Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009
IS IT MURDER? - With drunken driving fatalities staying constant despite all the campaigns against the crime, some prosecutors are pursuing harsher penalties against perpetrators, including long prison terms for those who caused deaths. Bob Simon reports. Catherine Olian is the producer.

MIND READING - Neuroscience has learned so much about how we think and the brain activity linked to certain thoughts that it is now possible - on a very basic scale - to read a person’s mind. Lesley Stahl reports. Shari Finkelstein is the producer.

THE MAD SCIENTIST OF FOOTBALL - Texas Tech coach Mike Leach made up for a lack of money and top talent by creating an innovative offense that’s changing the game of college football and beating bigger schools which regularly attract the best talent in the nation. Scott Pelley reports. Shawn Efran and Catherine Herrick are the producers.

Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008
THE ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE - 60 MINUTES devotes its entire hour to Barack Obama's historic journey to the White House - a journey 60 MINUTES cameras and Steve Kroft have chronicled for nearly two years. The most complete picture of the Obamas to date includes never-before-seen footage and the best moments from highly acclaimed 60 MINUTES segments and interviews with his family and closest advisors, including his first post-election sit-down with Kroft. L. Franklin Devine, Michael Radutzky, Tom Anderson and Jennifer MacDonald are the producers.

Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008
SCHWARZENEGGER - The former Hollywood action star-turned California governor may be facing his most formidable foe in a $40 billion state budget gap caused by the economic decline. Scott Pelley reports. Henry Schuster is the producer.

SCREENING THE TSA - Are the hassles passengers endure at airport security checkpoints really making them safer? The Transportation Security Administration says they are, but a security adviser who has advised them says those measures are "security theater." Lesley Stahl reports. Karen Sughrue is the producer.

THE ORPHANAGE - Ivory is selling for nearly $1,000 a tusk, causing more elephants to be slaughtered and more orphaned babies in need of special care provided by an elephant orphanage in Kenya. Bob Simon reports. Michael Gavshon is the producer.

Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008
BARNEY FRANK - Lesley Stahl talks to Rep. Barney Frank (D.-Mass.), whose position as House Financial Services Committee Chairman puts him right in the middle of the huge and controversial government bailouts, first for the financial industry and now for Detroit's automakers. Shachar Bar-On is the producer.

WHERE'S THE BOTTOM? - The mortgage mess that touched off the financial meltdown is far from over, with a second wave of expected defaults on the way that could deepen the bottom of this recession. Scott Pelley reports. David Gelber and Joel Bach are the producers.

COACH CARROLL - Byron Pitts profiles USC college football coach Pete Carroll, who, in addition to his success in making the Trojans a football dynasty, is making positive contributions toward decreasing gang violence in Los Angeles. Catherine Olian and Joyce Cordero are the producer.

Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008
THE OIL KINGDOM - Despite the pledge of President-elect Barack Obama and others to lessen America's use of foreign oil, Saudi Arabia - the world’s largest oil supplier - isn’t worried. That's what Saudi officials told Lesley Stahl when she visited the oil kingdom and toured its vast petroleum facilities, which are gearing up to produce even more. Richard Bonin and Kathy Liu are the producers. This is a double length segment.

SCHNABEL - His painting took the art world by storm in the 1980s and then Julian Schnabel reinvented himself as a film director to more kudos. Morley Safer profiles this titan of art and film. David Browning is the producer.

Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008
THE CHEATERS - 60 MINUTES and The Washington Post reveal how online poker players suspecting cheating were forced to successfully ferret out the cheaters themselves. That's because managers of the mostly-unregulated $18 billion Internet gambling industry failed to respond to their complaints. Steve Kroft and The Washington Post's Gilbert Gaul report. Ira Rosen is the producer.

THE SILVER STAR - Monica Brown, only the second woman to ever win the Silver Star since World War II, describes saving two wounded men during a firefight she wasn't supposed to be near - while she was only 18 years old. Lara Logan reports. Tom Anderson and Jeff Newton are the producers.

MICHAEL PHELPS - He swam into history at the Beijing Olympics and now the 23-year-old phenom tells CNN's Anderson Cooper what his life is like as hundreds of endorsement opportunities roll in to make this U.S. Olympic superstar a marketing millionaire. Draggan Mihailovich is the producer.

Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008
ASSAULT ON PELINDABA - Scott Pelley investigates the boldest assault ever on a facility containing weapons-grade uranium - a still-unsolved crime that could have had calamitous consequences. Graham Messick and Michael Karzis are the producers.

FOR BETTER OR WORSE - Foreigners who marry Americans are entitled to become permanent residents of the U.S., but in a stricter post-9/11 world, hundreds of widows are being asked to leave the country because their husbands died - even some whose children were born in the U.S. Bob Simon reports. Robert Anderson is the producer.

REX - Lesley Stahl catches up with Rex Lewis-Clack, a musical savant born blind and mentally impaired who, at 13 years old now, is making remarkable strides despite doctors' predictions. Shari Finkelstein is the producer.

Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008
THE 44th PRESIDENT - President-elect Barack Obama has agreed to give his first post-election interview to Steve Kroft. The interview includes First Lady-elect Michelle Obama. L. Franklin Devine, Michael Radutzky and Andy Court are the producers. THIS IS A DOUBLE LENGTH SEGMENT

Editor's Note: Due to a change in our line-up, Lesley Stahl's profile of musical savant Rex Lewis-Clack will not be seen on this Sunday's 60 Minutes. The segment will be broadcast in the near future.

Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008
THE INNER CIRCLE - Steve Kroft goes behind the scenes on election night to speak to the brains whose strategy propelled Barack Obama into the White House. L. Franklin Devine, Michael Radutzky and Andy Court are the producers.

THE WASTELAND - Where do the millions of computer monitors, cell phones and other electronic refuse our society generates end up? Some of it is shipped illegally from the U.S. to China, reports Scott Pelley, where it is harming the environment and the people who salvage its valuable components. Solly Granatstein is the producer.

TED TURNER - The nearly 70-year-old media mogul looks back on a life marked by huge successes, steep downfalls and public feuds that have made him an American legend. Morley Safer reports. Deirdre Naphin is the producer.

Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008
COMING HOME - Citizen soldiers returning from active military duty are entitled by law to get back their old jobs or at least the same salaries. But as Lesley Stahl reports, many National Guard and Reservist vets are having trouble despite the law and now employers say the law is putting an excessive financial burden on their businesses. Karen Sughrue is the producer.

SERGEANT BILL - Waving a badge he bought on the Internet and claiming to belong to the "Multi-jurisdictional Narcotics Task Force," Bill Jakob fooled a small town’s officials into granting him the authority of a law enforcement officer. Katie Couric reports. Kyra Darnton is the producer.

BRAIN POWER - People who are completely paralyzed due to illness or trauma are getting help communicating with a new technology that connects their brains to a computer. In the future, brain computer interface, or BCI, may restore movement to paralyzed people and allow amputees to move bionic limbs. Scott Pelley reports. Denise Schrier Cetta is the producer.

Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008
CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS - Steve Kroft examines the complicated financial instruments known as credit default swaps and the central role they are playing in the unfolding economic crisis. L. Franklin Devine and Jennifer MacDonald are the producers.

T. BOONE PICKENS - The oil and gas maven is on a mission to lessen America's dependence on foreign oil. Charlie Rose reports. Michael Radutzky, Tanya Simon and Andrew Metz are the producers.

GORONGOSA - American Greg Carr is using his great wealth to try to help some of the poorest people in Africa by attracting more tourists to their neighborhood - the beautiful national park of Gorongosa in Mozambique. Scott Pelley reports. Rebecca Peterson and Henry Schuster are the producers.

Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008
COMBAT IN AFGHANISTAN - The enemy is on the rise in Afghanistan and Lara Logan’s report from a forward operating base near Pakistan includes 60 Minutes footage of up-close combat. Peter Klein and Jeff Newton are the producers.

BANK OF AMERICA - Lesley Stahl speaks to bankers about the federal government coming to the aid of America’s biggest banks. Shachar Bar-On is the producer.

BLOOD BROTHERS - Matador Cayetano Ordonez nearly dies during this segment when he’s battered by a bull in a Bob Simon report about him and his brother Francisco - Spain’s remarkable bullfighting brothers. Michael Gavshon and Paul Bellinger are the producers.

Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008
THE FBI'S WISEGUY - The FBI undercover agent who brought down high-level mobsters tells how he infiltrated the Gambino family and shows his face for the first time, undeterred by the Mafia’s penchant for revenge. Armen Keteyian reports. Pat Milton and Michael Radutzky are the producers.

THE BATTLE OF SADR CITY - Weaponry so advanced that it spots the enemy and destroys it from nearly two miles above the battlefield made the difference in the fight for Sadr City last spring. Lesley Stahl's report shows rare footage of the weaponry in action. Richard Bonin is the producer.

ALL IN THE FAMILY - The Antinoris have been in the wine business for 600 years - maybe the oldest family business on earth - reports Morley Safer from its vineyards in Tuscany, Italy. David Browning is the producer.

Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008
WALL STREET'S SHADOW MARKET - Steve Kroft looks at some of the arcane Wall Street financial instruments that have magnified the economic crisis. L. Franklin Devine is the producer.

KILL BIN LADEN - The officer who led the army’s Delta Force mission to kill Osama bin Laden after 9/11 reveals what really happened in Tora Bora, Afghanistan, when the al-Qaeda leader narrowly escaped. Scott Pelley reports. Shawn Efran is the producer.

THE RACE FOR THE ELECTRIC CAR - Lesley Stahl reports on the race to develop and produce a viable electric car being waged between Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and Detroit auto executives. Shachar Bar-On is the producer.

SEASON PREMIERE: Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008
THE BAILOUT - Scott Pelley gets rare access to Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson as he deals with the nation’s unfolding economic crisis. Henry Schuster and David Gelber are the producers.

GENERAL O. - Gen. Ray Odierno sits down with Lesley Stahl for his first interview since taking command of U.S. forces in Iraq and also takes her and 60 MINUTES cameras on his first battlefield tour in his new role. Richard Bonin is the producer.

THE COLLIDER - Steve Kroft descends into the Large Hadron Collider - some call it the "big bang machine" - that took billions of dollars and 9,000 physicists to build in the hope it will provide valuable insights into the formation of the universe. Andy Court and Keith Sharman are the producers.

Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008
THE CANDIDATES - In separate interviews and for the whole hour, the two parties' presidential nominees are questioned on the big issues, including the faltering U.S. economy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, energy policy and health care. Steve Kroft interviews Democrat Barack Obama and Scott Pelley interviews Republican John McCain. The producers are Tom Anderson, L. Franklin Devine and Michael Radutzky.

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008
EVIDENCE OF INJUSTICE - In a joint investigation, 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft and The Washington Post's John Solomon report on a flawed science used in the convictions of hundreds of defendants, dozens of whom may be innocent. Ira Rosen is the producer.

JUSTICE SCALIA - The U.S. Supreme Court's Antonin Scalia discusses his public and private life in a remarkably candid interview with Lesley Stahl. Ruth Streeter is the producer. THIS IS A DOUBLE-LENGTH SEGMENT

Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008
THE WAR WITHIN - In his latest inside-the-White-House book, legendary reporter Bob Woodward reveals the thoughts and strategies governing the war in Iraq that come directly from President Bush and his inner circle. Scott Pelley reports. Robert Anderson is the producer.

ALEC BALDWIN - Morley Safer profiles the versatile actor, who talks candidly about his career and his personal life - including his very public divorce and custody battle. Deirdre Naphin and Katy Textor are the producers.

THE KING OF SUSHI - Highly coveted as the definitive dish in sushi, bluefin tuna are being captured in rising numbers by modern methods that threaten to endanger the species. Bob Simon reports. Michael Gavshon and Drew Magratten are the producers.

Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008
OBAMA - BIDEN '08 - In their first interview together as running mates, Sen. Barack Obama and his choice for vice-president Sen. Joseph Biden discuss their roles and strategies for the upcoming presidential election. Steve Kroft reports. L. Franklin Devine and Michael Radutzky are the producers.

BOMBING AFGHANISTAN - The president of Afghanistan demands that the U.S. military curtail its use of air strikes against insurgents in his country because they are killing too many civilians. Scott Pelley reports. Solly Granatstein is the producer.

