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Chris Rock: Stand-up comedy is “spooky”

Web extra: Comedian Chris Rock tells Mo Rocca that the basis of a stand-up comic’s work – getting people’s attention while talking about anything, or about nothing – is inherently odd. Source

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Should Obama visit Ferguson?

Michael Crowley, John Heilemann, and CBS News Political Director John Dickerson discuss how the president should respond to the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri prompted by the shooting of an unarmed black teenager. Source

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Open: This is Face the Nation, November 30

The latest on the reaction to protests in Ferguson, Missouri and a look at the incoming Congress with Benjamin Crump, Dr. James Peterson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Senators-elect Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, and Gary Peters, D-Michigan, Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich, and others. Source

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Comic Chris Rock on stand-up and his new film

During the past 25 years, Chris Rock has become one of the most successful and provocative comedians working today. Mo Rocca catches up with Rock to talk about his life; his new film, “Top Five”; and how he manages to turn current social and political events into cutting-edge humor. Source

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Preview: Preserving the Beatles’ original lyrics

They’re scraps of paper, but oh what scraps: the original scribbles that became timeless pop classics. Mark Phillips interviews Beatles biographer Hunter Davies about how these relics of music history were rescued from the trash. Source

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