MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Mediation has failed to settle a lawsuit by hundreds of Boone County residents who blame coal companies for contaminating their water supplies.

A Hager Hill pastor, who is under fire by a watch group for comments he made about President Obama, says it was no big deal.

The Hazard Independent School District is feeling a state wide budget crunch.

Despite being in debt, the fiscal court voted to add a two percent pay increase for all county employees.

PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona's secretary of state says Hawaii's verification of President Barack Obama's birth records meets necessary requirements and that the president's name will appear on Arizona's ballot in the fall.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal judge has rejected claims by two condemned Ohio inmates challenging the constitutionality of the state's lethal injection process.

A former Paintsville Police Officer is facing drug charges.

The Laurel County Sheriff's Office is investigating the crash involving an SUV and two min-vans.

The Johnson County Sheriff's Office is getting some new guns at no cost.

A woman is dead and a man is hurt after a car crash in Jackson County.

Murder charges against a Clay County have been dismissed.

He may have been unopposed, but President Obama did not get 100 percent of the votes in the Democratic Primary election Tuesday.

A man convicted earlier this year for manslaughter will be up for parole in September.

Johnson County Sheriff Dwayne Price says his department relies heavily on public tips to fight drug crimes. This week those tips led to two large marijuana busts.

The Paintsville McDonald's is now open for business.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky State Police will add a new tool to help solve crimes and analyze crash scenes.

LONDON (AP) - WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange is to find out next week whether his bid to block extradition to Sweden has been successful.

Sentencing is set for Wednesday for an upstate New York woman who admits she faked having cancer to con donors into paying for her wedding and Caribbean honeymoon.

DENVER (AP) - President Barack Obama and his party are redoubling their fundraising efforts.

Mediation has failed to settle a lawsuit by hundreds of Boone County residents who blame coal companies for contaminating their water supplies.

Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan has apologized for the conduct of employees caught up on a Colombia prostitution scandal.

A plea hearing is set for Wednesday afternoon for 20-year-old Joaquin Amador Serrapio Jr. His attorney says he intends to plead guilty to one count of threatening to kill or harm the president.

Nearly $1.7 million is being spent on the project. Once the homes are bought and demolished, the area will be returned to an open space.

Wayne County Magistrate Teddy Mays, 47, died in his home Monday afternoon of an apparent heart attack, according to courthouse employees.

Glen Farley is accusing Alpha Natural Resources and Performance Coal Company of wrongfully terminating his job last month.