Relapse, minus one

Eminem’s comeback year of 2009 was expected to include the release of two new albums.

That turned out to be only partially true.

“Relapse,” the Detroit rapper’s first original studio album in more than four years, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart in May and eventually went platinum.

The plan then was to release a follow-up disc, entitled “Relapse 2,” in the second half of the year.

Instead, Eminem and Interscope Records announced Thursday that “Relapse 2” will drop in 2010, and a CD called “Relapse: Refill” will come out on Dec. 21. The “Refill” album is a rerelease of “Relapse” and includes seven bonus tracks.

Tour bus tragedy

The driver of a Miley Cyrus tour bus was killed Friday when the bus overturned, but the 16-year-old “Hannah Montana” star wasn’t on board, Virginia State Police said.

Sgt. Thomas Molnar said the bus ran off the left side of Interstate 85, struck an embankment and overturned. The accident occurred around 8:15 a. m. in Dinwiddie County, about 40 miles south of Richmond. Speed and weather weren’t considered factors.

The driver, William G. Douglas, 53, of Austin, Texas, died at the scene, police said.

Marty Zilio, 48, of Canada, was injured in the crash and treated at a local hospital. He was one of nine members of Cyrus’ production crew who were riding in the bus. They escaped the crashed bus through the front windshield.

The Cyrus family said on her Web site that they were “deeply saddened by the loss of Bill ‘Uncle Bill’ Douglas” and that he would be missed.

“Members of our tour are like members of our family,” the statement said.

Parents’ Day

Fresh from his weeklong trip through Asia, President Obama is taking time to catch up on dad duty.

The president and first lady Michelle Obama stopped by 8-year-old daughter Sasha’s school Friday morning. White House officials said they were visiting Sidwell Friends School in Bethesda, Md., for a school activity but declined to elaborate.

Chief denies charges

An eastern Ohio police chief accused of breaking into the home of the woman who carried twins for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick says he never discussed selling items from the home.

Suspended Martins Ferry Police Chief Barry Carpenter testified Friday at his trial on burglary and other charges. He says he went into the woman’s home after he saw a basement door open while on routine patrol.

He says he took a photo of a surrogacy file that contained two ultrasound pictures and of a plaster cast of a pregnant stomach. He says he showed the photo of the cast to paparazzi and to several other people.

Carpenter says he met with the photographers after being called by the police chief of a neighboring town.