Kevin Stricklin, an official with the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration, speaks during a public hearing Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 in Beaver, W.Va Officials said that the new owners of the West Virginia coal mine where 29 men were killed in an April 2010 explosion, would pay a record $210 million to cover fines, compensate victims' grieving families and improve underground safety. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)
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