Virginia landowners sue over coalbed methane royalties
Lawsuits in U S District Court Abingdon allege EQT Corp and Consol Energy drilled thousands of coalbed methane wells in southwest Virginia without proper compensation. Plaintiffs seek class action status, full royalty accounting, and reversal of the 1990 royalty framework. Attorneys claim billions in unpaid revenues, with one example noting Consol’s CNX Gas Co. earned about 1 billion in a single year in Buchanan County.
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Appalachia
Virginia Gas and Oil Board
Virginia Supreme Court
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Lexington
Peter Glubiak
Buchanan County
Consol
CNX Gas Co
Joe Cerenzia
Kevin West
EPQ
General Assembly
Robert Adair
Tazewell County
Dickenson
Walter Short
Russell County
Adair
Short
Bristol Herald Courier
Daniel Gilbert
Wise, Scott and Lee
Uzbeks in camps fear returning home in Kyrgyzstan border village
Refugee Uzbeks in VLKSM Kyrgyzstan camps describe hunger and water shortages while fearing to return home after days of attacks. They recount looting, damaged neighborhoods, and near-impossible living conditions as UN appeals for aid rise. International relief efforts include aid grants from the US and planeloads from Russia and France.
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Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Mamlyakat Akramova
Osh
U.N
Ban Kimoon
U.S
Russia
France
Roza Otunbayeva
Vlksm
Mukhabat Ergashova
Ergashova
SpaghettiOs and Marie Callender’s dinners pulled in recalls
WASHINGTON AP two major recalls affect pantry items. Campbell Soup recalls 15 million pounds of SpaghettiOs with meatballs due to a cooker malfunction at a Paris Texas plant and ConAgra recalls all Marie Callender’s Cheesy Chicken and Rice meals linked to salmonella illnesses across 15 states. CDC and Minnesota health officials flag potential link to the meals though certainty remains. Estimated 35,000 cases of SpaghettiOs on market. 18 million pounds recalled overall.
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ConAgra Foods
Marie Callender
Campbell Soup Co
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CDC
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Colorado
Georgia
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Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Carolina
Tennessee
Utah
Virginia
Campbell
Anthony Sanzio
Paris
Sanzio
USDA
Former officer testimony on arrest before Bay Area train shooting
Oakland platform confrontation saw Oscar Grant restrained as Tony Pirone testified. He described using intimidation and profanity while Grant struggled, and recalled Mehserle saying he planned to taser instead of use a pistol. The trial over Mehserle's murder charge continues with focus on officer actions and escalating risk.
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LOS Angeles
Oakland
Bay Area
Mehserle
Grant
Alameda County
Pirone
Fruitvale
Marysol Domenici
Michael Rains
Rains
Tony
Domenici
Dave Stein
Unemployment Drops in 41 West Virginia Counties in May
The May report from Workforce West Virginia shows unemployment fell in 41 of 55 counties while 10 counties rose and four held steady. Statewide rate eased from 8.8 percent in April to 8.6 percent in May, with Pocahontas County remaining highest at 16.1 percent and Monongalia County lowest at 5.3 percent.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Workforce
Pocahontas County
Monongalia County
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