School-bus driver who fell ill accuses pupils of lying (New Zealand Herald)
(An 82-year-old school bus driver helped by passengers when he fell ill says he is a victim of false allegations after he ordered children off the bus. Peter Brown says he has lost interest in driving after the drama on Tuesday in which he was helped by schoolchildren to shift the gears and work the handbrake.)
Man hit at bus stop with Fender Guitar (KXAN)
(According to an arrest affidavit released Thursday, Austin police officers who responded to a disturbance said they saw a man with a guitar, and an amp with a box, lying in the grass near an East Austin grocery story. The man later identified as Miles Curtis Rhea, 61, was seen by several witnesses fighting with a man near the bus stop, located at 2426 E Riverside Drive.)
Driver in Deadly Bus Crash Knew He Was Dangerously Tired (New York Times)
(When Ophadell Williams climbed behind the wheel of a bus to drive to New York City from a Connecticut casino, prosecutors said on Thursday, he knew that he lacked a valid driver’s license and enough sleep. The trip in March ended in a thunderous crash on Interstate 95 in the Bronx that killed 15 of Mr. Williams’s passengers.)
Police eye charges against bus driver in fatal TTC crash (Globe and Mail)
(Toronto Police Traffic Services are to meet with the Crown next Wednesday to discuss whether to lay charges against the driver of the TTC bus involved in a fatal crash Tuesday, whom they allege had marijuana in his possession. Detective Carl Andersen would not comment on the nature of the charges or whether the bus driver or the driver of the truck would be charged, but he said police found drugs – suspected to be marijuana – within the belongings of the bus driver several hours after the crash.)
Bus driver hits Fox with assault charges (Arizona Republic)
(The Cleveland party-bus driver who says former "Lost" actor Matthew Fox hit her right in the dharma has filed assault charges. Prosecutors tell CNN that Heather Bormann filed paperwork Tuesday against Fox; she says he struck her breast and crotch area after she told him he couldn't board the private bus.)
Bus accident in eastern Pakistan kills 7 (Channel 6)
(At least seven people were killed and several others were injured when a passenger bus collided head-on with an oncoming truck in eastern Pakistan, police said on early Friday morning. The accident happened on Thursday near Faisalabad, located in Pakistan's Punjab province, when a bus carrying eleven people struck an oncoming truck. The bus was reportedly heading towards Faisalabad.)
Bus tires slashed in Dane County (WRN)
(It was a rough start to the school year for students in eastern Dane County. The Dane County Sheriff’s Department says the tires on 16 school buses were slashed sometime overnight, just as kids were getting ready for the first days of school on Thursday. The buses serve students in Cambridge and Deerfield, which did not cancel classes. Cambridge Superintendent Bernie Nikolay say parents were asked to find other ways to get their kids to school.)
Mother accused of assaulting JCPS bus driver is sentenced (WDRB)
(A mother who admitted assaulting a JCPS bus driver, Johnetta Anderson, over her child being bullied, was sentenced to five years probation and thirty days in Metro Corrections. That time will be served only on weekends. Chesica White said in court, "I would like to apologize to Miss Johnetta Anderson for, you know, pulling her off the bus and, you know, and making things hectic for both of us.")
Kindergartener, Dropped Off At Wrong Bus Stop, Has Traumatic First Day (Huffington Post)
(Flaws in the oversight of a south suburban school district's bus route caused a Richton Park 5-year-old to have a traumatic first day of kindergarten. Kadir Randle was delivered to the wrong stop on his ride home from Illinois School in Park Forest Tuesday afternoon, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. His mother, Chiqueta Harris, was waiting at the correct stop between Euclid and Brighton Lanes and began to panic after a half hour of waiting with no sign of her son.)
7.1 quake strikes off Alaska (CNN)
(An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck Friday off the coast of Alaska, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake was 6.2 miles deep - a relatively shallow temblor capable of causing damage.)