AWAKENINGS - Minimally conscious people - those who cannot talk, walk or eat, but are not in what’s called a vegetative state - are being re-evaluated for degrees of consciousness many thought they never had. Some are actually re-awakening thanks to drug therapies. CNN Anchor Anderson Cooper reports. Denise Schrier Cetta is the producer.

Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
THE KILLINGS IN HADITHA - Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich speaks publicly for the first time about the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha, Iraq, resulting in murder charges against him and three other soldiers. Scott Pelley reports. Shawn Efran and Solly Granatstein are the producers. (This is a double-length segment.)

THE WRONG MEDICINE - Dennis Quaid's newborn twins nearly died when they were mistakenly given a drug overdose. The actor and his wife share their story for the first time on television to draw attention to hospital mistakes that kill as many as 100,000 Americans a year. Steve Kroft reports. Ira Rosen is the producer.

Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008
NO ORDINARY SPY - Valerie Plame Wilson, the former covert CIA officer whose leaked identity resulted in a national scandal that reached all the way to the White House, appears in her first interview since her cover was blown. Katie Couric reports. Graham Messick is the producer.

WAR AGAINST WOMEN - The civil war in Congo is an ethnic conflict, but gender has become a crucial factor, too, as women are bearing the brunt of one of the horrible weapons used in the war: rape. CNN's Anderson Cooper reports. Michael Gavshon and Drew Magratten are the producers.

THE LOST LEONARDO - The Leonardo DaVinci masterpiece, The Battle of Anghiari, is thought to be lost forever, but an art detective thinks he has solved the mystery of the missing mural. Morley Safer reports. David Browning is the producer.

Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008
THE IAF - The Israeli air force - the best in the Middle East - has to prepare for anything says one of its officers, because if Israel loses just one war, it will cease to exist. Bob Simon reports. Michael Gavshon and Drew Magratten are the producers.

INSANITY ON DEATH ROW - The U.S. Constitution prohibits the execution of insane persons, but Gregory Thompson, whose lawyers say is mentally ill, may yet be put to death in a bizarre case that has been going on for over 20 years. Lara Logan reports. Tom Anderson is the producer.

THE ICAHN LIFT- Carl Icahn’s reputation for pumping up the value of companies has led to a phrase that describes that Midas touch: the "Icahn lift." Lesley Stahl profiles the billionaire investor. Karen Sughrue is the producer.

Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008
DUBAI INC. - Oil-rich, a magnet for business and tourism and a stable island in the turbulent Middle East, the Kingdom of Dubai is the success story of the region. Steve Kroft reports. Harry Radliffe is the producer. THIS IS A DOUBLE-LENGTH SEGMENT.

STAT MAN - Bill James doesn’t run, hit or catch a baseball but his intense statistical analysis of the game and its players have made him an essential asset to the world champion Boston Red Sox. Morley Safer reports. Deirdre Naphin is the producer.

Sunday, July 27, 2008
THE EXECUTIONER - In his first interview, infamous Boston mob triggerman John Martorano coolly explains why and how he murdered 20 people to protect his friends, family and his gang’s business. Steve Kroft reports. Tanya Simon is the producer.

A BIGGER LEAP FOR MANKIND - With the Space Shuttle program ending soon, NASA is planning to return men to the moon in preparation for a manned flight to Mars. Bob Simon reports. Draggan Mihailovich is the producer.

SPRINGSTEEN - Back on tour with his E Street Band, Bruce Springsteen at 58 years old is still a passionate rock icon whose songs reflect his loves, his blue collar background and increasingly, his politics. Scott Pelley reports. John Hamlin is the producer.

Sunday, July 20, 2008
SEARCHING FOR JACOB - Jacob fled his village in Darfur to escape mass murder, leaving his family and schoolbooks behind. Scott Pelley puts a face on the horrible genocide in Sudan when he tracks down Jacob to return his books. Shawn Efran is the producer.

THE KANZIUS MACHINE - Leukemia patient John Kanzius wants to see the promising machine he invented that kills cancer cells go into clinical trials and maybe help other people beat a disease he probably won't. Lesley Stahl reports. Tanya Simon is the producer.

EL SISTEMA - Through a system of early training and local orchestras, Venezuela has not only provided an uplifting musical experience for its at-risk youth, but also developed an orchestra that is world famous. Bob Simon reports. Harry A. Radliffe II is the producer.

