15,831 Got On Board The Pink Bus (News Wire)
(When the province's first breast health education centre on wheels completed its provincial tour, over 15,831 people had toured the bus and 803 had signed up to be contacted by the provincial screening mammography program. The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, BC/Yukon Region (CBCF) launched The Pink Tour, Power in Knowledge at the Vancouver Art Gallery on May 4th and it made the last stop on September 5th in Merritt. As it toured, the bus covered 6,466 kilometers stopping at 172 cities, towns, aboriginal friendship centres and summer festivals, and delivered its breast health information in English, Chinese and Punjabi.)
Gunmen kill five on Pakistan school bus (Reuters)
(Pakistan's Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack on a school bus on Tuesday which killed five people, saying the children on the bus were from a pro-government tribe. The attackers fired a rocket-propelled grenade and AK-47 assault rifles at the vehicle in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing four children and the driver. Eighteen people, including 15 children, were wounded, police said.)
Information Sought On Bus Driver Charged With Child Porn Possession (WMUR)
(The FBI is helping investigate a former school bus driver accused of possessing child porn as police and educators urge parents to talk to children who might have ridden with him. John Allen Wright was charged with six counts of possession of child pornography after police said they found more than 10,000 images and movie files on a computer in his Milton home. Court documents said some had titles that included words such as "handicapped" or "disabled.")
Family tribute to man hit by bus while chasing thief (BBC)
(The family of a man who was killed when he was struck by a bus as he chased a thief have paid tribute to a son who "was committed to everything he did". David Mark Schofield, 21, died on Sunday after being hit by the double decker in Oxford Road, Manchester on Saturday night.)
At least 22 die when bus falls into deep gorge in northern India (Channel 6)
(At least 22 people were killed on Tuesday and nearly two dozen others were injured when a passenger bus lost control and fell into a deep gorge in northern India, officials said on early Wednesday. Police said the bus was traveling from the Ramban District, located in India's most northern state, Jammu and Kasmir, and headed toward Banihal when the accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon, local authorities told the Greater Kashmir news outlet.)
Anti-gay bus baron rages at being stuffed in Google closet (The Register)
(The founder of Stagecoach is accusing Google of censoring him by dumping his personal website from their search engine results. Sir Brian Souter is a Scottish businessman who controversially funded a campaign in 2000 to keep the anti-gay legislation of Section 28 in the Local Government and Finance Act. Could it be Sir Brian's controversial views on homosexuality that has taken him and his personal website www.briansouter.com out of favour with Google?)
School bus driver suspended after child dangles outside bus (11 Alive)
(A school bus driver is on administrative leave after driving off with a kindergartner's backpack caught in the door leaving the child dangling before finally stopping 41 feet down the road. It happened Friday afternoon. 5-year-old Alexis Luvell had just finished school at Auburn Elementary. The female bus driver stopped just past her driveway and opened the doors to let her out, but the little girl didn't get very far.)
Argentina bus and trains crash, killing at least 11 (BBC)a>
(At least 11 people have died in Argentina after a train slammed into a bus crossing the tracks and then hit a second train coming into a station. More than 200 people were injured, some seriously, a police spokesman said.)
Shark Commits Suicide on Waterslide (TMZ)
(There's nothing quite like taking a cool trip down the water slide at the Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas, plunging into the refreshing pool at the end, and ... HOLY CRAP!! THAT'S A SHARK! But it was all too real when hotel staff saw that one of the sharks from the famous resort aquarium had somehow jumped out of its tank and onto a nearby water slide -- where it managed to slide down into the pool.)
Eel removed from man's bladder after entering penis during beauty spa (Metro UK)
(Zhang Nan was bathing with live eels to cleanse his skin when one rogue serpent took a liking to his manhood. The eel treatment in question is a similar concept to the popular London spas that offer fish pedicures. Thinking that the eels would make him look ten years younger, Nan dived into the water and let them feast upon layers of dead skin. But after laying in the spa bath, Nan felt a sharp pain and realised a small eel was working its way up his urethra and into his bladder.)
The reason given to police for defecating on dead hedgehog in street (Spalding Today)
(A MAN who defecated on a dead hedgehog in the street in the middle of the day coolly gave the arresting officer his reason. “When you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go,” said Victor Ford. The 34-year-old was squatting over the grass verge with his jeans around his knees when a police officer drove along Balmoral Avenue, Spalding, at 1.20pm on July 3.)
