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November 14, 2014

Ex-CEO of mine that blew up, killing 29, indicted

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Don Blankenship, the steely-eyed executive once dubbed "The Dark Lord of Coal Country," on Thursday became the highest-ranking coal official to face federal charges in the

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There's an old ploy of dropping bad news late on a Friday. The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision took it to a cynical new low ...

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