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FILE - In this April 1, 2011, file photo, mine workers and leaders from unions representing steelworkers, farmers, teachers, maritime workers and others march in a labor rally along State Route 21 to the Greene County Fairgrounds in Waynesburg, Pa. Even as the coal industry that helped build southwestern Pennsylvania declined, the rise of natural gas kept the economy above water. But now that's slowing down too, and coal's plight has only worsened. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
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