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Dust. a new study says longer lashes can often serve to funnel and redirect more air and thus dust into the eye. australia has been dealing with a huge outbreak of wildfires, especially in victoria, south australia. homes have been destroyed, thousands of acres burned. and now an effort to help the marsupials whove been caught in the fires. koalas are being rescued and brought to animal hospitals, many with burns to their paws from clinging onto burning trees. because they need special mittens...

Be the first-ever $1 billion senate race. an independent investigation now backs up what the nfl has contended all along, that no one in the league saw that violent elevator video of ray rice striking the woman whos now his wife before the images were made public back in september. former fbi director robert muller led this investigation. his report does not completely absolve the nfl. it also concludes that even without the video the league had more than enough to go on and to launch more in-...

Many people approve of the job hes doing as disapprove, 48%. the last time that happened, september 2013. the president is well into his second week of vacation in hawaii and golf appears to be occupying most of his time. the president hit this approach chip shot before tapping in a gimme par putt. he revealed he shot an 84 in a previous outing that forced a wedding of two army captains to be moved. from the washington post, gao to federal workers, no taxpayers cant pay for your plastic fork...

The president is doing as disapprove, 48%. the last time that happened september 2013. the president is well into his second week of vacation in hawaii and golf appears to be occupying most of his time. the president hit this approach chip shot before tapping in a gimme par putt. he revealed he shot an 84 in a previous outing that forced a wedding of two army captains to be moved. from the washington post gao to federal workers, no taxpayers cant pay for your plastic forks. the government sa...

Without power. dangerous windy weather causing big problems. next weather talent appears at wx center w >> odonnell: finally tonight, >> odonnell: finally tonight, during president obamas trip to australia last month, chief white house correspondent major garrett got to visit one of the native species which faces an unexpected threat. >> reporter: koalas are in a cuddly class by themselves. these two world leaders concur and, well, they dont agree on much. koalas live in eastern australia, where...

Salt brings bad luck. hopefully, thats not the case in chicago. take a look at this. today, a wall collapsed and caused a huge spill at the morton salt facility. no one was hurt but the companys ad slogan sure rang true today-- "morton salt-- when it rains, it pours." some of the most accomplished actors are ones you never actually see. today, we learned christine cavanaugh has died. the voice actor played chuckie in "rugrats," dexter in "dexters laboratory," and the title role in the movie "bab...

Each koala needs 100 eucalyptus trees to survive. >> loss of the habitat not only loses where they live, it loses what they eat. you lose, that you lose everything. shes fully grown. >> reporter: karen nilsson is head koala keeper at lone pine koala sanctuary, part of australias effort to protect a national mascot, whose population has declined by 30% since 1990. >> little pockets of habitat dont work because they get fragmented, the populations within that group become severely inbred, and they...

Red eye is its signature. is the word "extinction" too alarmist? >> no, "extinction" isnt alarmist. there are populations that have experienced localized extinctions across their territory. >> reporter: but a vaccine offers hope for a cure and lifetime of protection. adam pokinghorne is one of its developers. >> the idea of the vaccine is that were going to be able to train the immune system of koalas such that if theyre ever exposed to this infection in the wild they will already have-- their i...

Photographer that it was the two most famous sets of heres in washington. here he is getting a check-up. im not sure the doctor went to medical school. and heres the president meeting with the koala. and helping a 1-year-old girl walk across the oval office. angela, which photo did you like best? >> well i love the ones you just showed us but i picked one that was a little more serious and that was from the ferguson the day-long meetings i know that you participated in rev. it was so important t...

Once, well, theres a one in 70 million chance of that but it actually happened to a utah couple yesterday. tyson and ashley welcomed quad ruplets to the world. theyre two sets of identical twins, all of them girls conceived at the same time through in vitro fertilization. maybe you saw moms reaction to the news she was having four babies when it went viral earlier this year. when we come back, a zoos worth of animals all in one household and the joy they provide to kids who need it most.