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Jim Axelrod

Jim Axelrod

Senior National Correspondent, CBS News at CBS Television Network

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Twin artists, and the healing power of art

There was no way Mark and Jan Lawrance could have known what life would hold for their adorable twins, Will and Joe.“You couldn’t tell one from the other,” said Mark. “Joe and Will. Who’s Joe? Who’s Will? So, they just very quickly became ‘JoeWill.’“No way to know what was coming, and perhaps no way to go on if they had.Jan said, “These guys weren’t just close; there was almost an interconnectedness. When they were little, if Will fell, Joe cried harder than Will did.“In high school the boys dis…
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Amy Mullis death: An Iowa woman is impaled by a corn rake – but do ...

This story originally aired on September 26, 2020.It was a fall day in 2018 when Amy Mullis was found grievously injured on her family farm in Earlville, Iowa. She was face down with a corn rake sticking out of her back. The farm tool had four steel tines, but doctors who examined her found six puncture wounds. Police started investigating Mullis’ husband, Todd Mullis, after learning she was considering leaving him. However, Todd Mullis had an alibi – their 13-year-old son.The investigation reve…
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150th "Run for the Roses": The history and spectacle of the Kentuck...

Every year the Kentucky Derby is one of America’s great pageants, as a horse-loving, hat-wearing, julep-swilling crowd of 150,000-plus breaks out its Sunday best on the first Saturday of May, in the shadow of those iconic white spires at Louisville’s Churchill Downs. “First Saturday in May means something to millions of people,” said Mike Anderson, president of Churchill Downs. “It’s Derby Day!“But this isn’t “every year” – it’s even more special. This Saturday the longest continuously-held spor…
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150th "Run for the Roses": The history and spectacle of the Kentuck...

Every year the Kentucky Derby is one of America’s great pageants, as a horse-loving, hat-wearing, julep-swilling crowd of 150,000-plus breaks out its Sunday best on the first Saturday of May, in the shadow of those iconic white spires at Louisville’s Churchill Downs. “First Saturday in May means something to millions of people,” said Mike Anderson, president of Churchill Downs. “It’s Derby Day!“But this isn’t “every year” – it’s even more special. This Saturday the longest continuously-held spor…
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Survivor Jessi Toronjo continues to heal 30 years after family kill...

More than three decades after the 1989 murders of her mother, stepfather and two sisters, Jessi Toronjo shares her emotional journey from a scared child to a woman intent on maintaining justice for her family.
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Donna Ongsiako, left for dead, survived a violent home invasion: "T...

After being stabbed in the face, neck and chest, Donna Ongsiako mustered the strength to climb up a staircase, call 911 and describe her unlikely attacker for investigators.
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Nonprofit seeks to bridge the political divide through meaningful c...

Richmond, Virginia — Recent polling confirms what so many Americans feel, that the current political climate is dividing us. But an initiative from the nonprofit group StoryCorps seeks common ground through shared stories in an effort to bridge that divide. In a recent conversation hosted by StoryCorps, two men from different generations and opposite ends of the political spectrum sat down for a chat.“I grew up in a conservative Catholic family,” 29-year-old Patrick Kliebert told 66-year-old Gar…
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Bruce Springsteen on the poetry of his classic album "Nebraska"

“I lived in this house exactly half a lifetime ago,” said Bruce Springsteen. It may not look like much, but this small bedroom in Colts Neck, New Jersey, which still sports the original orange shag rug, is where Springsteen made what he considers his masterpiece: his 1982 album “Nebraska,” ten songs dark and mournful. “This is the room where it happened,” he said. I saw her standing on her front lawn just twirling her baton Me and her went for a ride, sir, and ten innocent people died From the t…
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Did Ashley Benefield, a former ballerina accused of murder, shoot h...

To some, Ashley Benefield is a woman who fought back from alleged abuse. To others, she’s a manipulative murderer who shot her husband so she would not have to share custody of their daughter.
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Iowa credit union becomes unlikely warrior fighting overseas scams

Dubuque fraud fighters say they blocked $10 million from reaching scammers last year.
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How cities like Portland and Chicago are breathing new life into th...

Of the 3.5 million miles of rivers in the U.S., 50% are too polluted for fishing, boating or swimming, according to American Rivers.