The death of Qaddafi
When "60 Minutes" profiled Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in 2001, he was a man firmly in control of his country. Even though he'd been called a terrorist and a tyrant for 30 years, and even though Libya had been implicated in the bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, Qaddafi told Charlie Rose that he wanted to make peace with the West.
Pelley: A decade of reporting from Afghanistan
"On my orders, the United States military has begun strikes against Al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan."
With those words, spoken by President George W. Bush one month after the 9/11 terror attacks, the war in Afghanistan -- "Operation Enduring Freedom" -- began.
This week on "60 Minutes," Scott Pelley marks the tenth anniversary of the war with his report from Afghanistan, "Running the War."
Virtual van Gogh
On "60 Minutes Overtime" this week, we time-travel back to a small town outside Paris in 1890, where a new resident named Vincent van Gogh was painting the town red . . . and green, blue, orange.
The paintings that van Gogh created when he lived in Auvers-sur-Oise are among his most memorable and beautiful, and through the magic of 3D computer graphics and our state-of-the-art high definition studio, this week on Overtime, Morley Safer gives a stunning insider's tour of the town and other places where the restless painter lived.
Are computers killing crossword puzzles?
Another sign of the times! According to the latest U.S. Census Bureau figures, twice as many Americans now play computer games as do crossword puzzles.
But don't underestimate crossword fans. As Steve Kroft reported in this 2003 "60 Minutes" story, millions of Americans can't start their day without taking on "the crossword." It's an addiction as strong as morning coffee and has been that way since the puzzles started showing up in newspapers in the early 20th century.
Keeping up with NFL super agent Drew Rosenhaus
He's the fast-talking, fast-texting man behind the scenes, the NFL super-agent who makes the deals and, he says, keeps the sport alive and thriving. And he does it all at a very fast pace.
His name is Drew Rosenhaus, and as you'll see on Overtime this week, even "60 Minutes" producer Nicole Young - herself a high-energy person capable of texting, talking, and walking at the same time -- struggled to keep up with him. "The man was moving 1,000 miles an hour every second of every day," Nicole says.
GE's Jeff Immelt: The controversy over U.S. jobs
The role of the jobs czar in this country is to get Americans back to work, so it makes sense that the title is now being held by the CEO of one of America's largest corporations: GE's Jeffrey Immelt.
But Immelt's success is only partially built on American jobs. Half his workforce is overseas and he is unapologetic for it, as you'll see in Lesley Stahl's "60 Minutes" piece this week, "The Jobs Czar."
Steve Jobs, 1955 - 2011
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The best of Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney has done well over 1,000 essays for "60 Minutes." As he steps down from his regular role on the show after 40 years, there is perhaps no better way to celebrate America's favorite curmudgeon than to let Andy do the talking. That's why this week at "Overtime" we offer a selection of some of his best commentaries.
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It is both a pun as well as the truth to call Alex Honnold a rock star. Alex climbs rock walls thousands of feet high with no ropes and no margin for error. It is hard to imagine a more dangerous sport than "free-soloing," or a more accomplished and ambitious athlete than Alex.
Filming mountain climber Alex Honnold
With no fear, no ropes, and no margin for error, Alex Honnold climbs mountains higher than the Empire State Building. A single mistake means certain death.
Watching Alex move spider-like up a sheer mountain face - with only his fingertips and toes keeping him from falling a thousand feet or more -- is terrifying, even for some of our bravest reporters: 60 Minutes correspondent Lara Logan and producer Jeff Newton.
