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A masked gunman opened fire in the Bronx Thursday evening and nearly shot two innocent children in the process The victim, a man in a red sweater who police believe was the intended targeted, is seen in surveillance footage trampling the kids when he tried to run away At one point, all three were on the ground and trying to avoid the hail of gunfire The man was shot multiple times but is still alive, according to the NYPD Both children were miraculously unharmed and have no relation to the victim Crime continues to soar in New York City, and...

Topinka Spokesman Dismisses Endorsement (CBS) CHICAGO -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich has won a surprising endorsement from the Republican mayor of New York City. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was in Chicago on Thursday to promote New York as a host of the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Bloomberg called Blagojevich a fighter for the people of Illinois, especially in health care issues. “If I lived here, I would vote for him,” Bloomberg said of the Democratic governor. In response, a spokesman for GOP rival Judy Baar Topinka dismissed Bloomberg’s endorsement as from an “out of towner.”