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Clayton sandel has the story from denver. this is really scary. >> reporter: 21-year-old lexi deforest was climbing with her boyfriend when -- >> i probably just shouldn't have jumped those trenches. it's something i'm not good at. >> reporter: she tumbled eight feet down, ending up stuck at the bottom of a dark trench, injured and alone. >> you know what i was thinking? like how close is the nearest anything? >> reporter: with the sun setting, the college student begins documenting her ordeal in this video diary. >> i'm not going to tell you how scared i am of bears right now. >> reporter: ...

>> yeah. ten deaths in the last two weeks alone. >> you don't know who to trust. it must be unbelievable. also this morning, the freak accident on the nascar track. look at this. the driver who is counting his blessings after his car literally could have been sliced in two. mark martin coming just inches from almost being impaled by that wall. he is counting his blessings today. >> more on that. later this half-hour, a young woman who videotaped her own ordeal while trapped on a mountain. her serious injury and remarkable story. first, the summer of extreme heat and raging wild...

3,700 homes are threatened. this morning 41 major wildfires are burning across eight western states. >> there was fire everywhere. i turned around and it was on all sides of you. outrage this morning, todd akin was asked about abortion and whether it should be allowed in cases of rape. >> if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> the comments run a quick rebutte from mitt romney's campaign. >> he later said he misspoke. tony scott has died after jumping from a bridge in los angeles county. >> scott directed more than a dozen bl...

nearly 11 square miles scorched so far. 3500 homes are threatened. are burning across eight western states. >> there's fire everywhere. turn around, everywhere, it's on all sides of you. >> causing outrage, todd akin is asked about abortio and if it's allowed in rape. >> the female body has ways to shut that down. >> the comments brought a review from mitt romney's campaign. >> ache kin said he misspoke. >> scott ridley directed blockbuster movies, top gun, beverly hills cop ii. >> i love touching these worlds that haven't been touched before and how can i pull it off. >> diana nyad ...

>> look for the stickers on the cantaloupes. ask if they are from indiana. very interesting. such a dry summer, so many crops are suffering and there was a bumper crop of cantaloupes. you can't win for losing. >> one of the ways to prevent it is to wash the layer of skin. >> the outside layer. >> yeah, the outside layer, because it's so porous, it's a haven for the bacteria to stick. but one expert said it's almost impossible for consumers to adequately wash cantaloupes at home, because what's happening is when you cut it, the knife is transferring the bacteria right into the meat of...