Bus Camera Confirms Accusations (WJTV)
(A former Clinton school bus driver, charged with inappropriately touching a fifth grader, is out on bond tonight. His bond was set at 100-thousand dollars. We’re told 69-year-old Shepard Havens was in Hinds County court this morning facing four counts of gratification of lust and one count of sexual battery. Investigators say the girl’s parents contacted authorities Friday claiming that Havens had inappropriate sexual contact with their daughter. The district placed him on unpaid leave and he resigned Monday.)
Students jostled in school bus mishap (Inside Halton)
(Ten students from Milton’s Escarpment View Public School were taken to hospital, Wednesday afternoon, after their school bus was involved in a minor collision in Oakville. Police said the bus, which was carrying 42 Grade 3 and 4 students coming back from a cross-country meet in Burlington, was proceeding north on Bronte Road and was just south of the QEW when the vehicle in front of it stopped suddenly for a red light causing the bus to brake heavily and swerve to avoid a rear end collision.)
School bus searched after gun incident (Wood TV)
(Police searched a Portage Public Schools bus Thursday morning after receiving a report of a possible armed student onboard. No gun was found, and the bus was cleared and took the students to their high school.)
School Buses Now Can Take Photos of Passing Cars (KIMA TV)
(A new state law may make it easier to catch drivers who neglect school bus stop signs. The law allows school districts to voluntarily install automated camera systems on school buses. The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction is revising its School Bus Specifications Manual to include the new law.)
Fan Builds Six-by-Six Foot LEGO Model of Star Wars Scene (Oddity Central)
(Jay Hoff, an American school teacher from Florida, has spent six months of his life building a large-scale LEGO model of a scene from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. The first time Jay encountered LEGO was in 1973, when he found a biplane in a Burger King lunchbox, and he’s been fascinated with the little plastic bricks since then. He’s also a is fan of Star Wars and has collected a lot of the Star Wars LEGO kits that started coming out in the early 90s, but his personal creation is cooler than any standard kit ever launched. )
Dress made out of nipples! (Daily Bhaskar)
(The fashion designers seem to have come of age and it’s not the cloth that catches their fancy anymore, but they are now experimenting with animal meat. And, recently a dress made from 3,000 cow and yak nipples has caused uproar among animal rights activists and politicians. Created from the patches ofcattle hide recovered from tanneries, the provocative piece called Nippleocalypse was revealed at the London Fashion Week spring/summer collection 2012 by British designer Rachel Freire.)
Montrealer walks around the world in 11 years (Yahoo)
(A 56-year-old Montreal man looking to shake off a mid-life depression walked around the world in 11 years, returning this week to Canada, looking radiant after realizing a dream. A bit thinner and with a few more gray hairs, Jean Beliveau was pushing a three-wheel stroller that carried his sleeping bag, clothes and a first aid kit when AFP caught up with him 290 kilometers (180 miles) west of Montreal.)
Stella Noble, 10-Year-Old Girl, Climbs Longs Peak Mountain (Huffington Post)
(Stella Noble is believed to be the youngest person to ever scale the 2,000 foot sharply cut vertical face on Longs Peak in Colorado. "I love to climb," Noble told the Colorado Daily. "So I thought it would be cool if I camped there overnight and got to climb in the morning.")
Woman tries to set self on fire after 5-car crash (CBC)
(A woman tried to light herself on fire after fleeing a five-vehicle collision in north Toronto, police say. The woman, who was one of the drivers involved in the crash on Bayview Avenue north of Sheppard Avenue, wandered away from the scene of the wreck and into a stranger's home nearby. She then approached the oven and used gas burners and a lighter inside the home to try to set herself alight, investigators said.)
Mass. cat with 2 faces lives 12 years, sets record (AP)
(Frank and Louie the cat was born with two faces, two mouths, two noses, three eyes — and lots of doubts about his future. Now, 12 years after Marty Stevens rescued him from being put to sleep because of his condition, the exotic blue-eyed rag doll cat is not only thriving but has made it into the 2012 Guinness Book of World Records as the longest surviving member of a group known as Janus cats, named for a Roman god with two faces.)