Sunday, July 13, 2008
DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL - With the military struggling to recruit and retain soldiers, gay soldiers claim that commanders are reluctant to discharge key personnel - even those openly gay - in the middle of a war, despite the don’t ask, don’t tell policy. Lesley Stahl reports. Karen Sughrue is the producer.

LIFELINE - Remote Area Medical was founded to bring free medicine to remote parts of the world but now also helps thousands of the estimated 47 million Americans who have no health insurance and others who are underinsured. Scott Pelley reports. Henry Schuster is the producer.

DAVID BECKHAM - Soccer superstar David Beckham came from England to try to jumpstart professional soccer in America. He talks to CNN’s Anderson Cooper about his triumphs, his troubles, the challenge ahead of him and demonstrates how he bends a soccer ball around or over his opponents. Keith Sharman is the producer.

Sunday, July 6, 2008
KINGS OF CONGO - With just 700 mountain gorillas left on earth, CNN's Anderson Cooper finds some high in the African jungles and reports on why they have become so endangered. Robert Anderson and Casey Morgan are the producers.

THE PATH TO WAR - The first Pentagon insider to give his account of the run-up to war says the attack on Iraq was more a defensive move against possible future threats from Saddam Hussein than a retaliation for the 9/11 attacks. Steve Kroft interviews Douglas Feith, the former undersecretary of defense for policy. L. Franklin Devine and Michael Rosenbaum are the producers.

SHOULD WE MAKE CENTS? - The U.S. Mint is in a bind: should it continue to produce pennies and nickels whose metal content is worth more than their face value? Morley Safer reports. David Browning is the producer.

Sunday, June 29, 2008
THE PURGE - A Baghdad clergyman estimates that 90 percent of Iraq's Christians, once thought to number over a million, have either fled or have been murdered by Islamic extremists during the religious civil war. Scott Pelley reports. Shawn Efran and Philip Ittner are the producers.

ROOTS - The new field of genetic genealogy uses DNA to trace ancestry back hundreds of years, sometimes surprising customers with unlikely relatives. Lesley Stahl reports. Shari Finkelstein is the producer.

WILL SMITH - Steve Kroft profiles the versatile actor on the eve of his next film. John Hamlin and Albert Kahwaty are the producers.

Sunday, June 22, 2008
AL HURRA - 60 Minutes and ProPublica investigate Al Hurra - America's taxpayer supported television channel in the Middle East -- which has come under scrutiny for a raft of problems, including broadcasting unchallenged anti-Israel commentary. Scott Pelley reports. Graham Messick, Michael Karzis, Dafna Linzer and Michael Radutzky are the producers.

LIFE SAVER - Plumpynut is a cheap, nutritious food that needs no refrigeration or preparation that is saving starving children in the developing world. Anderson Cooper reports on this miracle product that would save even more if more of it could be made and its distribution increased. Robert Anderson and Casey Morgan is the producer.

FISH FUSS - The government's multi-billion dollar effort to save the salmon of the Pacific Northwest is failing, so residents there may soon have to choose between the fish or the hydroelectric dams that are killing scores of them. Lesley Stahl reports. Karen Sughrue is the producer.

Sunday, June 15, 2008
THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP - Scientists are discovering that sleep is far more critical to human health than previously believed and have linked sleep deprivation to serious problems such as diabetes, obesity and heart disease. Lesley Stahl reports. Shari Finkelstein is the producer. THIS IS A DOUBLE LENGTH SEGMENT.

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS - Little Denmark, with its five-and-a-half million people, is the happiest country in the world, says a study done by an English University. Morley Safer reports why the Danes are so happy and explores why the U.S. is way down the list. Deirdre Naphin is the producer.

Sunday, June 8, 2008
COMBUSTIBLE DUST - Scott Pelley reports on the deaths and property damage caused by dust explosions at American factories, a problem critics say the government needs to do more to prevent. Joel Bach and David Gelber are the producers.

HOWARD HUGHES - The late billionaire’s money is being used to probe life’s medical mysteries through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, America’s second largest charity. Lesley Stahl reports. Rome Hartman is the producer.

