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  1. Dec 28

    This Sunday, we toast our friend and colleague Bob Simon with a fine single malt whisky. Watch an encore of his last 60 Minutes story.

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  2. Dec 28

    Who makes risotto with orange juice? What menu features a dessert called “Oops! I Dropped The Lemon Tart?” Chef Massimo Bottura and his three-Michelin-starred Osteria Francescana. 60 Minutes, Sunday.

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  3. Dec 27

    How often did John Lennon compliment Paul McCartney’s songwriting? “It was only once the whole time.” Sir Paul McCartney gives Sharyn Alfonsi a look inside his creative process and some insight into the breakup of the Beatles. 60 Minutes, Sunday.

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  4. Dec 24

    Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated after writing about high-level corruption in Malta. 60 Minutes producers say the journalist's allegations, coupled with the fact that she was a woman made her a double threat to the government.

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  5. Dec 24

    Is there something rotten in the state of Malta? The nation boasts 1 of the EU’s fastest-growing economies, but corruption is alleged to be rampant. Then there’s the matter of the assassination of a journalist whose revelations cut close to power.

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  6. Dec 23

    Malta is trying to establish itself as a hub for just about every voguish growth-sector you can think of—blockchain, online gambling, AI, you name it. But it’s also been earning an unsavory reputation amidst allegations of rampant corruption.

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  7. Dec 23

    In the dead of winter, 60 Minutes went looking for wolves in Yellowstone National Park, and we weren’t alone. These fierce and feral animals are the darlings of tourists willing to endure frigid temperatures to catch a glimpse.

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  8. Dec 23

    Yellowstone wolf biologist Doug Smith says the park's wolves are safe within its boundaries, but that they're vulnerable if they wander on the outside.

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  9. Dec 23

    The introduction of wolves has caused ranchers to lose cattle and sheep. Those losses were the reason wolves were initially eradicated. But now, there are nearly 2K wolves in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho where wolf hunting is legal.

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  10. Dec 23

    Without wolves, elk were overpopulated in Yellowstone. As wolves have cut the size of those herds, plants that elk feed on have made a comeback, which has produced benefits for other species.

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  11. Dec 23

    Each pack of wolves is tracked by a team of park officials. The packs are lead by an alpha male and an alpha female, which are the only two members of the group who mate with each other.

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  12. Dec 23

    The lifespan of a typical wolf in Yellowstone is five years. They are fierce and territorial; the leading cause of death is attack from other wolves.

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  13. Dec 23

    Beginning in 1995, a total of 41 wolves were carried into Yellowstone over three years. When we visited, the park has 96 wolves in 10 packs.

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  14. Dec 23

    In the early 20th century, wolves were trapped, poisoned and hunted until not a single one was left in the American west. But in the 90s, they were reintroduced to Yellowstone where they’ve had an outsized impact on the park’s ecology.

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  15. Dec 23

    Wolf tourism pumps $35M into the local economy near Yellowstone.

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  16. Dec 23

    "Major news organizations around the world have taken up her cause." 60 Minutes producers say journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia's work—calling out corruption in Malta—continues after her assassination.

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  17. Dec 23

    Ana Maria Gomes is a Portuguese member of the European Parliament leading an EU inquiry into the rule of law in Malta. She is part of a growing chorus of officials who see the country as a problem child on the continent.

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  18. Dec 23

    But Glenn Bedingfield, a member of Parliament in Malta, believes all those allegations of corruption are just part of a smear campaign. (2/2)

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  19. Dec 23

    The list of scandals Daphne chronicled includes allegations of cronyism, bribery and money laundering. In one case, the Prime Minister’s chief of staff is accused of taking payoffs to help Russian millionaires obtain Maltese passports. (He denies the allegations). (½)

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  20. Dec 23

    In 2008, journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia launched a blog chronicling the organized crime and high-level corruption in Malta. In a post last Oct. she wrote: “There are crooks everywhere you look now.” Daphne was assassinated later that day when a bomb went off in her car.

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