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The first independent investigative report about last year's disaster at the Upper Big Branch mine was released Thursday. It details the corporate and government failures that led to an explosion that killed 29 mine workers in West Virginia.
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They offer a rare peak into the mostly secretive, year-long probe by state and federal investigators into the April 2010 explosion that killed 29 coal miners in West Virginia.
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Sealing coal mines after disasters is common and it doesn't mean that the coal reserves can't be tapped in other ways.
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The families of the 29 miners killed in last year's Upper Big Branch explosion now have until June 1 to accept $3 million settlement offers from Massey Energy.
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In his plea agreement, a former employee for Massey Energy admitted to forging his foreman's certification, which proved he had the training necessary to spot dangers at mines.
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A year after 29 miners died in a blast at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia, the nation's worst coal mine accident in 40 years is still not fully explained. And the scope of the disaster still alarms mine safety experts.
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That runs counter to claims by government officials that all but one of the 29 miners killed died instantly and without suffering
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The new two-count criminal "information" just filed by the U.S. Attorney in Charleston, W.Va., does not directly involve the April 5 blast at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine. A former foreman is accused of making false claims.
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Federal agents arrested Hughie Elbert Stover, a Massey security official, on charges of obstruction of justice and making false statements.
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The owner of the Upper Big Branch coal mine insists that the company's evidence shows the cause of the blast is different than what the government is saying.