Shark severely injures man near Cape Town (CNN)
(A British man was severely injured in an attack by a great white shark while swimming this week near Cape Town, South Africa. Michael Cohen, 43, lost his right leg and suffered injuries to his left foot in Wednesday's incident near Fish Hoek Beach. He was in critical condition and under heavy sedation in an intensive care unit on Thursday.)
Fargo brewery unveils its first beer: Wood Chipper (Twin Cities)
(First there was Fargo, the movie. Now there's Fargo, the beer. Four native sons are hoping that the name recognition generated from the 15-year-old Coen brothers flick will help launch their fledgling brewing company in North Dakota's largest city. Their first beer is called Wood Chipper, a whimsical reference to the famous prop from the movie. "We probably won't go with that sort of tongue-in-cheek movie reference for all of our beers," said Chris Anderson, brew master of the Fargo Beer Co. "We just thought it was just a great way to start out.")
Virginia Girl Gets Alcohol Poisoning After Ingesting Hand Sanitizer at School (My Fox DC)
(A young girl in Prince William County was rushed to the hospital with alcohol poisoning after drinking hand sanitizer in her second grade classroom. The girl's father is outraged and says there are still questions about what exactly happened. It happened at Neabsco Elementary School in Dale City Tuesday afternoon at the end of the school day. A Prince William County Police Detective will investigate this incident.)
Baa, baa, woof? Barking sheep thinks he’s a dog (Yahoo)
(A six-month-old sheep named Jack is becoming a bit of an online celebrity. Rescued by a farmer shortly after birth, he was raised alongside a springer spaniel. Jack tries to herd other sheep. He barks. He fetches sticks. He jumps on his hind legs. He even dons a collar and lead when going for walks with his nine-year-old canine friend Jesse and their owner at Adderley Wharf Farm in Shopshire, England.)
Shackleton Antarctic expedition biscuit sells for £1,250 (BBC)
(A 104-year-old biscuit taken by Sir Ernest Shackleton on his Antarctic expedition in 1907 has sold for £1,250 at auction. The biscuit, among the supplies taken on Shackleton's Nimrod expedition, was made by Huntley & Palmer's. The Reading-based company also provided energy biscuits to Captain Robert Scott for his Discovery expedition in 1901.)
(SUBMITTED BY @Fitzman73)Face tattoos help ID suspect who fled during traffic stop (AZ Family)
(A man was arrested after fleeing from police during a traffic stop. A Pinal County sheriff’s deputy tried to conduct a traffic stop on a 2003 Toyota vehicle for a traffic violation Monday morning in the area of First Street and Jimmie Kerr Boulevard. The driver pulled over but as the deputy approached the vehicle, the man sped off, prompting a police pursuit outside of Casa Grande.)
Naked man spotted at Bangor golf course (Bangor Daily News)
(Bangor police were on the lookout for a man who was seen Wednesday evening running around naked at the Bangor Municipal Golf Course. The man, who fled the golf course shortly before 7 p.m. in a red four-door sedan with Massachusetts plates, then was spotted on Vine Street, where he reportedly struck a sign before turning onto Third Street. He last was seen speeding away, Bangor police Sgt. Larry Weber said Wednesday night, citing a police report.)
Lodi police chief orders officer to ticket his wife (North Jersey)
(School committee member Ellen Killian says she had no idea what was about to happen when Chairman Russell W. Fitzgerald used her in a magic trick that made it look as if her bra had been removed with the pull of a handkerchief. “I was just as shocked as everybody else,” Killian said. “I just want to make it clear I had no prior knowledge how his trick was going to end.” The Abington Education Association, the teachers’ union, said it also wanted to “set the public record straight” that high school teacher Steven Shannon, who was asked to participate in the trick, was also caught off guard.)
Penis extension letter to dead Sunderland mum (Sunderland Echo)
(A GRIEVING family today told of their distress after a letter offering a “penis extension” was sent to their dead mother. Annie Cairns, died last September, aged 87, and her bereaved children were horrified when, on first anniversary of losing their mum, the Regal Health advertisement dropped on to the doormat. The letter, addressed to Mrs Cairns, offered a penis enlargement “naturally, without surgery, pumps or exercise – guaranteed or your money back!”.)
