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balloon-juice.com - 8/19/2009
60 Minutes
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From the AP : CBS News says Don Hewitt, the newsman who invented “60 Minutes” and produced the popular newsmagazine for 36 years, has died. He was 86. 60 Minutes was one of the top-rated shows on television for God knows how many years. It was also, to my knowledge, the ...
cbsnews.com - 8/19/2009
TV News Giant Don Hewitt Dies At 86 - 60 Minutes
— cbsnews.com — Play CBS Video Video Father of TV News Remembered Don Hewitt helped create the blueprint for television... news. He lost his battle with cancer at 86, Katie Couric reports. (more) TV News Giant Don Hewitt Dies At 86 - 60 Minutes

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motherjones.com - 8/18/2009
60 Votes
— motherjones.com — Quick background: Republicans will filibuster any healthcare bill that reaches the floor of the Senate, and it... takes 60 votes to break a filibuster. If a healthcare bill includes a public option provision, it's vanishingly unlikely that we can find ... (more) 60 Votes

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cbsnews.com - 8/25/2009
Drones: America's New Air Force - 60 Minutes
— cbsnews.com — Play CBS Video Video America's New Air Force Increasingly, the U.S. military is relying on un-manned, often... armed aircraft to track and destroy the enemy - sometimes controlled from bases thousands of miles away from the battlefront. (more) Drones: America's New Air Force - 60 Minutes

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60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt dies — The Political Carnival
By GottaLaff R.I.P. Don Hewitt : "60 Minutes" spokesman Kevin Tedesco confirmed 86-year-old Don Hewitt has died. Earlier this year, Hewitt was diagnosed with a small, contained tumor. Hewitt was already a veteran CBS newsman in 1968 when he created "60 Minutes," pioneering the TV ...