[cbsnews.com] change in site, no longer able to extract videos

[ddurdle]

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debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'http://www.cbsnews.com/news/maria-ridulph-murder-will-the-nations-oldest-cold-case-to-go-to-trial-ever-get-solved/', u'-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.05.29
[debug] Python version 2.7.9 - Linux-2.6.32-042stab116.2-i686-with-debian-8.3
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.8.6-1, ffprobe 2.8.6-1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
ERROR: Unable to extract playlist JSON info; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 760, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 433, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/cbsnews.py", line 71, in _real_extract
    'playlist JSON info', group='json'), video_id)['state']
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 782, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract playlist JSON info; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.



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### If the purpose of this *issue* is a *site support request* please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by **yours**):
- Single video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
- Single video: https://youtu.be/BaW_jenozKc
- Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc

Note that **youtube-dl does not support sites dedicated to [copyright infringement](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#can-you-add-support-for-this-anime-video-site-or-site-which-shows-current-movies-for-free)**. In order for site support request to be accepted all provided example URLs should not violate any copyrights.

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### Description of your *issue*, suggested solution and other information

cbsnews.com worked last week.

[parmjitv]

Hi @ddurdle,

Apparently the source html has changed for the news pages. I will submit a new PR shortly that should fix the problem.

Cheers,

Parmjit V.