CHINA'S SLIMY BEACH

Massive and unsightly blooms of green algae periodically appear off the beaches of Qingdao, China.

A view of the algae-filled coastline of Qingdao, Shandong province July 15, 2011. Picture taken July 15, 2011. REUTERS/China Daily

A boy swims in the algae-filled coastline of Qingdao, Shandong province July 15, 2011. Picture taken July 15, 2011. REUTERS/China Daily

A paramilitary policeman clears algae along the coastline of Qingdao, Shandong province, July 4, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer

An elderly volunteer helps to clear algae from the coastline of Qingdao, Shandong province July 4, 2008. REUTERS/Nir Elias

A general view shows a bathing beach where local volunteers clear away a huge new patch of algae in Qingdao, Shandong province July 6, 2008. REUTERS/Nir Elias

WORLD'S TALLEST MAN

Thanks to treatment by researchers at the University of Virginia Medical Center, the world's tallest man, 29-year-old Sultan Kosen of Turkey, may have reached his peak at 8-feet-3 inches.