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PURDUE-PLANE INTO FENCE Plane found in Purdue airport fence; pilot safe WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane that veered into a fence at the Purdue University Airport says the aircraft was experiencing engine trouble before the...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A businessman is starting to seek companies for an industrial development he's establishing in what had been part of a western Indiana coal mine. Gregory Gibson of Terre Haute took over in December the 4,650-acre site in...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- A bankrupt St. Louis-based coal company's push to significantly cut thousands of retirees' health care and pension benefits is in the hands of a judge. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kathy Surratt-States has until May 29 to decide the matter...

By tim bross ST. LOUIS, May 3 (Reuters) - A lawyer for the United Mine Workers of America on Friday told a bankruptcy judge it would be forced to strike if Patriot Coal Corp succeeds in voiding its contract with the union, as five days of contentious...

By Tim Bross ST. LOUIS, May 1 (Reuters) - Patriot Coal Corp's top boss on Wednesday told a court that the bankrupt company's unionized workers would benefit if Patriot were allowed to implement $150 million a year in proposed cuts. At a hearing in U.S....

By Nick Brown May 1 (Reuters) - As mineworkers and retirees battle to salvage their pensions and benefits from the bankruptcy of Patriot Coal Corp, lawyers for their union are trying an unusual gambit - and one that may be a test case for workers' rights...

(Reuters) - As mineworkers and retirees battle to salvage their pensions and benefits from the bankruptcy of Patriot Coal Corp, lawyers for their union are trying an unusual gambit - and one that may be a test case for workers' rights when companies...

By Nick Brown April 29 (Reuters) - Patriot Coal Corp on Monday will seek court permission to slash healthcare and pension benefits for about 13,000 union workers, an issue that has set off weeks of street protests by affected workers. The company, which...

April 24 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S. companies, including Apple, eBay, and Halliburton, on Wednesday. HIGHLIGHTS * Apple : Credit Suisse, JP Morgan, others cut target on the...

GILLETTE, Wyo. - An orange cloud that drifted over a part of Campbell County last week is nothing unusual.   The cloud was a result of cast blasting last Thursday at Rawhide mine owned by Peabody Energy.   Cast blasting is a blasting technique used for...

NEW YORK (AP) -- The stock market got a big jump on a better year. Stocks rose sharply Tuesday in the first trading of 2012 as investors returned from the holiday and found encouraging economic reports from the United States and around the world. The...