Pants, wallet lead cops to man who'd been locked in party bus (MSNBC)
(Police said a 30-year-old man is accused of theft and damage to a 40-foot limousine bus after they found his jeans and wallet in the bathroom.)
PRTA driver arrested for driving bus while drunk (San Luis Tribune)
(A bus driver with the Regional Transit Authority was arrested this afternoon for allegedly driving his bus while drunk. John Farmer, 46, of Avila Beach was arrested at 2:40 p.m. as he drove his bus through San Luis Obispo. The bus was traveling to San Luis Obispo from Santa Maria.)
Chesterfield County mom convicted in 2nd bus stop incident (Richmond Times Dispatch)
(A Chesterfield County mother was convicted Monday of disorderly conduct for blocking a school bus with her vehicle and yelling and cursing at a bus stop – the same bus stop at which authorities say she brandished a gun and threatened children a day earlier.)
Crash bus driver was on police wanted list (Daily Nation)
(The driver of a bus that was involved in a road accident, claiming the lives of 23 people, was wanted by traffic police for defying orders to stop at a roadblock. Records at the Machakos Police Station show that the driver, Mr Joshua Kyalo Muli, who died in the accident, failed to stop after being flagged down at a roadblock in Mwanyani area on the Machakos-Kitui road.)
Elementary Students Put On Wrong Bus (KSAT)
(A dozen elementary students at Southside Independent School District's Freedom Elementary school were reunited with their parents Monday evening, hours after they were put on the wrong buses to go home. "It scared me," said Sandi Harris, who hugged her daughter a little tighter than usual Monday . "Scared me to death." "I was frantic and very upset," added Jan Hoffman, who provides after-school care for three of the misdirected students. "They're in my care, I'm responsible for them." "I went to go see her at the corner where they were supposed to drop her off," said Dan Salivar, whose daughter is in first grade. "We waited an hour and she never showed up.")
Two arrested for torching bus with 10 passengers (Daily Bhaskar)
(The Madhya Pradesh government on Monday announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia to the family of those killed in the tragic bus fire incident, in which 10 people were burnt alive in Badwani district’s Sendhwa. The incident took place on Sunday when the bus belonging to Ashoka Travels was set on fire by some members of rival transport company- Sai Kripa Travels- following a scuffle.)
Jennifer Garner Is Pregnant (People)
(Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are getting ready for another baby! The couple, who are parents to two daughters – Violet, 5½, and Seraphina, 2½ – are "thrilled" to be expecting their third child, they confirm to the Associated Press. )
Liam Gallagher sues brother, demands apology (CNN)
(Liam and Noel Gallagher are at it again. The famously feuding brothers and former Oasis bandmates are bickering over a 2009 show cancellation and the band’s subsequent break up, and it sounds like it's going all the way to the courts. In 2009, Oasis pulled out of the V Festival. Last month, Noel spoke out about the cancellation, saying that his brother was too hungover to perform.)
'Egyptian Spiderman' thrills protesters at Israeli embassy (The National)
(Hundreds of protesters outside the Israeli embassy broke into a frenzy yesterday when a man bypassed a security perimeter, scaled a nearly 20-storey building and replaced an Israeli flag outside the embassy with an Egyptian one. The feat by Ahmed El Shehata, a veteran of the uprising in Tahrir Square, quickly fired across the internet. The term flagman became one of Twitter's most popular topics in the region.)
Ferry runs aground while captain stuck in toilet (Sydney Morning Herald)
(A Finnish ferry has run aground while its captain was stuck in the lavatory. One member of staff managed to slow the island-hopping tourist ferry down, but the vessel, carrying 54 passengers, slammed onto a rock near the shore of Helsinki, the Finnish coastguard said on Friday.)
German woman, 90, beats back burglars with cane 4 (Toronto Sun)
(A feisty 90-year-old German woman chased away three would-be burglars from her rural farmhouse with her cane, police said on Monday. The retired farmer was moving around her house with the help of a walking frame and spotted the intruders — two men and one woman.)
Honorary toilets? You read that right. (Desmoines Register)
(So it’s come to this: Legion Arts is accepting donations for unusual naming rights at its newly renovated CSPS hall in Cedar Rapids. Here’s the latest from an e-newsletter that went out this weekend. “Thanks to a $4.8 million I-JOBS grant from the state and incredibly generous support from throughout the community, we’ve not found it necessary to attract donors by offering to name various features of the building in their honor. Until now, that is.)
