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January 30, 2013

VIDEO: World record surf?

Surfer Garrett McNamara was seen riding a massive wave in Portugal -- said to be up to 100 feet high. If confirmed, it would break the world record already set by McNamara.

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  • pool.jpg Feces contaminates 58 percent of public swimming pools

    Human feces taints more than half of public swimming pools, a finding U.S. health officials are using to urge better personal hygiene as the summer months approach.

    May 17, 2013 1 Photo

  • g00025800000000000087955ff8d81a9df9179bb4721e1a2832a189e571.jpg VIDEO: Deer gets on, off city bus

    A CamTran bus picked up an unscheduled passenger on Tuesday evening – a white-tailed deer.

    May 15, 2013 1 Photo

  • 130511_NT_JVA_boat 'Ghost ship' offered to highest bidder

    The mysterious death of the owner of a sailboat, found without anyone on board last fall, has not deterred the coastal city of Newburyport, Mass., from offering the sloop for sale on a municipal auctiion website.

    May 14, 2013 1 Photo

  • web break-1.jpg Bodily waste can help solve the energy crisis, author says

    Bodily waste is widely considered a topic not to be discussed in polite company; it's something to be flushed and forgotten. But a new book argues that waste, in all its human and animal forms, is worth getting to know intimately.

    May 14, 2013 1 Photo

  • web break-1.jpg What if you could pay for cable channels a la carté?

    It's time to let television viewers buy individual channels, rather than being required to pay for bundles of programming, Sen. John McCain told a Senate panel Tuesday.

    May 14, 2013 1 Photo

  • astronaut-song.jpg VIDEO: Space station astronaut makes music video

    How do you pass the time when you're in orbit 230 miles above the Earth's surface? Make a music video, of course. Commander Chris Hadfield on the International Space Station recorded this revised cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity."

    May 13, 2013 1 Photo

  • screenshot rubble.jpg VIDEO: Survivor pulled from Bangladesh building rubble

    As the number of dead from the collapse of a garment factory building in Bangladesh soars past 1,000, there's a remarkable story of survival. A woman was found alive today in the wreckage of the building.

    May 10, 2013 1 Photo

  • iPad 2 Apple's iPad2 heart risk found in research by 14-year-old

    Gianna Chien's study — which found that Apple's iPad2 can, in some cases, interfere with life-saving heart devices because of the magnets inside — is based on a science fair project that didn't even win her first place.

    May 9, 2013 1 Photo

  • Screen shot 2013-05-08 at 12.58.32 PM.png VIDEO: Fake nuns caught with cocaine

    Three women wearing nun costumes tried to smuggle more than 12 pounds of cocaine out of Colombia. Police spotted the fake garb right away.

    May 8, 2013 1 Photo

  • m6217a2f.gif Most and least-fit states in the U.S.

    A new report released by the Centers for Disease Control highlights adult fitness levels based on participation in aerobic and muscle-building activities. Find out which states came in with the fittest and least-fit populations.

    May 8, 2013 1 Photo

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