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An off-duty police officer in Madrid is on video saving the life of a 52-year-old woman who fell onto the city's subway tracks after fainting. Footage shows the officer jumping onto the tracks and lifting the woman to safety. TODAY's Natalie Morales reports. (TODAY)

Witnesses say a mumbling woman shoved a man to his death onto the tracks of a train in New York before fleeing the scene. TODAY's Natalie Morales reports. (TODAY)

In the latest in a string of similar incidents in the past three months, a Massachusetts woman was rescued by bystanders after she fell onto train tracks in Boston. WHDH's Tim Caputo reports. (NBC News)

Surveillance video shows strangers leaping onto train tracks in Boston to save a 54-year-old woman who fell from the platform. WHDH's Brandon Gunnoe reports. (NBC News)

A fuel tanker truck was trying to cross railroad tracks, when it got stuck, and was hit by an oncoming train near Dallas, Texas. As TODAY"s Natalie Morales reports, no injuries or deaths have been reported. (TODAY)

The NASA rover Curiosity has taken its first test drive on the Red Planet. NBC's Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)

The nation's privacy and technology community is buzzing about software embedded in millions of smartphones. There are new concerns that it's tracking nearly everything a user does. NBC's Pete Williams reports.  (Nightly News)

A deadly heat wave continues to grip much of the nation, leaving physical oddities in its wake. NBC's Kurt Gregory reports. (NBC News)