Calif. redwood may be tallest live thing (AP)

2 hours, 32 minutes ago REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - A redwood in a remote Northern California coastal forest has been tentatively measured as the world's tallest living thing. The tree called Hyperion stands at 378.1 feet, eight feet taller than the previous record holder, another coast redwood dubbed Stratosphere Giant in a state park about 90 miles south. Two amateur California naturalists found the tree earlier this summer during a bushwhacking expedition in search of tall trees. Chris Atkins ...