Texas Congressman blasts N.Y. plan for shuttle (CHRON)
(When New York made its pitch for one of NASA's decommissioned space shuttles, one of its selling points was location: a glistening berth on the Hudson River alongside the aircraft carrier that is home to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. But five months after the Intrepid was awarded the shuttle Enterprise - one of four shuttle that Houston vied for but did not get - museum officials have turned their attention from the end of the newly revamped pier to a parking lot on 12th Avenue, across the cacophonous West Side Highway. They envision converting the lot, which is surrounded by a bagel bakery, a car wash, storage warehouses and a strip club, into a space-themed museum that would serve as the home of the Enterprise and draw as many as 1 million visitors a year.)
Three Houston police officers accused of getting high on duty (ABC)
(Three Houston police officers are under investigation after claims they got high while on duty. And the claim, made by a man accused of drug possession, are backed up with something undeniable -- the words of the officers themselves. It sort of jumps off the page. "'So high' spaced out: h i g h" defense attorney Daniel Cahill said. The words of a Houston police officer about an hour after arresting Nicholas Hill for marijuana possession.)
Amazing Works of Art Painted Only with Beer (Oddity Central)
(Artist Karen Eland paints all kinds of portraits and paintings using nothing but beer. The first time we featured Karen Eland on Oddity Central was when she took the art world by storm with her beautiful coffee paintings. She started her artistic career doing portraits with water color and colored pencils, but quickly moved on to painting with coffee, which really helped her make a name for herself. Now, after 14 years of creating art with the world’s favorite breakfast drink, Karen realized there are a lot of other drinks and foods she could experiment with, so she tried tea, beer, liquor, and lots of other stuff, but beer eventually proved the most successful.)
Peruvian Smoothie Stand Sells “Delicious” Frog Juice (Oddity Central)
(A counter-top restaurant in Lima, Peru has been selling fresh frog juice for the last 15 years, and some locals drink it every day because they say it gives them strength. There’s nothing like a glass of fresh juice in the morning, right? Peruvian restaurant owner Carmen Gonzales would agree with this 100%, only she has a different kind of juice in mind – frog juice, For the last 15 years she and various other juice stand owners have been serving her Jugo de Rana to locals and tourists brave enough to try it, and business is better than ever. She sells about 80 frog-based drinks every day, and some of her clients have them as breakfast drinks, early in the morning, because it gives them energy for the entire day.)
Insurance broker launches pizza parlor policy (Reuters)
(In the specialized world of insurance, this one takes the cake -- or perhaps the pie -- a new policy called "SLICE" specifically designed to protect the owners of pizza parlors. California insurance brokerage EPIC Programs Group said late Wednesday the "Safety, Loss Control, Insurance, Coverage, Expertise" program would address liabilities pizza parlor owners face from their delivery drivers.)
Abington school official apologizes for bra trick played on woman (Enterprise News)
(School committee member Ellen Killian says she had no idea what was about to happen when Chairman Russell W. Fitzgerald used her in a magic trick that made it look as if her bra had been removed with the pull of a handkerchief.
“I was just as shocked as everybody else,” Killian said. “I just want to make it clear I had no prior knowledge how his trick was going to end.” The Abington Education Association, the teachers’ union, said it also wanted to “set the public record straight” that high school teacher Steven Shannon, who was asked to participate in the trick, was also caught off guard.)
US woman injured in exploding toilet accident (News Lite)
(School committee member Ellen Killian says she had no idea what was about to happen when Chairman Russell W. Fitzgerald used her in a magic trick that made it look as if her bra had been removed with the pull of a handkerchief. “I was just as shocked as everybody else,” Killian said. “I just want to make it clear I had no prior knowledge how his trick was going to end.” The Abington Education Association, the teachers’ union, said it also wanted to “set the public record straight” that high school teacher Steven Shannon, who was asked to participate in the trick, was also caught off guard.)
Dad drops daughter to catch baseball foul ball (News Lite)
(A baseball fan in Taiwan was so desperate to catch a foul ball that he accidentally dropped his young daughter in the process. Oops. Embarrassingly, not only did he not get the ball -- but the moment of dubious parenting was caught on camera, as this footage shows.)
