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  "id": 11698458,
  "title": "3 Cape Bretoners were hit and killed by a train in Maine in 1970. Some want the case reopened",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/3-cape-bretoners-were-hit-and-killed-by-a-train-in-maine-in-1970-some-11698458",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
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    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cape-breton-youth-train-accident-smyrna-mills-maine-kenny-novak-terry-burt-david-burrows-9.7357982"
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  "summary": "Kenny Novak, 15, David Burrows, 17, and Terry Burt, 20, were in sleeping bags on a rail track west of the border town of Houlton, Maine, when they were struck early on the morning of July 10, 1970, by a train. The deaths were ruled accidental, but questions persist about the deaths.",
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        "title": "3 Cape Bretoners were hit and killed by a train in Maine in 1970. Some want the case reopened",
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        "published": "2026-10-03T09:00:00.000Z"
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}