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	<title>Breaking News &#187; W.va.</title>
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		<title>Fairs, festivals that scale back to survive the recession see record crowds of &#8217;staycationers&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Breen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Fun-seekers venturing out to farm fairs, art festivals and other mainstays of the American summer are finding either crowds or cancellation notices this year — and sometimes for the same reason.

Many festivals have met their demise when national sponsors pulled away and lawmakers slashed grant budgets, leaving organizers without enough money to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patriot Coal to shut down W.Va. surface mine, focus production at lower-cost operations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Huber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Another major U.S. coal mining complex has fallen victim to the slumping demand for energy.

Patriot Coal Corp. said Monday it is closing its Samples mines and has told 314 workers they will lose their jobs Oct. 1. The St. Louis-based coal company said the sprawling West Virginia complex, which includes two surface [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roberts re-elected president of UMWA; Kane wins new terms as secretary-treasurer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Cecil E. Roberts has won a new five-year term as president of the United Mine Workers of America.

The union announced Roberts&#8217; re-election Monday. Daniel J. Kane was re-elected as international secretary-treasurer.
Roberts has served as president of the mine workers union for 14 years. The union says he is the second-longest serving president [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alpha transforms itself into nation&#8217;s No. 3 coal producer with takeover of rival Foundation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/alpha-transforms-itself-into-nations-no-3-coal-producer-with-takeover-of-rival-foundation-126866/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Huber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Alpha Natural Resources completed the takeover of rival Foundation Coal Holdings on Friday, winning shareholder approval of a deal that creates a national power out of two regional players even as the recession hammers energy demand.

Abingdon, Va.-based Alpha now has 6,200 employees and 61 mines in Wyoming, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pilot dies as single-engine plane flies 300 miles past destination, crashes in W.Va. woods</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. — A single-engine plane crashed in a heavily wooded area of West Virginia after the pilot apparently lost consciousness and flew hundreds of miles past the airport in Indiana where he was supposed to land.

Pilot William Huff, 61, was killed, but it was not clear if he died before the crash or as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As other states lay off their workers, W.Va.&#8217;s governor proposes giving his $500 extra</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/as-other-states-lay-off-their-workers-wvas-governor-proposes-giving-his-500-extra-126800/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lawrence Messina</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — While economic woes are forcing many states to lay off or furlough their workers, West Virginia&#8217;s governor wants to give his a little something extra.

The state has an unexpected $65 million surplus and Gov. Joe Manchin wants to use about half of it to give $500 payments to 51,000 full-time employees. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shareholders of Alpha Natural Resources, Foundation Coal approve $1.4 billion deal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/shareholders-of-alpha-natural-resources-foundation-coal-approve-14-billion-deal-126708/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Huber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Shareholders approved Alpha Natural Resources&#8217; takeover of rival Foundation Coal Holdings.

Alpha announced the completion of the deal Friday morning. New Chief Executive Kevin Crutchfield said the companies are stronger and more diversified.
The combined company ranks as the nation&#8217;s third-largest coal producer, with more than 60 mines in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massey rehires miners as Asian steel markets show signs of recovering from recession</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/massey-rehires-miners-as-asian-steel-markets-show-signs-of-recovering-from-recession-124343/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Huber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Massey Energy Co. said Wednesday it&#8217;s begun rehiring miners amid growing demand for coking coal from Asian steelmakers.

Officials with the Richmond, Va.-based coal producer also told analysts they&#8217;ve been seeing promising signs that U.S. demand for coking coal to fire blast furnaces is recovering. Both are positive signs for U.S. coal producers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massey Energy reports $20.2 million in 2Q, citing sales to power plants</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Coal producer Massey Energy Co. said Tuesday it turned a better-than-expected profit in the second quarter as it booked fewer charges and increased shipments to power plants despite slumping demand for electricity amid the recession.

The Richmond, Va.-based company said it earned $20.2 million, or 24 cents per share, in the period, compared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emergency officials: West Virginia mine worker killed when excavator rolls into pond</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ORGAS, W.Va. — Emergency officials in Boone County say a worker at a coal mine has been killed in an accident.

A Boone County 911 operator says the death was reported at 10:05 a.m. Tuesday. State mine safety office spokeswoman Jama (Jay-muh) Jarrett says an excavator rolled into a pond near Catenary Coal&#8217;s Samples mine.
Jarrett had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coal producers ICG, Alpha and Foundation cut production further to cope with sluggish demand</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Huber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Coal producers are making further cuts in production as the recession throttles demand for energy and steel, undermining second quarter sales and profits, three of the nation&#8217;s largest producers said Monday.

