By JAKE STUMP U.S. House Democrats are heralding an energy bill that expands offshore oil drilling and promotes clean-coal technologies. Republican Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito, however, calls the legislation a political ploy.

By JAKE STUMP A popular search engine has been warning Internet users to avoid the West Virginia State Bar's Web site or risk their computer going haywire. However, this morning, Google's warnings about the site had been removed. Strong warnings were prominent Tuesday.

By JAKE STUMP West Virginia's coal mines have added about 1,000 workers to the payrolls since last year, according to state figures. The industry now employs about 3,000 more than it did in 1998.

By JAKE STUMP Inside * Capito accepts $524,035 from oil, gas, coal industries / 8A Rep. Shelley Moore Capito sees so much potential in West Virginia coal that she likens the black stuff to kryptonite, a fictitious mineral mighty enough to faze Superman.

By JAKE STUMP Since 2000, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito has accepted $524,035 from the oil, gas and coal industries combined. That's more than any other West Virginia member in Congress, and more than three times as much as received by some in that time period.