http://www.mail.com/people/54678-jay-rockefeller.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/54678-jay-rockefeller.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759254-feds-to-probe-why-alarms-failed-wva-explosion.html SISSONVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — Federal investigators are looking into why no alarms sounded as a massive natural gas explosion sent flames as high as hilltops, engulfing homes and a large section of an interstate for more than an hour. Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board will visit Columbia Gas Transmission's Charleston control room thi... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759254-feds-to-probe-why-alarms-failed-wva-explosion.html 2012-12-13T02:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758678-democrats-cut-medicaid-fiscal-cliff-deal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Liberal Democratic members of Congress are warning President Barack Obama to not cut the Medicaid health care program as part of negotiations with Republicans over avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff. Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va., said Tuesday that Obama knows that "our votes are at stake" over the issue. He and other Democrats h... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758678-democrats-cut-medicaid-fiscal-cliff-deal.html 2012-12-11T16:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1739056-romneys-big-loss-leaves-gop-with-clear-leader.html BOSTON (AP) — Mitt Romney's shadow looms over a Republican Party in disarray. The face of the GOP for much of the last year, the failed presidential candidate has been a virtual ghost since his defeat Nov. 6. He has quietly weathered the fallout of the campaign from the seclusion of his Southern California home, emerging only momentarily for a private lun... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1739056-romneys-big-loss-leaves-gop-with-clear-leader.html 2012-12-03T08:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1736342-mitt-romneys-loss-creates-gop-leadership-vacuum.html BOSTON (AP) — Mitt Romney's shadow looms over a Republican Party in disarray. The face of the GOP for much of the last year, the failed presidential candidate has been a virtual ghost since his defeat Nov. 6. He has quietly weathered the fallout of the campaign from the seclusion of his Southern California home, emerging only momentarily for a private lun... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 14:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1736342-mitt-romneys-loss-creates-gop-leadership-vacuum.html 2012-12-01T14:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1727856-gop-divide-surfaces-early-2014-senate-contest.html WASHINGTON (AP) — That didn't take long. The fissures within the Republican Party that some say cost the GOP control of the Senate have resurfaced just three weeks after the election. This time conservatives are targeting a popular veteran congresswoman from a storied West Virginia political family making a bid for Democrat Jay Rockefeller's Senate seat i... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1727856-gop-divide-surfaces-early-2014-senate-contest.html 2012-11-28T08:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1643886-war-coal-label-obscures-battlefield-realities.html MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Drive through the coalfields of Central Appalachia, and signs of the siege are everywhere. Highway billboards announce entry to "Obama's No Job Zone," while decals on pickup truck windows show a spikey-haired boy peeing on the president's name. "Stop the War on Coal," yard signs demand. "Fire Obama." ... Sun, 21 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1643886-war-coal-label-obscures-battlefield-realities.html 2012-10-21T00:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1615404-apnewsbreak-raese-built-golf-club-without-permits.html MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Senate candidate John Raese filled in wetlands and damaged more than 2 miles of streams when he rerouted them to create waterfalls on a private, 18-hole West Virginia golf course that federal regulators say he built without the required permits. The years-long construction of Pikewood National Golf Club near Morgantown ... Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1615404-apnewsbreak-raese-built-golf-club-without-permits.html 2012-10-08T17:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1594574-obama-mixes-debate-preparation-with-fundraising.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama warned Democrats about becoming too complacent with six weeks left before the election. He joked that Democrats tend to believe that the "sky is falling" or that "everything is great." "This is going to be a close race right down to the wire," he told about 90 donors gathered Friday evening at the Washington home o... Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1594574-obama-mixes-debate-preparation-with-fundraising.html 2012-09-29T00:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1593182-presidential-contest-shifts-focus-to-raising-money.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For a day, the presidential contest was almost all about money — money to wage the presidential contest, that is. Mitt Romney promised to help Americans earn more, but he and President Barack Obama focused mostly on private fundraisers and big checks to fuel their 40-day sprint to Election Day. Obama courted donors in Washington on Fri... Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1593182-presidential-contest-shifts-focus-to-raising-money.html 2012-09-28T21:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1473858-senate-recess-without-passing-cyber-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate could leave town this week for a monthlong break without passing legislation to protect the U.S. electrical grid, water supplies and other critical industries from cyberattack and electronic espionage. Congressional sponsors of the bill scrambled Wednesday to overcome Republican resistance to the measure, but they appeared sho... Thu, 02 Aug 2012 04:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1473858-senate-recess-without-passing-cyber-bill.html 2012-08-02T04:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1460512-wva-dedicates-upper-big-branch-miners-memorial.html WHITESVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — On the heels of a West Virginia coal mining death, families of the 29 men killed in the Upper Big Branch mine dedicated a memorial Friday to their fallen relatives and those injured in the April 2010 explosion. An outpouring of support helped complete the memorial a year ahead of schedule, according to the project's volunteers. B... Sat, 28 Jul 2012 00:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1460512-wva-dedicates-upper-big-branch-miners-memorial.html 2012-07-28T00:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1406410-2-paths-forward-uninsured-1-clouded-ruling.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Really? The Supreme Court's big health care decision means 30 million or more uninsured Americans are soon going to have coverage? It's far from that simple. The ruling does point a way forward for millions who can't get affordable coverage because they've been sick, they're self-employed or they are otherwise shut out of the insurance p... Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1406410-2-paths-forward-uninsured-1-clouded-ruling.html 2012-07-03T16:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1396592-cybercrime-disclosures-rare-despite-rule.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers broke into computers at hotel giant Wyndham Worldwide Corp. three times in two years and stole credit card information belonging to hundreds of thousands of customers. Wyndham didn't report the break-in in corporate filings even though the Securities and Exchange Commission wants companies to inform investors of cybercrimes. Amid... Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1396592-cybercrime-disclosures-rare-despite-rule.html 2012-06-29T14:45:00Z