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Utah Senators Defend MSHA at Mine Safety Hearing

By Charles Davis

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Washington, DC – U.S. senators questioned the government's top mine safety regulator yesterday. They wanted to know who's to blame for the recent disaster that claimed the lives of nine men and injured six others at the Crandall Canyon mine in central Utah. Charles Davis reports from Capitol Hill.

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