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New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd

Maureen Dowd has plenty to say about Clinton vs. Trump. And not surprisingly, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist has found she can’t please everyone, not even her own siblings, as she reveals to Mo Rocca in a round of Questions and Answers. Source

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John Grisham’s latest thriller

Author John Grisham has had 28 consecutive #1 New York Times fiction bestsellers, since “The Pelican Brief” in 1992. Now he’s back with his latest novel, “The Whistler.” The former attorney talks with correspondent Anthony Mason about how he happily dropped his law career, though he never really left the law far behind. Source

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New promise for gene therapy

The genes we inherit from our forebears help shape our lives – and in too many cases, can cut young lives short well before their time. Now a cutting-edge stem cell therapy is achieving some success, but is still not available in the United States. Martha Teichner reports on a promising new treatment for late infantile metachromatic leukodystrophy. Source

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Rock art: Seven Magic Mountains

Along I-15 in Nevada, just outside Las Vegas, seven technicolor rock towers appear as if a mirage in the desert. It’s the vision of Ugo Rondinone, a Swiss artist living in Harlem, who calls his Day-Glo painted limestone creations the Seven Magic Mountains. Lee Cowan made a pilgrimage. Source

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Cold caps help cancer patients keep their hair

Cold caps chilled with dry ice to 30 below zero can help breast cancer patients keep their hair. In the most recent study, roughly 66 percent of women who used cold caps kept 50 percent of their hair. Barry Petersen reports. Source

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Morning Rounds: Metastatic breast cancer treatment and more

First on Morning Rounds, amid National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook looked at the advances in treating metastatic breast cancer. Also on “CBS This Morning: Saturday,” Dr. LaPook is joined by CBS News contributor Dr. Tara Narula to discuss new guidelines for children’s media use, and more. Source

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Massive cyberattack takes down some of biggest U.S. websites

Investigators are trying to determine who was responsible for a string of sophisticated cyberattacks that caused major outages for some of the largest websites in the U.S. The rolling attack began Friday. The sites are up and running again. The disruptions happened in the wake of recent breaches that targeted organizations and election agencies. Marlie Hall reports. Source

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WikiLeaks tweets threat after new emails leaked

After a new batch of Clinton emails were released, Wikileaks tweeted a threat “we have a surprise in store” to DNC Chairwoman Donna Brazile and Tim Kaine. CBS News Congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes joins CBSN with the latest on what to expect. Source

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