Alligator tries to drag 90-year-old woman into a Florida canal (CNN)
(An 8-foot-long alligator sank its teeth into a 90-year-old woman's leg and tried to drag her into a canal in southern Florida, a spokeswoman for the state's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said. Margaret Webb was walking in her flooded yard Wednesday in rural Copeland, Florida, about 80 miles west of Miami, when the alligator lunged at her and grabbed her by her left leg, commission spokeswoman Gabriella Ferraro said.)
Logger says cut off toes to free himself (Reuters)
(A western Colorado logger said on Wednesday that he amputated all the toes on his right foot with a pocket knife to free himself after a 7-ton trailer landed on his foot, trapping him in an isolated forest.)
Headless remains of infamous bandit Ned Kelly found (Colorado Springs Gazette)
(The headless remains of Australia's most infamous criminal, Ned Kelly, have been identified, officials said Thursday, ending a decades-long mystery surrounding the whereabouts of the folk hero's body. Kelly, who led a gang of bank robbers in Australia's southern Victoria state in the 19th century, was hanged in 1880. His final resting place was unknown, though it was long suspected his body lay alongside 33 other executed inmates in a mass grave at a prison.)
Father of the Bride dies after altercation with pastor (Globe and Mail)
(Police in Decatur County said a man upset over the seating arrangement at his daughter's wedding died after an altercation with the pastor. According to WSMV in Nashville, officers were called twice to Amazing Grace Ministries over the weekend because of a disagreement between the two men. Police said the father of the bride was upset over the seating arrangement at the wedding.)
Hundreds of panties turn up along road (AZ Central)
(Authorities in central Ohio are trying to solve a panties puzzle: why hundreds of pairs of mostly women's underwear were dumped along the side of a road. Fairfield County Deputy Gary Hummel said Thursday the undergarments were found in trees and on hillsides in several spots this week on a road in Berne Township, about 30 miles southeast of Columbus.)
Man set fire because stripper wife didn’t make enough money (WLSAM)
(A Merrillville man has been charged with allegedly setting fire to a Merrillville motel room because he was upset his wife hadn’t made more money at a strip club, and then assaulting another woman who tried to intervene. Londray Robinson Jr., 28, of the 100 block of Pinewood Drive, has been charged with arson and battery in a June 19 fire at America’s Best Value Inn, 8250 Louisiana St. Firefighters were called at about 10 a.m. and found heavy smoke coming from room 114, which had been rented by Robinson’s wife the previous night.)
Victoria office workers go to hospital after unwittingly eating pot brownies (Times Colonist)
(Coffee break brought on more than a caffeine buzz for some Victoria office workers who unwittingly nibbled marijuana-laden brownies this week. Victoria police said they received a call Monday of a possible poisoning at a downtown office building on Vancouver Street. Three employees, all at once, had been taken to hospital with similar symptoms, including light-headedness, numbness in the limbs and disorientation.)
Unsupervised 10 year old should not ride bike to school (Tri Cities)
(The Elizabethton Police Department and a local mother are at odds over the safety of her ten-year-old daughter. The girl rides her bike to and from Harold McCormick School every day -- one mile each way. Investigators contacted Child Protective Services last week. They think the route is dangerous. The mother, Teresa Tryon, says she knows what's best for her child.)
Ottawa man faces charges after spray-painting his name on the Grand Canyon (Ottawa Citizen)
(An Ottawa man is facing two charges after spray-painting his name in red letters on a prominent, culturally significant, often-photographed rock face in the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona on Monday. According to a United States District Court complaint filed by National Park Service Park Ranger David Robinson, the man admitted that he tossed the used can of spray-paint into the Grand Canyon after a tour leader and other bystanders began yelling at him.)
Swedish Man Arrested for Trying to Shoot Down UFOs (Fox Boston)
(A Swedish man has been charged with firing gunshots into the night sky in what he told police was an attempt to thwart an alien invasion, The Local Sweden reported Thursday. The 23-year-old grabbed his pistol after becoming convinced UFOs were circling his apartment in Dalarna, central Sweden.)