JOEL OSTEEN - Popular preacher Joel Osteen’s positive message packs them in - 42,000 a week at his Houston Lakewood church - and has made him known around the world in books, speeches and televised sermons. Byron Pitts reports. Ruth Streeter is the producer.

Sunday, June 1, 2008
OFFICER HERRERA GOES PUBLIC - Indicted Chicago Police Officer Keith Herrera speaks for the first time publicly about his former unit, the Special Operations Section, members of which are accused of crimes including armed robbery and kidnapping, in one of the largest police scandals in Chicago history. Katie Couric reports. Producers are Tanya Simon, Andrew Metz and Michael Radutzky.

THE PENTAGON’S RAY GUN - Straight out of Buck Rogers and perfect for crowd control, this non-lethal weapon could help eliminate the deaths incurred while trying to control crowds, especially in Iraq. But it’s not in Iraq yet, reports David Martin. Mary Walsh is the producer.

CAPTAIN OF CAPITALISM - Lesley Stahl profiles Tom Perkins, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist and former Hewlett-Packard director whose mega yacht is the biggest sailboat in the world. Richard Bonin is the producer.

Sunday, May 25, 2008
A 26-YEAR SECRET - Bob Simon reports on two lawyers who, bound by the client-attorney privilege, kept the secret that their client had committed a murder while an innocent man went to jail for the crime and remained there for 26 years. Robert Anderson and Casey Morgan are the producers.

HOUSE OF CARDS - Steve Kroft reports on how the U.S. sub-prime mortgage meltdown, in which risky loans drove a housing boom that went bust, is now roiling capital markets worldwide. L. Franklin Devine and Jennifer MacDonald are the producers.

HERE COME THE MILLENNIALS - They are in their late teens to early twenties and have been coddled by their parents to the point of being ill prepared for a demanding workplace. Morley Safer reports on the generation called "Millennials." Katy Textor is the producer.

Sunday, May 18, 2008
THE LIST - Thousands of Iraqis who helped the U.S. in Iraq as translators, office help and construction workers are now labeled collaborators by the insurgents. A young American, Kirk Johnson, is making a Herculean effort to help get them out of harm's way. Scott Pelley reports. Shawn Efran is the producer.

GARDEN OF EDEN - Bob Simon visits a pristine paradise in Indonesia where only a few humans have ever set foot and many new species are being discovered. Draggan Mihailovich is the producer.

BON JOVI - Jon Bon Jovi and his band are still filling arenas and producing hit albums 26 years after breaking out of the local New Jersey music scene. Steve Kroft reports. John Hamlin is the producer.

Sunday, May 11, 2008
THE PRICE OF BANANAS - Chiquita Brands International says it paid murderous paramilitaries in Colombia to protect the lives of its employees there, but the families of civilians killed by the paramilitaries say the company is responsible for their deaths. Steve Kroft reports. Andy Court is the producer.

DETENTION IN AMERICA - An investigation by Washington Post reporters Dana Priest and Amy Goldstein, joined by 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley, uncovers the neglectful conditions and inadequate medical treatment in a U.S. government-run prison system that has caused the deaths of some detainees. Henry Schuster is the producer.

ALEC BALDWIN - Morley Safer profiles the versatile actor, who talks candidly about his career and his personal life - including his very public divorce and custody battle. Deirdre Naphin and Katy Textor are the producers.

Sunday, May 4, 2008
EXONERATED - The Dallas County District Attorney’s office and the Innocence Project of Texas have joined forces to re-examine cases and have freed several inmates so far, including James Woodard, who spent 27 years in jail. Scott Pelley reports. Tom Anderson and Jenny Dubin are the producers.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO PAT TILLMAN? - In her first television interview, Mary Tillman talks to Katie Couric about her son, Pat, a former NFL star turned Army Ranger, and her frustration over the way the government handled information about his death by friendly fire. Kyra Darnton is the producer.

DR. FARMER’S REMEDY - Dr. Paul Farmer dedicates his life and career to delivering medical treatment in Third World countries, saving countless lives in places like Haiti and Rwanda. Byron Pitts reports. Catherine Olian is the producer.

Sunday, April 27, 2008
THE IAF - The Israeli air force - the best in the Middle East - has to prepare for anything says one of its officers, because if Israel loses just one war, it will cease to exist. Bob Simon reports. Michael Gavshon and Drew Magratten are the producers.

