary finds the writer’s literary image, personality and sexuality are not so cut-and-dried. Source

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