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Laura Dave, Jennifer Garner on "The Last Thing He Told Me"

Laura Dave's bestselling novel, about a woman whose husband vanishes, explores how little we may know about the people we love. It has now become a TV series starring four-time Emmy-nominee Jennifer Garner. Jonathan Vigliotti talks with Garner about her special attraction to the role; and with Dave about how Bruce Springsteen's music was an inspiration to her writing.

A charity that abolishes medical debt

1 in 5 U.S. households bears medical debt. Since 2014, the charity RIP Medical Debt has abolished more than $8.5 billion in debt by buying up delinquent medical debt at pennies on the dollar and erasing it.

Laying to rest consumers' concerns over the price of caskets

In the U.S., where the average casket costs more than $2,000, sold exclusively to funeral homes, Titan Casket is looking to disrupt the industry by selling its products more cheaply, directly to consumers online.

Tips on tipping: When, why, and how much

While some restaurants are initiating no-tipping policies, more and more businesses are asking Americans to give a little more. "Sunday Morning" discusses the protocols and challenges around tipping with restaurateurs and an etiquette expert.

Hunting sunken treasure from a legendary shipwreck

Since he was a child Carl Allen came to Walker's Cay in the Bahamas for the fishing. Today, the retired businessman is fishing for gold, silver and gems from the wreck of a Spanish galleon that sank in 1656.

Outsmarting shoplifters

It is estimated that tens of billions of dollars' worth of merchandise is lost to shoplifters each year. And as shoplifters (working individually or as part of organized retail crime gangs) become more brazen, store owners are looking for new ways to stop them. Rita Braver visits the Loss Prevention Research Council, which is testing new ways for retailers to protect their goods from being pilfered.

Cindy McCain on her drive to fight hunger

Beginning her new job as executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, she talks about the increased political and logistical challenges of feeding the world's neediest, and the most important advice her late husband gave her.

Passage: Miniskirt pioneer Mary Quant

British fashion designer Dame Mary Quant, who popularized the miniskirt, died Thursday, April 13 at age 93. Jane Pauley reports on how Quant's skirts moved fashion forward during the "Swinging '60s" - a small idea that had a deep impact on popular culture.

Extended Nature Video: Billfish in Mexico

We leave you this Sunday morning swimming with billfish in waters off Quintana Roo in Mexico. Videographer: Mauricio Handler.

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Jane Pauley hosts our annual "Money Issue."

From the archive: The opening of "Phantom of the Opera"

Sunday, April 16, 2023 marks the final performance of Broadway's longest-running musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera," a show which opened 35 years ago. In this "Sunday Morning" report originally aired on January 24, 1988, director Hal Prince talks with correspondent Charles Osgood about how "Phantom" is a culmination of his long theatrical career.

"Here Comes the Sun": Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Vermeer

Actors Ben Affleck and Matt Damon sit down with Tracy Smith to discuss their film "Air." Then, Seth Doane travels to Amsterdam to view the sold-out Johannes Vermeer exhibit.

National Recording Registry adds "Stairway to Heaven," "Super Mario Bros." and more

"Stairway to Heaven," "Imagine," and songs by John Denver, Mariah Carey, Louis Armstrong, The Police and more will be preserved by the Library of Congress for future generations.