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1-handed teen signs football scholarship
Video: University of Central Florida offers a one-handed teen and his twin brother football scholarships.
Chicken or duck?: Raw food is the latest pet food fad
Video: The all-natural, organic food movement among humans is spreading to pet food. Think raw chicken, beef, even duck or venison. But there is little consensus that raw food as pet food is a good idea.
Jillian Michaels shares tips for avoiding diet pitfalls
Video: A fitness expert on 'The Biggest Loser,' she talks about her newest book, 'Slim for Life: My Insider Secrets to Simple, Fast, and Lasting Weight Loss.'
Veteran uses hip-hop to help soldiers with PTSD
Video: Iraq war veteran Jeff Barillaro is using music to help returning soldiers cope with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Keeping your pet out of the pill bottle
Video: Cases of accidental pet poisonings from human medications and supplements are on the rise. Here's a look at the latest numbers, and how you can keep your pet safe.
Banana Joe wins Best in Show
Video: Banana Joe, a 5-year-old affenpinscher, wins Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
Wisconsin scientists help search for alien life
Video: University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are helping search for alien life forms, but they will never go into space. They are studying Earth rocks that are billions of years old, looking for information.
Bad (dog) hair day at Westminster
Video: How do you win Best in Show when you're having a bad dog hair day?
Northeast digs out after huge snow storm
Video: Thousands are still waiting for the lights to come back on after the snow crippled neighborhoods in New England.

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Wildlife center of Virginia releases 3 raptors
Video: The raptors will be released in the state between Wednesday and Thursday, which is unprecedented in the nearly 30-year history of the Wildlife Center of Virginia.
Mammoth found in Iowa family's yard
Video: Homeowner works with scientists to unearth 12,000-year-old mammoth.
Alaska bore tide draws surfers, viewers
Video: Mother Nature put on a show near Anchorage, and it had nothing to do with Venus and the sun.
Bat with 'supertongue' seen for first time
Video: The elusive bat shows off its tongue in the premier episode of a National Geographic Channel documentary, 'Untamed Americas.' (A human would need a 9-foot-long tongue to match the bat's proportions.)
At national parks, where are all the young people?
Video: The average age of visitors has skyrocketed over the past few decades, and some fear the future of these national treasures could be in jeopardy.
Dairy farm uses chiropractor to help cows
Video: To boost milk output, dairy farmers use chiropractors to keep cows comfortable.
Gulf fishermen reeling from seafood troubles
Video: Usually folks in Louisiana are upbeat and busy in May, the month when shrimpers get back to work. But this spring, catches are down, docks are idle and anxiety is growing that the ill effects of the BP spill may be far from over.
Ken Burns: National parks feed America's soul
Video: Just before his documentary on the history of national parks was broadcast on PBS, Ken Burns had a once-in-a-lifetime chance to share scenes from the film with President Obama at the White House.
Alligator chomps on man's arm
Video: A scientist in North Carolina was trying to corral the 250-pound reptile when it took a hold of his arm.

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Bath salts: The new designer drug?
Video: Drug experts say some 'bath salts,' marketed as 'white china' and 'euphoria,' are cheap, accessible highs made of synthetic cocaine.
'Race for the Cure' brand battle courts controversy
Video: Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, one of the country's largest and best-funded breast cancer charities, is being questioned about its aggressive tactics when it comes to protecting its trademark.
Aleisha is 4 -- and a breast cancer survivor
Video: Aleisha Hunter underwent surgery for a double mastectomy to treat her juvenile strain of breast cancer, making her one of the world’s youngest survivors of the disease.
Dedicated doc still charges $5 for checkups
Video: NBC’s Bob Dotson catches up with the small-town doctor of Rushville, Ill., who has never taken a day off and keeps his fees as they were in 1955.
Doctor-approved home remedies
Video: Many home remedies really do work and can save you a trip to the doctor's office.
Tooth helps woman regain her sight
A blind woman regains her eyesight after doctors implanted her extracted tooth in her eye to anchor a lens linked to her poor vision.
16 kidney donors give the gift of health, life
Video: Sixteen people with serious kidney failure have been matched with 16 living donors — some of them total strangers — who have chosen to share the gift of health.
FDA pushes for graphic smoking warnings
Video: The FDA is pushing for new warning labels on packs of cigarettes, visually warning of the dangers of cancer.
Chilean miner completes NYC marathon
Video: There were plenty of heroes among the 43,000 people who ran the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, but rescued Chilean miner Edison Pena was the favorite of spectators and competitors alike.

