Horror as homeless man's body is found on the school bus (Daily Mail)
(Police were called in when a man's body was discovered inside a school bus. The body of Thomas Milton Lewis was found Monday morning in a bus parked outside High Point Central High School. The female driver saw it shortly before 6am when he was getting ready to pick up students in High Point, North Carolina, on the morning run.)
Man traveled on bus, train before gunshot wound noticed (Washington Examiner)
(A man was shot Sunday morning, but nobody noticed the wound to his chest until he arrived at a church two-and-a-half hours later, the transit agency said. Metro spokesman Dan Stessel said the 53-year-old man remained in a medically induced coma late Monday, and that detectives have not had a chance to interview him. Police described him as having "a cognitive disability.")
Bus workers strike engulfs Greater Cairo (Ahram Online)
(A weeklong strike by public-sector bus drivers was joined on Monday by bus drivers from the Greater Cairo Company, run by the Cairo Transport Authority (CTA), according to Ali Fattouh, strike organiser and head of the independent syndicate for Public Transport Authority (PTA) workers. Air-conditioned CTA buses, which generally serve middle-income Egyptians and students, are more comfortable and in better condition than Cairo's regular public buses.)
School bus wreck in Pakistan kills 32, injures more than 70, officials say (CNN)
(Thirty-two people -- 30 students, a teacher and the bus driver -- were killed and more than 70 others were injured in Pakistan Monday when a bus returning from a school study trip and picnic overturned, officials said. The students' ages ranged from 10 to 15, according to Zahid Saeed, the top government administration official of Rawalpindi region, where the accident occurred.)
Parents React To Bus Driver Arrest (Windham Patch)
(Early this morning, a Windham Middle School bus driver was charged with driving while intoxicated during her morning route. Kimberly Hooley, 50, of Londonderry was arrested in the parking lot of the school after her driving was described as "erratic" by several parents and students on the bus.)
Web-savvy travellers cutting bus waits in Surrey (Elmbridge Guardin)
(Technically-savvy travellers in Surrey are beating queues and rushing for a bus by logging on using their mobile phones. More than 1,000 passengers a month are using Surrey County Council's mobile phone web service to check bus times.)
How Hitler tried to get out of speeding fine by claiming it was his lookalike chauffeur: German archives reveal 1931 ticket (Daily Mail)
(As speeding tickets go it was just one of thousands handed out in the 1930's as the car took over a once provincial Germany and the autobahns opened the country up to the common man. But the man who received it was no ordinary motorist. He was Adolf Hitler, in the driving seat of the Third Reich, and definitely not amused the day he was booked for going too fast in his supercharged Mercedes limousine.)
Busty Mannequin, Barbe-Q, Running For Reading, Ohio Mayor (Huffington Post)
(Sometimes it seems like all politicians are boobs and dummies.Maybe that's a reason why a busty mannequin is a candidate for a Cincinnati suburb, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer's Politics Extra blog. The owner of a Reading barbecue restaurant is urging voters to cast their ballot for the eatery's top-heavy mascot, BarBe-Q, to succeed Mayor Bo Bemmes in the mayoral election in November. according to TV station WCPO.)
Musician Sly Stone Is Homeless, Living in Van in L.A. (Reuters)
(If Sly Stone ever decides to take his show on the road and tour again, at least he won't have to walk far to the van. The Sly & the Family Stone frontman, known for such hits in the lte '60s and early '70s as "Dance to the Music," "Everyday People" and "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)," is currently homeless, and living in a van in Los Angeles' rough-and-tumble Crenshaw district, according to a report co-written by Stone documentarian William Alkema for the New York Post.)
Watch out, Frosty! Inventor gets astonishing U.S. patent granted for building SNOWMEN (Daily Mail)
(There may still be three months until the festive season arrives, but one inventor has received an amazing early Christmas present from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Ignacio Marc Asperas, of Melville, New York, has been granted an astonishing patent for ‘facilitating the construction of a snowman/woman’, five years after he first applied.)
Fish luggage? Bomb squad makes odd find in luggage (AP)
(Police say a bomb squad called to the world's busiest airport found something fishy about the unclaimed luggage at Atlanta's international airport — spicy fish wrapped up in aluminum foil. Baggage handlers going through unclaimed luggage Monday thought something was amiss and called police. Broadcaster WSB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/qXzji6) that the Atlanta Police Department shut down about half of the baggage claim area for an hour and ordered passengers to stand back 200 feet.)
