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(Source: Long Beach Press-Telegram, November 30, 2011)

LONG BEACH, Calif. — A nationwide freight-rail strike inched closer to reality Wednesday after two key unions rejected an offer by railroads to extend negotiations into January, prompting a coalition in Congress to propose emergency legislation to avert a shutdown.

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