Mine safety

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The release of the long-awaited independent probe of the Upper Big Branch mine explosion in West Virginia that killed 29 workers last year may have produced predictable accusations and proposed fixes to ignored mine safety practices and lax regulatory enforcement. But it overshadows the June 1 deadline for families of many of the victim to…