(Welcome to “Scientology High,” where students imagine they’re in a Harry Potter book, make lots of clay models, look up “the” in the dictionary and learn the ethical principles of L. Ron Hubbard — all while paying more than $42,000 a year in tuition and fees. The administration of the secretive and secluded Delphian boarding school recruits students with the suggestion that it is a real-world Hogwarts — an enchanted place for teens, deep in the bucolic mountains of western Oregon.)
(A San Fernando Valley doctor and evangelical minister who federal prosecutors said used bogus herbal medications to offer false hope to dozens of people suffering from diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's was found guilty Tuesday of nearly a dozen federal charges. Twenty-eight victims or family members of victims who died while taking the products testified against Christine Daniel, 57, who was found guilty Tuesday on four counts of mail and wire fraud, six counts of tax evasion related to income tax filings as well as one count of witness tampering.)
(Kevin Smith, whose homemade 1994 flick Clerks was part of a resurgence of US indie cinema, is back with a film that mocks Christian fundamentalism. In the end he had to self-distribute, he tells TARA BRADY , as he mourns the passing of the Weinstein wave. KEVIN SMITH is going out in a hail of bullets (both literal and metaphorical). Red State , the big man’s latest work, is a politically charged grindhouse film that takes pot shots at the nastiest manifestations of the US’s Christian right.)
(For his tenth film Kevin Smith has made a very promising debut. Most of Smith's career has been spent doing a cross between comedy genius and just messing around with his friends and a camera. After a false start with last year's Cop Out, Smith has finally jumped into big boy movies. To really appreciate Red State you almost have to completely disregard everything Smith has done before, excellent though that previous work may be. Red State represents something completely new for Smith, and it's not without its flaws, but he shows a promising career ahead of him.)
(In January 2011 the Sundance Film Festival was abuzz with the standard indie scene murmurs. That was until Kevin Smith decided to set his own headlines with his new film, Red State. Subverting the Hollywood machine, the rotund raconteur announced that he would be by-passing distributors and releasing the movie himself. The indie director, comic book writer and SModcast chat maestro, best known for capturing the defining voice of the 90s generation with his black and white micro-budget debut Clerks and his acerbic romantic comedy Chasing Amy, was finally breaking away from Silent Bob and New Jersey to embrace horror — and the Church.)
(Writer and director Kevin Smith prides himself on being a genuinely cool guy, even more than being a filmmaker. Through interviews, Q and As and the endless stream of podcasts he releases through his website, he’s proven that his primary interest is talking about his life, dishing about his geeky interests and relating to any fan who cares to hear. That’s why he’s managed to retain a devoted audience despite spending the last decade struggling to move past the films that earned him a following in the first place.)
(Kevin Smith's new film shows flashes of a bizarre sort of genius, particularly its apocalyptic finale, featuring some heavy duty military hardware. Evidently inspired by the 1993 Waco siege, the movie is about an extremist, homophobic, Christian hate-cult which lures curious teens to sex sessions with older women via Craigslist-type web postings. Melissa Leo is the bait, and having persuaded three horndog young guys to drink spiked beers in her trailer she is to reveal that the pleasures of the flesh are very much not in store for them. Michael Parks is very good as the sinister, charismatic preacher Abin Cooper and John Goodman plays it straight as the ATF officer Joe Keenan, leading his troops into an earsplitting showdown.)
(With Red State out on tomorrow in the UK, we provide a run-down of the running gags and inside jokes in Kevin Smith’s earlier films…)
(A fake Batman has marched into Christchurch central police station demanding to know what emergency had triggered the 'bat signal' - white light beaming through the sky. The caped crusader, dressed in full superhero garb of mask, cape and tights, was insisting that the White Lights of Hope, which commemorate the earthquake anniversary, bear an uncanny resemblance to the bat emblem that flashes through the night sky.)
(A night of heavy drinking can lead to a morning of heavy excuses. One common favorite? "It was the booze." But health blog the Body Odd points out a new study from that University of Missouri College of Arts and Sciences that suggests that you're actually quite aware of your alcohol-infused decisions, so booze might not be able to legitimately take the blame anymore.)
(Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Psilocybin, or "magic mushrooms," can make people more open in their feelings and aesthetic sensibilities, conferring on them a lasting personality change, according to a study by Johns Hopkins researchers. People who had mystic experiences while taking the mushrooms were more likely to show increases in a personality trait dubbed "openness," which is related to creativity, artistic appreciation and curiosity, according to the study in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.)
(A new research report appearing in the October 2011 issue of The FASEB Journal shows that resveratrol, the "healthy" ingredient in red wine, stops breast cancer cells from growing by blocking the growth effects of estrogen. This discovery, made by a team of American and Italian scientists, suggests for the first time that resveratrol is able to counteract the malignant progression since it inhibits the proliferation of hormone resistant breast cancer cells. This has important implications for the treatment of women with breast cancer whose tumors eventually develop resistance to hormonal therapy.)
(Analysis of data collected by a NASA infrared space telescope shows there are fewer near-Earth asteroids than previously believed, scientists said today. But the majority of the nearly 20,000 bodies between 330 and 3,300 feet wide have not yet been detected and it's not yet clear whether a reduced population also means a reduced number of midsize asteroids in orbits that could pose a threat to Earth.)
("I never forget a face," goes the Marx Brothers one-liner, "but in your case, I'll be glad to make an exception." Unlike Groucho Marx, unfortunately, the cloud never forgets. That's the logic behind a new application developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute and Google that's designed to take a photograph of a total stranger and, using the facial recognition software PittPatt, track down their real identity in a matter of minutes. Facial recognition isn't that new -- the rudimentary technology has been around since the late 1960s -- but this system is faster, more efficient, and more thorough than any other system ever used. Why? Because it's powered by the cloud.)
(Warner Bros. Digital Distribution (WBDD) today announced the action comedy series Aim High will debut on Facebook. Produced by Warner Premiere and Dolphin Entertainment, the company is calling it “the first-ever social series from a Hollywood studio.” The Facebook aspect will allow you to include your profile information (photos, text, and friends) by installing the Facebook app on the show’s page. If you chose to do this, you will get a personalized viewing mode that will allow you to see yourself or your friends integrated into select scenes throughout the series. For example, your photo can appear on a student body election poster, or your name may be seen as graffiti on the bathroom wall.)
(Saudi King Abdullah has overturned a court ruling sentencing a Saudi woman to be lashed 10 times for defying the kingdom's ban on female drivers, a government official said Wednesday. The official declined to elaborate on the monarch's decision, and spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media.)
(Our financial state is pretty scary right now, and we’re all watching our spending pretty closely. So what’s the one thing Americans are willing to shell out for in this economy? Costumes, decorations and entertainment designed to scare us even more. According to the National Retail Federation, Americans plan to spend $6.9 billion this year for Halloween. To put that number into context, the same NRF survey found that Americans planned to spend $3.3 billion as recently as 2005.)
(If your Twitter feed is lighting up with reports of "screams and gunfire" at the Capitol building, breathe easy. It's The Onion. The satirical newspaper began a series of tweets at 10:33 A.M. EDT on Thursday, which gave regular updates about a group of congressmen taking a group of children hostage. Subsequent tweets noted that two chaperones were also taken hostage and that one representative tried to shoot down a police helicopter. Yet another noted that Rep. Eric Cantor had purchased 6 handguns last month. The Onion's Twitter account used the hashtag #CongressHostage on their tweets, and updates were also posted on The Onion's Facebook page.)
(A week after her psychological treatment began, Casey Anthony is doing "well," according to a source close to her, who adds, "She hopes she will someday redeem herself and live a productive life." The public, meanwhile, may get to see another side of the infamous Florida resident. In court on Wednesday, a media organization argued for the release of a jailhouse video of Casey watching TV news reports saying police found remains, which turned out to be her missing daughter, 2-year-old Caylee.)
(Officials of one Georgia city says cracking down on sagging pants has earned nearly $4,000 in fines in less than a year. Albany, Ga. City Attorney Nathan Davis said that 187 citations have been issued and fines collected of $3,916 since the ordinance went into effect Nov. 23.)
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