Impending ban hasn't stopped soft money rush by presidential hopefuls

By Alex Knott and Adam Mayle

WASHINGTON, October 17, 2002 — Potential candidates for the 2004 presidential primaries have raised more than $7.6 million in unregulated so

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"… c National Committee earlier this year. Ronald L. Motley, an attorney from Charleston, S.C., gave $200,000, and North Little Rock, Ark., attorney Tab Hunter gav …"

DuPont considered, then rejected, safer handling method for chemical that killed worker

By Jim Morris

DuPont ignored near-miss accidents, poor maintenance at W. Virginia planted to poor maintenance

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"… ides and other products, in January 2010 at the plant, eight miles east of Charleston, W.Va.A DuPont memorandum, dated May 19, 1988, weighed the costs and …"

Borrower Nightmares: Small town teacher seeks help for big debt, ends up in bankruptcy

By Shirley Gao

Illinois, W.Virginia sue debt settlement companies for using loophole to charge high up-front fees

Excerpts from this story referencing "Charleston":

"… were so ashamed to be seen out in public that they drove 40 miles away to Charleston to buy groceries. The only time they would leave the house would be to go …"

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Lobbyists tag along on civil rights tour

By Marina Walker Guevara

Alabama pilgrimage also provides chance to mingle with lawmakers

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"… embers of Congress and their spouses that have been held in such places as Charleston, S.C., and Santa Barbara, Calif.The institute's Web site says that its goa …"

Regulators aware for years of understated seismic risks to nuclear plants

By Jim Morris and Bill Sloat

U.S. regulators knew for years that seismic risks to some nuclear reactors are greater than anticipated when built. But regulators haven't s

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"… ter than previously recognized” in eastern Tennessee and areas including Charleston, S.C., and New Madrid, Mo., according to the NRC document. There are 11 re …"

"… . Scientists now believe, for example, that major earthquakes occur around Charleston, S.C., every 550 years instead of several thousand years apart, as industr …"

A campaign finance free-for-all in South Carolina

By Corey Hutchins

Judges's ruling allows campaign spending with no disclosure.

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"… sted.Says Hazelwood:“I don't have the stomach for it anymore.” …"

"… er found out who was behind the group calling itself Citizens for a Better Charleston. That's because new rules in South Carolina meant the group did not have t …"

"… entity attempting to influence an election — like Citizens for a Better Charleston — would have had to file disclosure paperwork as a “committee” with …"

"… dvantage more aggressively than that stealth group opposing Mayor Riley in Charleston. Its only disclosure:“Paid for by Citizens for a Better Charleston. Not …"

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Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

Despite decades-old law, cheating, legal loopholes expose miners to deadly dust.

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"… th black lung who now drives a coal-hauling truck. Tim Bailey, a lawyer in Charleston, W.Va., zeroes in on this type of cheating when he sues a coal company on …"

Miners say Upper Big Branch mine cheated on dust sampling

By Ken Ward Jr.

Falsification of dust samples was common at the scene of the 2010 mine disaster, workers testified

Dust reforms stymied by years of inaction

By Ken Ward Jr.

For more than a quarter-century, government efforts to end black lung have hit brick walls

GOP budget move stalls black lung plan

By Ken Ward Jr.

Legislative maneuver bars regulators from implementing or enforcing a proposal to reduce miners' exposure to coal dust