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Romney Accuses Obama of Blowing Smoke at Coal Industry

BEALLSVILLE, Ohio – Mitt Romney came to coal country here today to accuse President Obama of not telling the truth about how he feels about the coal industry and to tout his own support for the workers, many of whom lined up in hard hats to hear him speak.   “How in the world can [...]

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Republicans look to bury Obama on coal issues

By BOB KING and ERICA MARTINSON  Anger over coal helped an imprisoned felon defeat President Barack Obama this month in several West Virginia counties. Now Republicans hope Mitt Romney can squeeze an electoral diamond out of coal country in battleground states such as Ohio, Virginia and Pennsylvania. The GOP has stoked the fires by accusing [...]

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