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At Least 25 Dead in Los Angeles, Calif. Train Crash

Scores are hurt in the worst U.S. crash in 15 years. As officials conclude a search for victims, questions arise about why the engineer of a Southern California commuter rail locomotive allegedly ran through a stop signal, sending his train slamming head-on into a freight train.

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