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Alzheimer's cafe a place of hope
Video: Once a month, people living with Alzheimer's and their caretakers come to this cafe for a place to bond.
New push to stop sports-related concussions
Video: New guidelines urge youth coaches to pull players for evaluation after hard hits.
Can money motivate people to lose weight?
Video: Americans are spending billions of dollars on weight-loss programs, but there is a new diet craze on the horizon that the Mayo Clinic says really works: giving people money for losing weight.
Dolls for children with Down Syndrome
Video: Mother's design offers new best friends for children with Down Syndrome.
Girl scouts scammed
Video: A cruel hoax occurred when someone placed an order for 6,000 boxes of cookies.
Man's in-home car wash costs $30,000
Video: An inventor has developed an in-home automatic car wash.
Should bone marrow donors be compensated?
Video: Jordan Flynn and her 2 sisters all suffer from Fanconi anemia, a rare blood disorder. Their mother, Doreen Flynn, recently waged a high-profile, legal battle to make it possible for bone marrow donors to be compensated.
Record number of manatees washing up along Fla. coast
Video: In a backwater creek on Florida's southwest coast, endangered manatees are being threatened by more than speedboats and cold snaps. Wildlife officials are racing the clock to save the lives of the gentle giants.
Gourmet popcorn: The next big food fad?
Video: Forget the butter and salt, connoisseurs are busy reinventing the crunchy kernel with a variety of new flavors.

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Thousands of bees delay Delta flight at airport
Video: A Delta commuter flight loaded with passengers and about to take off for New York is delayed when a cluster of honeybees is discovered on the wing.
NASA celebrates Mars rover landing
Video: The most high-tech rover NASA has ever designed has now landed on Mars, after making an acrobatic landing on the planet's surface.
Brooklyn sinkhole almost swallows car
Video: A 20-foot section of pavement opens up on 79th street, right after a woman parked her car there. Rescue workers miraculously pull the car to safety and no one was hurt.
Romney evasive about his connection to Ann's horse
Video: Mitt Romney continuously dodged questions from major news outlets about his connection to his wife’s horse in the Olympics, trying to distance himself from the animal.
'Panda Cam' captures birth at San Diego Zoo
Video: A 20-year-old panda gives birth to her sixth cub and the little one's arrival is captured on the San Diego Zoo's 'Panda Cam.'
Cormorant dives 150 feet underwater for food
Video: Scientists with the Wildlife Conservation Society and the National Research Council of Argentina attached a camera to the back of the bird to track its dietary regimen.
India plunges into darkness
Video: Trains and subways ground to a halt as more than 600 million people in India faced a blackout after half the national power grid shut down. Experts say the outdated grid cannot keep up with the country’s energy needs.
Bath salts: In synthetic drug bust, agents seize 5 million packets
Video: The raids took place in more than 100 cities after local authorities warned that synthetic drugs like bath salts are spiraling out of control.
Camel runs down Dubai highway
Video: The camel was running so quickly it outpaced many of the actual motorists.

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Train tracks used as risky electric therapy
Desperate and ailing people lie on train tracks in Indonesia, hoping the electric currents produced by passing trains will cure what ails them.
Hugo Chavez releases exercise video
Video: In what appears to be an effort to quell doubts about his health and ability to stand for re-election in 2012, Venezuelan president releases a video of himself and members of his cabinet dressed in workout clothes.
11th-grader advances cancer research
Video: Meet Google Science Fair winner Shree Bose, a 17-year-old whose ovarian cancer research could improve chemotherapy treatment rates.
61-year-old to swim from Florida to Cuba
Video: Diana Nyad, who previously attempted the same swim over 30 years ago, is gearing up for another try.
Historic Walter Reed Army Medical Center closing its doors
Video: In a cost-cutting move, Walter Reed Army Medical Center will close its doors for good after more than 100 years.
Battling addiction: Could Amy Winehouse have been saved?
Video: NBC reports on the troubled, drug-filled life of Amy Winehouse, and talks with an addiction expert about whether an untimely death was inevitable for the British singer.
Boy learns to live with BB in brain
Video: After accidentally being shot with a BB gun by his brother, a 12-year-old boy learns to live with a BB lodged in his brain.
A workout with an element of chance
Video: A Senate staffer uses leftover Dungeons & Dragons dice to bring variety to his workouts.
Doctor 'tunes' into cancer patients' needs
Video: Jenna Bush Hager visits San Diego oncologist Steven Eisenberg, who uses the power of music to help heal his patients’ spirits.

