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The Scene: The Cast of “Out Of This World” Dinner Theatre Show

Andrea discusses the new show and what people can expect when they come see it. Join host Andrea Kruszka as she talks with the some of the cast of Out Of This World and director Logan Taylor. The group talks about what the idea was to start something like this, details about the show and their “family” process of doing ... Read More »

Hunting sunken treasure in the Bahamas

As a child Carl Allen came to the Bahamas, to the small island of Walker’s Cay for the fishing. Today, the retired businessman is fishing for gold, silver and gems from the wreck of a Spanish galleon that sank in 1656. Correspondent Lee Cowan takes a deep dive into the lore of hidden treasure, and the drive of a man ... Read More »

Centuries-old companies in Japan on the secrets of business longevity

There are old hotels, and then there’s Hōshi, in central Japan, which first opened its doors more than 1,300 years ago. Japan boasts tens of thousands of companies at least one century old, including sake-maker Sudo Honke, which has been turning out rice wine since 1141, and is currently run by a 55th generation descendant of the founder. Correspondent Lucy ... Read More »

How to outsmart shoplifters

It is estimated that tens of billions of dollars’ worth of merchandise is lost to shoplifters each year. And as shoplifters (working individually or as part of organized retail crime gangs) become more brazen, store owners are looking for new ways to stop them. Correspondent Rita Braver visits the Loss Prevention Research Council, which is testing new ways for retailers ... Read More »

Donna Mills on “the best moment of my entire life”

You might remember her as villainous Abby Cunningham on “Knots Landing.” What you might not know is that Donna Mills, now starring in the TV series, “V.C. Andrews’ Dawn,” is also a single mom, and an award-winning vintner who grows grapes in L.A. Source Read More »

Sunday Profile: Donna Mills

You might remember Donna Mills for her long-running role as the villainous Abby Cunningham on the prime-time soap opera “Knots Landing,” or a damsel-in-distress in the Clint Eastwood thriller “Play Misty for Me.” What you might not know is that Mills, co-starring in a new limited TV series, “V.C. Andrews’ Dawn,” is also a single mom, and an award-winning vintner ... Read More »

Towns for sale

In recent years dozens of towns across the country, from abandoned mining settlements to desert enclaves, have been listed for sale. Correspondent Christina Ruffini reports on opportunities for someone in the market to own a town of their very own, from a 55-acre village in Maine, to a sprawling Rocky Mountain ghost town. Source Read More »

Online scams: 3 rules to prevent being conned

Correspondent David Pogue talks with cybersecurity expert Mike Driscoll about ways to make yourself safer from online and phone scammers; and with Kitboga, an improv artist who has found a new way to fight con artists, by hilariously wasting their time. Source Read More »

A charity that abolishes medical debt

One in five American households bears some medical debt, which is a factor in a majority of U.S. bankruptcies. Since 2014, the charity RIP Medical Debt has abolished more than $9.5 billion worth of medical bills for more than six million Americans, by buying up delinquent medical debt at pennies on the dollar (just as debt collectors do) and abolishing ... Read More »