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Thursday, August 23, 2012  Law enforcement officers from all over the state have spent the last two days at T-Miller Wrecker learning to use new equipment that reads data from wrecked vehicles.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012  New underground lab turns South Dakota gold town into scientific hub in search for 'dark matter'

Tuesday, April 24, 2012  Company aims to strike it rich by mining asteroids. Tycoons say gold and other minerals could be mined.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012  Obama administration approves 20-year ban on new mining claims near Grand Canyon

Wednesday, December 07, 2011  Families of West Virginia mine blast victims want criminal prosecutions, not just $210M settlement

Thursday, June 30, 2011  Story updated with video: Owner of West Virginia coal mine where blast killed 29 sent fake safety records to regulators

Wednesday, November 24, 2010  Police: 29 miners have died at New Zealand mine after 2nd blast that none could have survived

Monday, November 22, 2010  Families grow frustrated, officials prepare for possible deaths at NZ mine where 29 trapped

Monday, November 22, 2010  Barefoot, wrapped in quilts, 29 escape flooded Chinese coal mine after rescuers pump out water

Friday, November 19, 2010  Police said that shortly before the blast the electricity went out in the mine, which may have caused ventilation problems.

Thursday, October 14, 2010  Updated with video: As Chileans celebrate the rescue of 33, future of mine, men remain unresolved

Wednesday, October 13, 2010  Chileans jubilant over problem-free rescue of miners who were trapped for 69 days

Tuesday, October 12, 2010  They'll come up one by one in green overalls bearing their names on their chests — first the fittest, then the weakest

Tuesday, August 24, 2010  Federal regulators say recent raids show serious violations persist in Appalachian coal mines

Tuesday, April 13, 2010  Recovery teams working before dawn Tuesday finished the grim task of recovering the last of 29 West Virginia miners killed in the nation's worst coal mining disaster in decades.