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Rescue teams continue searching for missing after mine explosion

MONTCOAL, W.Va. (AP) -- A blast was reported around 3 p.m. at Massey Energy Co.'s Upper Big Branch mine in Raleigh County, about 30 miles south of Charleston in West Virginia. Several miners were killed and rescue teams are searching for other miners that are still missing.

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