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{West Virginia}...The trial for Hughie Elbert Stover, the head of security at the Upper Big Branch mine, had been set to begin Monday in Beckley, but it has been pushed back to October 24th. U.S. District Judge Irene C. Berger says defense lawyers wanted more time to look over 2,500 pages of materials submitted by prosecutors. Berger also must address several pretrial motions. Stover is accused of lying to the FBI and the Mine Safety Health Administration and obstructing justice by ordering thousands of pages of documents destroyed.