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Woodchuck eats ice cream
Video: For his birthday, a cute little woodchuck (or groundhog if that's your preference) eats some ice cream.
Saved from a puppy mill, dog feels grass for first time
Video: Lizzy was saved from a puppy mill thanks to rescuers at the National Mill Dog Rescue. She got the surprise of her life when she walked on grass for the first time.
Tax refund scams fueled by identity theft
The number of tax fraud cases due to identity theft has risen dramatically in recent years, but both local and federal authorities have spent the last few months targeting the thieves.
The 3 C's of homemade meals: Cost, cooking time, calories
Video: Nutritionist Joy Bauer shares four simple recipes that are light on your wallet, watch, and waist, from a berry smoothie for breakfast to grilled chicken parmesan and broccoli for dinner.
Gorilla gets chased by a pair of geese
Video: Barney, a gorilla from the Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas isn’t nearly as tough as he looks after he gets pestered by a pair of geese.
Top baristas duke it out for U.S. championship
Video: The U.S. Barista Championship offers participants 15 minutes to prepare and serve espressos, cappuccinos and coffee drinks to an array of judges. Competitors demonstrate their art and skill and at times use unexpected ingredients.
Mexican Barbie comes with documentation, Chihuahua
Video: Mattel's doll wears a pink ruffle dress and also includes a passport among her accessories.
See Snow White grant this girl's wish
Video: Marine daddy come home! Snow White delivers. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on a fairy tale ending.
New cereal claims you’ll crave sex after breakfast
Video: WTVJ’s Justin Finch takes a look at a new breakfast cereal, being marketed to folks in Florida, which claims to be an all-natural aphrodisiac.

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Can Redwood clones reverse years of logging?
Video: For years, the tallest trees in the world have been cut down – its population decimated. Today, only a small fraction of the majestic trees remain, many of them protected in national parks. But a scientist is hoping to regrow the Redwoods, and reverse some of the damage.
Stephen Colbert speaks out on climate change
Video: The Colbert Report takes on extreme weather and climate change-denying politicians.
Tornado rips through north Georgia
Amateur video taken from inside a Food Lion store captures a tornado as it tears through Adairsville, Ga.
Giant sinkhole gobbles up buildings in China
Video: In an amazing twist of fate, no one is hurt when 2 buildings in Guangzhou vanish into a sinkhole, but 300 local residents are evacuated.
What have been Obama's biggest global warming triumphs?
Video: Rolling Stone's Jeff Goodell joins Morning Joe to discuss President Obama's accomplishments on climate change since taking office. Goodell says one of Obama's biggest moves was increasing fuel standards for cars and trucks.
Park ranger: Thieves chop trees to make guitars
Video: Twenty one full-grown maple trees were illegally chopped down inside a Washington state park, rangers tell KING's Drew Mikkelsen the wood is most likely intended to be used in musical instruments.
Storm dumps 2.5 feet of rain on eastern Australia
Video: Rains lashed towns across eastern Australia, all the way down to Sydney, creating massive flooding, churning up foam from the ocean that bewildered drivers, and stranding civilians who had to be rescued by helicopter.
Helicopter pulls 2 women, baby from truck trapped by floodwaters
Video: Two women and a toddler stuck on the back of a submerged truck were lifted to safety by a helicopter. Coastal areas of Queensland, Australia, have been swamped by floods and heavy rains leftover from tropical cyclone Oswald.
Bigfoot: Is mysterious screech sasquatch?
Video: A recording given to Oregon newspaper captured high-pitched shrieks and roars from a swampy area in the Blue Mountains of Oregon, which has been a Bigfoot hotspot for decades.

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NFL gives $30 million for concussion research
Video: Matt Lauer speaks to the commissioner of the NFL, the chief of staff of the Army and the director of the NIH's Neurology Institute about the announcement.
Yosemite rodent virus takes second victim
Video: National park visitor dies from hantavirus, a rare viral infection passed from mice to humans, and 2 more people have become sick.
Doctor won't treat anyone over 200 pounds
Video: Ida Davidson admits her weight goes up and down, but she's stunned a new doctor said she was too heavy for treatment.
Bariatric surgery for diabetes?
Video: Dr. Philip Schauer discusses the benefits of bariatric surgery.
How did West Nile virus spread so rapidly?
Video: Savannah Guthrie speaks with Dr. Nancy Snyderman as to why there has been an increase of cases — and deaths — related to West Nile infections.
Michelle Obama on why Barack stopped smoking
Video: First lady Michelle Obama explains what motivated the president to give up cigarettes.
A medical cure for sweating
Video: One woman battled excessive sweating in secret until she found an unusual medical treatment.
CDC: Boomers must get tested for hepatitis C
Video: It’s estimated that 1 in 30 baby boomers – those born between 1945 and 1965 — are infected with hepatitis C. Now the government is asking that everyone who falls within that age group to get tested.
A blood test to rule out heart attacks?
Video: Myocardial infarctions can be determined sooner with the new troponin test, according to Dr. Chadwick Miller.

