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FILE - In this July 9, 2013 file photo, workers comb through debris after an oil train derailed and exploded in the town of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, killing 47 people. The North Dakota Petroleum Council released a study Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference and Expo in Bismarck saying Bakken oil is similar to other light crudes and does not pose a greater risk to transport by rail than other flammable liquids. Oil trains in the U.S. and Canada were involved in at least eight major accidents during the last year, including an explosion in Lac-Megantic,(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson, File)
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The going is hard in the volcanic sand as wounded Marines are held by fellow Marines, less seriously wounded, and Navy medical corpsmen bound for an aid station on Jan. 27, 1945, during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan. Around them is wrecked American equipment, on the beach and in the water. Four weeks of fighting for the little Island cost the Marines 25,851 casualties, of whom 5,931 were killed. (AP Photo)
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A few hours after the U.S. Marines gained a foothold on the island, war supplies are being unloaded from Coast Guard and U.S. Navy landing crafts onto the shore of Iwo Jima, in February 1945. (AP Photo)
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FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2013 file photo, a fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment in Casselton, N.D. A new Minnesota law aims to protect the state from hazards created by increasing amounts of oil passing through Minnesota by rail and pipeline. Gov. Mark Dayton signed the bill Tuesday, May 20, 2014. The law requires railroad and oil pipeline companies operating in Minnesota to help pay for training and emergency preparedness programs. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy, File)
