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  1. Keeley recuses herself from WVU degree lawsuitRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Big News Network.com

    Our eNewspaper network was founded in 2002 to provide stand-alone digital news sites tailored for the most searched-for locations for news.

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  2. Keeley recuses herself from WVU degree lawsuitRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Charleston Daily Mail

    U.S. District Judge Irene Keeley has disqualified herself from hearing a lawsuit filed over a 6-year-old degree scandal at West Virginia University, citing a federal statute that requires judges to step aside if their impartiality could be questioned.

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  3. Good folks hereRead the original story

    Wednesday May 15 | The Dodge County News

    ... be a good move. You can tell she has little or no private enterprise experience. Deceptive Democrat Senator Joe Manchin (phony - West Virginia) agreed to an interview with a Martinsburg, West Virginia newspaper The Journal in March 2013. Sen. ...

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  4. Mine safety talks should wrap up by midweekRead the original story

    Feb 23, 2013 | Charleston Gazette

    Safety talks that Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin urged for more than 500 West Virginia coal operations after a string of deaths should be completed within days, the state's top mine safety official says.

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  5. Tomblin administration defends progress on mine safety legislationRead the original story

    Feb 5, 2013 | Charleston Gazette

    The Tomblin administration on Tuesday defended the pace of its work to implement last year's mine safety legislation, as state regulators moved forward with a previously stalled requirement to increase fines for safety and health violations.

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  6. W.Va.s new coal dust standards go unenforcedRead the original story

    Feb 2, 2013 | Charleston Gazette

    Nearly three years after the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, West Virginia regulators still haven't begun citing and fining mine operators who violate new standards aimed at preventing coal-dust explosions, according to interviews and records obtained under the state Freedom of Information Act.

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  7. Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial unveiledRead the original story w/Photo

    Jul 27, 2012 | Charleston Gazette

    WHITESVILLE, W.Va. -- Chuck Mooney fought back tears as he took his first look at the Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial unveiled Friday in Whitesville.

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  8. State police continue investigation of academy incidentRead the original story

    Sep 11, 2010 | Charleston Gazette

    Officials at the West Virginia State Police Academy are reviewing the recommendations in a report commissioned by Gov.

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  9. Letters: No Labels organization is a way for people of all political stripes to work togetherRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | MLive.com

    Are you, like me, one of the millions of Americans fed up with politicians from both sides of the political spectrum who it seems only think of getting reelected? Well, I have some good news to share with you.

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  10. State, feds delayed action on mine sheltersRead the original story

    Oct 19, 2011 | Charleston Gazette

    Concerns about potentially faulty underground mine refuge shelters are much broader than previously reported, but federal and state regulators delayed action on the matter for months, interviews and a review of public records showed this week.

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  11. UBB disaster anniversary renews calls for reformRead the original story

    Apr 5, 2011 | Charleston Gazette

    Advocates of tougher federal mine safety laws renewed their calls for reform Tuesday, as communities in the coalfields of West Virginia marked the one-year anniversary of the worst U.S. coal-mining disaster in a generation.

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  12. Greenbrier clinic receives federal grantRead the original story

    Tuesday | Charleston Daily Mail

    WILLIAMSBURG, W.Va. -- A clinic in Greenbrier County has received more than half a million dollars in federal funding for preventive care improvements and operations.

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  13. Byrd still casts a shadow, one year after deathRead the original story

    Jun 26, 2011 | Charleston Gazette

    The state that U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd represented for more than half a century still feels the effects from his death one year later, while his legacy continues to evolve beyond its borders.

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  14. 15 people in race for Byrds U.S. Senate seatRead the original story

    Jul 23, 2010 | Charleston Gazette

    Eleven Republicans, three Democrats and one Mountain Party member will try to become West Virginia's next U.S. senator.

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  15. Manchin names Goodwin to fill Byrds seatRead the original story w/Photo

    Jul 16, 2010 | Charleston Gazette

    Carte Goodwin, with his wife, Rochelle, and son, Wesley, enters the governor's reception room in the state Capitol Friday afternoon.

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  16. McGraw: Special election OK for Byrds seatRead the original story

    Jul 8, 2010 | Charleston Gazette

    Gov. Joe Manchin has authority -- under state law and the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution -- to call a special election for later this year to fill Robert C. Byrd's unexpired term in the U.S. Senate, an opinion issued Thursday afternoon by state Attorney General Darrell McGraw concludes.

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  17. Tennant wants Manchin to call special session for Byrd replacementRead the original story

    Jul 2, 2010 | Charleston Gazette

    Secretary of State Natalie Tennant on Friday asked Gov. Joe Manchin to call a special session to correct a 1990 state election law that otherwise will prevent voters from electing a replacement for the late Sen.

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  18. Tributes and memoriesRead the original story

    Jul 2, 2010 | Charleston Gazette

    Gov. Joe Manchin, President Obama and Vice President Biden listen to former President Bill Clinton make a comment after U.S. Rep.

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  19. U.S. Senate: Byrds successorRead the original story

    Jun 30, 2010 | Charleston Gazette

    Under provisions of West Virginia law, the fate of Robert C. Byrd's seat in the U.S. Senate now rests with one person: Gov.

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  20. Over the years, Byrd evolved on coal stanceRead the original story

    Jun 28, 2010 | Charleston Gazette

    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A decade ago, Sen. Robert C. Byrd took to the floor of the Senate to defend his effort to legislate away a federal court ruling that would limit mountaintop-removal coal mining.

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