In some way, online news video is kinda like going cold to the movies - that is, without a single review or even a significant plot synopsis.

Basically, with the video, you get the image that pops up on the screen, a headline and a one sentence description. That's the bad news.

The good news is, generally, the longest you would have to wait to see most news video through to its conclusion is about 120 seconds. And if Web stats are any indication, there isn't much stigma on leaving the video early (that last 13 seconds can be too much to bear, sometimes).

Here's a quick look at some of the more unusual, more interesting and more newsy videos over the past few days.

Not quite home alone

This video is a little bit like the aforementioned in that, obviously, it doesn't have any footage of a crying little girl being discovered in school nurse's office after everyone else - teachers, administrators and even the school nurse - had left for the weekend. But that's what happened.

What the video does have is one pretty upset mother, which, considering the circumstances, is pretty understandable.

Raw Video: Officers play Wii during raid

By far my favorite video of the week.

Minutes after storming into the Florida home of a convicted drug dealer, some Polk County undercover drug investigators were caught on tape playing a Wii video bowling game for over an hour.

For the most part, it's one of those things that you have to see to believe, although the bowling action can be a bit monotonous. But those who hang out to close to the end get to see one DEA officer jump up and down like a schoolgirl after scoring a strike in the popular video game.

Needless to say, I suspect this isn't the last we hear of this story.

Wild, wild horses in the more civilized West

Amongst the best produced videos I've seen on AP in awhile, this piece features trainers in Fort Worth, Texas, who were given 3 months to work with a group of wild horses captured off of public land by the government. Their goal: have the horses participate in a one-of-a-kind competition and be adopted out to permanent homes.

But the video spends little time at the auction, instead focusing on the people who volunteered to take on the task of taming the wild horses. It catches them in their moments of doubt, using even home video from when the horses were first brought in to make the viewer understand how difficult the task is.

And for those who are successful, the victory is bittersweet as three months of hard work essentially allows them to give up the horses to someone else.

A big thumbs up for video watchers and horse lovers alike.

Raw Video: Customer tackles bank robber

Dramatic surveillance video from suburban Milwaukee shows a customer stopping a bank robbery by tackling the suspect and then holding him until police arrived.

But the video is even better than it sounds.

First of all, the guy who first tackles the masked suspect to the ground is no spring chicken, as evidenced by his snowy white locks. But he sure moves like one, hopping over the bank lane ropes with ease and making a Lavar Arrington leap before dragging the man to the carpet.

And then there is the woman standing next to the would-be robber at the bank counter. After the man is tackled, she runs back and forth, hands flapping up and down in excitement. Then, she runs and gets another man to hold the robber down, after which she promptly kicks the suspect while he's down.

Long lost brothers

Two Maine co-workers discovered that they have a lot more in common than working for the same furniture store. The men recently realized they're brothers, both given up for adoption as babies.

And while there's no great camera angles, action, or even unexpected plot twists - other than the obvious - to hear the two men describe how they came to find out they had the same birth parents is fascinating.

BONUS VIDEO

Raw Video: Panda Baby Gets a Checkup

The giant panda team at the San Diego Zoo gives a six-week old panda cub a checkup. The unnamed male cub weighs 5.1 pounds and is 1.3 feet in length. He's grown more than a pound since last week.

And while you might think the furry little critter is as cute as a bug's ear, make sure you hear the little guy's "roar."