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Clinton and Trump get personal in tense debate

Sunday night’s second presidential debate offered more insults than insight. Donald Trump told Hillary Clinton that as president, he would try to put her in jail. Clinton said a video showing Trump talking lewdly about women “represents exactly who he is.” Trump’s comments, recorded in 2005 and released Friday, blindsided Republican leaders. Nancy Cordes reports. Source

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Almanac: The calliope

October 9th, 1855, 161 years ago today, was a day for music lovers to really let off steam. For that was the day the calliope – in which steam forced through pipes created a distinctive sound – was patented by Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass. Jane Pauley reports. Source

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Tooting his own horn

David Bilger, a musician with the Philadelphia Orchestra, has been mentoring 17-year-old Baset Azizi, even though Baset lives 7,000 miles away, in Kabul, Afghanistan. The story of how this young trumpet player connected with Bilger is as unlikely as what happened once their lessons, conducted across the Internet, progressed. Steve Hartman reports. Source

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Q&A: Nick Nolte

Actor Nick Nolte has been known to play some tough-talking characters in his time. These days he’s playing a tough-talking former President on the TV series “Graves,” while also finding time for some Questions & Answers with Lee Cowan Source

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Passage: Jane Pauley returns to morning TV

This week marks the 40th anniversary of the day a young newswoman from Indiana took her place as co-anchor of the “Today” show. And now, almost 40 years to the day, Jane Pauley takes over as host of “CBS Sunday Morning,” following in Charles Osgood’s footsteps. Source

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The placebo effect

Can a pill actually cure an ailment, even if that pill contains no cure? Doctors and medical researchers have discovered unexpected results from giving patients pills that aren’t medicine at all. Susan Spencer reports. Source

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