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Deaf baseball player inspires his team
Video: A New Jersey teen who helped lead his team to the state playoffs has been awarded a college baseball scholarship.
Houston Museum unveils $85 million dinosaur hall
Video: The Houston Museum of Natural Science is preparing to unveil its $85 million dinosaur exhibit, already being hailed as one of the best in the country.
Tan mom: Being bronzed 'just feels good'
Video: Patricia Krentcil, the New Jersey mom accused of taking her five-year-old daughter into a tanning booth, insists she is innocent and says she wishes everyone would leave her family alone.
Man buys out a Kmart, gives it all away
Video: A Kentucky man buys everything in a Kmart that was going out of business and donates the trailer loads of goods to charity.
Teen's sad video touches millions
Video: A video by a terminally ill 17-year-old has been watched by more than 1 million people around the world. Shaun Wilson-Miller's film was intended to tell his friends that he was dying, but a glitch uploaded the video to YouTube.
Ted Williams: I've been sober for a year
Video: 'The man with the golden voice'” talks with Matt Lauer about his struggles with addiction and working through difficult family relationships, which he relates in in his new book, 'A Golden Voice,' and recalls walking his daughter down the aisl
Celebs at George Lopez charity golf tourney
Video: Dave Annable, Columbus Short, Tommy Thayer, John C. McGinley and Kenny G. give green tips at George Lopez charity golf tournament.
Royal family front and center as Olympics approach
Video: The British royal family is keeping busy ahead of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics.
Surfer catches 'biggest wave ever' off Portugal
Video: The Guinness World Records recognizes Hawaii pro surfer for the biggest wave ever ridden. Garrett McNamara surfed a 78-foot wave off the coast of Portugal.

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Video: High school students build eco-friendly car
A group of high school students from Philadelphia is on a mission to prove that it doesn't take an automotive giant to build a fuel-efficient car.
In the Green Room: Chuck's biodiesel explainer, part three
Video: Chuck visits one of the first 24-hour biodiesel kiosks (and it even accepts credit cards.)
In the Green Room: Chuck's biodiesel explainer, part two
Video: Chuck finds out how restaurants like Chik-fil-A are helping make biodiesel fuel more accessible.
In the Green Room: Chuck's biodiesel explainer, part one
Video: Chuck finds out you can't just make biodiesel fuel in your backyard. Seriously, the EPA doesn't like that.
Assignment Earth: Bicycling for clean air in Mumbai
In the congested traffic of Mumbai, a new breed of bicyclists are changing the image of the bicycle as a poor man's transport.
ON THE STREETS: The truth about hybrid cars
Jonathan Kesselman talks to strangers to figure out how hybrid cars work.
The Green Party: A green spin on wedding transportation
Video: Join Danielle as she explores eco-alternatives to wedding transportation.
Assignment Earth: Living with levees
Engineers find that controlled flooding may help defend against stronger damage to floodplains
Assignment Earth: Antarctica research
Side-by-side in harsh conditions, scientists from 46 nations work together to understand what lies ahead for Antarctica.

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Texas court puts a sentimental value on dogs
Video: A Texas appeals court reinstates a couple’s lawsuit against an animal shelter that accidentally euthanized their 8-year-old dog.
Conjoined twins separated in Virginia
Video: Virginia surgeons have successfully separated conjoined twin girls from the Dominican Republic.
Duggars expecting 20th baby: Is that safe?
Video: Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar of TLC's '19 Kids & Counting' talk about wanting a full-term pregnancy with their 20th child, and Michelle gives advice to other pregnant mothers.
Operating room fires hurt hundreds each year
Video: NBC's chief medical editor, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, looks into the increasing rate of fires in operating rooms, leading the FDA to create a surgical fire-safety initiative.
Doctors separate conjoined twins
Video: Surgery to split toddlers joined at chest expected to take 20 hours.
Black lab safe after riding atop freight train
Video: A black lab puppy somehow ended up on top of a moving freight train in South Carolina. But now he's safe, thanks to a family who called 911 and followed the train.
Son runs from Canada to Mexico to honor mom
Video: Sam Fox, 23, has run roughly 100 marathons and 41 miles per day for 2 months to raise a quarter of a million dollars in honor of his mother Lucy, who has Parkinson’s disease.
Disabled Chihuahua finds new home
Video: Trixie, a disabled Chihuahua that can only walk on her two front legs, has found a new home. Her new owner, a veterinarian, says she’s 'glad to be able to give her a good home.'
Doggie massage relieves Fido's stress
Video: Massage therapist Athena Arnado says dogs can have bad days and stressful weeks.

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