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Mom recounts horror of seeing baby hit by train Video captured stroller rolling off platform; ‘he is destined to do something’ |
They awoke under car that smashed into home Couple spent 42 harrowing minutes pinned, with hot fluids leaking on them |
Injured pilot hikes 20 miles to safety His passenger, noted Alaska wolf biologist, killed in accident |
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Soldier’s joyful reunion with dog is Web hit Nov.15: Captain Andrew Schmidt, his family, and their dog, Gracie, joins NBC’s Jenna Wolfe to discuss the 2005 reunion. |
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11 true ‘tails’ of survival From a ham that went on the lam to a Chihuahua that blew away, meet 11 amazing animals that survived a brush (or flush!) with death to reunite with their owners. |
Chimp attack victim: I still ‘feel like me’ Charla Nash, the Connecticut woman who was grievously disfigured and blinded when a pet chimpanzee mauled her last February, said, “I’ve gotten happier” since she started accepting the love and help of her family. Despite her injuries, she said, “I feel like me.” |
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Poling on the river: He’s the last of the ferrymen Ashley Pillar, 30, is the last of the old-fashioned river ferrymen, using a 15-foot pole to propel a barge carrying people and cars across the James River in Virginia. But its voyage through the past may soon be part of the past itself, a casualty of ebbing state funds. |
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Why do we celebrate Labor Day? Ask Kitty Columnist Kitty Schindler, 85, is a coal miner’s daughter whose grandfather and uncle both died young in the mines. For her, Labor Day is an occasion to remember American workers’ struggles for decent wages and safe working conditions. |
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TODAY examines a wide range of issues facing the Hispanic community, from population growth and immigration to trailblazing Hispanic women and the Latin influence on entertainment. |
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