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FILE - This Feb. 27, 2013 file photo shows Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senators say they’re frustrated with the government’s slow pace at writing new rail safety regulations in light of recent fiery freight train accidents and a deadly commuter train derailment. Blumenthal warned witnesses at a Senate hearing Thursday, “one of the things we're going to do here is impose accountability". (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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FILE - This Sept. 28, 2010 file photo shows Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Administrator Cynthia L. Quarterman testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senators say they’re frustrated with the government’s slow pace at writing new rail safety regulations in light of recent fiery freight train accidents and a deadly commuter train derailment. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., warned witnesses at a Senate hearing Thursday, “one of the things we're going to do here is impose accountability.” Quarterman said her agency is working as fast as possible drafting new standards for rail tank cars used to transport crude oil, but it takes time to address the more than 100,000 public comments the agency has received. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2013 file photo, an Amtrak train, top, traveling on an unaffected track, passes a derailed Metro North commuter train in the Bronx borough of New York. Senators say they’re frustrated with the government’s slow pace at writing new rail safety regulations in light of recent fiery freight train accidents and a deadly commuter train derailment. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., warned witnesses at a Senate hearing Thursday, “one of the things we're going to do here is impose accountability”. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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North American river otters can grow to be three to four feet long and weigh between 10 and 30 pounds. They normally feed on slow-moving fishes and crustaceans. (Geoff Walsh)
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Quentin King, 43, looks on at what is left of the Jason Manor Apartments Thursday, March 6, 2014m after a fire destroyed the apartment building in Detroit. Investigators say the fire that destroyed the Detroit apartment building on Wednesday and forced some adults and children to leap from second- and third-floor windows was set intentionally. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Mandi Wright) DETROIT NEWS OUT, TV OUT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT
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City of Detroit Water and Sewerage workers clear water Thursday, March 6, 2014 for investigators after a fire destroyed the Jason Manor Apartments in Detroit. Investigators say the fire that destroyed the Detroit apartment building on Wednesday and forced some adults and children to leap from second- and third-floor windows was set intentionally. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Mandi Wright) DETROIT NEWS OUT, TV OUT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT
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FILE - In this July 6, 2013 file photo, emergency workers examine the aftermath of a train derailment and fire in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, Canada. Forty-seven people were killed. U.S. federal regulators are further tightening testing requirements for companies that transport oil by rail after a spate of explosions caused by crude train derailments in the U.S. and Canada. The action on Thursday, March 6, 2014 from the U.S. Department of Transportation builds on a Feb. 25 order that targeted oil shipments for more stringent testing. (AP Photo/Ryan Remiorz, File, Pool)
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Mike Frederick with the City of Livingston works to remove sediment from the Livingston Ditch as flooding water flows in from the alley between North Seventh and Eighth streets Thursday, March 6, 2014 in Livingston, Mont. The city of Livingston declared a state of emergency after melting snow flooded creeks and ditches and sent water running down city streets. (AP Photo/Livingston Enterprise, Shawn Raecke)
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Water sprays up from cars along Park Street in front of the Town & Country Foods grocery story as water floods the street Thursday, March 6, 2014 in Livingston, Mont. The city of Livingston declared a state of emergency after melting snow flooded creeks and ditches and sent water running down city streets. (AP Photo/Livingston Enterprise, Shawn Raecke)
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CORRECTS DATE - Kristen Galbraith, center, of Livingston, passes a sandbag to Josh Chavez, left, as Max Hjortsberg makes his way through the waters flooding South 11th Street Thursday, March 6, 2014, in Livingston, Mont. The city of Livingston declared a state of emergency after melting snow flooded creeks and ditches and sent water running down city streets. (AP Photo/Livingston Enterprise, Shawn Raecke)
