Billionaire coal executive launches bid for West Virginia governor

By Kara Van Pelt BECKLEY, W.Va. (Reuters) - Billionaire coal mining executive Jim Justice, owner of West Virginia's famed Greenbrier luxury resort, announced on Monday he will seek the Democratic nomination for governor next year in his first bid for public office. Justice, 64, who according to state records cited by the Wall Street Journal switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat in late February, has said he would take a salary of a dollar a year if elected. He is the second