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Roof collapses at Kentucky coal mine; one dead
By wire services
Published January 11, 2006
PIKEVILLE, Ky. - Part of the roof collapsed Tuesday at a coal mine in eastern Kentucky, killing one miner, a state official said.
The rock fall occurred about 900 feet inside the Maverick Mining Co. LLC mine in Pikeville, near the Virginia line, said Chuck Wolfe, spokesman for the Kentucky Office of Mine Safety and Licensing. The dead miner was identified as Cornelius Yates, 44. No one else was injured.
Last week, 12 miners died after an explosion in a coal mine in West Virginia.
EPA may revise mpg ratings
WASHINGTON - Consumers may be in for a different kind of sticker shock starting with 2008 model cars, trucks and SUVs.
Estimates of how far vehicles will travel on a gallon of gas are dropping by as much as 30 percent - because the testing that determines miles per gallon is improving, regulators say.
Congress last year ordered changes in how the Environmental Protection Agency estimates mpg for each vehicle, a response to complaints that the mpg they get is often less than advertised.
Under testing changes proposed Tuesday by EPA, fuel economy stickers will show most 2008 models getting 10 percent to 20 percent less gasoline mileage in city driving.
[Last modified January 11, 2006, 00:42:11]
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