Dubai delays debut of tallest tower to early 2010

Visitors will have to wait until early next year for the opening of the world's tallest building in Dubai.

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Vote for TODAY’s Moment of the Week

From Matt and Meredith meeting the world's tallest man to a long-lost family reuniting again to Mackenzie Phillips sharing her shocking pregnancy, there were some memorable clips from this week's TODAY. We want to know which one deserves to be crowned "Moment of the Week."

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World's Tallest Man Struggles to Fit In

Leonid Stadnik's phenomenal height has forced him to quit a job he loved and to stoop as he moves around his house.

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World's Tallest Man Saves China Dolphins

The world's tallest man saved two dolphins in northeast China by reaching inside of them with his 3-foot arms to remove plastic they had swallowed, state media and an aquarium official said Thursday.

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Calif. Redwood Confirmed As Tallest Tree

Researchers have confirmed that a redwood named Hyperion in a remote Northern California forest is the world's tallest tree.

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At 8ft tall, Zhao Liang stands head and shoulders above the competition. Which is lucky, as the 27-year-old is in the running to be the world's tallest man.

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One of the tallest crosses in the state is now in southeast Houston, KPRC Local 2 reported. The 170-foot tall cross sits at Sagemont Church on the corner of Beltway 8 and Interstate 45.

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UNC Asheville's Kenny George, at 7-foot-7 the nation's tallest college basketball player, will not play this year amid reports part of his right foot was amputated.

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The town of Bethel, Maine, has beaten a nine-year record for the world's largest snowman - or more specifically - snow person.

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When it comes to status symbols, nothing beats a circle. There is a global race to create the biggest Ferris wheel, and while these attractions are built for fun, the stakes are serious.

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Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building since July, has also become the tallest free-standing structure on earth, reaching 555.3 meters (1,822 feet), the developers said.

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Recently certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest man in the world, Leonid Stadnik was diagnosed with a tumor in 2006. In April, the tumor miraculously stopped growing.

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In the continuing adventures of the world's tallest man, Bao Xishun, our hero shakes hands with He Pingping, who is currently aiming for a place in the Guiness Book of Records as the world's shortest man.

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California Legoland visitors have built the world's tallest Lego tower. They used 465,000 Lego bricks to create a 94.3ft high pirate ship mast.

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7-foot-9 player joins ABA club

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Malaysia's ethnic Hindus have unveiled what is being described as the world's tallest statue of the deity Lord Muruga outside a limestone cave shrine near the country's largest city.

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