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HELENA, Mont. — BNSF Railway attorneys are expected to argue before jurors Friday that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of an asbestos-contaminated Montana town, one of the deadliest sites in the federal Superfund pollution program.Attorneys for the Warren Buffett-owned company say the railroad’s corporate predecessors didn’t know the vermiculite it hauled over decades from a nearby mine was filled with hazardous microscopic asbestos fibers.The case in federal…

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An Indianapolis elementary school teacher allegedly orchestrated a “fight club-style” punishment between classmates including a 7-year-old special needs student, disturbing video showed. The child’s mother filed a lawsuit in Marion County against George Washington Carver School and teacher Julious Johnican alleging that the teacher condoned other students to duke it out…

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