Matt Hardy in suicide ‘joke’ (The Sun)
(FEARS grew for the wellbeing of wrestler Matt Hardy after he posted a 'joke' suicide note online — saying that he intended to kill himself. The former WWE and TNA star wrote the chilling message on his Twitter and YouTube accounts late on Tuesday.)
Madonna's Sex is most wanted out-of-print book (News Lite)
(Sex, the explicit 1992 coffee-table picture book by Madonna is the most wanted out-of-print book in America, it's been found. Online search engine BookFinder.com each year compiles a list of the 100 most requested and wanted out-of-print titles.)
Germany’s runaway cow tracked down after months on the run (Toronto Star)
(A cow named Yvonne whose escape kept a corner of Bavaria on tenterhooks has turned herself in after three months on the run. The Gut Aiderbichl animal sanctuary, which now owns the errant bovine, said Thursday that a farmer had called to say Yvonne had shown up on her farm in the Muehldorf area, near the Austrian border. One of the sanctuary’s employees was able to confirm Yvonne’s identity with the help of her ear tag.)
Domino's Japan CEO Announces Plans to Open Outlet on Moon (Ad Age)
(Domino's Pizza in Japan plans to build the first fast-food outlet on the moon, revealed the pizza maker's president in Japan, Scott K. Oelkers. The affable Mr. Oelkers appears in a full spacesuit, customized with a Domino's patch, and displays a big picture of the Moon Branch Project he describes in an intro video on a dedicated site for the project.)
Man With Erection Problem Arrested For Robbery (Fox NY)
(A man suffering from a condition called priapism -- which causes painful erections that can last for hours -- was busted for allegedly trying to steal money from his father to buy painkillers he hoped would grant him relief, the NY Post reported Thursday. David Miller, 30, was so hard up for drugs that he allegedly broke into dad Tommy's place on Manhattan's Upper East Side Aug. 23, pulled a knife and snarled, "I want you out, and I want money.")
Tom Jones Released from Hospital (People)
(Legendary Welsh singer Tom Jones has been released from a Monte Carlo hospital, where he was treated for dehydration. "Sir Tom was released from hospital [Tuesday] and is now in very good health," said a rep for the 71-year-old entertainer.)
Dire Straits' song deemed fit for Canadian radio (CBC)
(A Canadian broadcast watchdog ruled Wednesday that a homosexual slur in Dire Straits’ hit song Money for Nothing may be inappropriate, but suggested that the term should be taken in context of the overall tune. The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council also suggested that individual radio stations could make their own decisions on whether the song was acceptable for their viewing audience and should make their own decisions about which version of the 1985 classic hit it should play.)
Cher Defends Transgendered Son From 'Stupid Bigots' (Rolling Stone)
(On Twitter, Cher has slammed the "stupid bigots" who have criticized the casting of her transgender son, Chaz Bono, on Dancing with the Stars. "lovelies! Chaz is Being Viciously Attacked on Blogs & Message boards about being on DWTS! This is Still America right ? It took guts 2 do it," the singer wrote yesterday, rallying support for her son. "I support him no matter what he chooses 2do!")
AMC Greenlights Kevin Smith, Workplace Security Reality Series (Hollywood Reporter)
(AMC has given the green light to a pair of unscripted reality series. The first, Secret Stash, hails from executive producer Kevin Smith and will be set in the Clerks scribe’s Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash comic book store in New Jersey. AMC has ordered six hourlong episodes and set a first quarter 2012 launch.)
Kevin Smith Opens His ‘Secret Stash’ in New AMC Series (New York Times)
(After many months of behind-the-scenes drama on its costly scripted drama series, AMC, the cable home of “Mad Men,” “Breaking Bad” and “The Walking Dead,” said on Thursday that it was moving forward on two new reality programs – shows that will presumably be easier on the channel’s pocketbook and won’t result in as many backstage headaches.)
