Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Breaking News - August 24

Margot Kidder arrested at White House (CBC) 

(Canadian actors Margot Kidder and Tantoo Cardinal have been arrested while protesting in Washington to stop construction of an oil pipeline from Alberta's oilsands to Texas. Kidder, who played Lois Lane in the first four Superman movies, and her friend Cardinal, who starred in North of 60 and the film Dances with Wolves, were taken into custody near the White House.)


School Bus Explodes, Kids Escape Just in Time (WCTI 12) 

(It was a first day of school some Des Moines, Iowa students will never forget. Their school bus caught fire on the way home and exploded. The kids on board evacuated just in time to watch their bus smoke, burn and explode right before their eyes.)

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Boy forced to wear 'thief' sign by mother (Daily Mail) 

(A seaside town in Australia is in uproar over the punishment a mother has handed out to her young son, making him wear a sign in public labelling him a thief. 'Do not trust me. I will steal from you as I am a thief,' the sign around his neck read as he stood in a park in Townsville in Queensland. The boy, aged about 10, remained standing.)


Trial begins against surgeon who amputated man's penis without permission (CBS) 

(Testimony continued Tuesday in the trial of a doctor accused of amputating a man's penis without consent. Phillip Seaton, a 64-year-old truck driver, is suing Dr. John Patterson, who performed the 2007 surgery that was initially meant to be a simple circumcision to relieve inflammation. Patterson, a Frankfort urologist, told a jury that he saved Seaton's life when he amputated part of the man's penis after discovering a rare and deadly cancer.)


$16.4 Million Ferrari Sets New Record For Most Expensive Car (TIME) 

(California auctioneer Goodings & Co., sold a 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa for $16.4 million on Saturday, the highest price ever paid for a car at auction. The previous record was $12 million, also for a 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa.)


Possible Description Of The Avengers Scene Featuring Tom Hiddleston As Loki! (Comic Book Movie) 

(No photos have found their way online from last nights shooting as of yet, but thanks to one Cleveland local, we have a brief update on what exactly Tom Hiddleston's Loki is up to on The Avengers set...)



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