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Teaching your kids to love Shakespeare

In this web exclusive, award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig, author of the book “How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare,” talks to NPR’s Scott Simon about helping shape a lifelong love of the Bard. Source

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The real original “Ghost Busters”

The remake of the 1984 blockbuster, “Ghostbusters,” is expected to dominate the box office in its debut weekend. But it turns out the 1984 original wasn’t so “original” after all. Back in 1975, a Saturday morning television series called “The Ghost Busters” aired right here on CBS. Anthony Mason reports. Source

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Preview: Chicago, a “rock band with horns”

On “Sunday Morning” July 17, John Blackstone interviews Lee Loughnane, Robert Lamm and Jimmy Pankow, three of the original members of the brassy rock band that’s been making hits for nearly 50 years. Source

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Stephen Colbert on terror attacks and comedy

Stephen Colbert, host of “The Late Show,” discusses the challenges of doing comedy amid recent terror attacks and tragedies. Colbert also discussed his plans to cover Donald Trump and the Republican National Convention with live shows next week as well as Bernie Sanders’ endorsement of Hillary Clinton in an interview with CBSN’s Vladimir Duthiers. Source

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After Nice attack, security changes for GOP convention

The Secret Service is working around the clock to get ready for the Republican National Convention, with the French terror attack on everyone’s mind. The FBI is looking at domestic and foreign threats. It has found no direct threat from any group targeting the convention, but the Homeland Security secretary says he’s still concerned. Jeff Pegues reports from the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. Source

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