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Sunday Morning - CBSNews.com
Romance scam victim speaks out on "psychological manipulation" that cost her $2.5 million
In this web exclusive, “Sue,” a retiree who agreed to speak with CBS News under a pseudonym, says she became a victim of a romance scammer and lost her home and nearly $2.5 million to someone she met on Match.com. She says the fraudsters used technology (including deceptive Skype calls) and “psychological manipulation” to lure her in: “People say, how can you give money to a stranger? He wasn't a stranger at that point." [Don't miss the four-part CBS News Investigation "Anything for Love."]
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4/21: Sunday Morning
Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, Conor Knighton looks at the creation of wildlife crossings to allow animals to safely bypass heavily-trafficked roadways. Also: Jim Axelrod investigates a growing epidemic of romance scams by fake dating app profiles; Jane Pauley interviews Julie Andrews and daughter Emma Walton Hamilton, who have teamed up for their 35th children's book; Ben Tracy talks with photographer James Balog, who is documenting the effects of climate change; Tracy Smith profiles "The Covenant of Water" author Abraham Verghese; and Mo Rocca sits down with Eddie Redmayne, Gayle Rankin and Bebe Neuwirth, from the cast of a Broadway revival of the classic musical "Cabaret."
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Nature: Icebergs
We leave you this Sunday amid icebergs in the Southern Ocean off the Antarctic peninsula – icebergs rapidly melting as ocean temperatures rise. Videographer: Lee McEachern.
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Alex Edelman on the tradition of Passover
The comedian reflects on the symbolism of the Passover seder and its resonance far beyond Judaism (and to the stomach).
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Earth Day: By the numbers
Monday, April 22, is Earth Day, when we celebrate our world and support protection of the environment. "Sunday Morning" looks at some facts about our changing planet.
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Julie Andrews on finding her voice again, as a children's book author
The singer and actress began a new career when she teamed with daughter Emma Walton Hamilton to write a hugely successful series of children's books. Their 35th, "Waiting in the Wings," about a troupe of theatrical ducks, is based on a true story.
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Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton, mother-daughter writing team
Singer and actress Julie Andrews began a new career when she teamed with daughter Emma Walton Hamilton to write a hugely successful series of children's books. Their 35th, "Waiting in the Wings," about a troupe of theatrical ducks, is based on a true story. "Sunday Morning" anchor Jane Pauley talks with Andrews and Hamilton about a remarkable mother-daughter collaboration.
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A lemonade stand brings an Alabama community together to mourn
A few weeks ago, seven-year-old Emouree Johnson, of Scottsboro, Alabama, started her business – a lemonade stand – to raise money to pay for a headstone for her mother, Karli, who died unexpectedly at the age of 29. From that terrible tragedy, Emouree has found an entire community coming to her aid – taking that lemon life handed her and squeezing out hope. Steve Hartman reports.
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In one woman's mysterious drowning, signs of a national romance scam epidemic
Officials say the story of a woman found dead, her savings drained, after meeting a con artist on an online dating site is part of a national crisis unfolding largely in secret.
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Widow's tragic story sheds light on romance scam epidemic
Laura Kowal was looking for love online and ended up being conned out of $1.5 million before her mysterious death. A year-long CBS News investigation found that experts believe law enforcement isn't keeping pace with romance scammers like the ones who victimized Kowal. Correspondent Jim Axelrod reports the first of a four-part series, "Anything for Love," a look inside the nation's romance scam epidemic. [Don't miss Part 2 of the investigative series "Anything for Love" on the "CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell," Monday, April 22.]
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Remembering "Sunday Morning" producer Jim Houtrides
Jane Pauley pays tribute to Emmy Award-winning producer Jim Houtrides, who spent 34 years at CBS News, nearly all of them with "Sunday Morning." Houtrides died Friday, April 19, at the age of 88.
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Photographer James Balog on documenting climate change: "Adventure with a purpose"
Photographer James Balog has become one of the foremost chroniclers of human-caused climate change, as his cameras have tracked the dramatic effects – vanishing ice, rising seas, fires, and the toll climate change is taking on all living things. He tells correspondent Ben Tracy that his photos are his testimony, a record of our past and present, and a message for the future.
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"The Covenant of Water" author Abraham Verghese
He teaches medical students about the importance of bedside manner, but he has another calling, as author of the New York Times bestselling novel "The Covenant of Water," a multi-generational tale of a family in India experiencing love and tragedy.
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"The Covenant of Water" author Abraham Verghese
Dr. Abraham Verghese teaches medical students about the importance of bedside manner at Stanford University's School of Medicine. But he has another calling, as author of the New York Times bestselling novel "The Covenant of Water," a multi-generational tale of a family in India experiencing love and tragedy. Verghese talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about uprooting his family to take a writing program at the University of Iowa in order to pursue his dream of being a writer; and about receiving the news that his latest novel would be an Oprah's Book Club pick.
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How wildlife crossings protect both animals and people
To protect the movement of wildlife impeded by busy roadways, a series of manmade overpasses and underpasses throughout the United States helps animals big and small safely get across the street, preventing collisions and saving lives. About 1,500 of these structures already have been built. Correspondent Conor Knighton looks at how they have protected genetic diversity in animal populations while also greatly reducing roadkill. He also visits the site of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing near Los Angeles, which when complete will help cougars cross one of the busiest highways in the country.
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