Houston judge limits rights of gay father (CHRON)
(A Houston judge entered an order on June 24 which prohibits a father from leaving his children alone with any man they aren’t related to “by blood or adoption.” Because there was no allegation of abuse in the case, family law practitioners say the order is an unheard of infringement on the rights of parents and a judicial condemnation of the fact that the man, William Flowers, is not only gay but married to his partner, Jim Evans. William and Jim were married on March 19 of last year in Connecticut, one of seven states which recognize same-sex unions. It was a second marriage for both.)
No Cause for Marijuana Case, but Enough for Child Neglect (New York Times)
(The police found about 10 grams of marijuana, or about a third of an ounce, when they searched Penelope Harris’s apartment in the Bronx last year. The amount was below the legal threshold for even a misdemeanor, and prosecutors declined to charge her. But Ms. Harris, a mother whose son and niece were home when she was briefly in custody, could hardly rest easy. The police had reported her arrest to the state’s child welfare hot line, and city caseworkers quickly arrived and took the children away. )
‘Harry Potter’ time-freezing binoculars that offer instant action replays (Xenophilius)
(Harry Potter fans who watched enviously as the schoolboy wizard wielded magical time-freezing binoculars will soon be able to buy their own super spyglasses. For designers at Sony have invented binoculars that allow users to pause, rewind and play back whatever they are viewing.)
Chinese Inventor Takes Off in Home-Made Flying Saucer (Oddity Central)
(Shu Mansheng, a Chinese farmer with no mechanics or electronics educations has managed to pilot a flying saucer he himself built. The simple fact that he only has a basic school education hasn’t stopped Shu Mansheng from fulfilling his dream of building his own flying machine. He taught himself everything he needed to know about mechanics and electronics and finally completed a successful flight in his own flying saucer. I say finally because this isn’t the first time the resourceful farmer tried his luck in aviation. Last year, on April 30, Shu completed his first home-made aircraft and though he managed to take it off the ground, he got injured on the second trial flight.)
Bulletproof skin with a little spider assistance (Hindustan Times)
(Bulletproof vests have been around for decades but skin that can stop bullets has only been the preserve of science fiction. The most famous example is Superman, or the Man of Steel - bullets simply ricochet off of him. Now, scientists have claimed to be making this science fiction a reality with the development of bulletproof human skin made from spider's silk and goat's milk.)
Man arrested for feeding birds by Calif. airport (Mercury News)
(A businessman involved in months of legal wrangling for allegedly feeding pigeons near Bob Hope Airport has been arrested because the burgeoning bird population has created an air safety hazard, authorities said. Charles Douglas, 59, is accused of feeding pigeons for the past year at his Precise Roofing Co. on Hollywood Way near the east San Fernando Valley airport.)
Forget psychic hotline. You can predict the near-future everyday (MSNBC)
(No need to call a psychic hotline -- we're naturally clairvoyant as human beings. With one of the first studies of its kind, researchers at Washington University say they are unlocking the process our brain uses to make these everyday near-future predictions. But hold on stockbrokers, Wall Street analysts and crystal ball readers: The study also discovered why we may not be as good at predicting events down the road.)
Marriage and divorce 'up weight', says study (BBC)
(Both marriage and divorce can trigger weight gain, according to research being presented at the American Sociological Association. There is an increased risk of piling on the pounds in the two years after a marriage starts or ends, according to their study of 10,071 people. Newly-married women were at greatest risk of "large" weight gains.)
(Anyone who has a fun, unproduced screenplay out there could learn a lesson from Kevin Smith: change the medium. Smith wrote a screenplay for The Green Hornet and when that film went in the Seth Rogen direction, Smith’s version got turned into a comic book. The same thing is about to happen with a script Smith wrote for The Six Million Dollar Man. Back in March, Smith announced that his screenplay – based on the Seventies TV show of the same name – was being turned into a comic book and now we’ve got our first look. The new title is The Bionic Man and it’s being co-written with Phil Hester and drawn by Jonathan Lau.)
Your questions for Kevin Smith (CNN)
(After writing and directing such memorable films as “Clerks, “Chasing Amy” and “Dogma,” Kevin Smith has announced his retirement. Smith has toured the country with his latest, and apparently next-to-last, film, “Red State,” a psychological horror movie he is distributing himself, and based in part on the controversial Westboro Baptist Church.)
