"… reports can be devastating, and difficult to fix.In one extreme example, a Virginia man killed himself in 2006 after repeated attempts to correct an inaccurat …"

"… ell — in lobbying expenses among oil and gas companies, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.These totals do not include the work of the trade associations that Koch u …"

"… r federal office — $11 million in the last two decades, according to the Center for Responsive Politics — and generous gifts from three family foundations to universities and c …"

"… illed in last year’s explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia revealed a surprising fact: Most had coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, bette …"

"… t in coal mining,” Dr. Edward Petsonk, a physician and professor at West Virginia University, told iWatch News. “But there doesn’t have to be black lung …"

"… particular problem in central Appalachia, which encompasses southern West Virginia, western Virginia and eastern Kentucky, NIOSH found.Among possible explana …"

"… m in central Appalachia, which encompasses southern West Virginia, western Virginia and eastern Kentucky, NIOSH found.Among possible explanations, according t …"

"… al background check system.This issue came into sharp focus after the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre, when it was revealed that the shooter, Seung-Hui Cho, had e …"

"… and faculty on campus, before killing himself, according to authorities. A Virginia court had recognized Cho as mentally unstable, but the state failed to sub …"

"… records in summer 2010, up from 402,047 in January 2008, it said.Since the Virginia Tech shootings, the release said, a dozen states have passed legislation t …"

"… ation to improve their reporting. Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and then-Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, both Democrats, signed executive orders to improve record …"

"… he Huffington Post Investigative Fund and the Center. …"

"… ly on big government to fix the private sector,” Ganley said.In southern Virginia, House candidate Scott Rigell, who has decried the stimulus and other gove …"

"… ent nearly $22 million on Washington lobbying since 2005, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, including $3.7 million in just 2010. They also are big contributors …"