Hiker Inspired By 127 Hours Survives Ordeal (Odd News)
(Amos Richards survived for four days in the desert with a broken leg. Amos Wayne Richards decided to make the trip across Little Blue John Canyon in Utah after being inspired by the Oscar nominated film. [LINK=http://www.127hoursmovie.co.uk/][B]The film[/B][/LINK] is based on the real-life story of climber Aron Ralston who was forced to cut off his own arm to free himself after being trapped by a boulder.)
Cheap dates - How the ‘price’ of sex has dropped to record lows (New York Post)
(In today’s lousy economy, men can take comfort in knowing that there is one sought-after good that is becoming steadily more affordable: sex. Women are jumping into the sack faster and with fewer expectations about long-term commitments than ever, effectively discounting the “price” of sex to a record low, according to social psychologists. More than 25% of young women report giving it up within the first week of dating. While researchers don’t have a baseline to compare it to, interviews they have conducted lead them to believe this is higher than before, which increases the pressure on other women and changes the expectations of men.)
Girl, 3, addicted to eating everything munches through a whole LIGHTBULB (and is also partial to bricks) (Daily Mail)
(A young girl is so addicted to eating harmful objects that she ate an entire lightbulb. Natalie Hayhurst, 3, is at constant risk of poisoning herself because of a rare condition which gives her cravings for inedible objects. In February she nearly died after eating a lightbulb that she tore from a bedroom night-light.)
Alec Baldwin breaks 'SNL' hosting record (Marquee)
(This weekend, Alec Baldwin became the first person to host “Saturday Night Live” 16 times, according to NBC. Baldwin made sure to mention his new record during his monologue opening Saturday’s show, notes New York Magazine. The "30 Rock" star kicked off “SNL”’s 37th season.)
'CORPSE' FOUND ALIVE IN BRAZILIAN MORGUE (Stylist)
(A woman was pronounced dead and sent to a hospital morgue in Brazil - despite being alive and breathing at the time. In a scenario that could have come straight from a horror movie, Rosa Celestrino de Assis, who is in her 60s and suffering from pneumonia, was wrongly pronounced dead by an attending doctor. According to Brazilian daily newspaper O Globo, Rosa was sent to the morgue and spent at least two hours in a body bag.)
10-year-old boy grabs shovel, defends mother, Pasco deputies say (Bay News 9)
(A 10-year-old Pasco County boy came to his mother's rescue Sunday.
According to Bay News 9's partner newspaper the St. Petersburg Times, the boy told deputies Dennis Sullivan was beating his mother at a home on Mosaic Drive in Holiday. The boy ran across the street to where his grandfather lived and grabbed a shovel.)
Dresses Made from 3,000 Yak Nipples Spark Controversy (Oddity Central)
(Fashion designer Rachel Freire has recently been called “sick” by animal rights activists, after she presented a series of creations made from 3,000 yak nipples, at London Fashion Week. And you thought no one could top Lady Gaga’s famous meat dress, right? Well, yak nipples seem a lot more bizarre than some sewn pieces of red meat. 32-year-old Freire, who has previously worked with celebrities like Christina Aguilera and Courtney Love, had her models parading on the catwalk wearing two dresses and bras made from thousands of yak nipples given to her by a tannery.)
Kids say say 'potato,' USDA says 'poh-tay-NO' (Miami Herald)
(Sen. Susan Collins, who hails from Maine's potato country and picked potatoes as a girl, is working to restore some respect for the humble spud, which is on the verge of being virtually banished from the nation's school lunch programs. New guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture would eliminate potatoes altogether from school breakfasts and drastically reduce the amount of potatoes served in lunches.)
Man sexually assaulted girl while wearing Winnie the Pooh costume (Peterborough Examiner)
(A 35-year-old man who sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl while wearing a Winnie the Pooh costume got 90 days in jail Thursday. Ryan Short pleaded guilty in Ontario Court of Justice at an earlier date to two counts of sexual assault.)
Piranha problem takes bite out of Brazilian beach fun (Breit Bart)
(Authorities in a state in Brazil's northeast are scrambling to take the fright and the bite off the beach after piranhas sunk their teeth into about 100 beachgoers, UOL Noticias reported. The problem -- rather fearsome given piranhas' horror-movie teeth and ability to sink them into human flesh -- has been the biggest at the main beach area in Piaui state; authorities said they need to act fast to reduce a piranha overpopulation situation.)
