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      <title>Chemical Company In West Virginia Water Crisis Files For Bankruptcy</title>
      <description>Freedom Industries has been blamed for a chemical spill that left around 300,000 people without water for days. Last week, a chemical the company uses in cleaning coal leaked into the Elk River and into the public water system.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2014 17:16:00 -0500</pubDate>
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