Gordon Ramsay’s Porn Dwarf Double Eaten by Badger (GAWKER)
(U.K. tabloid Sunday Sport recently introduced the world to Percy Foster, a 35-year-old dwarf porn star whose career was just beginning to catch fire. It was all because an observant production assistant on the set of Hi-Ho Hi-Ho, It's Up Your Arse We Go had noticed how much Foster looked like celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. But just as Foster was set to join the rarefied ranks of celebrity lookalike dwarf porn stars, tragedy struck: The body of the 3' 6" performer has been discovered in a badger's den, partially eaten.)
(SUBMITTED BY: @bulletstreet)Toys R Us manager paid prostitute $31,000 a week (MSNBC)
(A British judge involved in recouping money that a disgraced Toys R Us manager paid to a prostitute questioned the woman's high fees in court on Tuesday. Prosecutors are trying to reclaim nearly $6 million that jailed Paul Hopes stole from Toys R US in Britain. They argue much of the million-plus dollars call-girl Dawn Dunbar received was given to her, not earned, and could be confiscated, the UK's Telegraph reported.)
Petrol Station Employee Wishes Muslim Customer "Happy 9/11" (Houston Press)
(Talk about a PR nightmare. A guy named Tarek G. wrote a Yelp review of Houston's Petrol Station that included quite a tale: His to-go box, which included an un-American hamburger ordered so he could participate in the Satanic Islamic ritual of watching the Cowboys game, came with a drawing of a plane about to hit the World Trade Center and "Happy 9/11" on it.)
Note About Bad Dream Mistaken For Bomb Threat On Metra Train (CBS Chicago)
(A man on a Metra train Monday night was only trying to ease his fears about a bad dream he had, but the note he passed to the train conductor was mistaken for a bomb threat. Police in Riverside said the man, who is deaf, had apparently fallen asleep on the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe line train and dreamt it was exploding. When he woke up, he was worried that the dream might come true, and wrote a note to the conductor about it.)
Washington man allegedly asked neighbors to dump a body in their trash (CNN)
(A Tacoma, Washington man who allegedly asked neighbors for permission to dump a dead body in their trash can appeared in court Friday. The man is accused of committing murder with a firearm, according to a court document. CNN is not identifying the man because neither he nor his attorney could be reached for immediate comment.)
Murder suspect happy to dive into jury pool (Times Union)
(A man charged with murder got an unexpected note in the mail -- a jury duty summons for his own trial in Schenectady County Court. On Tuesday morning with his trial set to start, Visiting Schenectady County Judge Richard Giardino wisecracked that the defendant, Derrick C. Smith, told him he was more than willing to be part of the jury pool, and if selected could be fair and impartial.)
World's biggest airport planned (CNN Go)
(London Heathrow Airport has topped the world’s busiest airport list for the past 11 years, but the rank will certainly change when Beijing’s Daxing airport opens. Currently under construction, the new airport will be Beijing’s third airport -- after Beijing Capital International Airport and the semi-military Nanyuan Airport -- and will occupy a total of 54 square kilometers with nine runways.)
Woman won't pay man's game account, he posts nude photo, her email online (Fox Spokane)
(Here's a lesson in thinking twice before you hit "send." Bremerton police were contacted September 4 by a 23-year-old woman from Lexington, S.C. She told police that she was contacting them about a Bremerton man who had posted a nude photo of her on the Internet, the Bremerton Patriot reported.)
Carlisle man accused of eating raw meat at Walmart and putting it back on shelves (Penn Live)
(A Carlisle man is accused of eating raw meat at the borough's Walmart and putting the opened packages back on the shelves. Employees told police they saw Scott T. Shover, 53, of the 100 block of Noble Avenue, eat from several packages without paying about 2:40 p.m. Monday. The meat was valued at $24.53, police said.)
In Britain, some schools banning skirts (LA Times)
(Nailsea School is among a small but growing number of schools that have resorted to what one commentator calls 'the nuclear option' to end students' hemline creep: prohibiting skirts altogether.)
Ten-year-old boy returns to school after summer holidays as a GIRL as 'he believes he is trapped in the wrong body' (Mail Online)
(A boy of ten has returned to school dressed as a girl because he believes he was born the wrong sex, it was revealed yesterday. The year six pupil was born a boy physically but has suffered from gender dysphoria, a disorder that makes a person unhappy with the gender they were born with.)
Content Marketing Inspiration from Kevin Smith (Business 2 Community)
(Could there be a better way to end our inaugural Content Marketing World than with a keynote presentation from Kevin Smith? If you are unfamiliar with Kevin Smith, here’s a great post that explains some of his work. Kevin is not for the faint of heart, but his points were surprisingly relevant to content marketing.)
