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Feds Release New Safety Regulations for Oil Trains

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Trains carrying crude oil into California would be made safer under new regulations proposed by federal officials. There have been a number of fiery derailments in other parts of North America in the past year. Last July, a train carrying crude oil from North Dakota's Bakken formation exploded in the town of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, killing 47 people.

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