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Gary May Sentencing Pushed to 2013

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The sentencing of a former Upper Big Branch Mine superintendent has been delayed as the government continues to press ahead on a criminal investigation of the April 2010 disaster that killed 29 miners.
    
Former superintendent Gary May has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the federal government for his actions at the mine. He's cooperating with prosecutors in a continuing investigation.
    
The Charleston Gazette reports that a prosecutor says that the government needs more time to develop the extent of May's cooperation.
    
U.S. District Judge Irene Berger has rescheduled May's sentencing for Jan. 17. He was to be sentenced Oct. 4 in Beckley.
    
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