Jerusalem UFO Likely A Hoax Says Israeli TV Report (Huffington Post)
(Videos of an alleged UFO in the skies above Jerusalem that took the Internet by storm in January appear to be a hoax, according to an Israeli television station. The viral videos, filmed from different viewpoints in the city, purportedly depict a glowing, unidentified object that slowly descends from the sky and hovers directly above the Dome of the Rock, an Islamic shrine, at the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem in the early morning of Jan. 28.)
Gay Actress & Girlfriend Escorted Off Plane (Daily Beast)
(First it was actor-director Kevin Smith’s weight; then it was Green Day’s Billy Joe Armstrong’s baggy pants; and now a lesbian actress-musician is claiming she was escorted off a Southwest Airlines aircraft after a flight attendant told her and her girlfriend to stop kissing. Leisha Hailey—an actress from The L Word and member of the band Uh Huh Her—tweeted on Monday that she and her girlfriend of five years, Free City clothing designer Nina Garduno, were told that Southwest is “a ‘family’ airline and kissing was not OK.” Hailey continued, “Since when is showing affection towards someone you love illegal? I want to know what Southwest Airlines considers as ‘family.’)
Kevin Smith - Kevin Smith's Bust-Up With Harvey Weinstein At Premiere (Contact Music)
(Kevin Smith turned on Harvey Weinstein at the unveiling of his new film Red State because the movie mogul was chattering during the screening. Smith's first foray into directing horror films was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January (11) and he was keen to judge the audience's reaction. But the director was forced to shout a foul-mouthed warning at Miramax founder Weinstein less than 10 minutes into the screening because he was "disgusted" by the film boss' distracting chatter.)
Kevin Smith talks Red State! (GQ)
(Sometimes the bright lights of showbusiness are quite literally too much for Kevin Smith. After hours under the harsh glare of studio bulbs, the affable director/writer/comic book enthusiast behind Clerks, Dogma and Chasing Amy is visibly perspiring. "I'm baking under here, man," he says, wiping his brow with the sleeve of his signature "Puck U" hockey shirt, before slumping down on the floor of the Prince Charles Cinema in London's Leicester Square. Temperature extremes aside, he's here to promote Red State, his brilliant new horror-comedy about Christian fanatics. GQ.com picked Smith's thankfully un-fried brain on religious extremists, the best sports movies and his plans to take Clerks to the West End...)
Interview: Kevin Smith, director (Scotsman)
('It's f***ing fun man. At the end of the day, when you've been making flicks for 20 years sometimes you just do things to watch people's expressions change. Or to change your own, just to kick yourself in the f***ing ass." Kevin Smith is jet-lagged. We were supposed to be doing the interview in his hotel bar at tea time, but he changed it to a few hours later and in his room.)
RED STATE Review (Wordpress)
(Bringing his trademark black humour and edge to a politically tinged horror, Kevin Smith’s Red State sees three teenage boys become the victims of a Westbro Baptist Church-like cult. But with the police force experiencing an ethical crisis of its own, the church members aren’t the hostages’ only threat. Michael Perks plays Pastor Abin Cooper, a patriarch who revels in his congregation’s rapt adoration, and whose lengthy sermons are brimming with as much charisma as crazed fundamentalism.)
Kevin Smith Red State Interview (Love Film)
(The director talks about playing around with different genres, and working with Hollywood stars Melissa Leo and John Goodman on his latest project, Red State. The 10th film from writer/director Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Clerks 2, Zack & Miri Make a Porno), Red State unfolds in a small town dominated by a fundamentalist preacher, Abin Cooper. It tells the story of three high school boys who, on their way to an internet arranged meeting with a woman, end up crossing paths with Cooper.)
SILENT BOB STRIKES BACK (Hot press)
(Annointed the critics’ golden boy with his low-budget debut Clerks, actor, director and writer Kevin Smith has since had as many misses as hits. So for his new politically tinged horror Red State, Smith turned his back on Hollywood and distributed the film himself.)
Kevin Smith's Fears For Seth Rogen After Movie Flop
(Contact Music)
(Director Kevin Smith was convinced he had wrecked Seth Rogen's career when their 2008 comedy Zack And Miri Make A Porno flopped. Smith teamed with the Knocked Up funnyman to shoot the film, which centred on two pals aiming to ease their financial woes by breaking into the adult movie market.)