JUSTICE SCALIA - The U.S. Supreme Court's Antonin Scalia discusses his public and private life in a remarkably candid interview with Lesley Stahl. Ruth Streeter is the producer. THIS IS A DOUBLE-LENGTH SEGMENT

Sunday, April 20, 2008
AMBUSH IN AFGHANISTAN - U.S. Army Special Forces say they were shocked by the disciplined military tactics used by hundreds of Taliban fighters who ambushed them near Kandahar, Afghanistan, in their first account of the unreported battle. Lara Logan reports. Tom Anderson, Max McClellan, and Jenny Dubin are the producers.

THE BYPASS EFFECT - An operation performed primarily to reduce weight in the obese has some startlingly positive side effects on type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, high blood pressure, coronary artery disease and even cancer. Lesley Stahl reports. Shachar Bar-On is the producer.

THE LOST LEONARDO - The Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece, The Battle of Anghiari, is thought to be lost forever, but an art detective thinks he has solved the mystery of the missing mural. Morley Safer reports. David Browning is the producer.

Sunday, April 13, 2008
STATE OF CORRUPTION - Corruption in Iraq is so entrenched that militia groups known to target U.S. troops control some of Iraq’s ministries and have used those government funds and resources to kill Americans. Steve Kroft reports. Andy Court and Keith Sharman are the producers.

THE KANZIUS MACHINE - Leukemia patient John Kanzius wants to see the promising machine he invented that kills cancer cells go into clinical trials and maybe help other people beat a disease he probably won’t. Lesley Stahl reports. Tanya Simon is the producer.

EL SISTEMA - Through a system of early training and local orchestras, Venezuela has not only provided an uplifting musical experience for its at-risk youth, but also developed an orchestra that is world famous. Bob Simon reports. Harry Radliffe is the producer.

Sunday, April 6, 2008
SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND - For the first time, China’s government-controlled $200-billion sovereign wealth fund discusses its investment philosophy and addresses concerns that it will try to use it to control companies and countries it invests in. Lesley Stahl reports. Shachar Bar-On is the producer.

THE PATH TO WAR - The first Pentagon insider to give his account of the run-up to war says the attack on Iraq was more a defensive move against possible future threats from Saddam Hussein than a retaliation for the 9/11 attacks. Steve Kroft interviews Douglas Feith, the former undersecretary of defense for policy. Frank Devine and Michael Rosenbaum are the producers.

A BIGGER LEAP FOR MANKIND - With the Space Shuttle program ending soon, NASA is planning to return men to the moon in preparation for a manned flight to Mars. Bob Simon reports. Draggan Mihailovich is the producer.

Sunday, March 30, 2008
FIVE YEARS - An innocent man held as a terror detainee for years tells Scott Pelley in his first U.S. television interview how Americans tortured him in Afghanistan and then at Guantanamo Bay. Graham Messick and Michael Karzis are the producers.

THE GORE CAMPAIGN - The former vice president and former presidential candidate Al Gore talks to Lesley Stahl about his campaign to make the world aware of global warming. Richard Bonin and Karen Sughrue are the producers.

STAT MAN - Bill James doesn’t steal bases, hit or catch a baseball but his intense analysis of the game and its players through statistics have made him an essential asset to the World Champion Boston Red Sox. Morley Safer reports. Deirdre Naphin is the producer.

Sunday, March 23, 2008
THE DOOMSDAY VAULT - Scientists are collecting a billion and a half seeds from all the world’s crops to keep in safe storage deep inside a mountain near the North Pole. Scott Pelley reports. Shawn Efran and Catherine Herrick are the producers.

THE STONE BOX - Did the box once contain the bones of the brother of Jesus, as its inscription said? Or was it a forgery? Bob Simon investigates. Michael Gavshon and Drew Magratten are the producers.

DAVID BECKHAM - Soccer superstar David Beckham came from England to try to jumpstart professional soccer in America. He talks to CNN's Anderson Cooper about his triumphs, his troubles, the challenge ahead of him and demonstrates how he bends a soccer ball around or over his opponents. Keith Sharman is the producer.