Abingdon, Va.-based Alpha Natural Resources blamed the weakness for a 77 percent decline in its second-quarter profit. Rivals Foundation Coal Holdings and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massey drops lawsuit challenging W.Va. Supreme Court&#8217;s recusal procedures</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Huber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Coal producer Massey Energy Co. said Friday it is dropping a lawsuit challenging the West Virginia Supreme Court&#8217;s recusal procedures.

Former Justice Larry Starcher&#8217;s departure from the court prompted the decision, Massey said in a statement. Starcher did not to seek re-election to the state&#8217;s only appellate court last year.
Massey filed suit against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alpha Natural Resources reaffirms commitment to buy rival Foundation Coal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Alpha Natural Resources is confirming its commitment to buy rival mine operator Foundation Coal.

Abingdon, Va.-based Alpha said Friday it strongly disagrees with Duquesne Capital Management&#8217;s opinion of the deal, an all-stock transaction worth $1.4 billion when it was announced in May.
Duquesne, which owns 8.3 percent of Alpha, says it&#8217;s voting against the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>W.Va. high school principal fired for jumping on pile of students during cafeteria food fight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — A high school principal who admitted jumping atop a pile of students during a cafeteria food fight has been fired. The Upshur County Board of Education voted Tuesday to oust Brenda Wells from Buckhannon-Upshur High School. She&#8217;d been suspended since late May.

Wells said earlier this month that she jumped onto what she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CEO charged with embezzling more than $1 million from failed W.Va. credit union</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Huber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Federal prosecutors say the former chief executive of a failed West Virginia credit union has been charged with embezzling more than $1 million.

The U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office for the Northern District of West Virginia says 56-year-old Bernie D. Metz was arrested and released on bond Tuesday.
Metz was CEO of Center Valley Federal Credit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 workers injured after train derails, knocking down building at coal plant in southern W.Va.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHARNCLIFFE, W.Va. — Four workers are injured after a freight train derailed at a West Virginia coal plant and caused a nearby building to collapse.

Authorities say the train&#8217;s conductor and two coal plant workers pulled from the wrecked building suffered minor injuries. A fourth worker had to be airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Virginia&#8217;s Greenbrier planning to open casino by fall</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Greenbrier&#8217;s new owner says he plans to open a small casino at the four-star southern West Virginia resort by fall, and he wants the dice rolling and cards being dealt at a full-scale gambling operation by April 1.

Jim Justice also unveiled architectural drawings for a casino, shops and restaurants featuring sushi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coal company Massey Energy wins court injunction barring protesters from W.Va. mine properties</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Huber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Coal giant Massey Energy Co. has obtained a court order barring 14 anti-mining protesters from returning to one of its southern West Virginia mines where the demonstrators were arrested in June.

The protesters face $10,000 fines if they return to Massey&#8217;s Twilight surface mine or other Boone County operations, according to the order.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southwest Airlines inspected nearly 200 aircraft after hole in plane forced emergency landing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS — Federal safety officials are investigating how a foot-long hole opened in the top of a Southwest Airlines jet, forcing the aircraft to make an emergency landing in Charleston, W. Va.

The Boeing 737 jet lost pressure in the cabin, but no one was injured on Monday&#8217;s Nashville-to-Baltimore flight that carried 126 passengers and five [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Passengers hug pilot after hole in Southwest plane&#8217;s fuselage forces emergency landing in WVa</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Passengers on a Southwest Airlines plane applauded and hugged the pilot for a safe emergency landing in West Virginia after a football-sized hole appeared in the fuselage.

Passengers Brian Cunningham told NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Today&#8221; show Tuesday that he was dozing on the flight and was awakened by a loud roar.
Charleston, W.Va., airport spokesman Brian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southwest Airlines inspecting nearly 200 aircraft after hole in plane forces emergency landing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Southwest Airlines ordered inspections of nearly 200 aircraft after a football-sized hole opened up in the passenger cabin of a plane during flight, forcing an emergency landing in West Virginia.

Travelers on the 737 aircraft could see outside through the 1-foot-by-1-foot hole that appeared during the flight Monday. The cabin lost pressure, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southwest 737 makes emergency landing in WV after hole appears in fuselage; no one injured</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Southwest Airlines 737 aircraft made an emergency landing in West Virginia after the passenger cabin became depressurized after a hole appeared in the fuselage.

