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Although advertisements and packaging help sell products, flavorist Jim Hassel tells Morley Safer that to keep consumers coming back, "it's gotta taste good" -- and that's where he comes in.

Grover Norquist says that dramatically cutting government spending would ultimately improve the lives of the elderly and poor.

Grover Norquist addresses critics who say his tax reform movement represents only wealthy Americans and big corporations.

Social worker Beth Davalos tells Scott Pelley that schools, businesses, nonprofits and community members have all teamed up to help homeless families.

Arielle Metzger introduces Scott Pelley to a guard dog with a very unusual name.

Arielle and Austin Metzger say homelessness has forced them to grow up fast, an experience Arielle wouldn't wish on other kids.

Angelina Jolie tells Bob Simon why she thinks her love for acting has diminished over time.

Angelina Jolie says she has no plans to become the next Meryl Streep or Helen Mirren.

Anderson Cooper dives unprotected with great white sharks and the South African who's spent more time up close with the ocean's most feared predator than anyone else.

Bob Simon reports on an American program that provides affordable anti-retroviral medicines to fight HIV and AIDS to Ugandans.

Scientists believe they can sustain endangered species - maybe even one day resurrect some that have died out - using DNA technology. Lesley Stahl reports.

In the latest craze that has killed several extreme sports enthusiasts, men don wing-suits, jump off mountaintops and glide down at speeds approaching 140 miles per hour. Steve Kroft reports.

Scott Pelley returns to Wilmington, Ohio, to see how residents are coping a year after thousands of them lost their jobs when the town's largest employer shut down.

The extended conversation between Steve Kroft and President Obama on these pressing issues.

Steve Kroft profiles famous microbiologist J. Craig Venter, whose scientists have already mapped the human genome and created what he calls "the first synthetic species."

While some complain that extracting natural gas from shale rock formations is tainting their water supply, others who have allowed drilling on their property are getting wealthy. Lesley Stahl reports.

In anticipation of Bette Midler's opening night performance in Broadway's "I'll Eat You Last" about super-agent Sue Mengers, take a look back at this 60 Minutes profile of Mengers from 1975.