Kerry Bishe A Late Addition To Ben Affleck's Argo (Cinema Blend)
(Known best for his work on films such as Mallrats and Clerks, director and actor Kevin Smith provided one of the keynote addresses at last week’s Content Marketing World(L). Among the topics Smith discussed were social media marketing and working with passionate content writers. Smith has become one of the best known celebrity tweeters in Kerry Bishé is not an actress you are likely to recognize offhand. She had an impressive thirteen-episode stint on Scrubs and was recently among the cast of Kevin Smith’s controversial Red State. Yet still she is an actress in search of that one big break. According to The Hollywood Reporter, she may get another shot at that break in the Ben Affleck directed Argo. The film tells the dramatic story, based on true events, of how the CIA used a bogus Hollywood film production to smuggle U.S. diplomats out of Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis.)
Glow-in-the-Dark Cat Helps in AIDS Research (Fox NY)
(What do you get when you combine a jellyfish, rhesus macaque and kitten? No, not a stinging monkey mouser. Though it might sound more like science fiction than real research, medical scientists at the Mayo Clinic have combined genes from these three species to produce a glow-in-the-dark cat resistant to feline AIDS. The hope is that the genetically-modified felines will provide further (or furry) insight into autoimmune diseases, including HIV/AIDS, known to affect humans.)
Canadian study blames ocean acidity for mass extinction (Canada.com)
(A Canadian-led team of scientists may have solved the biggest whodunit in Earth history in a study showing that the all-time greatest mass extinction on the planet — which wiped out about 90 per cent of all species 250 million years ago — appears to have been linked to rising levels of ocean acidity. Researchers have long believed that massive volcanic eruptions in present-day Siberia — or possibly a huge meteorite strike — triggered the so-called Permian-Triassic extinction.)
Your face -- and the Web -- can tell everything about you (MSNBC)
(Imagine being able to sit down in a bar, snap a few photos of people and quickly learn who they are, who their friends are, where they live, what kind of music they like ... even predict their Social Security number. Now, imagine you could visit one of those anonymous online dating sites and quickly identify nearly every person there, just from their photos, despite efforts to keep their online romance search a secret. Such technology is so creepy that it was developed, and withheld, by Google — the one initiative that Google deemed too dangerous to release to the world, according to former CEO Eric Schmidt.)
IBM supercomputer Watson to assist doctors (Xenophilius)
(Watson, the television game show-playing supercomputer from IBM, is teaming up with health insurer WellPoint to assist medical professionals in diagnosing and treating patients. IBM and WellPoint announced on Monday they have agreed to develop the first commercial application for the computer which defeated two human champions on the popular television game show “Jeopardy!” in February.”Watson is expected to serve as a powerful tool in the physician’s decision making process,” the New York-based IBM and Indiana-based WellPoint said in a statement.)
New emotion detector can see when we're lying (BBC)
(A sophisticated new camera system can detect lies just by watching our faces as we talk, experts say. The computerised system uses a simple video camera, a high-resolution thermal imaging sensor and a suite of algorithms. Researchers say the system could be a powerful aid to security services.)
Intel brandishes first Google Android tablet (CNET)
(Intel hauled out its first Android tablet running on "Medfield," an upcoming Atom chip for smartphones and tablets, while two executives also chatted about their relationship with Google at the company's developer conference today. The Medfield Atom chip is one of Intel's most power-efficient chip designs--a strict requirement for tablets and smartphones. It contains a single processing core--as opposed to more power-hungry dual-core Atom chips used in Netbooks--and will be available in devices in the first half of 2012.)
Xbox Live coming to Windows 8 (This IS My Next)
(There’s not a lot of detail yet, but Microsoft’s Major Nelson — the longtime face of Xbox Live — has confirmed in a blog post this afternoon that Windows 8 will be getting Xbox Live functionality. After the Metro UI, this would be the second major feature of Windows Phone to make the transition to Windows proper.)
How Much of the Internet Is Porn? Less than You'd Expect (Time)
(The Internet really isn't as pornography-filled as you might think. In fact, according to one expert, only 42,337 of the one million most-trafficked websites online are offering sex-related content, which translates into somewhere around 4% of sites on the Internet.)
Abuse Victims Seek Court Case Against Pope (Time)
(Clergy sex abuse victims upset that no high-ranking Roman Catholic leaders have been prosecuted for sheltering guilty priests have turned to the International Criminal Court, seeking an investigation of the pope and top Vatican cardinals for possible crimes against humanity. The Vatican called the move a "ludicrous publicity stunt.")
The Highest-Paid Man In Entertainment Is... Probably Not Who You'd Guess (Time)
(Forbes has calculated the man in entertainment who made the most bank last year and it's probably not who you think. Beating out producer Jerry Bruckheimer, director Steven Spielberg and all other actors in Hollywood, was a man who combines a little bit of everything (for a whole lot of cash): the writer/producer/director/actor Tyler Perry.)
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