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Now that Hostess' Twinkies may be going away after the company shut down production after a workers' strike, NBC's Mara Schiavocampo — a Twinkie fanatic herself — takes a look at the mad rush to geta last taste of the iconic cream-filled American snack cake. (TODAY)

A farmer in China took 5,000 ducks out for a walk in China, bringing traffic to a standstill. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports. (TODAY)

Restaurant regulars knew waiter was in need of a car so they left him a big tip. KPRC's Nefertiti Jaquez reports. (NBC News)

The United Nations human rights chief, Navi Pillay, says the death toll in Syria's nine-month crackdown on an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad has now passed 5,000. ITV's John Ray reports.  (Nightly News)

BP chief operating officer Doug Suttles tells TODAY's Matt Lauer that the company is ramping up efforts to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.