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~ Kathy


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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Encylopedia.com AND Google Search Results for MSHA FBI Investigation:

Here is a link to a great search engine called: Encyclopedia.com

http://www.encyclopedia.com/searchresults.aspx?q=MSHA


From Google:

Massey, Federal Officials Investigated In Mine Blast

NPR - Howard Berkes - ‎12 hours ago‎
The sources also say the probe also includes possible bribery of employees of MSHA, the federal agency that inspects coal and other mines and enforced ...

DEVELOPING: MSHA, Massey Energy Under Possible FBI Bribery Investigation

HNN Huntingtonnews.net - Tony Rutherford - ‎9 hours ago‎
Late Friday afternoon, April 30, a federal law enforcement source denied that the MSHA is part of the UBB mine disaster investigation. ...

FBI Said to Conduct Criminal Investigation of Massey Explosion

Bloomberg - Mario Parker, Justin Blum - ‎18 hours ago‎
... are among the top 20 in the US ranked by the number of “significant and substantial” violations accrued since January 2009, according to MSHA data. ...

Bribery allegation in mine WV probe

The Guardian - ‎21 hours ago‎
When last we spoke of this general matter, the subject of why MSHA, the mine safety and health administration, didn't do more to prevent such disasters was ...

Massey Responds to MSHA Press Release Regarding Surprise Inspections

PR-USA.net (press release) - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
Massey Energy Company today responded to MSHA's press release earlier today entitled "Hazard complaints result in surprise inspections at 3 Massey-owned ...

MSHA Inspectors May Have Been Bribed

West Virginia MetroNews - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
ABC Radio reports an FBI Investigation is underway into allegations federal mine inspectors may have taken bribes ahead of the Upper Big Branch Mine ...

FBI Reportedly Launches MSHA-Massey Bribery Investigation

WOWK - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
Massey Energy officials told NPR they did not know about the allegations, but that the company would fully cooperate with the investigation. MSHA did not ...

NPR: FBI probing possible bribery of mine safety officials in W.Va. disaster

USA Today - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
... cooperating with any investigation. MSHA, the federal agency that inspects and regulates mining, has yet to respond to a request for comment, NPR says.

US Sued by Widows Over Massey 2006 Coal Mine Fire Deaths

BusinessWeek - Chris Stratton, Margaret Cronin Fisk - ‎Apr 29, 2010‎
MSHA found at least 20 specific safety violations that contributed to the accident that killed Mr. Bragg and Mr. Hatfield,” according to the complaint. ...

Former miner says FBI investigation is 'long over due'

West Virginia Public Broadcasting - Jessica Y. Lilly - ‎20 hours ago‎
April 30, 2010 · News of the FBI investigating Massey Energy, and the federal MSHA office for allegations of bribery, are bringing hope ...

Massey Energy To Bid On Idled Washington County Mine

WPXI Pittsburgh - ‎20 hours ago‎
Massey acknowledged MSHA found conditions that didn't meet company or industry standards. But Massey denied MSHA's assertion there was a fire at one of the ...

FBI Probing US Officials And Massey, Owner Of W. Va. Mine Where 29 Died

NPR (blog) - Howard Berkes, Dina Temple-Raston - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
NPR has reported that Massey Energy and MSHA were the subjects of investigations. NPR News has learned that the Mine Safety and Health Administration is one ...

Massey Energy (MEE) Slammed On Reports of FBI Investigation

StreetInsider.com (subscription) - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
The mining company has been cited on several occasions for violations of the safety standards set by the MSHA, and rumors have been swirling that mine ...

Massey, mining regulator under FBI probe: report

Reuters - John Gress, James Vicini - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
... was the result of "willful disregard" for safety regulations but acknowledged that eight Massey mines were targets for an inspection "blitz" by MSHA. ...

FBI interviews Massey employees in mine blast probe

CNN (blog) - Brantley Foster - ‎12 hours ago‎
To my mind, it'll be tough for the gov to show that the consequences of whatever oversight they finger as the root cause of this were Rx Fx. If it ends up ...

Prosecutors Investigating Coal Company

Los Angeles Times - ‎16 hours ago‎
Washington…The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation of the explosion at Massey Energy's Big Branch mine in West Virginia, ...

Mining Notes: Second Miner Dies in Ky., Massey Under Criminal Probe, Potential ...

FairWarning (blog) - Bridget Huber - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
Rescue workers recovered the body of a second coal miner killed in a collapse at a Kentucky mine with a history of safety ...

Mine Blast That Killed 29 Prompts FBI Inquiry

New York Times - Ian Urbina - ‎18 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON — The FBI has interviewed more than 20 employees of Massey Energy in a criminal investigation of the explosion that killed 29 of ...

Hazard complaints result in surprise inspections at 3 Massey-owned mines

PR-CANADA.net (press release) - ‎Apr 29, 2010‎
The US Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that MSHA inspectors responded to three separate anonymous complaints ...

FBI interviews nearly 2 dozen Massey employees

The Associated Press - Pete Yost - ‎19 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON — The FBI has interviewed nearly two dozen current and former employees of Massey Energy Co. in a criminal probe of the West Virginia mine ...

Justice Dept. investigating W.Va. mine explosion

Washington Post (blog) - Jerry Markon, Ed O'Keefe - ‎22 hours ago‎
By The Post's Jerry Markon and Ed O'Keefe: The Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation of the explosion that killed 29 people at a West ...

Massey Energy shares fall on report of FBI probe

MarketWatch - Steve Gelsi - ‎22 hours ago‎
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Massey Energy fell as much as 9% Friday after the company said media reports of a ...

Upper Big Branch mine remains unsafe for investigators

Beckley Register-Herald - Mannix Porterfield - ‎Apr 29, 2010‎
Within the past few days, Massey Energy and MSHA have engaged in a war of words over safety issues at the mine leading up to the explosion. ...

FBI Investigating Fed Officials And Massey Energy Over Possibly Bribery

Huffington Post (blog) - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
NPR News reports that the FBI is investigating the possible bribery of federal officials overseeing mining industry regulation by Massey Energy, ...

Massey shares drop on report of FBI probe

MarketWatch - Wallace Witkowski - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Massey Energy Co. (NYSE:MEE) dropped Friday following a National Public Radio report that the coal mine operator is ...

Mine Owner, Safety Agency Face Federal Inquiry

NPR - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
The Mine Safety and Health Administration is the subject of a federal criminal investigation following the explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in West ...

Massey mine still not safe for investigators to enter

istockAnalyst.com (press release) - ‎Apr 29, 2010‎
MSHA and the state Office of Miners Health, Safety and Training are investigating. Additionally, Gov. Joe Manchin appointed longtime mine safety advocate ...

FBI investigating W.Va. mine blast

UPI.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- The FBI has interviewed more than 20 Massey Energy employees in a criminal investigation into the explosion that killed 29 West ...

Mine blast inquiry

Sarasota Herald-Tribune - ‎9 hours ago‎
The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation of the April 5 explosion at Massey Energy's Big Branch mine in West Virginia, law enforcement ...

Massey under FBI investigation for possible negligence

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Brian Bowling - ‎12 hours ago‎
Brian Bowling is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 412-325-4301 or via e-mail. ...



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