Local Airport Authority spokesman Brian Belcher says passengers on Flight 2294 could see the outside through the 1-foot-by-1-foot hole in the rear of the plane.
The flight was diverted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>W.Va. Lottery player still on a roll, wins 9th prize of $7,000 with instant ticket</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/wva-lottery-player-still-on-a-roll-wins-9th-prize-of-7000-with-instant-ticket-106648/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Brenda Bailey is still on a roll.

This week, the 60-year-old South Charleston woman claimed her ninth West Virginia Lottery prize, $7,000 in the Gem 7s instant game. That brings her total winnings since last September to $159,000 from five instant tickets.
Lottery officials say Bailey has claimed a total $165,800 in prizes from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>W.Va. Lottery player wins 9th big lottery prize, this time $7,000 in the Gem 7s instant game</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Brenda Bailey is still on a roll.

This week, the 60-year-old South Charleston woman claimed her ninth West Virginia Lottery prize, $7,000 in the Gem 7s instant game. That brings her total winnings since last September to $159,000 from five instant tickets.
Lottery officials say Bailey has claimed a total $165,800 in prizes from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama nominates former UMW, Penn. officials to head federal mining regulatory agencies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Huber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Obama administration nominated officials Monday to head two key agencies that oversee the health and safety of the nation&#8217;s 392,000 miners and environmental issues at thousands of surface mines across the country.

The choice of former United Mine Workers union official Joe Main to head the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apologetic W.Va. reservist and face of Abu Ghraib scandal hopes biography brings redemption</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[KEYSER, W.Va. — More than two years since leaving her prison cell, the woman who became the grinning face of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal spends most of her days confined to the four walls of her home.

Former Army reservist Lynndie England hasn&#8217;t landed a job in numerous tries: When one restaurant manager considered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chief Justice Roberts says court only offers clarity, not policy, for school administrators</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Lindsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Don&#8217;t look to the Supreme Court to set school rules, only to clarify them when officials have abdicated that responsibility, Chief Justice John Roberts said Saturday.

At a judicial conference, Roberts was asked how school administrators should interpret seemingly conflicting messages from the court in two recent decisions, including one Thursday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daryl Hannah, scientist among mountaintop removal protesters arrested at W.Va. mine site</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Huber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAOMA, W.Va. — Actress Daryl Hannah and NASA scientist James Hansen were among 31 people arrested Tuesday as they protested mountaintop removal mining in southern West Virginia.

State Police Sgt. Michael Baylous said all were released after being cited for impeding traffic and obstructing an officer after they blocked a road near a Massey Energy Co. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Darryl Hannah, NASA scientist among mountaintop removal protesters arrested at W.Va. mine site</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Huber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAOMA, W.Va. — Actress Darryl Hannah, NASA scientist James Hansen and other mountaintop removal mining opponents have been arrested during a protest in southern West Virginia.

State Police arrested Hannah, Hansen, former Rep. Ken Hechler and 27 other protesters Tuesday after they blocked State Route 3 near a Massey Energy subsidiary&#8217;s coal processing plant in Boone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>W.Va. couple get souvenir from bridge demolition, blast sends piece into their spare bedroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MASON, W.Va. — A West Virginia couple got an unexpected souvenir from the demolition of the Pomeroy Mason Bridge when a piece of it landed in their spare bedroom. When workers imploded the top half of a pier Wednesday, the blast sent a football-sized piece through the siding of Steve and Kelly Stewart&#8217;s house in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Carolina woman faces federal indictment in W.Va. identity theft scam of auditor&#8217;s office</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/north-carolina-woman-faces-federal-indictment-in-wva-identity-theft-scam-of-auditors-office-71345/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A North Carolina woman is charged with running an identity theft scheme that netted nearly $2 million from West Virginia&#8217;s state government.

A federal indictment charges Angella Muthoni Chegge-Kraszeski with conspiracy to engage in illegal monetary transactions.
The indictment says she and others fraudulently posed as legitimate state vendors and redirected those vendors&#8217; payments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: W.Va. handyman led cops to bodies before suicide, may be linked to 5 deaths, 4 arsons</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A man who led authorities to two bodies with a package of handwritten notes and a two-hour audiotape killed himself Tuesday as deputies knocked on his motel room door to arrest him on murder and arson charges.

