Becoming an “accidental” golf course owner

Tom Coyne, editor of The Golfer’s Journal, has played some of the most exclusive golf courses in the world. But when he visited a nine-hole course in New York’s Catskills that had seen better days and was up for sale, he took on a new challenge: running the course for a year to see if …

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Tom Coyne on becoming an “accidental” golf course owner

Tom Coyne has one of those jobs most would envy. As a bestselling author and editor of The Golfer’s Journal, he gets to travel to and play some of the most exclusive courses in the world. “It’s not a bad perk of the job, Lee, I’m not gonna lie to you!” he said. He’s played …

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David Sedaris on dogs and the people who obsess over them

David Sedaris on dogs and the people who obsess over them – CBS News Watch CBS News Reflecting on a certain encounter in a New York City dog park, humorist David Sedaris has thoughts about the friends of Man’s best friend.

David Sedaris on dogs and the people who obsess over them

I don’t get dogs anymore, don’t understand why they need to be in grocery stores and on airplanes. You never see them tied up outside shops or restaurants nowadays. They have to be insideno different from people. I read a column in The New York Times about a woman who had taken her dog to …

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Nature: Bighorn sheep in Washington State

Nature: Bighorn sheep in Washington State – CBS News Watch CBS News We leave you this Sunday morning with bighorn sheep greeting a new day near Asotin in Washington State. Videographer: Hank Heusinkveld.

Sting embarks on “The Last Ship”

When Sting comes back to his hometown these days, it’s not to the same place he left more than five decades ago. The city of Newcastle, tucked up in the northeast corner of England, now presents a tranquil vista where modern architecture spans calm waters. But for centuries, Newcastle was a hard-scrabble, noisy, industrial powerhouse. …

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Sting embarks on “The Last Ship”

For centuries the English city of Newcastle was a hard-scrabble industrial powerhouse that built ships. It was also the hometown of the rock musician Sting, who as a young man witnessed the city’s shipbuilding business dry up. He’s paid homage to his town’s heritage by writing and starring in a musical, “The Last Ship,” which …

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Isolated Nebraska ranchers learn they are not alone

In the sandhills of western Nebraska, cattle ranchers Mike and Kayla Wintz were afraid they would lose their livelihood when the largest wildfire in the state’s history burned their 11,000 acres of grazing fields. But then, in remarkable examples of empathy, charity and grace, anonymous donations of hay started arriving by the truckload. Steve Hartman …

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