CBS News (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
Correspondent Bob Simon reports that after 26 years of keeping silent while an innocent man lies in prison...a secret is unveiled, by two attorneys who say they always knew the truth. Correspondent Steve Kroft deals a House of Cards in Stockton, CA, which remains the nation's foreclosure capital with more than 6,000 houses in default and foreclosure. Meanwhile, Morley Safer says, make room baby boomers...
CBS News (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Bob Simon didn't stumble upon the Garden of Eden -- he flew there, to one of the most untouched places on earth. Steve Kroft didn't travel quite as far for his story, but he did go to New Jersey. He spoke to rock n' roll superstar Jon Bon Jovi. Meanwhile Andy Rooney reports from his desk, about his desk. That's on this week's 60 Minutes.
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
60 Minutes has been issued an order by the Greater Manchester (UK) Police to hand over notes of interviews with reformed British Jihadist Hassan Butt . Correspondent Bob Simon interviewed Butt for a story that aired in March, 2007. The Press Gazette (UK) reports that the BBC, the Sunday Times and Prospect magazine have also been "issued with orders under schedule five of the Terrorism Act 2000." 60...
Backspin (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
I can't help but like Bob Simon's look at the Israeli Air Force for 60 Minutes. Cool footage of jets and choppers and an honest look at how pilots relate to flying over Gaza, the 1981 attack on Osirak, and...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
On Sunday's CBS "60 Minutes," anchor Bob Simon talked to members of the Israeli Air Force and asked one pilot, Captain Omri, about air strikes in the Gaza strip in which civilians occasionally are killed: It's a classic guerilla war. Fifty dollar rockets made in the back alleys of Gaza against Israel's $50,000 missiles. The Israelis will tell you that kind of expense buys precise weapons which limit...
CBS News (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Bob Simon gets an inside look at one of the most vigilant military forces in the world -- the Israeli Air Force. And Leslie Stahl sits down with perpetually controversial Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Those stories, plus Andy Rooney, on this week's 60 Minutes.
NoisyRoom.net (Free subscription) | 04/26/2008
From the DEBKAfile.com: Maj. Gen. Eliezer Shkedy tells CBCNews 60 Minutes Bob Simon that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats against Israel must be taken extremely seriously. In an interview to be aired Sunday, April 27, the general said: “I think it is a very serious threat to the state of Israel, but more than this, to the whole [...]
CBS News (Free subscription) | 04/14/2008
Steve Kroft follows up with Iraq's anti-corruption judge; Leslie Stahl reports the latest breakthrough in the fight against cancer is of the do-it-yourself variety; and Bob Simon profiles the National Youth Orchestra. Those stories, plus Andy Rooney, on this week's 60 Minutes.
CBS News (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Lesley Stahl reports on China's investments in the US; Scott Pelley talks to Douglas Feith, an architect of the Iraq War; and Bob Simon reports on NASA's attempts to get man back on the moon. Those stories, and Andy Rooney, on this week's "60 Minutes".
CBS News (Free subscription) | 03/24/2008
Scientists have collected a billion and a half seeds from all the world's crops to keep in safe storage deep inside a mountain near the North Pole. Scott Pelley reports; Bob Simon has the story of an ossuary that could be the oldest archaeological evidence of Jesus ... if it isn't a forgery; Anderson Cooper profiles soccer star David Beckham.
