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NC Gov. McCrory briefed on Duke coal ash lawsuit

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

FILE - In a Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 file photo, Duke Energy engineers and contractors survey the site of a coal ash spill at the Dan River Power Plant in Eden, N.C. as state and federal environmental officials continued their investigations of the spill into the river. A legislative oversight committee has called for officials from the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources to appear at a hearing on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 to talk about the spill. North Carolina lawmakers State Senate Rules Chairman Tom Apodaca and House Environment Committee Vice-Chairman Chuck McGrady say they will co-sponsor a bill seeking the removal of coal ash dumps like the one that ruptured Feb. 2. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

NC lawmakers push Duke to clean up coal ash dumps

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and MITCH WEISS - Associated Press

NC agency: Avoid contact with polluted river

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Duke plans to dredge river as coal ash deal dumped

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and MITCH WEISS - Associated Press

Va., US tests find municipal waters ‘acceptable’

By STEVE SZKOTAK - Associated Press

APNewsBreak: NC dumps coal ash deal with Duke

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and MITCH WEISS - Associated Press

Duke Energy issues apology for NC coal ash spill

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and MITCH WEISS - Associated Press

Kate Fulbright, of Charlotte, N.C., shouts about Duke Energy's coal plants during a protest near Duke Energy's headquarters in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. Duke Energy estimates that up to 82,000 tons of ash has been released from a break in a 48-inch storm water pipe at the Dan River Power Plant on Sunday. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Tests show different arsenic levels in NC spill

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

In this image made Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, and released by Appalachian Voices, shows Matt Wasson, Director of Appalachian Voices as he tests the water on the Dan River near Eden, N.C. Duke Energy estimates that up to 82,000 tons of ash accidentally spilled into the river Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. Coal ash is the waste left after burning coal. It contains arsenic, mercury, lead, and over a dozen other heavy metals, many of them toxic. (AP Photo/Appalachian Voices, HO)

Officials investigate coal ash spill in Eden

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Broken pipe spills coal ash in Dan River near Eden

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