AMC greenlights Kevin Smith unscripted series (Real Screen)
(AMC is moving forward with two unscripted projects, including one exec produced by filmmaker Kevin Smith (Clerks, Dogma, Chasing Amy). Smith joins Charlie Corwin’s Original Media (LA Ink, Miami Ink, Swamp People) and Elyse Seiden (Smith’s latest, Red State) as exec producers for Secret Stash, a 6 x 60-minute series set in the director’s New Jersey comic book shop.)
Kevin Smith's Secret Stash Showcased In A New AMC Series (Cinema Blend)
(The unscripted series following the inner workings of Kevin Smith’s comic shop Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash is officially a go. AMC announced the news that the series has been greenlit and should make its way to the small screen early on in 2012. Word got out about the potential series months ago, and today, AMC made the official announcement, stating that Secret Stash (working title), which takes place in the comic book store will consist of six episodes. The series will not only focus on the store, but also attempt to capture “fanboy culture.”)
Red State Theatrical Release: 1 Night Only in Canada (HorrorMovies.ca)
(Phase 4 Films, in partnership with Cineplex Entertainment’s Front Row Centre Events, is pleased to announce an exclusive one night presentation of acclaimed indie director Kevin Smith’s controversial thriller RED STATE on Thursday, September 29 at 7:00 p.m. local time. The film will be shown exclusively at 37 Cineplex Entertainment theatres across Canada. Tickets go on sale Friday, September 2 at participating theatre box offices and at www.cineplex.com/events.)
(SHAMELESS BUS DRIVER PLUG: Not quite 1 night only in Canada. Ottawa's own Mayfair Theatre, the place that plays stuff you won't see anywhere else, has Red State for 4 days!)
Kevin Smith's "Red State" hits OnDemand this week (IFC)
(After almost five years of hype, controversy, and spectacle, Kevin Smith's "Red State" will finally get its public release this week, bringing the veteran filmmaker's terrifying tale of religious zealotry to audiences outside the festival circuit.)
Kevin Smith’s Red State Debuts on VOD (Web Pro News)
(Normally, movies are first released to the masses via theaters, and no, this does not include the straight-to-DVD fare, either. This is especially true if the movie in question has any amount of buzz to it, something director/actor/writer Kevin Smith is accustomed to.)
Kevin Smith, Burned Out? (Daily Beast)
(After lashing out at critics and freaking out at film fests, the indie upstart says he’s retiring from movies. Chris Lee reports on the director’s topsy-turvy last few years and whether pot smoking has derailed his career.)
Red State Review (Film Critic)
(What is Red State? Is it an anti-God movie? Meh, yes and no. Anti-Christian? Depends on the Christian, it turns out. Anti-sex? Well, it's a Kevin Smith move, so maybe not that, although in the great horror tradition, hanky-panky is the ultimate harbinger of death. Anti-government? You wouldn't think it till towards the end, but yeah. It kind of is.)
Kevin Smith Talks 'Red State,' Bruce Willis and Why He Doesn't Want to Do This Interview (Movie Phone)
(What was supposed to be a 15-minute interview with Kevin Smith turned into a far-reaching conversation that lasted over an hour (yes, we even discussed the talk of a possible Boba Fett movie). Smith is promoting 'Red State,' a film he does not want to be promoting and, in turn, he makes it clear that he doesn't really want to be talking to the likes of me. Up to this point, Smith has self-distributed 'Red State' -- taking his horror film, and himself, on a tour of theaters nationwide. But now, 'Red State' is being released onto video on demand this weekend and his new distributor would like him to talk to the press about the film. So here we are!)
Kevin Smith on Boba Fett, 'The Empire Strikes Back,' Retirement and Smoking Pot with Seth Rogen (Movie Phone)
(For part two of our conversation with Kevin Smith, things took a much lighter -– if not haphazard –- tone. Actually, yes, "haphazard" is a good way to describe the second half of this conversation. Moving away from the topic of his new film, 'Red State,' and his defense the 'Red State' Sundance auction (you can read part one here) the topics at hand became: 'The Empire Strikes Back,' 'Green Lantern,' 'Jerry Maguire,' 'X-Men,' the possibility of a Joe Johnston directed Boba Fett movie and Smith's own retirement after his next two-part film, 'Hit Somebody.' Oh, also, Smith reveals the inspiration for the last three years of his career: Seth Rogen. Actually, more specifically... smoking pot with Seth Rogen.)
