If you had the choice, would you work from home? More than 13 million Americans spend at least one day a week telecommuting -- working from home, and it's the dream of millions more. But is having a "home office" really as good as it sounds, or does it just mean the work never ends? In our Labor Day weekend Cover Story, Martha Teichner looks at the joys and miseries of telecommuting.
In the late 1980s and early 90s, before Letterman and Leno dominated the airways, the hippest name in late-night talk shows was Arsenio Hall. From Bill Clinton playing his saxophone to Magic Johnson talking about AIDS, "The Arsenio Hall Show" was the place where A-listers went to make a splash. Twenty years after he left the spotlight, Arsenio Hall is back, and our Lee Cowan catches up with him to chat about chatting!
"The Shawshank Redemption" is often included in lists of the most popular movies of all times. For actor Tim Robbins, it was one of the highlights of a career that included roles in "Bull Durham", "The Player", and many others. But Robbins' role in "Shawshank" was important for another reason: it opened his eyes to the plight of real people behind bars. Correspondent Serena Altschul goes back to prison with Tim Robbins, who is helping inmates become better citizens by teaching them how to "act."
John Blackstone introduces us to a photographer who has been documenting the construction of San Francisco's soaring new Bay Bridge from the ground up; we'll remember Gus the popular Central Park Zoo polar bear who died this week, and our film critic David Edelstein gets all worked up about people who talk in movie theaters.
Those stories and more, this "Sunday Morning". Listen for the trumpet!
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