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A horrifying video shows a subway rider getting repeatedly stabbed on a moving train in Toronto Thursday afternoon, sending other straphangers fleeing in terror. The violent attack occurred around 12:20 p.m. aboard a southbound Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) train traveling toward Eglinton Station. Cellphone video recorded by an eyewitness and shared widely on social media shows a man in a white t-shirt and blue shorts exchanging punches and kicks with another rider dressed in dark clothing in the middle of a train car. A knife can be seen flashing in the other man’s hand during the fight.

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Friday he has recommended Adm. Mike Mullen, currently chief of naval operations, to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Gates said that Mullen has the "vision strategic insight and integrity to lead America's armed forces." If formally appointed by President Bush and confirmed by the Senate, Mullen would replace Marine Gen. Peter Pace as the nation's top military officer.