The Bionic Man #1 (The Out Housers)
(My formative years growing up were just past the time that 'The Six Million Dollar Man' was a hit on TV. I've seen my fair share of episodes, but I was very young when I saw most of them. I know who Steve Austin is, and I can still hear the "Na-na-na-na-na-na" when he uses his abilities. With that said, I had some idea of the base concept going in to review The Bionic Man #1.)
Riddles and Penguins and Cats and Bats: Just Another Night in Arkham City (Kotaku)
(Of all the things that Batman: Arkham Asylum had going for it—and there were a lot of them—my favorite thing was the Riddler challenges. Placed throughout the game, these optional side-challenges ran the gamut from extremely easy to borderline impossible, and provided a welcome incentive to go off the path and explore.)
‘Batman: Arkham City’ To Have Fourth Playable Character? (Game Rant)
(With as long and expansive a game as Batman: Arkham City seems to be, it’s no surprise that developer Rocksteady Studios has gotten in the habit of giving new information on an almost daily basis. But even with the onslaught of details and behind-the-scenes looks, recent reports seem to imply that the developers are keeping at least one more playable character in Arkham City under wraps. But for how much longer?)
The Batman Factor: Why Batman is the ultimate Badass (Comic Book Movie)
(The DC universe reboot is upon us. This means mostly everything we know and have come to love (or hate) is now either gone or reinvented. So with a fond farewell, I'd like to bring attention to why Batman has become one of the greatest badasses to live in this generation.)
Tom Hardy: ‘I’m going to fail as Bane in The Dark Knight Rises’ (Metro UK)
(The actor, 33, predicted that fans of the comic book would be disappointed in his portrayal of the genetically enhanced villain. He told CineMovie: 'So many people love him and when you step into that role - you are going to fail. And be judged.' Hardy previously admitted that he didn't need asking twice when director Christopher Nolan came calling while he was shooting This Means War.)
TCatwoman 'dream role' for Hathaway (AP)
(Anne Hathaway has revealed that playing Catwoman is a childhood dream come true. The One Day star plays the feline superhero in the third and final instalment of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises. "It was [my dream]. When I started off, with my first role in The Princess Diaries, one of the questions people kept asking me again and again was 'Did you grow up dreaming about being a princess?' And the truth was, no, I want to be Catwoman," she said.)
Blogger Wants To Become Batman, You Can Help! (Geeks of Doom)
(A Kickstarter account for a project called This Batman Life hit was launched this week that will give blogger Geoffrey Brett Williams an experience that many Batman fans like myself have wanted to do for quite some time. Becoming Batman.)
Breastfeeding tied to kids' brainpower (Reuters)
(In a new study from the UK, kids who were breastfed as babies had higher scores on tests of vocabulary and reasoning at age five than those who weren't breastfed. Breastfeeding seemed to make the biggest difference for babies who were born early and therefore had more catching up to do in their brain development.)
Underground river discovered beneath Amazon (MSNBC)
(An underground river has now been discovered beneath the mighty Amazon River, flowing miles below the surface. Scientists detected this river after they analyzed data from 241 wells that Brazilian oil company Petrobras drilled in the Amazon region in the 1970s and 1980s. The river was unofficially named the Hamza by scientists at Brazil's National Observatory in honor of their colleague, geophysicist Valiya Hamza.)
Scientists Could Have Artificial Meat Within a Year (Fox Boston)
(Scientists are on the verge of growing artificial meat in laboratories without the need for animal slaughter, according to a report cited Thursday by The Herald Sun -- with one expert predicting a stem cell sausage might be just six months away. Researchers say the advent of "pain-free" meat produced from stem cells could save millions of animals from the abattoir and help the environment through substantially reduced energy, land and water use.)
