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Sunday Profile: Mandy Moore

Mandy Moore was a certified teen pop star, and a regular presence on MTV, before stretching into acting. Just a few years ago, she had been so shaken by a divorce and lack of acting work she considered leaving Hollywood. But that was before landing a starring role in a show that exceeded all expectations, the TV hit “This Is Us.” Moore talked with correspondent Luke Burbank about a young girl’s music dreams, and a woman realizing her dreams with her new album, “Silver Landings,” a collaboration with her second husband, musician Taylor Goldsmith. Source

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“Riverdance” at 25

The boisterous celebration of Irish music and dance, which became an unlikely global show-biz phenomenon in the 1990s, is back with a new generation of dancers to mark its quarter-century Source

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New music from the unapologetic Dixie Chicks

The Dixie Chicks, comprised of lead singer Natalie Maines and sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer, are one of the biggest female music acts of all time, with tens of millions of records sold, and 13 Grammy Awards. They talk with correspondent Tracy Smith about the Iraq War controversy that led to boycotts and blacklists of their music over comments made about President George W. Bush, and how failed relationships became a source of inspiration for their upcoming album, “Gaslighter,” their first studio album together since 2006’s Grammy-winning smash “Taking the Long Way.” Source

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Lessons from the 1918 flu pandemic

The outbreak of Spanish flu during World War I infected about one-third of the Earth’s population, causing at least 50 million deaths, including more than a half-million in the United States, where news reports on the epidemic were prohibited Source

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Calendar: Week of March 9

From presidential primaries to the Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, “Sunday Morning” takes a look at some notable events of the week ahead Source

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Norah and Dan

Four years ago, Dan Peterson was in his darkest days. His wife had just died, he was severely depressed, and was out grocery shopping for himself in Augusta, Ga., when he was spotted by four-year-old Norah Wood, who said, “Hi, old person!” and demanded a hug. The two struck up an unlikely friendship which continued through Norah’s kindergarten graduation and weekly visits to his garden, with countless hugs along the way, even up to the day before Dan died last month at age 85. Steve Hartman revisits the friendship that touched the world, which offered a prescription for happiness. Source

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Nature: River otters

“Sunday Morning” takes us along the Arrowhead State Trail in northern Minnesota, a winter playground for river otters. Videographer: Scot Miller. Source

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