ARTICLES BY LAWRENCE MESSINA

Serious problems found at mines since blast

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Federal inspectors have found more than 60 serious safety violations at Massey Energy operations since the explosion that killed 29 miners, adding to fallout from the disaster that includes a wrongful death lawsuit by one of the men's widows.

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Air still unsafe; rescuers wait to re-enter mine

MONTCOAL, W.Va. - Anxious search crews prepared late Thursday to pump nitrogen into a coal mine where an explosion killed 25, a last-ditch bid to flush dangerous gases out and allow rescuers to reach up to four survivors.

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Rescuers unable to enter W.Va. mine

MONTCOAL, W.Va. - Two full days after the worst U.S. mining disaster in a generation, dangerous gases underground prevented rescuers late Wednesday from venturing into the Upper Big Branch coal mine to search for any survivors of the explosion that killed at least 25 workers.

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Twelve killed, 10 missing in mine blast

MONTCOAL, W.Va. - An explosion rocked a remote coal mine with a history of safety problems Monday, killing 12 workers and trapping 10 others thousands of feet underground.

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