9/11 firefighters have higher cancer risk (Reuters)
(Male firefighters who were exposed to toxic dust and smoke from the 9/11 attacks on New York's World Trade Center have a 19 percent higher risk of getting cancer of all kinds than colleagues who were not exposed, U.S. researchers said Thursday.)
High cost of insomnia may be a wake-up call (USA Today)
(Lost sleep costs the average American worker 11.3 days, or $2,280, in lost productivity each year, and the total cost to the nation is $63.2 billion annually, a new study says. Researchers analyzed information about sleep habits and work performance from 7,428 workers who took part in Harvard Medical School's American Insomnia Study survey in 2008-09.)
Humans Shaped Stone Axes 1.8 Million Years Ago: Advanced Tool-Making Methods Pushed Back in Time (Science Daily)
(A new study suggests that Homo erectus, a precursor to modern humans, was using advanced toolmaking methods in East Africa 1.8 million years ago, at least 300,000 years earlier than previously thought. The study, recently published in Nature, raises new questions about where these tall and slender early humans originated and how they developed sophisticated tool-making technology.)
Federal agents now using Urban Dictionary to bust criminals (Nerve)
(Federal agents have arrested an Indiana man, Justin Kemble, on a pair of felony charges after Kemble threatened a man from a local gun store who reported Kemble to the ATF. Kemble — rather stupidly, it should be said — came into the Midwest Gun Exchange and asked one of the employees if it was a problem that his gun's serial number was filed off. (Um, yes. And why point it out?) The employee told his boss, his boss told the feds, and Kemble lost his illegal firearm that he pretty much surrendered, for some reason. But was Kimble okay with this? No! And like all people who want to stay out of trouble, he decided to go on a Facebook posting spree, starting off with "ATF just took 1 of my guns :(." Sad face, indeed.)
Is a nuclear-powered car in our future? (CNET)
(As a design exercise to show what a vehicle capable of lasting 100 years without maintenance could look like, Cadillac debuted at the 2009 Chicago Auto Show its World Thorium Fueled concept car powered by nuclear energy. While the vehicle didn't contain a working thorium-fueled nuclear reactor, one researcher says that the technology is within our reach.)
Elephant In Thailand Gets New Prosthetic Leg (Huffington Post)
(A 50-year-old elephant in Thailand who lost her left front leg a few years ago is now kicking it up with a new prosthetic. The elephant, named Motala, lost the appendage in 1999 after she accidentally stepped on a land mine left over from the ongoing conflicts along the Thai-Myanmar border, according to CNET.com. At the time, she had been a working elephant who moved trees for a living, and was simply foraging for food in the forest when the accident occurred.)
Massage device recalled after strangling user (CNET)
(Let's all be thankful that the pictured woman enjoying her Shoulderflex isn't wearing a necklace or much in the way of clothing, and also that her hair is tied neatly atop her head. It turns out that necklaces, clothing, and hair have the potential to turn that peaceful look on her face into something else entirely.)
Free DLC for 'Red Dead Redemption' debuts Sept. 13 (USA Today)
(Rockstar Games will release a free download for its successful Western-themed game Red Dead Redemption on Sept. 13. The DLC for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 features new multiplayer characters pulled from the single-player story as well as new locations for modes such as Gold Rush, Shootout and Stronghold.)
Tsunami Warning for Alaska's Aleutians (Time)
(A tsunami warning is in effect for parts of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake was recorded in the ocean. The USGS says the earthquake struck in the waters at about 6:55 a.m. Eastern, and there are no initial reports of injuries or damage.)
Fla. Family Charged in $40 Million Scam (Time)
(Rose Marks and her family of fortunetellers offered hope, but prosecutors said it came with a steep price. The Florida family claimed to confer with gods, spirits and even Michael the Archangel to cure diseases and break curses, asking for and accepting jewelry, gold coins and luxury cars in return.)
