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Blizzard 2015: New England bears brunt, NYC spared

Winds as strong as 70 mph whipped shores of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine, but storm wasn't as severe in NYC

• Storm Latest

  Blizzard 2015

  

  The most up to date information about this winter's biggest storm

• Weather systems being upgraded to improve forecasts

  

  National Weather Service supercomputers will be ten times more powerful by October

• Keeping Your Pet Healthy

  Implants and facelifts for your pet? Inside the pet plastic surgery industry

  

  Plastic surgery for pets may sound ridiculous, but many times it's medically necessary

  • Read: Obesity epidemic affecting millions of pets
  • Related: America's Pets: Health & Happiness

• Obamacare Surprise

  Law will cost less than expected, budget analysts say

  

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  Major coverage provisions should be 20 percent cheaper than anticipated through the end of the decade

  • Related: Complete coverage of the continuing controversy

• Flash Points

  What will happen to the Japanese hostage held by ISIS?

  

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  CBS News Homeland Security Correspondent Bob Orr and CBS News Senior National Security Analyst Juan Zarate discuss whether Jordan will trade an imprisoned female suicide bomber for Japanese journalist Kenji Goto

• Views On Vaccinations

  Doctor explains why he lets kids avoid the measles vaccine

  

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  Dr. Jay Gordon signs hundreds of "personal belief exemptions," allowing parents to bypass laws requiring vaccinations

• The Holocaust

  Auschwitz survivor: "We are here"

  

  Werner Coppel shares his memories of the concentration camp as the world marks the 70th anniversary of its liberation

• SAG Awards

  Actresses scoff at red carpet "mani cam"

  

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  Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Julianne Moore all declined, as a sign of a growing gender equality movement

  • Read: SAG Awards 2015: "Birdman" soars away with top prize
  • Read: SAG Awards 2015 red carpet fashion looks and trends
  • Read: Mark Ruffalo gives SAG Awards acceptance speech via Twitter
  • Watch: Debbie Reynolds wins SAG Life Achievement Award

• Troubled Police Force

  The Cleveland Division

  

  Bill Whitaker interviews the chief of the embattled Cleveland PD and some of its officers for a story on the hot-button issue of policing in America

  • Read: On the beat with Officers Newton and Bauhof
  • Read: Bridging the gap between police and citizens

• Congressional Chat

  The Republican Leaders: Boehner and McConnell

  

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  House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sit down for their first joint interview since the new Republican majority Congress convened

• Asian Ace

  Li Na's victory

  

  Lesley Stahl profiles the Chinese tennis champion who stood up to her country's stringent sports system

  • Read: Li Na talks to Lesley Stahl

• Spreading The Word

  ​Combating the scourge of sexual assault

  

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  Through telling imagery, Project Unbreakable gives voice to survivors of abuse, as discussions build on the prevalence of assaults on college campuses

• Double Lives Revealed

  Forrest Hayes case: Was Google exec's death an accident or murder?

  

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  "48 Hours" investigates the mysterious death of a tech executive and his last night with an exotic beauty on his yacht -- captured on video

  • Watch: Friend shares texts from Alix Tichelman sent days before her arrest
  • Photos: Who is Alix Tichelman?

• Treasured Instruments

  The historic art of violin making

  

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  Musicians agree that the best violins are still the ones made three centuries ago in a small town in Italy

  • Watch: "Sunday Morning" theme on violin

• Magicians Working Their Magic

  ​Why Penn & Teller need each other

  

  For 40 years, the comic illusionists have been performing - and gleefully debunking - magic tricks

• Ancient Mystery Persists

  ​Uncovering the long-hidden secrets of Stonehenge

  

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  Ground-penetrating radar and other technologies are giving archaeologists with the Hidden Landscapes Project a new view of England's ancient monument

  • Photos: Views of Stonehenge

Latest News

• January 27 6:29 PM

  Former Vanderbilt football players convicted on rape charges

  

  Brandon Vandenburg and Cory Batey were accused of 2013 gang rape of unconscious student, taking photos and videos of the assault
• January 27 9:36 PM

  Did the First Lady defy Saudi Arabia’s traditional dress code?

