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Financial decisions to make before the year’s end

There are six weeks left in the year to take action on your income tax withholding and to meet critical deadlines for retirement plans. CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss money moves to make before December 31. Source

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Baby shot in Texas “doing awesome” after surgeries, mom says

Only on “CBS This Morning,” we have a happy update on a little girl’s recovery in the wake of tragedy. It has been more than two months since a gunman opened fired on a roadway in and around Odessa, Texas. Seven people were killed and 22 were wounded. Among them was then-17-month-old Anderson David who was shot while in her car seat. Mireya Villarreal visited her family at their Texas home. Source

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Rural Colorado town tries innovative ways to attract teachers

In our School Matters series, we’re taking a look at the crisis in the country’s rural classrooms due to a shortage of teachers. About one in five U.S. students attend rural schools, but those communities struggle to recruit and retain teachers. Jericka Duncan traveled to a small town in Colorado to see how they’re tackling the problem. Source

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Day 3, Part 1: Adam Schiff’s opening statement

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Tuesday during the third day of public impeachment hearings that President Trump “put his own personal and political interests above those of the nation” by pressing a foreign leader to announce an investigation into Mr. Trump’s political rival. He also introduced the two witnesses appearing Tuesday before lawmakers. Watch his opening statement. Source

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What comes next in the Trump impeachment inquiry?

The impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump is moving to the next phase after defiant testimony from the final public witnesses. Former White House official Fiona Hill and State Department staffer David Holmes recounted specific conversations implicating the president in a scheme to pressure Ukraine to investigate his rivals. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the evidence is clear that the president violated his oath of office, but President Trump says he did nothing wrong. Nancy Cordes reports. Source

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“Direct proof” needed to impeach President Trump: Priebus

Multiple witnesses in the impeachment inquiry have implicated President Trump in a quid pro quo with Ukraine, but the president has said he did nothing wrong. Trump’s former Chief-of-Staff Reince Priebus joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss the hearings and the president’s strategy. Source

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Netanyahu says fraud allegations are an attempted coup

Benjamin Netanyahu says he’ll fight to stay in power after becoming the first sitting prime minister in Israel’s history to be indicted on criminal charges. Netanyahu faces allegations of bribery, fraud and breach of public trust. If convicted, he could serve up to 10 years in prison. Roxana Saberi reports. Source

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Indiana professor faces backlash after sexist post

Indiana University Bloomington has come under fire for refusing to oust a tenured professor for sharing racist, homophobic and sexist posts on social media. The college cited Professor Eric Rasmusen’s First Amendment rights in its decision. The outrage followed a tweet Rasmusen sent out this month that quoted an article saying in part, “geniuses are overwhelmingly male.” He included a link to the article, titled “Are Women Destroying Academia? Probably.” Source

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