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The CBS News magazine 60 Minutes and Vanity Fair are out with a new poll taking the pulse of America on all things large, small and quirky.

By a wide margin, Americans consider Rush Limbaugh the nation's most influential conservative voice.

CBS' "60 Minutes" was the fifth most watched television program last week, its highest in-season weekly rank since March 22nd.

You may have heard the term "conflict minerals" but most likely, the first thing that comes to mind are diamonds.

Bob Ballard in Mystic in 2007. "Discovery is an unbelievable, unbelievable thing," says Ballard.

New York--Fearing that a 60 Minutes segment slated to air this Sunday on artisanal gold mining in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could make consumers skittish about buying gold jewelry, Jewelers of America is advising members on how to deal with consumer confidence issues in the wake of the broadcast.

Main Category: Seniors / Aging Also Included In: Palliative Care / Hospice Care ; Primary Care / General Practice ; Public Health Article Date: 24 Nov 2009 - 4:00 PST While all Americans will eventually die, CBS's 60 Minutes reports, it may turn some heads to find out how much the government will spend when it happens -- in 2008, about $50 billion ...

Considering how fond liberals are of "teachable moments," it was surprising that CBS's "60 Minutes" missed one on its Nov.

Merrick here... 60 MINUTES featured a 12 minute report on AVATAR last night. CBS has been kind enough to provide the piece for all to see via miraculous embed.

At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes , then new episodes of The Amazing Race , Cold Case , and Three Rivers .

'60 Minutes' and Sunday morning: Get ready for health care; doctor tells CBS that too many Americans are dying badly Health care will be the major topic on Sunday morning shows, and "60 Minutes " will devote a segment to it as well.

Yet today's headlines show government severely bungling its current health care duties.

His box office hits - including "Terminator" and "Titanic" - have made him the "King of the World" Director James Cameron has been waiting for this film his whole life.

Sunday night, "60 Minutes" ran a story titled, "The Deadliest Weapon." Before that broadcast and the story reported by Bryon Pitts, I had been ambivalent about the war in Afghanistan.

When CBS correspondent Byron Pitts was 12 years old, he had a debilitating stutter and a terrible secret: he couldn't read.

Could hackers get into the computer systems that run crucial elements of the world's infrastructure, such as the power grids, water works or even a nation's military arsenal?A Watch the CBS News 60 Minutes segment after the jump.

CBS' "60 Minutes" is going "Jurassic Park" on viewers this weekend. Lesley Stahl will interview Montana-based paleontologist Jack Horner.

News Corp. and CBS Corp. are staking their claim to additional retransmission dollars to help bolster the financial profiles of their respective broadcast networks, which are growing in ratings.

The strong premiere of ABC's science fiction series "V'' caps an unusually strong development season for the network.

Last year, we told you about how vulnerable a smart grid could be to cyber-attacks . Last night on CBS, 60 Minutes ran a report by correspondent Steve Kroft called " Sabotaging the System ," which looked at the country's vulnerability to cyber-attacks. "If I were an attacker and I wanted to do strategic damage to the United States, I would either ...