Superhero Sir becomes caped crusader (Kent Online)
(Comic book hero Batman could be seen climbing to the top of a 120ft crane on Saturday, watched in awe by a crowd below. But underneath the caped crusader costume it wasn't millionaire Bruce Wayne - it was the vice-principal of Strood Academy, Derek Fearnley. Mr Fearnley staged the feat to raise money for Guide Dogs for the Blind.)
Why I'm Worried About the Joker in 'Batman: Arkham City' (TIME)
(What you're seeing here is the latest trailer for the upcoming Batman game, due out in just a few short weeks. And, to no one's surprise, the Dark Knight's white-faced archenemy will be in the game, masterfully voiced once more by Mark Hamill. But, the plot points teased in this trailer have me a little worried, because there seem to be hints that The Clown Prince of Crime might wind up being the big bad of Arkham City after all. Very little's been revealed about the storyline in the Bat-sequel, but we know that psychiatrist Hugo Strange is one of the masterminds behind the idea of turning half of Gotham City into a laissez-faire super-prison. In an earlier trailer, the B-list Bat-villain also appears to know that Batman is Bruce Wayne. All of this is consistent with Strange's portrayal in various comic book storylines and the mad doctor even posed as Batman a few times over the years.)
Superman, Batman start over in a bid to entice new readers (News Herald)
(Don’t call it a comeback, Batman’s been here for years – lots of years. The hero and his compatriots, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash and The Green Lantern were all created in comic books in the 1930s and 1940s. DC, the home of hundreds of heroes and villains, has been publishing their adventures continuously ever since.)
Scientists Discover an Organizing Principle for Our Sense of Smell Based On Pleasantness (Science Daily)
(The fact that certain smells cause us pleasure or disgust would seem to be a matter of personal taste. But new research at the Weizmann Institute shows that odors can be rated on a scale of pleasantness, and this turns out to be an organizing principle for the way we experience smell. The findings, which appeared September 26 in Nature Neuroscience, reveal a correlation between the response of certain nerves to particular scents and the pleasantness of those scents. Based on this correlation, the researchers could tell by measuring the nerve responses whether a subject found a smell pleasant or unpleasant.)
The cancer risk in your 'healthy' glass of fruit juice which has so much sugar it could bring on tumours (Daily Mail)
(It's supposed to be the healthy way to start the day. But a glass of juice might not be as beneficial as you think – and could even be harmful.Scientists claim fruit juice contains so much sugar it actually increases the risk of certain cancers, rather than preventing them.)
Did our solar system once harbor an extra planet? (Mother Nature Network)
(A computer simulation has shown that our solar system couldn't have formed without an extra planet. But if that theory is true, what happened to it? A new study based on computer simulations has demonstrated that our solar system might be missing a planet. In fact, without an extra planet, it seems unlikely that our solar system could have formed at all, reports PhysOrg.com.)
Study: coffee may prevent depression in women (KSBY)
(It's the magic elixir of groggy mornings across America. And now, doctors say, coffee may lower the risk for depression in women by as much as 20 percent. Harvard researchers looked at data on more than 50,000 middle-aged women over a 10-year period. Those who drank the most caffeinated coffee -- about 4 to 5 cups a day -- were less likely to be diagnosed and treated for depression.)
Deep Brain Stimulation Studies Show How Brain Buys Time for Tough Choices (Science Daily)
(Take your time. Hold your horses. Sleep on it. When people must decide between arguably equal choices, they need time to deliberate. In the case of people undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's disease, that process sometimes doesn't kick in, leading to impulsive behavior. Some people who receive deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease behave impulsively, making quick, often bad, decisions.)
World's smallest camera goes on sale - is tiny (News Lite)
(Digital cameras seem to be getting smaller and smaller -- but this is just ridiculous. Meet the world's smallest camera! Balancing on the end of a finger it's clear to see the camera is small, however it's still fully functional and boasts a 2 megapixel sensor for photos and video. Measuring just over one inch in all dimensions and weighing only half an ounce, the £65 camera appears to require Lilliputian dexterity, but retailers insist it's easy to use.)
Sexy video clips influence young girls more than boys, study shows (Bizarre News)
(Sexy video clips have a more negative influence on girls than on boys, says Dutch pop professor Tom ter Bogt. Ter Bogt investigated the influence of sexy video clips on the thoughts, behaviour and self-image of 13 to 16 year old children. After viewing the clips, girls felt that outward appearance was more important, they were less satisfied with their own appearance, and they became less resolute in denying permissive sex.)
