Federal regulators say they're planning a series of public meetings to hear about effective safety and health management programs at the nation's mines.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration says input gathered at the meetings will help develop proposed new rules for safety and health management programs. Tuesday's announcement comes as MSHA tries to improve safety after 29 men died in the nation's worst coal mining disasters in 40 years.

MSHA says the hearings will include presentations on model programs from academics, safety and health professionals, industry, workers and government.

MSHA ays it plans to hold meetings at its Arlington, Va., headquarters, in Sacramento, Calif., and Pittsburgh during October.

Norfolk Southern is getting ready to celebrate the completion of a rail corridor that's expected to increase freight traffic and reduce travel times.

After sunset on Wednesday, Norfolk Southern Train 233 will leave Hampton Roads pulling double-stacked cargo containers headed to Chicago and Ohio.

The double-stacking is possible because of a $320 million project that involved the widening, raising and the height of 28 tunnels in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky.

Planning for the project started a decade ago, and the tunnel project took nearly three years to complete.

Upgrading the tunnels means trains will be able to shave about 230 miles and nearly two days of transit time from Hampton Roads to Chicago.

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Information from: Daily Press, http://www.dailypress.com

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Information from: Daily Press, http://www.dailypress.com

These Virginia lotteries were drawn Tuesday:

Cash 5

02-17-18-31-32

(two, seventeen, eighteen, thirty-one, thirty-two)

Mega Millions

08-18-22-24-38, Mega Ball: 23

(eight, eighteen, twenty-two, twenty-four, thirty-eight; Mega Ball: twenty-three)

Estimated jackpot: $25 million

Midday 3

5-2-1

(five, two, one)

Midday 4

3-0-5-3

(three, zero, five, three)

Midday Cash 5

03-12-14-18-27

(three, twelve, fourteen, eighteen, twenty-seven)

Pick 3

3-5-9

(three, five, nine)

Pick 4

0-7-7-4

(zero, seven, seven, four)

Powerball

Estimated jackpot: $62 million