COVER STORY: Octopus
The octopus is one of the most bizarre life forms on Earth – one of the smartest, most interesting, and most alien. It can camouflage itself in a flash, squeeze its entire body through a one-inch hole, and use their brains (yes, it has nine of them) to think and play. Chip Reid visits scientists at New England Aquarium in Boston, and the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., and talks with Sy Montgomery, author of “The Soul of an Octopus,” about these curious creatures.
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ALMANAC: “Arthur Godfrey and His Friends”
The long-running live TV variety show made its debut on CBS on January 12, 1949. Jane Pauley reports.
HEADLINES: The great escape
You don’t get as far as Carlos Ghosn has come without thinking outside the box, or inside the box, which is how the former Nissan CEO skipped bail and fled Japan, where he was to stand trial for financial wrongdoing. He spoke with Charlie D’Agata about his improbable journey.
GRAMMYS: Gary Clark Jr.
At 35 Gary Clark Jr. is still clearly uncomfortable being heralded as one of the best guitarists in a generation. He’s played the White House, and toured with the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton. This year his blues/rock album, “This Land,” is up for four Grammy Awards. Kristine Johnson talks with the musician who describes himself as a “simple dude from Austin, Texas who picked up a guitar.”
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HARTMAN: Family
FOOD: Pistachios
Seth Doane reports.
MOVIES: Kim Novak
Now on the cusp of turning 87, Kim Novak is still finding herself. The star of such classics as Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo,” “Picnic,” and “Bell, Book and Candle,” the actress turned her back on Hollywood in the 1960s and has since pursued artwork and a love of animals. Mo Rocca reports.
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PASSAGE: Buck Henry
LAW: Pregnancy discrimination
It’s a story told hundreds of thousands of times every year across America: Women can get the job – just don’t get pregnant. Even though pregnancy discrimination has been illegal under federal law for more than 40 years, pregnant women are pushed out of their jobs every day, because employers still deny accommodations to pregnant workers. Jan Crawford talks to women who have faced serious choices and sometimes tragic circumstances affecting careers and family; and with two lawmakers trying to change federal law to better protect women in the workplace.
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OPINION: Train etiquette
Humorist David Sedaris on his run-in with the wrong passenger aboard a London-to-Paris train ride.
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CALENDAR: Week of January 13
“Sunday Morning” takes a look at some notable events of the week ahead. Jane Pauley reports.
NATURE: Australia
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NATURE UP CLOSE: The decline of the caribou
Despite their remarkable adaptability to an unforgiving environment, the numbers of these large, majestic, gentle-looking animals have fallen by more than half in the United States since 2003.
TAKE FIVE: Arts & events around the U.S. (January 10)
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