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**FILE** West Virginia State Police direct traffic April 5, 2010, at the entrance to Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Coal Mine in Montcoal, W.Va. (Associated Press)

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Veteran coal miner Gary Quarles talks on June 28, 2011, about a briefing by federal investigators in Beaver, W.Va., for relatives of 29 miners who died in the April 5, 2010 explosion at West Virginia’s Upper Big Branch mine. Quarles' son, also named Gary, died in the blast. (Associated Press)

Feds show fake safety records in W.Va. mine blast

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