Sunday, March 16, 2008
THE WRONG MEDICINE - Dennis Quaid's newborn twins nearly died when they were mistakenly given a drug overdose. The actor and his wife share their story to draw attention to hospital mistakes that kill as many as 100,000 Americans a year. Steve Kroft reports. Ira Rosen is the producer.

THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP - Scientists are discovering that sleep is far more critical to human health than previously believed and have linked sleep deprivation to serious problems such as diabetes, obesity and heart disease. Lesley Stahl reports. Shari Finkelstein is the producer. (This is a double-length segment)

Sunday, March 9, 2008
JOHN MCCAIN - Now that he has become the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, John McCain talks to Scott Pelley about his plans to win the White House. Tom Anderson is the producer.

26-YEAR SECRET - Bob Simon reports on two lawyers who, bound by the client-attorney privilege, kept the secret that their client had committed a murder while an innocent man went to jail for the crime and remains there after 26 years. Robert Anderson and Casey Morgan are the producers.

THE ICAHN LIFT - Carl Icahn’s reputation for pumping up the value of companies has led to a phrase that describes that Midas touch: the "Icahn lift." Lesley Stahl profiles the billionaire investor. Karen Sughrue is the producer.

Sunday, March 2, 2008
OHIO - Steve Kroft talks to Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and reports from Ohio, whose primary voters next Tuesday could determine which candidate is nominated. Frank Devine, Michael Radutzky and Tanya Simon are the producers.

LIFELINE - Remote Area Medical was founded to bring free medicine to the remote parts of the world but now also helps thousands of the estimated 47 million Americans who have no health insurance and others who are underinsured. Scott Pelley reports. Henry Schuster is the producer.

THE PENTAGON'S RAY GUN - Straight out of Buck Rogers and perfect for crowd control, this non-lethal weapon could help eliminate the deaths incurred while trying to control crowds, especially in Iraq. But it’s not in Iraq yet, reports David Martin. Mary Walsh is the producer.

Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008
THE PROSECUTION OF GOVERNOR SIEGELMAN - Don Siegelman was a successful Democratic politician in the heavily Republican state of Alabama when he was convicted of bribery in a case that has drawn criticism from Democrats and Republicans. Scott Pelley reports. Joel Bach and David Gelber are the producers.

THE MURDER OF CHAUNCEY BAILEY - Shot-gunned to death in the course of reporting a story, police say newspaper editor Chauncey Bailey was probably killed to keep that story out of print. CNN's Anderson Cooper reports. Michael Rosenbaum is the producer.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE BEES? - Over the past year, some beekeepers have lost up to 90 percent of their hives to what scientists have named colony collapse disorder. Because honeybees help to produce a third of the foods we eat, the mysterious disorder could have severe consequences. Steve Kroft reports. Andy Court and Keith Sharman are the producers.

Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008
ONE THOUSAND LIVES A MONTH - A renowned researcher estimates that 22,000 patients could have been saved if the Food and Drug Administration removed the heart surgery drug Trasylol two years ago, when his study revealed widespread death associated with it. Scott Pelley reports. Solly Granatstein is the producer.

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS - Little Denmark, with its five-and-a-half million people, is the happiest country in the world, says a study done by an English University. Morley Safer reports why the Danes are so happy and explores why the U.S. is way down the list. Deirdre Naphin is the producer.

GUSTAVO THE GREAT - Flamboyant, passionate and young, Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel is one of the biggest stars in classical music, and was picked to become the conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra at the age of 26. Bob Simon reports. Harry Radliffe is the producer.

Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008
BARACK OBAMA - Steve Kroft interviews Barack Obama and 60 MINUTES cameras capture the only behind-the-scenes video of the Democratic presidential candidate's headquarters on Super Tuesday. Bill Owens and L. Franklin Devine are the producers.

HILLARY CLINTON - Katie Couric interviews Hillary Rodham Clinton as the race for the Democratic presidential nomination between her and Barack Obama grows tighter. Robert Anderson, Lori Beecher and Ira Rosen are the producers.

SHOULD WE MAKE CENTS? - The U.S. Mint is in a bind: should it continue to produce pennies and nickels whose metal content is worth more than their face value? Morley Safer reports. David Browning is the producer.

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