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Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal narrowly avoided getting hit by a train Friday during a press conference about why it’s important to keep yourself safe around trains. The politician was standing on the platform of a Metro-North station in Milford, Conn., while the town’s mayor, Ben Blake, spoke about commuter safety.

On Friday evening, over 20 people collapsed at a campaign event for President Obama in Roanoke, Virginia, Joel Gehrke reported at the Washington Examiner. According to CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller, Obama told supporters there were "paralegals" available to help those who felt weak from the heat."Catching his mistake," Knoller tweeted, Obama corrected himself and told the crowd, "you don't need lawyers." "Yes, we do need lawyers to help US opt out of Ocare penalties-turned taxes (sic)," responded Sarah Nelson. "Obama, meaning to say paramedics are available if anyone feels weak, says "paralegals" are around. Crowd laughs along...

A former White House speechwriter, Mark Thiessen, has jumped to the defense of his former boss, writing for the Washington Post that George W. Bush “established a conservative record without parallel.” Even by the loose standards of Washington, that is a jaw-dropping assertion. I’ve been explaining for years that Bush was a big-government advocate, even writing a column back in 2007 for the Washington Examiner pointing out that Clinton had a much better economic record from a free-market perspective. I also groused to the Wall Street Journal the following year about Bush’s dismal performance. “Bush doesn’t have a conservative legacy”...

BOSTON - Massachusetts Senator John Kerry is again challenging presidential rival Howard Dean's allegiance to Red Sox Nation. With Boston preparing to face archrival New York in the American League Championship Series, Kerry said Tuesday that if New York beats Boston in the best-of-seven series that begins Wednesday, he'll send New England clam chowder to Dean's campaign. He wants Manhattan chowder from Dean if Boston wins.

At approximately 15:00 Moscow time on Tuesday during a routine patrol of the Akros fishing port premesis police officers detained 15 year old Yura Savel'ev, a student at school N-10 in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka . The adolescent carried with him a knapsack with some food reserves, clothing, and the Russian flag. This was reported by "Youth Information Agency" of Kamchatka. It was explained that during a routine security check the boy was caught trying to stowaway on a vessel to Vladivostok. The adolescent learned from his seaman stepfather about the possibility of going from the port of Vladivostok on a tanker to...