Will Super Wi-Fi Live Up To Its Name? (Technology Review)
(It's likely that a few years from now, Americans' laptops, smart phones, and other wireless devices will be able to get online using "Super Wi-Fi," a new standard that will increase capacity in places where regular Wi-Fi networks have become overcrowded. The bad news: most people won't be able to use those airwaves to make long-range connections, which was supposed to be the major technological advance that would put the "super" in Super Wi-Fi.)
Virtual monkeys write Shakespeare (BBC)
(A few million virtual monkeys are close to re-creating the complete works of Shakespeare by randomly mashing keys on virtual typewriters. A running total of how well they are doing shows that the re-creation is 99.990% complete.)
Lego Robot iPad Tester Saves You Valuable Finger Energy (Wired)
(There’s no better way to handle a boring, repetitive task than to let a robot do it for you. Except, of course, if it’s a Lego robot. How much cooler can you get than that? (Answer: Not much.) That’s exactly what Pheromone Labs did when they were tasked with manually testing the iPad 2’s camera app 10,000-15,000 times. They used a Lego Mindstorms kit to build what essentially boils down to an automated poking machine.)
MS blames 'software issue' for unjust Xbox bans (TG Daily)
(Microsoft is apologizing for banning numerous Xbox Live accounts because they were inaccurately flagged for illegal activity. In a blog post, Xbox Live Policy and Enforcement head Stephen Toulouse explained that sometimes, as a shortcut to actually investigating users before they are banned, "We use software features on the Xbox itself to help us take action.")
Police Use Pepper Spray on Demonstrators at 'Occupy Wall Street' Protest (TIME)
(A week after this largely peaceful sit-in in New York City's financial district began, the Occupy Wall Street protest turned violent on Saturday when demonstrators clashed with cops, leading to dozens of arrests. Corralled by orange police nets, protesters marched uptown to Union Square, chanting their calls for change while staying within the barriers the police had set. But push turned to shove, and a protest turned to a clash in what seems like a moment.)
Pig Thefts a Byproduct of Spiking Pork Prices (TIME)
(The down economy has fueled theft of all sorts: shoplifting, bank robberies – and even pig heists. According to the Wall Street Journal, around 1,000 pigs have been stolen from Iowa and Minnesota farms in recent months. Thieves work under the cover of night, supposedly loading hogs into trailers and driving off. They are driving miles down dirt roads and bypassing deadbolts on doors to snatch the plump piglets. In August, 594 pigs were stolen from a single Minnesota farm – a heist that surely took more than one return trip. "Whoever did it is certainly livestock-savvy," detective Kent Bauman said.)
A Better Way to Treat Obsessive-Compulsive Kids (TIME)
(Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can be a nasty enough condition when it strikes an adult. When it hits in childhood it's far crueler. Not only are kids unequipped to understand what's happening to them, they are also being denied what should be the best — or at least most worry-free — years of their lives. That's one of the reasons that attentive parents move to treat the condition fast, and that often means drug therapy, which seems like the most direct — and certainly least expensive — way to get the job done.)
5 people found dead in rural Franklin Co. (Wish TV)
( Multiple people were found dead at two homes near Laurel Sunday afternoon, and police have a lot of questions about what happened. At a press conference in Brookville, police said that a total of five people were found dead in two different locations in the rural Franklin County town.)
Doritos creator dies in Dallas at 97 (CHRON)
(Arch West, a retired Frito-Lay marketing executive credited with creating Doritos as the first national tortilla chip brand, has died in Dallas at age 97. A statement issued by the West family says he died on Tuesday at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.)
Charlie Sheen makes peace with "Two and a Half Men" (CNN)
(The $100 million lawsuit spurred by Charlie Sheen's dramatic firing from his hit CBS TV sitcom earlier this year has been settled "to the parties' mutual satisfaction," Warner Bros. Television and Sheen's attorney said Monday. Warner Bros. and producer Chuck Lorre fired Sheen from "Two and a Half Men" in March, after a two-week public meltdown by the star that included attacks on Lorre.)
(This isn't what they mean by playing footsie. Police arrested a man known as the "Toe Suck Fairy" for allegedly harassing Arkansas women by talking about his attraction to their feet this month. More than 10 years after he attained local infamy for sucking women's toes and threatening to amputate their feet, Michael Wyatt, 50 was behind bars again after two women claimed he asked to slurp on their digits, according to Conway Police Department Spokeswoman LaTresha Woodruff.)
It's RED STATE week in Canada. Paint the Great White North...RED.
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