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Wednesday, December 07, 2011  Families of West Virginia mine blast victims want criminal prosecutions, not just $210M settlement

Thursday, June 30, 2011  Story updated with video: Owner of West Virginia coal mine where blast killed 29 sent fake safety records to regulators

Friday, April 30, 2010  The FBI has interviewed nearly two dozen current and former employees of Massey Energy Co. in a criminal probe of the West Virginia mine explosion.

Friday, April 16, 2010  Federal inspectors find 60-plus serious violations at Massey mines after explosion killed 29

Tuesday, April 13, 2010  Recovery teams working before dawn Tuesday finished the grim task of recovering the last of 29 West Virginia miners killed in the nation's worst coal mining disaster in decades.

Monday, April 12, 2010  State mine office spokeswoman Jama Jarrett says one crew entered Virginia-based Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine around midnight Sunday and another went in about 5 a.m. Monday.

Saturday, April 10, 2010  Hopes dashed: Searchers find bodies of 4 missing in West Virginia mine; death toll 29, worst since 1970

Friday, April 09, 2010  Smoke, fear of fire force rescue teams to again retreat from West Virginia mine before missing found

Wednesday, April 07, 2010  A Massey Energy executive says federal officials are testing air drawn from a hole drilled into a West Virginia mine where rescuers are trying to reach four missing miners.