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  • In one video, a worker brushed a soot-covered wall of the mine to reveal a white surface of non-flammable crushed limestone known as rock dust.

    Massey Rejects U.S. Findings in Mine Explosion Kris Maher 2011

  • Gary Tuchman talks to one man who created a 400-square foot space with a living room, bedroom and kitchen in a soot-covered section of tunnel practically under the casino-lined boulevard.

    Morning Buzz: Underground America 2009

  • Everyone was soot-covered and singed, and the smoke swirled around them.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • Metal slats from the ceiling were strewn across the floor, and soot-covered the operating tables.

    Libyan rebels say they are attacking Tripoli 2011

  • And there she was, boiling fish-chowder in a soot-covered pot, her glorious eyes inflamed by the acrid smoke of the open fire.

    Page 5 2010

  • Ted Rowlands talks to one man who created a 400-square foot space with a living room, bedroom and kitchen in a soot-covered section of tunnel practically under the casino-lined boulevard.

    Morning Buzz: Re-thinking the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan 2009

  • Everyone was soot-covered and singed, and the smoke swirled around them.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • There, stiff and rumpled from being in storage so long, was a leather jacket with a rainbow colored flower motif, some old boots, dozens of melted records, burned-out speakers, charred beads, monopoly pieces, soot-covered reel-to-reel tapes, pieces of a porcelain toilet and beer cans - lots of beer cans ...

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Ted Rowlands talks to one man who created a 400-square foot space with a living room, bedroom and kitchen in a soot-covered section of tunnel practically under the casino-lined boulevard.

    Photo Gallery: Underground America 2009

  • Metal slats from the ceiling were strewn across the floor, and soot-covered the operating tables.

    Libyan rebels say they are attacking Tripoli 2011

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