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...latest mine disasters have focused attention once again on the perils of coal mining--especially the risk of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning...
...Congress geared up for this week's hearings on the Sago mine accident, which killed 12 coalworkers earlier this month, disaster struck another West Virginia mine. A fire at Alma No. 1 last week left two people dead--and put new pressure on the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), which regulates mining operations. House Democrats are asking whether MSHA oversight has been not only weaker but also more secretive under the Bush Administration. Sago was cited for 208 alleged safety violations in 2005, Alma No. 1 for 95. In the past, the MSHA made its inspectors' full notes...
...have life experiences, Adams, 31, fills his third album in the past 12 months with nine lengthy tracks, each of which summarizes a year in his 20s. It's a conceit that at times elevates his self-pity to epic proportions (on The Sadness he wails, "The sadness is mine," over a flamenco guitar lick--¡qué melodramático!), but it also creates moments of immense tenderness as Adams says a reluctant goodbye to youth (Carolina Rain, Starlite Diner) and contemplates a commitment to something other than himself. "If you want any flowers," he sings with dawning wisdom...
...face of Sundance, perhaps, because I started it but I think the festival has its own face now, it doesn?t need mine anymore to tell the story or to promote it. It?s self-sustaining, it?s self-generating. It doesn?t need me to be a front person for it. The role I enjoy playing most is the creative, in programming the festival or working on how we are going to present the panels. Or looking to the future, how it?s going to grow...
...punishment for leader's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip: "Here he's at the point of death. He was dividing God's land," said Robertson. "For any prime minister of Israel who decides he's going to carve it up and give it away, God says, 'No, this is mine.'" Robertson went on to cite a Biblical prophet, Joel, who he said "makes it very clear that God has an enmity against those who 'divide my land...