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Dog uses the toilet and flushes it
Video: Here's one unique way to potty train your dog.
Machine separates Oreos for you
Video: CNN's Jeanne Moos reports there's no more licking and scraping the creme.
Gator learns to move with prosthetic tail
Video: An alligator in Phoenix is learning to walk and swim with its new prosthetic tail.
Girl Scouts hit paydirt at local dump
Video: A Girl Scout troop from Luttrell, Tenn., has discovered the local hotspot, where just about every town resident comes on weekends; the local dump.
Clinton visits Haitian coffee plant, brewery
Video: Former President Bill Clinton visited Haiti, and pledged $700,000 to the country's agricultural sector.
Greenest car runs on air
Inventor Peter Dearman has created a homemade car that produces no emissions.
Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital
Video: A spokesman says the anti-apartheid icon and former president of S. Africa has returned to his home in Johannesburg.
Reports: Harvard snooped through email of 16 deans
Video: There are new reports that Harvard University secretly combed through the emails of 16 deans as officials investigated who leaked a campus cheating scandal to the media.
Study: Women wake up grumpier than men
Video: 'Today' show anchors chat about a new Duke University sleep study that finds women are grumpier than men in the mornings, especially when they don’t get enough sleep.

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Police search for Jimmy Hoffa's body in Michigan driveway
Video: 'Where is Jimmy Hoffa's body?' is a question that has spawned thousands of theories. Now, one Michigan police chief believes a break in the famous cold case could be close at hand.
D.C.'s reflecting pool is full of algae after $34 million renovation
Video: The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool reopened to the public at the end of August, after an almost 2-year renovation costing $34 million. After being recently filled back up with water, it is now full of algae. Ironically, the new pool was inte
Dad sends son's toy train to space
Video: A dad launched his son's favorite toy into a weather balloon and then animated it to smile and blink for his son.
Infected flies turn bees into zombies?
Video: Bees are dropping dead in Washington state due to the bite of a parasitic fly.
Huge dock from tsunami found near Hawaii
Video: Fisherman discovered a dock from the Japanese tsunami off the shores of Hawaii.
Toddler plays with gorilla: Is old video an example of bad parenting?
Video: Take a look at a video that's surfaced on YouTube from more than 20 years ago that shows an 18-month-old girl playing with a 300-pound gorilla.
Southern butterflies shifting to warmer north
Video: Warm climate butterflies are spending more and more time in Massachusetts.
Pungent rotten egg stench in California due to fish?
Video: Public officials in southern California are searching for the source of a stench that has permeated the region. One theory is that the odor from a massive fish die-off in the Salton Sea, a lake about 75 miles west of San Diego, was blown to th
Farm powered by walnuts
Video: A walnut farmer in California uses walnut shells and husk waste to create fuel to power his farm.

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Paula Deen: Diabetes is 'not a death sentence'
Video: In a 'Today' show exclusive, celebrity chef Paula Deen reveals that recent rumors are true: She has Type 2 diabetes. She tells Al Roker that she supports 'eating in moderation.'
Link between cholesterol-lowering drugs and diabetes
Video: Women who take statins may have a greater chance of developing diabetes.
Jennifer Hudson 'empowered' by weight loss
Singer and actress talks about why and how she lost weight, her decision to 'live in the moment' and her book, 'I Got This: How I Changed My Way and Lost What Weighed Me Down.'
Snowboarder's remarkable return to the slopes
Video: Kevin Pearce, who once harbored Olympic dreams, survived a devastating brain injury.
Dr. Oz's 4 steps to keeping your diet resolution
Video: Dr. Mehmet Oz tells Ann Curry that you can easily keep your New Year’s diet plan by writing it down, declaring it publicly and tracking your progress.
A.J. Jacobs: How healthy living nearly killed me
Video: For a full year, serial experimenter A.J. Jacobs followed every piece of health advice he could, from applying sunscreen by the shotglass to wearing a bicycle helmet while shopping. Onstage at TEDMED, he shares what he learned.
'Horse Whisperer' author 'lucky' to survive poisoning
Video: In this segment of Curious Medicine, author Nicholas Evans speaks out about accidentally feeding his family wild, poisonous mushrooms and how the experience has affected his outlook on life.
Avastin could buy time for women with ovarian cancer
Video: Two new studies show that Avastin — a drug approved for other use against cancers but controversial — could give women more time in their battles with ovarian cancer.
'I'm here': Ambien awakens stroke victim
Video: Australian Sam Goddard suffered several strokes in 2010. He was left in a coma and later a vegetative state. His fiancee, Sally Nielsen, never gave up hope, researching until she discovered Ambien could wake up the man she loves.

