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Oil Boom: An oil train derailment in Casselton, N.D., erupted into a fireball last month, just one of several recent scares and disasters in populated areas along North American rails. Transportation and political leaders are increasingly looking at pipelines as a safer alternative. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A BNSF Railway train hauls crude oil west of Wolf Point, Mont. U.S. officials, meeting in Washington Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 say companies need to come up with safer ways to transport oil on the nation's rail lines following some explosive accidents as crude trains proliferate across North America.
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Seattle Seahawks strong safety Kam Chancellor leaves team headquarters in Renton, Wash., Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, to board a bus for his flight to play the Denver Broncos in the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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FILE - In this Jan. 25, 1999 file photo, ground crew scramble to catch the lines and guide the Tommy Hilfiger Airship to a smooth landing at North Perry Airport, in Pembroke Pines, Fla. The blimp was in town for the Super Bowl. Sports economists say the financial impact of the Super Bowl could fall far below expectations, in part because visitors often spend their cash at NFL-sponsored or corporate events rather than at tourist attractions. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald,Emily Kelsey, File) MAGS OUT
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In this Tuesday Jan. 14, 2014 photo, cattle is rounded up for an auction sale at the 101 Livestock Market in Aromas, Calif. California's worsening drought is forcing many ranchers to sell their cattle and other livestock because their pastures are too dry to feed them and it's getting too expensive to buy hay and other supplemental feed. California only got a fraction of its normal rainfall last year, leaving reservoirs and groundwater levels at record lows and prompting many cities to cut water usage. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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In this Tuesday Jan. 14, 2014 photo, Jim Warren, top, owner of the 101 Livestock Market gathers cattle for an auction in Aromas, Calif. California's worsening drought is forcing many ranchers to sell their cattle and other livestock because their pastures are too dry to feed them and it's getting too expensive to buy hay and other supplemental feed. California only got a fraction of its normal rainfall last year, leaving reservoirs and groundwater levels at record lows and prompting many cities to cut water usage. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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In this Tuesday Jan. 14, 2014 photo, Jim Warren, owner of 101 Livestock Market, conducts a cattle auction in Aromas, Calif. California's worsening drought is forcing many ranchers to sell their cattle and other livestock because their pastures are too dry to feed them and it's getting too expensive to buy hay and other supplemental feed. California only got a fraction of its normal rainfall last year, leaving reservoirs and groundwater levels at record lows and prompting many cities to cut water usage. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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In this Tuesday Jan. 14, 2014 photo, cattle are displayed during an auction at the 101 Livestock Market in Aromas, Calif. California's worsening drought is forcing many ranchers to sell their cattle and other livestock because their pastures are too dry to feed them and it's getting too expensive to buy hay and other supplemental feed. California only got a fraction of its normal rainfall last year, leaving reservoirs and groundwater levels at record lows and prompting many cities to cut water usage. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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In this Tuesday Jan. 14, 2014 photo, a calf is presented at an auction at the 101 Livestock Market in Aromas, Calif. California's worsening drought is forcing many ranchers to sell their cattle and other livestock because their pastures are too dry to feed them and it's getting too expensive to buy hay and other supplemental feed. California only got a fraction of its normal rainfall last year, leaving reservoirs and groundwater levels at record lows and prompting many cities to cut water usage. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