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'Tanning mom' turns pale
Video: Anderson Cooper responds to the so-called tanning mom and her decision to go pale after becoming a viral sensation.
Seattle group offers lessons in life and cuisine
Video: Farestart, an award-winng non-profit organization, is helping homeless and troubled people turn around their lives by teaching them how to work in professional kitchens. The adult training program turns 20 this year.
Games' first double-amputee 'remarkable athlete'
Video: Oscar Pistorius, the Games' first ever double-amputee competitor, says he deserves to be in London. Christopher Nowak, Director of National Veterans Sports Programs, explains the challenges Pistorius will face against 'able-bodied' athletes.
London mayor Boris Johnson stuck on Olympic zip line
Video: Johnson attempted to make a dramatic entrance at an Olympic party, but got stranded on a zip wire instead.
Move over Pisa: Rome's Colosseum is leaning too
Video: Authorities are investigating whether Rome's Colosseum is in need of repair because it is slanting.
Olympic winners don't always keep track of their medals
Video: Chicago White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez won gold for Cuba's baseball team in 2004, but he lost the medal when he moved to Chicago. Losing an Olympic medal is more common than you might think, but getting a replacement can be an Olympian tas
Royal family vows to attend an Olympic event a day
Video: With only 3 days left until the 2012 London Olympics begin, the anticipation is building in London as members of the royal family promise to attend events every day.
Giffords' recovery reaches new heights
Video: Gabrielle Giffords, the former Arizona lawmaker who was shot in the head in Tucson in January 2011, makes her first trip outside the U.S. to scale the French Alps with her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly.
Yoko Ono's latest project is all smiles
Video: The idea that a smile has the power to heal occurred to Yoko Ono in the days after her husband, John Lennon, was murdered.

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Creeping, crawling caterpillars
Video: How these roly-poly, spineless worms are serving as role models for soft material robots.
Staph infections? There's an app for that
Video: After swabbing multiple demo iPads in New York City stores, a newspaper finds potentially dangerous bacteria on several of the units.
President Obama: Promoting cleaner, more efficient vehicles
Video: Obama signs a presidential memorandum that calls for new fuel efficiency standards and promotes the development of electric and alternative fuel vehicles.
Got silk?
Video: Researchers are spinning spider silk from goats' milk.
12-year-old's invention draws attention
A grade-schooler's energy invention for cars catches the eyes of scientists.
VisWall opens door to many worlds
Video: This 3-D experience even allows students to practice surgical techniques.
Assignment Earth: Dust and snowmelt in the Colorado mountains
Video: Scientists find the effect of dust on mountain snowpack can be the dominant driver of snowmelt and water supplies downstream.
Google goes green -- with goats
Google stays on the cutting edge by keeping the grass on its campus trimmed with a herd of 200 goats.
How China came to love the e-bike
Video: Although sales of regular bikes are slipping in China, Beijing residents are increasingly finding that electric bikes are the best way to navigate the capital's crowded streets.

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Battle of the bouncing bunnies
Video: Bunnies competed in the U.K.'s Rabbit Grand National, held in the dignified Yorkshire town of Harrogate in late January.
2 sick puppies walk to human hospital, wait in lobby
Video: Hospital staff treated the 'emaciated' pups, and a doctor carried them to the station's van, which then transported them to the Gulf Coast Humane Society.
News anchor bitten in face by dog on live TV
Video: A popular news anchor in Denver is recovering from reconstructive surgery after she was bitten by a dog on live television. The incident all began with a feel-good story about a dramatic ice rescue.
Dog rescued from icy pond
Video: A firefighter plunges into an icy Colorado pond to save dog.
15.5-pound newborn possibly a record-setter
Video: A boy just born in China may have set a record as the country's largest newborn.
Dental care for cats and dogs
Video: A wide array of 'dental care kits' for cats and dogs are intended to make it easy and effective for you to brush your pet's teeth.
Dogs ruled the Super Bowl ads
Video: Donny Deutsch of Deutsch Inc. and Laura Petrecca of USA Today talk with Matt Lauer about the best Super Bowl commercials of the night.
Taste-testing home-delivery pet food
Video: The Wall Street Journal pets taste-tested services that deliver fresh pet food.
Florida man adopts 42-year-old girlfriend as daughter
Video: Billionaire founder of International Polo Club Palm Beach legally adopted Heather Laruso Hutchins on Oct. 13. The legal move was exposed in connection with a civil case in which Goodman is being sued for wrongful death.

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