Police provided few details but said James Childers, 45, may have been involved in three other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>W.Va. girl, 11, allegedly threatens 7-year-old sister with gun to force her to play with her</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/wva-girl-11-allegedly-threatens-7-year-old-sister-with-gun-to-force-her-to-play-with-her-60744/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Police said an 11-year-old girl threatened her 7-year-old sister with a gun to force the younger child to play with her on Monday at her grandmother&#8217;s residence. Police said the girl also pointed the .38-caliber pistol at her grandmother. The child surrendered the gun after the grandmother made several demands for it.

The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alpha Natural to buy Foundation Coal for about $1.4B creating one of biggest US coal producers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 00:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Huber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Alpha Natural Resources said Tuesday it plans to buy rival Foundation Coal for about $1.4 billion in an all-stock deal that would create the nation&#8217;s third-largest coal producer.

Foundation Coal shares jumped nearly 21 percent.
Talk of another wave of consolidation in the coal industry has been growing louder in recent weeks and on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WVa gov. calls in 300 National Guard troops to aid flood victims in southern coalfields</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 07:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Farkas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GILBERT, W.Va. — The National Guard is helping residents in West Virginia&#8217;s southern coalfields recover from weekend flooding that destroyed at least 300 buildings, knocked out power and caused mudslides that flushed trash, debris and at least one mobile home downstream.

Gov. Joe Manchin toured the region and activated 300 Guard troops Sunday on top of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WVa gov. calls in 300 National Guard troops to aid flood victims in southern coalfields</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 03:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Farkas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GILBERT, W.Va. — The National Guard is helping residents in West Virginia&#8217;s southern coalfields recover from weekend flooding that destroyed at least 300 buildings, knocked out power and caused mudslides that flushed trash, debris and at least one mobile home downstream.

Gov. Joe Machin activated 300 Guard troops Sunday on top of the 30 he called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>W.Va. company moves to buy The Greenbrier; owner says he&#8217;ll seek bankruptcy dismissal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 06:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pam Ramsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia company has acquired The Greenbrier and plans to ask a bankruptcy court to dismiss the resort&#8217;s case.

The Greenbrier and Jim Justice announced Thursday that Justice&#8217;s company, Beckley-based Justice Family Group, acquired The Greenbrier&#8217;s holding company&#8217;s stock. They didn&#8217;t provide transaction details.
Justice Family Group also acquired 80 percent of The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Severstal announces plans to idle plants in W.Va., Ohio, bringing total layoffs to 3,100</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/severstal-announces-plans-to-idle-plants-in-wva-ohio-bringing-total-layoffs-to-3100-55584/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 02:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Huber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Russian-owned steelmaker Severstal lnternational said Thursday it is idling mills West Virginia and Ohio because of the continuing slump in the steel industry.

About 3,100 workers at Severstal Wheeling Inc. and Severstal Warren Inc. are affected by the decision, the company said. Some already have lost jobs in earlier rounds of cutbacks, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>W.Va. firm stakes claim to fabled Greenbrier resort; Marriott says it had contract 1st</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/wva-firm-stakes-claim-to-fabled-greenbrier-resort-marriott-says-it-had-contract-1st-55391/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 00:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pam Ramsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/wva-firm-stakes-claim-to-fabled-greenbrier-resort-marriott-says-it-had-contract-1st-55391/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia coal and agriculture company said Thursday it has the rights to The Greenbrier, a once posh playground for the prominent and rich.

Not so fast, says a company that knows a bit about the resort business — Marriott International Inc. The hotel giant says it has had a contract to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coal producer Alpha&#8217;s stock soars on higher first-quarter profit</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/coal-producer-alphas-stock-soars-on-higher-first-quarter-profit-54578/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 03:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Huber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Shares of coal producer Alpha Natural Resources Inc. jumped nearly 19 percent Wednesday on a stronger than expected first-quarter profit.

But replicating the performance during the rest of 2009 figures to be tough, Chief Executive Mike Quillen said during a conference call with analysts.
Replicating the performance during the rest of 2009 figures to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s education secretary seeks parents&#8217;, educators&#8217; comments on No Child Left Behind law</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obamas-education-secretary-seeks-parents-educators-comments-on-no-child-left-behind-law-53550/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obamas-education-secretary-seeks-parents-educators-comments-on-no-child-left-behind-law-53550/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 06:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is committed to the testing and school accountability at the heart of the No Child Left Behind law championed by former President George W. Bush, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said.