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Hair archaeologist? Yes, she's real
Video: A hairstylist by day, Janet Stephens has become a 'hair archaeologist' studying the intricacies of ancient Greek and Roman hairstyles.
Hasbro reveals new Monopoly token: The cat
Video: The makers of Monopoly decided to modernize the game a bit by adding a new token and retiring one of the classics.
Lindsay Vonn injures knee, still aims for Sochi
Video: In a dramatic crash that sent her to the hospital via helicopter, the most successful American skier tore ligaments and fractured a bone in her knee. But U.S. Ski Team coach Chip White is confident she’ll be in Olympic shape for Sochi.
Guinness record: Largest shoe collection
Video: It was a 'sea of shoes' at the National Geographic Society headquarters. In fact, there were enough to set a Guinness world record. And some have been worn on the feet of celebrities such as Taylor Swift and Eli Manning.
Jude Law tackles pharmaceutical industry in 'Side Effects'
Video: The Academy Award nominee on his latest role as out-of-control doctor.
Surfer rides biggest wave ever recorded
Video: A video camera was recording when a Massachusetts native found himself surfing the face of a wave off the coast of Portugal estimated at 90 feet in height.
Daredevil Wallenda walks high wire above Sarasota
Video: Aerialist Nik Wallenda, who previously walked across New York’s Niagara Falls, takes his high-wire act to Florida, attempting a tightrope walk above downtown Sarasota.
Sundance stars sound off on movie violence
Video: The Sundance Film Festival may not be home to many shoot-'em-up movies, but action-oriented actors at the festival answered questions about Hollywood's role in gun violence.
Viral portrait of love: Man teaches girlfriend after stroke
Video: A photo showing a man trying to teach a woman the alphabet recently became an Internet sensation as hundreds of thousands of people wondered about the back story.

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Largest Rube Goldberg machine built
Video: Team from Purdue Society of Professional Engineers smashes its own world record with a 300-step, overly complicated behemoth that flawlessly accomplished the simple task of blowing up and popping a balloon.
'You're not going to believe this': Snakes on plane force pilot to land
Video: It is a pilot's worst nightmare — reaching for the controls and finding a snake rearing its head. Something like it inspired the 2006 movie 'Snakes on a Plane.' Now the horrific scenario has happened to a lone aviator in Australia.
Should cars give sobriety tests?
Video: The car won't start when it senses the driver has been drinking.
Trucks plummet nearly 200 feet off icy cliff
Video: The tow operator is able to leap to safety, and the driver of a broken-down rig remains in the cab — and miraculously survives the 200-foot fall.
Daryl Hannah on her biodiesel
Video: Actress and environmental activist Daryl Hannah tells WSJ's Joe White about the biodiesel-powered cars in her garage at the 2012 ECO:nomics conference.
Floris Kaayk, aka, Jarno Smeet, admits his flying man video is a hoax
Video:The man who claimed to have achieved bird-like flight with a custom-built contraption comes clean: It was a hoax 8 months in the making.
Man takes flight with bird-like wings
Video: 'You're running, and then suddenly you're free,' exclaims Dutch engineer Jarno Smeets after putting his strap-on wings to the test.
Broken iPad? Take it to the iHospital
Video: The iHospital is a chain that fixes broken Apple products but takes Apple-care to new levels.
Robotic jellyfish may have ability to never run out of energy
Video: A robot built to look and swim like an inconspicuous jellyfish may keep going and going and going thanks to an infinite source of fuel — its surroundings.

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Assignment Earth: E-waste creates jobs
Video: A company in Cape Town is making a profit through refurbishing and recycling.
Assignment Earth: Sustainable prison
Video: A prison in Kenya goes green, using sustainable systems including biogas produced by waste material, replacing firewood.
Video: Holy cow! Bovines burst into bodega
It was a wild scene in Washington state as a herd of cattle bolts into a convenience store followed by two cowboys on horseback. The entire incident was caught on tape by the store surveillance camera.
Video: David Axelrod on Van Jones' resignation
White House senior adviser David Axelrod discusses Van Jones' decision to step down with David Gregory on NBC's 'Meet the Press'.
Video: Glenn Beck calls Van Jones a communist
In the middle of a takedown of Van Jones, the White House's Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Glenn Beck veered strangely off-topic.
Assignment Earth: Giant wind turbines
An Iowa company bets its future on building huge, utility-scale wind turbines for the promised "green revolution."
ON THE STREETS: Green jobs
Jonathan Kesselman shares his knowledge of green jobs with others in Times Square.
The Green Party: A wedding venue alternative
Video: Weddings in a bookstore? Danielle shows you how!
Green Jobs Q & A with Tony Anderson: How are green jobs doing in this economy?
Can you still get a green job in this economy? Tony shares his perspective.