  

  Anita McBride, a former assistant to President George W. Bush, downplays the controversy over Michelle Obama's decision not to wear a traditional head scarf in the kingdom
  • Read: Michelle Obama sees limits on Saudi women firsthand

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  Your Blizzard 2015 photos

• January 27 9:51 PM

  Handcuffed woman steals police car then drives off

  

  A handcuffed suspect arrested for shoplifting stole a police cruiser and drove off, leading police on a 100 mph chase
• January 27 7:14 PM

  Why do airlines take so much time to return to normal after snowstorms?

  

  Carriers are slowly moving aircraft back into circulation after Monday's storm, but there's a reason it takes days to get them there
• January 27 6:26 PM

  Another stocks slide may be just getting started

  

  Wall Street could bounce on Wednesday given Apple's results, but larger forces once again appear to lining up against socks
• January 27 8:34 PM

  Georgia executes man convicted of killing fellow inmate

  

  Warren Lee Hill, 52, made no final statement before being put to death by lethal injection; he'd been given three temporary reprieves
• January 27 2:45 PM

  Scott Walker takes concrete step toward presidential campaign

  

  Wisconsin governor announces creation of a leadership organization and website
• January 27 4:13 PM

  Cops: Ga. couple shot in head; suspect charged with murder

  

  Couple who vanished after posting Craigslist ad seeking car found dead; man police reportedly believe answered the ad is charged
• January 27 5:27 PM

  Apple rakes in record earnings, thanks to China

  

  Taking first place in Chinese smartphone unit sales delivered a massive revenue boost and shows Apple has cracked that market
  • Read: Stocks plunge as corporate profits disappoint
• January 27 6:42 PM

  Obama meets with new Saudi king, aims to strengthen ties

  

  President pays respects to Saudi royal family after death of King Abdullah, meets with King Salman about Middle East security
• January 27 10:30 PM

  Inventor of laser, Charles Townes, dead at 99

  

  Townes shared Nobel Prize in Physics for his development of the light amplification method, which gained use in several fields
• January 27 10:14 PM

  Dramatic video: Three kids rescued from Fresno apartment fire

  

  Firefighters in Fresno, California saved the lives of three children after they were found unconscious and alone in an apartment that went up in flames
• January 27 5:45 PM

  Oldest snake fossils show they thrived in the age of dinosaurs

  

  Dating back some 170 million years, the finds show that these ancient reptiles had features of modern snakes

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  Auschwitz survivors tell their stories

• January 27 4:38 PM

  NASA will keep using Russian Soyuz ferry craft

  

  Agency plans to launch "mixed crews" of U.S. and Russian members on each flight as a contingency in case of emergencies

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  Fun in the snow: Blizzard 2015

• January 27 1:39 PM

  One of four boys saved from icy Maryland pond dies

  

  Group had fallen through ice in pond outside Baltimore; boy who died was the last rescued
• January 27 9:27 PM

  Australian PM criticized for knighting of British royal

  

  Tony Abbott's announcement that he would bestow Australian knighthood on Prince Phillip prompted condemnation from many
• January 27 4:06 PM

  Yeti spotted roaming streets of Boston

  

  In midst of the potent wind and heavy snow, he was seen in Beantwon
• January 27 4:34 PM

  Judge orders woman at center of Sterling flap to pay legal fees

  

  A Los Angeles judge ruled that V. Stiviano pay three parties connected to former Clippers owner Donald Sterling for the costs of her lawsuit against them
• January 27 5:17 PM

  ​Utah family found dead last fall died from 'drug toxicity'

  

  Springville police chief says authorities have concluded their investigation into the September deaths of couple and 3 of their children
• January 27 1:59 PM

  Child swallows SpongeBob SquarePants

  

  Doctor stunned to see freckled cartoon character in x-rays of 16-month old boy
• January 27 1:21 PM

  Denver officers fatally shoot teenage girl; uproar ensues

  

  State prosecutors promise thorough investigation after police shoot, kill 16-year-old who authorities say struck an officer with a stolen car
• January 27 1:29 PM

  Use cat pictures to hide encrypted Facebook posts

  

  With spy technology, the Wickr app enables users to post secret messages hidden behind pictures of (what else?) kitty cats
• January 27 3:52 PM

  After Kobani victory, Kurds expand fight against ISIS

  

  Extremist fight expands to 300 Kurdish villages and hamlets in Syria, and fighting so far has leveled the strategic town on the Turkish border

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  Historic U.S. blizzards

• January 27 5:36 PM

  Watch: Motorcyclist in Brazil hits a pothole

  

  Video shows biker in Sao Paulo driving into pothole big enough to swallow his bike