Supreme Court won't take up case of ex-Massey Energy CEO

WASHINGTON (AP) " The Supreme Court is leaving in place the conviction of ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship for misdemeanor conspiracy to violate federal safety standards at a West Virginia mine where 29 miners died in 2010.The court declined Tuesday to take up Blankenship's case. Blankenship, who recently finished a one-year prison term, had asked the court to review his conviction, which a federal appeals court upheld in January.Blankenship had said he's "more than 100 [...]


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