(Who caused snow to fall in Pittsburgh in summertime? Who ripped up trees downtown? Which supervillain could be behind such acts? Mr. Freeze? Catwoman? The Joker?Actually, the producers of the newest Batman film, “The Dark Knight Rises,” were responsible for the commotion.)
Batman Reboot: Under The Red Hood (Comic Book Movie)
(Hey, whatcha know it, another Batman reboot fan cast !! Wow!!!! Bet you guys haven't see one of these for the last....hhmmmm....4 minutes or so ?? Well, tough ! I'm making one ! And you know why ? Because I got nothing else to do and it raining outside and I'm just killing time till Warehouse 13 is on. Just keepin' it real.)
Robin DLC Costumes in Batman: Arkham City Defy Continuity (Game Pro)
(Although Robin's look in Batman: Arkham City is much more akin to Dick Grayson in Batman Forever than Tim Drake in any other series, the Boy Wonder is officially recognized in-game as Robin III.)
Batman crew pays to replace trees uprooted by film (CHRON)
(Producers of the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight Rises" have paid to replace about two dozen leafy trees removed from the streets of Pittsburgh so scenes shot earlier this month would look like they occurred in the dead of winter. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (http://bit.ly/psSHso ) reports Monday that producers paid "tens of thousands of dollars" to remove the trees and donate $20,000 to the nonprofit preservation group Tree Pittsburgh.)
Are Data Analysts More Like Batman or Superman? (Smart Data)
(As we move into the tail end of summer, I figured it’s a good time for a Friday Afternoon Fun Post on superheroes. After all, as data analyst demand and salaries continue to climb, you are likely feeling like a superhero. The question is which one: Batman or Superman? Data Analysts are Like Batman. A blogger at the Business Intelligence Reporting Community, believes data analysts have a lot in common with the Caped Crusader because they do their best work in the shadows. And that’s where some feel data analysts are most powerful — behind the scenes.)
Recent women suicides in Batman raise alarms (Hurriyetdailynews.com)
(A large number of women attempted to commit suicide in the last 10 days in the southeastern province of Batman, an area infamous for female killings, and official institutions and NGOs are raising the alarm on the issue. Women’s associations, however, argue that the suicide claims are not true; the people who died were victims of murder.)
Germany: Facebook Like button violates privacy laws (ZDNET)
(A German privacy group says use of the Facebook Like button leads to profiling that infringes German and European data protection laws. Facebook’s Like button today was found in violation of Germany’s strict privacy laws. Commissioner Thilo Weichert, who works for the Independent Centre for Privacy Protection (ULD) in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, said the social network’s plugin, which allows Internet users to express their appreciation of something online, illegally puts together a profile of their Web habits.)
Five upcoming games that stand out (CNN)
(Gamescom is probably the biggest video game show you've never heard of. Over a quarter of a million people have flocked to Germany this week to get exclusive hands-on gameplay with some of the biggest games of this year (Activision's "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" and Sony's "Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception") and next (Sega's "Aliens: Colonial Marines" and Electronic Arts' "Mass Effect 3"). Unlike Los Angeles' E3 trade show, which is open only to media and game industry insiders, Gamescom is a public show that draws youths from across Europe. )
Layton’s plea for hope and optimism was a political and personal manifesto (Toronto Star)
(Hours after Canada awoke to news that New Democratic Party Leader Jack Layton died Monday of cancer at age 61, his extraordinary political voice echoed once again via a personal letter the “indefatigable” politician wrote to Canadians. The plea for “hope and optimism” was a political and personal manifesto by a man whose contribution was swiftly acknowledged by admirers and rivals alike.)
Nick Ashford, of Motown Writing Duo, Dies at 70 (New York Times)
(Nick Ashford, who with Valerie Simpson, his songwriting partner and later wife, wrote some of Motown’s biggest hits, like “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough“ and “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” and later recorded their own hits and toured as a duo, died Monday at a hospital in New York City. He was 70 and lived in Manhattan.)
Songwriter Jerry Leiber Dead at 78 (TIME)
(Jerry Leiber, who with longtime partner Mike Stoller wrote "Hound Dog," "Jailhouse Rock," "Yakity Yak" and other hit songs that came to define early rock 'n' roll, died Monday. He was 78. He was surrounded by family when he died unexpectedly of cardiopulmonary failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said his longtime publicist, Bobbi Marcus.)
‘The Avengers’ Cast Talks Action Scenes & Costumes (Access Hollywood)
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