In a speech prepared for delivery Thursday, Duncan gave the law credit for shining a spotlight on kids who need the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lady Luck: W.Va. woman wins 5 lottery cash prizes since September, including $100,000</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lady-luck-wva-woman-wins-5-lottery-cash-prizes-since-september-including-100000-53537/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 06:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Brenda Bailey is on a roll. Since September, the 59-year-old South Charleston woman has won five West Virginia Lottery cash prizes, totaling $167,600. All of Bailey&#8217;s winnings came from the Lottery&#8217;s instant games. Her latest win is her biggest — the $100,000 top prize in the Price is Right game.

Bailey claimed that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massey says Blankenship, others take 10 percent pay cut to reduce expenses</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/massey-says-blankenship-others-take-10-percent-pay-cut-to-reduce-expenses-53109/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 23:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Coal producer Massey Energy says CEO Don Blankenship and four other executives are taking 10 percent pay cuts.

Richmond, Va.-based Massey says in a regulatory filing Tuesday the cuts took effect May 1 and cover monthly base pay for Blankenship, President Baxter Phillips, Chief Financial Officer Eric Tolbert, Chief Operating Officer Christopher Adkins [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marshall tailback, defensive back suspended after being arrested on drug charges</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/marshall-tailback-defensive-back-suspended-after-being-arrested-on-drug-charges-49445/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 03:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — Two Marshall University football players have been suspended after being arrested on drug charges in western West Virginia.

Tailback Darius Marshall and defensive back DeQuan Bembry, also known as DeQuan Starling, were arrested early Saturday in Cabell County and charged with possession with intent to deliver. An officer at Western Regional Jail said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forest Service closing caves, mines on federal lands to control spread of bat fungus</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/forest-service-closing-caves-mines-on-federal-lands-to-control-spread-of-bat-fungus-48161/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 04:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Farkas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Forest Service is closing thousands of caves and former mines in national forests in 33 states in an effort to control a fungus that has already killed an estimated 500,000 bats.

Bats have been dying at alarming rates from what scientists call &#8220;white-nose syndrome,&#8221; so-named because it appears as a white [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unions approve contracts with The Greenbrier in W.Va.; bankruptcy court must OK it</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/unions-approve-contracts-with-the-greenbrier-in-wva-bankruptcy-court-must-ok-it-47737/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 23:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Unions representing more than 1,100 workers at The Greenbrier have ratified new contract agreements that freeze wages and were viewed as key to the southeastern West Virginia resort&#8217;s pending sale.

The agreements, which were approved Thursday, must now be accepted by a U.S. bankruptcy court before they can become effective, resort spokeswoman Lynn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forest Service prepares to close caves, mines on federal lands to control spread of bat fungus</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/forest-service-prepares-to-close-caves-mines-on-federal-lands-to-control-spread-of-bat-fungus-47543/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 20:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bfpr</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Forest Service is preparing to close thousands of caves and former mines in national forests in 33 states in an effort to control a fungus that has already killed an estimated 500,000 bats.

Forest Service biologist Becky Ewing said an emergency order was issued last week for caves in 20 states [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coal producer Massey plans average 6 pct pay cuts amid weak coal prices</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/coal-producer-massey-plans-average-6-pct-pay-cuts-amid-weak-coal-prices-44501/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Huber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Massey Energy Co. shares soared nearly 24 percent Wednesday after the coal producer announced plans to slash wages and benefits for all of its employees by about 6 percent on average to lower costs amid weak coal demand.

The cuts planned for Friday probably will trim payroll between $50 million and $60 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coal producer Massey plans 6 pct average pay cut amid slumping coal prices</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/coal-producer-massey-plans-6-pct-average-pay-cut-amid-slumping-coal-prices-44464/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Huber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Coal producer Massey Energy&#8217;s shares are up more than 24 percent after it announced plans to slash wages and benefits for all employees about 6 percent in the face of declining demand and prices.

Chief Executive Don Blankenship told analysts Wednesday the cuts will occur May 1 and should reduce wages and benefits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coal producer Massey plans 6% average pay cut</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/coal-producer-massey-plans-6-average-pay-cut-44332/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Huber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Coal producer Massey Energy&#8217;s shares are up more than 22 percent after it announced plans to slash wages and benefits for all employees about 6 percent in the face of declining demand and prices.

Chief Executive Don Blankenship told analysts Wednesday the cuts will occur May 1 and should reduce wages and benefits [...]]]></description>
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