Justices skeptical of argument to overturn Va. mining ban

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems skeptical of arguments by companies seeking to overturn a decades-old ban on uranium mining in Virginia.
The justices heard arguments Monday in a case brought by the owners of a massive uranium deposit in the state’s Pittsylvania County. It’s the largest known deposit in the U.S.
Virginia says nothing in the federal Atomic Energy Act keeps it from banning the mining of the radioactive metal. But the uranium companies say the state&rsquo