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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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  Celebrity sightings
Kristen Stewart winds up a whirlwind “New Moon” week, Jennifer Lopez warms up the AMAs, Heidi Klum parties after Victoria's Secret show and more.
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  Animal Tracks
A fetching pooch, two kittens in kindergarten, a pair of polar bears and a bunny beauty contest – plus many more cute critters.
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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.
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  Animal Tracks
A fetching pooch, two kittens in kindergarten, a pair of polar bears and a bunny beauty contest – plus many more cute critters.
Image: Performers from a group called Nomad Dance do somersaults during a training session at Yoff beach in Senegal's capital Dakar
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  The Week in Pictures
Fiery soccer celebration, Ground Zero, big yellow taxis, meteor shower, the Taj Mahal reflected and more news and feature photos from around the globe.
Image: Kristen Stewart
AP
  The Week in celebrity sightings
Kristen Stewart winds up a whirlwind “New Moon” week, Jennifer Lopez warms up the AMAs, Heidi Klum parties after Victoria's Secret show and more.
NBC News
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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