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Roller coaster mania on this day. 17 years ago, larry carroll reported on the "nbc nightly news" about americas intensifying love affair with amusement parks. >> it is one of the surest signs that america is in a summer state of mind. crowds are returning to amusement parks to find the tallest -- the wildest -- and the fastest -- roller coasters. the cornerstone of the amusement park business for more than 70 years will hit a new higher plateau in 1995, after a year of falling attendance at reve...

Including 20 new roller coasters, among the new ones, sky rush at hershey park in pennsylvania. a 200-foot tall coaster, reaching speeds of 75 miles per hour. and theres also apocalypse, in key largo, maryland. a 100-foot tall stand-up coaster. oh, wow. cool, huh? now to number four on our first five stories trending this hour. dont be surprise odd if you see people flocking to car show rooms across the country and coming away with a new set of wheels. auto liquid ator.com said car sales surge...

From ireland. some europeaneopln. its been nuts. >> reporter: growing roller coaster day is relatively easy. the two are popular youtube filmmakers known for their humorous shorts. rich with special effects and viewers. >> each of our videos gets anywhere from like 2 million to 10 million views. >> reporter: roller coaster day is still a long way from those kind of numbers, but its founders are determined to keep it on track. >> the idea of starting a holiday has never been a life-long goal. now...

Nowhere ielse to go. >> zany. >> were divided on a lot of things, the entire pop you house agrees on one thing. >> the idea of not extending payroll tax cuts that are for the middle class when republicans sort -- position they are willing to die on, we are not going to raise taxes on millionaires. and the messages from republicans have been offkey when the middle class -- >> it looks like now the democrats may have to play ball and get rid of the millionaires tax. >> i dont think there could be ...

structu destruction of the wildfires in texas. this now stretches across a 16-mile area. winds whipped up flames again today. a separate fire in eastern texas killed a mother and her 18-month-old child. tropical depression lee slogging its way north today after dumping as much of a foot of rain in parts of louisiana. pumps in new orleans helped prevent any major problem there. that was good. but the storm caused flooding in other towns and cities along the gulf. in alabama, lee spun ...

afghan plans to attack libyan forces. libyas new leaders have given gadhafi loyalists to surrender on saturday or face more force. this is the third time mubarak is in court. he faces charges as well as his two sons faces charges on corruption. the storm swept across the country in japan with record rainfall causing land slides and flooding. 56 others are still unaccounted for. a shark killed a body border on the west coast on sunday. the beach has been closed since the attack in...

shopping sprees, but are still out there spending and thats good. the dow fell to the lowest level in 30 years, but we are not seeing the wild swings we saw all week. the dow closed down 600 on monday and up 400 on tuesday and down 500 points on wednesday and up 400 yesterday, and it was the first time in the dows history we have seen closing numbers like this. drew? >> you could probably measure the heartbeat of traders the same way, up and down. tell us what happened in europe? they ...

>> another possible republican challenger is riled up, too, because of tea party criticism during the debt ceiling debate. >> yeah, right. independent patriotic americans who desire fiscal sanity in our beloved nation being called terrorist. if you were a real domestic terrorist -- >> we begin overseas tonight with two dramas unimaginable just months ago in syria, a vicious regime crackdown designed to crush an anti-government protest movement that is standing firm despite the deadly r...

for post august 2nd if no plan is agreed to. if the treasury couldnt meet its obligations, a bill being circulated would prioritize payments, social security checks and paychecks for troops. everything else would be covered if possible with cash on hand or put off until we can take on more debt. two main default avoidance plans remain on the table right now. speaker boehners plan would raise the debt ceiling twice, this year and next, with spending cuts now and an election year overhau...

of space shuttles. stay tuned. lit take as you little while. we are still working on it but keep watching. we will be launching again. >> we will stay in the business, as they said, the united states is not out space business. >> absolutely. we have proven for 30 years that we know how to get to lower orbit. we built this fantastic international space station. lit keep operating at least through 2020, conducting research in this incredible laboratory with the micro gravity environment ...