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This Morning from CBS News, May 2, 2016

Lowering expectations

The GOP presidential nomination contest will be all but decided in Indiana. Or will it? Pundits and candidates have been looking to the Hoosier State as the last stand for Ted Cruz and his anti-Trump coalition. But with Cruz still trailing in the polls, he and his allies are changing their tune a bit.

Deadly fraud?

At the height of the Ebola outbreak, we received a tip that a major American manufacturer had knowingly provided defective protective equipment to health care workers in the U.S. and abroad. It's a serious accusation that was never been publicly examined, until "60 Minutes" took up the challenge.

Fintech revolution

Thousands of startups are challenging the banking industry, with newcomers arguing the vast sector is too set in its ways. It's being called the financial technology -- or fintech -- revolution, and "60 Minutes" has been given a close-up look at one of the companies trying to shake big banking's granite foundations.

Iraqi anger

Thousands of Iraqi Shiites, led by powerful anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, stormed into the heavily fortified Green Zone -- where U.S. diplomats and Iraq's political elite are based -- over the weekend, demanding change. And as Iraq's political crisis spirals, ISIS is taking advantage to deadly effect.

Free and grateful

Kenneth Bae came home to the U.S. in 2014 after two years in a North Korean prison. In his new book, "Not Forgotten," Bae talks about his harrowing ordeal inside the secretive country, and on "CBS This Morning," he tells us why he has come to view his imprisonment as a blessing.

Lion rescue

Thirty-three rescued circus lions are adjusting to freedom and exploring the terrain of their new home at a South African wildlife refuge. Until today, they lived a cruel, caged existence in Peru or Colombia, often starved, beaten and abused. We see them in their new surroundings, and meet the people who saved them.

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U.S.

Grim end to search for tot near ice caves in Wash. state

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New video may be last glimpse of teens lost at sea

Ringling Bros. circus elephants take a final bow

World

"Critical hours" for U.S. push to salvage hope for Syria

2 U.S. missionaries found dead in Jamaica, police say

Puerto Rico to default on $370M debt payments

Politics

Trump responds to Clinton's "demeaning" comments

Graham: Trump presidency would "lead to another 9/11"

Sanders on his strategy to overcome an "uphill fight"

Business

Small businesses keep a close eye on the election

A good reason to ask for a higher credit card limit

Social Security filing tactics you need to consider

Science and tech

"Spying billboards" under fire for tracking shoppers

Health

Why a lot more U.S. seniors are turning to pot

Entertainment

Long-time chef on why Prince "wasn't himself" in last months

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