Obama admin punts on oil train safety — and another bomb train explodes

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By John LightMar 6, 2015, 2:12 pm32 pts
An oil train derailed and exploded in rural Illinois on Thursday afternoon — the third one in North America in three weeks. As of midday Friday, the fire was still burning, though fortunately no one has been injured. Which makes it all the more galling that the Obama administration passed up a key opportunity…

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