W.Va. gov. orders inspections for 200 coal mines

Thursday, April 15, 2010

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Joe Manchin on Wednesday ordered the immediate inspection of all underground coal mines in West Virginia after an explosion last week killed 29 miners and injured two.

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