CHARLESTON - At least one state coal industry leader said he was shocked by comments Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama made earlier this year concerning his plan to aggressively charge polluters for carbon and greenhouse gas emissions.
"What I’ve said is that we would put a cap and trade system in place that is as aggressive, [...]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. —  West Virginia’s primary next week offers Hillary Rodham Clinton some of the friendliest terrain yet in her drawn-out struggle with Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination as she fights to keep her candidacy alive.
The state looks a lot like the America of a bygone era: overwhelmingly white, largely rural, and proudly blue-collar.
That [...]