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Street musician lugs around 450-pound piano
Video: From the redwood forest to New York, a traveling piano player beats a tough economy by doing what he loves.
Game hinging on chicken a hit at Texas bar
Video: The sport is known in polite company as chicken-poop bingo. Along with its cousin, cow-chip bingo, this twist on the church-hall pastime has proved that an age-old game of chance can cause quite a stir when it is centered on an animal.
To sell more shampoo, mix science and celebrity
Video: A small hair-care company called Living Proof, based on science from MIT, has signed Jennifer Aniston as an investor and spokesperson in an attempt to make waves in the $10 billion hair-care industry.
Steve Jobs remembered, a year later
Video: This technology pioneer has not been forgotten. In fact, it's quite the opposite.
Military wives go topless for PTSD
Video: A group of military wives is taking a unique approach to bringing attention to PTSD.
Airport reality show takes off
Video: For 4 months Travel Channel cameras had exclusive access to the inner workings of Miami International Airport for a new TV series.
Dr: Lady Gaga's movement 'heartwarming' for fans
Video: After receiving attention for gaining weight, Lady Gaga posted photos on social media with the caption 'bulimia and anorexia since I was 15.' The entertainer also announced an effort to encourage body acceptance.
Teen beats cancer, wins lottery
Video: 19-year-old Nick Ruth beat the odds to overcome cancer and then beat them again to win the lottery.
Lady Gaga blames pasta for 25 lb. weight gain
Video: Lady Gaga says frequent visits to her dad's Italian restaurant are to blame for her recent weight gain.

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3-D without glasses?
Video: A creepy experimental device makes your eyes blink involuntarily during a movie.
Winter driving dos and don'ts
Video: NBC's Tom Costello reports on the most common challenges of driving in winter weather and advises how to avoid simple mistakes on the road.
Tips for driving in ice and snow
Video: NBC’s Tom Costello shows viewers how to navigate their cars on roads covered in a slippery mixture of ice and snow.
'Invisible bracelets' could save lives
Video: Key chain tag gives first responders your medical history.
WikiLeaks reveals Santa's naughty list
Video: WikiLeaks is at it again. No playground is safe this Christmas.
Michael Moore offers bail for Assange
Video: Filmmaker Michael Moore is offering $20,000 in bail money to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Environmental entrepreneurs: Charging electric cars
Video: As the first plug-in electric vehicles come to the mass market, companies that design and sell car chargers are battling for market share.
And away 'Wheego'
Video: A compact car called the Wheego will be the second all-electric vehicle on the road.
National Unfriend Day announcement by Jimmy Kimmel
Video: Talk show host says we should return to a time when we didn't know what that random guy from high school biology class had for breakfast this morning.

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The Green Party: An eco-twist on your wedding catering
Video: Check out how you can put an eco-twist on your wedding catering.
Two Minutes for the Planet: Eat green
Learn more about buying organic, natural and sustainable foods
Cooking with Chef A: Tomato and olive chicken
Video: Join Chef A as she demonstrates how to make an easy, delicious tomato and olive chicken.
Cooking with Chef A: Easy apricot chicken
Video: Watch and learn how to make a delicious apricot chicken.
Cooking with Chef A: Mushroom chicken
Video: See how to make an easy, delicious mushroom chicken with Chef A.
Cooking with Chef A: Chicken piccata
Video: See how to make Chef A's easy chicken piccata.
Michael Pollan: Make me do it
Michael Pollan reminds us that this is just the beginning. We need to write our legislators and make change happen. Show them that change is happening.
Michael Pollan: The food culture
Michael Pollan discusses how people need rethink how they eat and remember to teach children healthy eating.
Michael Pollan: Local economies
Michael Pollan predicts local economies will become revitalized and discusses how this will benefit people around the world.

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Puppy safe after hawk drops him from sky
Video: 'When God drops a puppy from the sky, you keep it,' said Elaine Bouschard, who rescued a newborn pooch after it fell from a hawk's talons.
Dog custody battle costs $60K
Video: A man is caught in the middle of a bicoastal custody battle for his dog.
Why I breastfeed my toddler
Video: Katie Hamilton is a mother of 2 in Redondo Beach, Calif. She explains why she nurses her 21-month-old daughter Coralie, and her reaction to the controversial Time magazine cover on attachment parenting.
Pit bull pulls owner from path of oncoming train
Video: Lilly, an 8-year-old pit bull, was badly injured after putting her life on the line to pull her unconscious owner from the path of an oncoming train.
Tanning salons ban bronzed mom
Video: Patricia Krentcil, who faces charges for taking her 5-year-old daughter to a tanning salon, has maintained her innocence, but that's not stopping several N.J. and N.Y. salons from banning her from their facilities.
Meow, the 39-pound cat, dies
Video: The 39-pound cat that won the nation's affection after an appearance on the 'Today' show dies of weight-related complications.
Border collie paints a masterpiece
Video: Arbor from Nevada specializes in abstract works of art. Is this pooch the next Picasso?
Catholic teacher says she was fired for undergoing in vitro fertilization
Video: After undergoing IVF, teacher Emily Herx says she was fired from her job at an Indiana Catholic school and was told that she was a 'grave, immoral sinner' by the parish pastor.
Teens are drinking hand sanitizer to get drunk
Video: Dozens of videos on YouTube show the latest teen experiment: drinking hand sanitizer, which is often more than 60 percent alcohol. It's inexpensive, it's legal ... and it's dangerous.

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