Tim Stevens, CNET’s Editor at Large, discusses thousands of documents stolen in a cyber attack against Sony. Source
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12/14: Gunman takes hostages at Sydney cafe; Is growing coffee in California the future for the crop?
At least one gunman stormed into a cafe in the city’s downtown area and took an unknown number of hostages, while placing a black flag with Arabic writing in the window; and, coffee is now being grown in a place many thought was not possible — Santa Barbara, California. Farmers say wherever avocados grow, so too can coffee plants, making them optimistic about the crop’s future. Source
A holiday treat that won’t blow your diet
Dana James, the founder of Food Coach NYC, says you can cut out the sugar and still enjoy a delicious taste of the season. She shows CBS News’ Parvati Shallow how to make a healthy and delicious pumpkin spice smoothie. Source
America’s film heritage preserved at the Library of Congress
From silent films and Hollywood classics through the Golden Age of television, the curators at the Library of Congress painstakingly maintain its archive of 1.4 million films and video recordings as a time capsule of America as told through moving images. Martha Teichner goes underground for a look at this a national treasure. Source
Preview: Who was behind Keane paintings?
Correspondent Lee Cowan talks to artist Margaret Keane, whose paintings of big-eyed waifs became ubiquitous in the 1960s thanks to her husband, Walter, who sold them under his own name; and to actress Amy Adams, who plays Margaret in a new film, “Big Eyes.” Source
TV pioneer Norman Lear on creating classic sitcoms
Norman Lear, creator of such classic sitcoms as “All In The Family,” “Sanford and Son” and “The Jeffersons,” is out with a new memoir, “Even This I Get To Experience.” Lear, who is 92, joins “CBS This Morning Saturday” to discuss the book and his legendary career. Source
Reminiscing on three decades of R.E.M.
R.E.M. broke up three years ago, after 31 years as one of the most popular bands in history. A new retrospective and boxed set looks at the band’s rise to fame. Anthony Mason sat down with singer Michael Stipe to discuss the group. Source
The New Basement Tapes puts music to Bob Dylan’s lost lyrics
Bob Dylan’s “Basement Tapes” marks the first collaboration between Dylan and The Band. Newly rediscovered lyrics from that time are the inspiration for a new supergroup of talented musicians. Jeff Glor reports. Source
Could “superbug” infections kill millions per year?
CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook and CBS News contributor Dr. Holly Phillips weigh in on the threat of a drug-resistant superbug and the use of antibiotics in the U.S. Source
Narrow networks in Obamacare cause outrage
Americans have until Monday to enroll or re-enroll in Obamacare for coverage starting January 1. But many insurance companies offering policies through the healthcare law are quietly offering “narrow networks” to save money. Wyatt Andrews reports. Source