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(Source: Think Progress, January 3, 2014)

NEW YORK — At least one state has learned a lesson from the crude oil train derailment in North Dakota that caused massive explosions and forced 65 percent of the nearby town’s residents out of their homes. Minnesota officials on Thursday said that they are bracing for similar derailments in their state as it becomes more and more common to ship crude oil over the railways.

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