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Bobby Flay: Cookbooks have collaborators, not ghostwriters
Video: Celebrity chefs Bobby Flay and Anne Burrell say that they use teams of collaborators when putting together their cookbooks. Flay also defends the writer of a New York Times expose, saying he doesn’t believe she was out to get celebrity chefs.
'Pink slime' discontinued at 4 grocery stores
Video: Four supermarket chains announce they will no longer use the ground beef filler.
Co-workers may be hazardous to your weight
Video: The biggest threat to your diet isn't in the refrigerator, it's the person sitting at the next desk. Nearly a third of people on weight-loss programs cited colleagues who tease or pressure them to eat.
The dangers of red meat
Video: NBC's chief science and health correspondent shares his thoughts on a new study, which claims that red meat drastically increases a person's risk of dying early.
Foods that are secretly making you fat
Video: David Zinczenko, author of 'Eat This, Not That! 2012: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution,' shows some surprising chain restaurant menu choices that aren't as healthy as they seem and may be preventing you from losing weight.
Oreo cookie turns 100
Video: The Oreo cookie, known as 'milk's favorite cookie,' first appeared at a New York City bakery 100 years ago.
An unconventional pairing: Some wine with your White Castle?
Video: The wine list at the White Castle here proposes a thoughtfully balanced varietal selection, from a pétillant Moscato to a quite approachable Merlot.
Bill Clinton tackles child obesity
Video: The former president formed the Alliance for a Healthier Generation to help kids stay active and eat better food.
Breakfast fail! Worst cereals revealed
Video: Men’s Health editor Dave Zinczenko reveals that some of America’s favorite breakfast cereals are packed with sugar – and offers healthier choices.

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Farming for a better future
Video: Contemporary cowboy Jeff Downs hopes to change the way we farm to make a better, healthier world.
Video: Inside look at the White House garden
A record number of visitors toured the White House gardens this weekend. Plus: Long-time gardener is also Bo Obama's best pal.
In the Field: Herb picking tips
Video: Using basil as an example, Farmer D shows you how to pick herbs.
The Green Party: Ask Danielle, part two
Video: Have more questions for Danielle V? She has more answers.
In the Field: Bolting lettuce and companion plants
Video: Farmer D identifies bolting lettuce and then plants cucumbers in his garden.
In The Field: Interviewing the president of the American Community Garden Association
Video: Want to start an urban garden? Farmer D has your contact.
In The Field: Finding a beneficial insect while harvesting Chinese cabbage
Video: While harvesting Chinese cabbage, Farmer D is amazed to find a parasitic wasp.
In the Field: How to harvest lettuce
Video: Farmer D gives a number of tips for harvesting lettuce.
In the Field: A conversation with Slow Food USA president
Video: Farmer D talks with the president of Slow Food USA about the future of our food system.

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Conjoined twins to have healthy, independent lives
Video: Allison June and Amelia Lee Tucker were conjoined twins who have been successfully separated at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Doctors say the 9-month old girls are expected to have full, separate lives.
Sable the cat acts as crosswalk guard
Video: Sable, the 15-year-old black cat, is an honorary crosswalk guard for Enterprise Middle School.
Dogs sing 'Silent Night'
Video: Man's best friend sings a Christmas carol.
Cat rescued after week in tree
Video: A cat is recovering after spending nearly a week stuck 70 feet up in a tree.
'Sesame Street' tackles divorce for first time
Video: The classic children’s show has taken on almost every topic, from marriage to death. Now, for the first time, the show is addressing the touchy subject of parents parting ways.
3-legged service dog receives prosthetic
Video: After Pirelli, a 3-legged service dog who goes to schools to teach kids about acceptance and overcoming obstacles, won the hearts of people all over the city of Atlanta, he received enough donations to buy a dog-sized carbon fiber foot, which
All the queen's corgis
Video: The palace corgi whisperer shows how Queen Elizabeth II's dogs are trained.
Student starts puppy rental business
Video: A Brigham Young University student has found a way to cash in on people's love of puppies and is now renting them out.
Nap Nanny: Feds file suit against baby-recliner maker
Video: A federal agency claims the Nap Nanny baby recliner has caused the death of five children.

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