Ill. Woman Killed Children with Shotgun (Time)
(An Illinois woman suspected in the shotgun deaths of her two youngest children was arrested in Missouri after allegedly hitting three pedestrians with her car near St. Louis' Gateway Arch, Illinois State Police said Thursday.)
The PC Isn't Dying — It's Just Evolving (Time)
(On Aug. 12, the IBM PC — the classic machine from which all modern Windows computers descend — turned 30. IBM's Mark Dean, who helped engineer the original PC, commemorated the anniversary by congratulating his company for having abandoned the PC business back in 2005. He declared that we live in a "post-PC era" and said his main machine now is a tablet. Some celebration!)
9/11 Coloring Book Sparks Outrage From Muslim Group (Time)
(It's not your average coloring book that depicts the burning Twin Towers and the killing of Osama bin Laden. We Shall Never Forget 9/11: The Kids' Book of Freedom does just that, and much more, in an attempt to "educate." But some U.S. Muslims are expressing anger over the book, claiming that it characterizes all Muslims as linked to terrorism.)
12 killed in NW Pakistan suicide bombing, ambush (APF)
(A total of 12 people were killed in a suicide car bombing and a separate ambush on a vehicle in troubled northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, police and officials said. The two attacks took place as Pakistan celebrated the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan and is one of the most important occasions in the Islamic calendar.)
British military cadet dies after skydiving collision (The Mirror)
(A British military cadet who died after a skydiving accident in America has been named as Henry Whitworth, a member of the London University Officer Training Corps. Mr Whitworth, 22, who was named locally today, is believed to be from London. He was doing adventure training with the University Officer Training Corps in southern California when the parachute accident happened on Friday.)
Belak’s death pushes NHL to investigate off-ice tragedies (Globe and Mail)
(The National Hockey League and its players’ union are promising to investigate off-ice deaths and examine ways to support players during and after their careers, as the hockey world reels from the second suicide of a tough guy in less than three weeks.)
Lucasfilm changes original Star Wars trilogy again (CNET)
(Obi-Wan Kenobi may have been jolted out of his bed this morning by the millions of voices complaining about rumored changes to the original trilogy in the Star Wars Blu-ray collection, which will be available on September 16. Entertainment blogger Devin Faraci was first to confirm with several sources that there will be several adjustments to the classic sci-fi movies: one for the original "Star Wars" (Episode IV), and two in "Return of the Jedi" (Episode VI). The New York Times has confirmed with Lucasfilm that changes are happening. To add even more fuel to the fire, there is video.)
New Jersey town reeling from Irene (Aljazeera)
(The death toll is now 46 in 13 states hit by Irene, having dumped more then 20 centimetres of rain in some areas - enough to trigger widespread flooding in inland places that had braced mostly for wind damage. One of the worst hit areas is northern Vermont - lashed with significant amounts of rain as rivers burst their banks, wiping out roads and cutting off 13 towns.)
Obama condemns 'reprehensible' Mexico attack (Google)
(US President Barack Obama on Friday condemned the "reprehensible" attack in Mexico in which suspected drug cartel members torched a crowded casino, killing 52 people. "I strongly condemn the barbaric and reprehensible attack in Monterrey, Mexico yesterday," Obama, who is on vacation in Massachusetts, said in a written statement.)
Vancouver police lost control before the puck dropped, riot report finds (Toronto Star)
(Vancouver police were overwhelmed and underprepared the night of the Stanley Cup final and lost control of the crowds before the game even began, a report has found. But the independent review, released Thursday, also said that no number of officers would have been enough to stop the thousands of young, drunk fans from rioting.)
MANY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS FOR DANIEL SEDIN FOLLOWING GAME 7 LOSS (TSN)
(It was a short summer for training, but a long few months for Daniel Sedin to deal with the pain and frustration of losing in the Stanley Cup final. The Vancouver Canuck forward says it still hurts to think about his team's 4-0 loss to the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the NHL final.)
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