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If Medicare were a bank, federal regulators would be closing its doors, selling its operations and sacking its managers.

Is the 60 Minutes newsroom starting to alert the American public about an out-of-control government? Credit: Columbia Broadcasting Company On Sunday night, the popular news show 60 Minutes aired a disturbing segment on corruption within government health care programs that already exist -- Medicare and Medicaid.

Fifteen year old Luke Duvall fights H1N1 in Arkansas. When Luke Duvall arrived at Arkansas Children's Hospital Oct.

"60 Minutes" did a fabulous expos Sunday on Medicare fraud that should be required viewing for all people who support a government run healthcare program in this country.

"60 Minutes" did a fabulous expose Sunday on Medicare fraud that should be required viewing for all people who support a government run healthcare program in this country.

Monica Lovelace of Modesto was among patients interviewed for a "60 Minutes" report on people suffering from epilepsy.

Medicare fraud is estimated to cost this country $60 billion a year, and "60 Minutes" this weekend looks at what's being done to stop it.

On the main site today, I have a piece up about how the rampant fraud in Medicare and Medicaid undermines the Democrats' argument that we need a new government-run health program to increase efficiency.

Photo Tyler Perry Tyler Perry isn't just angered by Spike Lee's criticism of his work, he believes such an attitude - saying his comical black characters are "coonery and buffoonery" - dismisses a huge black audience which Hollywood has largely ignored but has flocked to see his films.

CBS 60 Minutes once again devoted a big chunk of prime time last night to an unproven idea - which is fine, if you're going to devote your show to such explorations of basic science all the time.

More CBS News pays tribute to late '60 Minutes' creator FILE - In this 1995 file photo, the late Don Hewitt, executive producer of "60 Minutes," is shown in New York.

John Kanzius battled leukemia and invented a cancer-fighting machine during his struggle with the disease.

Today, CBS colleagues, friends and family gathered to tell Hewitt's story at a memorial in New York City.

A memorial service will be held in Greensboro for two North Carolina Army Reserve soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

CBS' " 60 Minutes " sounds as if it has a particularly chilling report this weekend about the H1N1 flu -- the much-discussed swine flu.

In this 1995 file photo, the late Don Hewitt, executive producer of "60 Minutes," is shown in New York.

Sanjay Gupta has been published in a variety of scientific journals and is also a contributor to 60 Minutes and CBS Evening News.

On CBS last night, 60 Minutes added to the pile recent stories about brain damage being suffered by NFL football players.

11, remained in fourth place in the 9 p.m. hour Sunday night, though it rose half a point to 2.5/6. CBS was first at 7 p.m. with overrun of NFL games followed by 60 Minutes .

Andy is way off the mark on the sleep issue. Years of research has proven that the amount and quality of our night time sleep has a direct relationship with our day time mental and physical wellness.

At age 12, Byron Pitts was deemed "functionally illiterate" by teachers at his Baltimore high school.

The last hours of the life of Lance Cpl. David R. Hall of Lorain, who died Aug. 31 in Afghanistan, will be shown on Sunday's "60 Minutes'' broadcast.

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You've seen men flying in "Iron Man" and "Superman." CBS' "60 Minutes" will give you everyday men flying.

Insurgents who conducted one of the deadliest attacks against American troops in Afghanistan breached the perimeter of a U.S. outpost before being repelled, a U.S. official said Wednesday as new details emerged of the battle.

In the summer of 1972, sex and video games awoke as strange bedfellows. The landmark pornographic film Deep Throat appeared in theaters as Pong marked the birth of the video-game industry.

President Barack Obama won't walk away from the flagging war in Afghanistan, the White House declared Monday as Obama faced tough decisions - and intense administration debate - over choices that could help define his presidency in his first year as commander in chief.

CBS' critically-panned new drama "Three Rivers" opened Sunday to underwhelming ratings, putting up numbers that were soft in comparison to both its lead-in and the timeslot occupant last year.

In his first television interview since being sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, Ponzi schemer Marc Dreier sat down with Steve Kroft of "60 Minutes" to discuss how and why he defrauded investors of nearly $400 million.

And now for something completely astonishing. CBS' "60 Minutes" this weekend looks at the migration of more than a million wildebeest in East Africa -- the last such trek by large animals in the world.

Change creeps slowly through the ninth-floor newsroom of the West 57th Street high-rise that houses "60 Minutes,'' CBS's storied Sunday evening television newsmagazine.

Guest list: 'Mini-Madoff' on '60 Minutes'; Alan Greenspan on 'This Week'; David Brooks, Rachel Maddow on 'Meet the Press' Here's a guest list for Sunday television.

The U.S. Marshals are preparing to sell the New York City home where Bernard Madoff spent his last days.

CBS' '60 Minutes' is no spring chicken, but last season it managed to thwart a 10 season ratings decline in favor of a 10% viewer bump &#151 bringing the audience to 14.3 million.

President Barack Obama the juggler has been spinning too many plates. From unemployment at 15 million, to healthcare reform, God knows how or when; to the Middle East where the peace process has fizzled yet again; to Iran where the options are narrowing to what hawks say are "an Israeli or U.S. military strike now, or a nuclear Tehran soon"; to ...