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Eddie Murphy's, Don Johnson's?the trail of albums left by actors isn't pretty. Were you worried that yours wouldn't be taken seriously? A lot of people didn't know what to expect. Friends of mine called and said, "Yo, that record is actually good." Ludacris called. Snoop. I wanted to do real music. It's to get you romantic. It's to tell my gangsters, my players, my hustlers to take an intermission. It's about love. It's time to sing about some different things...
...Days lost by the average worker at West Virginia's Sago coal mine, where an explosion last week left 12 miners dead...
When the families of 12 miners trapped in a Sago, W.Va., coal mine found out last week that their loved ones had not survived, after being mistakenly told that they had, it was a cruel inversion of the resurrection story. For about three hours, their husbands, fathers and sons were, in their minds, brought back to life. Then they died again...
...mourners organized a candlelight vigil for the 12 coal miners who died following Monday's underground explosion, leaders of the company that owns the troubled mine held a press conference and described the mishaps that resulted in the false report of the mens' survival. Yet while company officials spent an hour and a half explaining what went wrong-and apologizing for the miscommunications-they wouldn't answer a question at the heart of the tragedy: why did the number of safety violations at the mine nearly triple since their firm, International Coal Group (ICG), bought the Sago mine and reopened...
...Family members of the dead workers also want answers about the mine's poor safety record. In 2004 there were 68 safety violations at the mine. Last year, there were 208 violations, including 96 considered "significant" by the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration. Since ICG bought Sago and reopened it in 2004, there have been 276 violations, including four citations for allowing combustible coal dust and gases to accumulate and 22 for failing to implement a proper ventilation plan. Portions of the mine were shut down 18 times last year because of safety problems, according to Federal mine officials...