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Dramatic video shows a young woman, egged on by friends, sticking her head out of a train window as another train approaches. She appears visibly shaken by her near-tragedy, which has gone viral on YouTube. TODAY's Natalie Morales reports. (TODAY)
The battle of the "American Idol" divas is apparently getting even uglier, with Mariah Carey claiming Nicki Minaj threatened her, prompting her to hire extra security. Minaj denies the claims. E!'s Jason Kennedy reports, and Donny Deutsch and E!'s Alicia Quarles discuss whether it could all be a publicity stunt. (TODAY)
Against the advice of some friends and family, pilot Ryan Thompson proposed to girlfriend Carlie Kennedy by staging an emergency in a small plane, saying "I knew she'd keep it together." Luckily, he was right and his now-fiancée tells TODAY that though she is incredibly happy, she may be plotting revenge. (TODAY)
Pilot Ryan Thompson tricked his girlfriend into thinking their plane was about to crash as they were flying over Chicago. When he asked her to read the emergency procedure, he pulled a ring from his pocket and proposed. NBC's Natalie Morales reports. (TODAY)
TODAY's Natalie Morales takes a look at a heart-stopping stunt to sell Volvos in which tightrope-walker Faith Dickey has minutes to walk a wire strung between two moving trucks racing down a highway in Croatia. (TODAY)
During Friday's opening ceremony, stuntman Gary Connery dressed up in a Queen Elizabeth costume to parachute into the Olympic stadium. He chats with TODAY's Matt Lauer about impersonating the queen and other high-profile stars he's worked with, including Leonardo DiCaprio. (TODAY)
Six thousand people turned out to walk 10 feet over coals heated between 1,200 to 2,000 degrees for an event hosted by motivational speaker Tony Robbins. Of those who participated, 21 suffered second and third degree burns. NBC's Ron Allen reports. (Nightly News)
Corbin Dates was inside the Colorado movie theater where a gunman opened fire during a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises." He describes the masked gunman dressed in black, saying he first thought the shooting was "a stunt" for the movie, and recalls crawling on the ground to escape to the lobby. (TODAY)
A daredevil motorcyclist is lucky to be alive after making what could have been a deadly miscalculation while performing a stunt that caused him to slam head-first into a car and fly 80 feet. TODAY's Tamron Hall reports. (TODAY)