Bus ride detours Rapper T.I.'s early release from prison (CNN)
(T.I., who walked out of a federal prison in Arkansas Wednesday and joyously tweeted "The storm is over & da sun back out," woke up back in a prison Friday morning. The rapper's early release from an 11-month prison term lasted just a day, with federal agents taking T.I. back into custody Thursday after prison officials questioned how he traveled from an Arkansas prison to an Atlanta halfway house.)
Superman: Man Of Steel (2013): Bus Crash Scene Images (Comic Book News)
(Here are three images from a bus crash scene that took place over the weekend in Plano, Illinois for the filming of the Superman reboot, the Man of Steel. It has been previously mentioned that a bus is involved in an accident at a bridge, as well. Most likely all part of the same scene, I would guess.)
Troopers ride McDuffie school buses to enforce stops (Augusta Chronicle)
(Instead of troopers hopping in their patrol vehicles, some are boarding school buses in McDuffie County. For the past week, the Georgia State Patrol has been cracking down on drivers who aren’t stopping for a school bus signal. To really see the problem, troopers have been riding along in the buses, while others follow along in marked or unmarked cars.)
Indian bus accident kills 15 people (BBC)
(At least 15 people have been killed after a bus plunged into a river in India's Uttarakhand state, police say. The bus was travelling from Katiyal to the state capital, Dehradun, when it fell into the Tons river on Sunday. Rescue workers are looking for eight passengers who are still missing, the police said.)
Metro driver assaulted by drunk passenger (Komo News)
(A Metro bus driver was assaulted Saturday evening by an apparently drunk, bellicose passenger who refused to get off the bus, police said. Officers responded to the scene, at South King Street and 8th Ave South, at about 7:45 p.m. Saturday after receiving a report of a disturbance aboard a Metro bus.)
Angry gang attacks broken down EDL bus (The Mirror)
(A COACHLOAD of English Defence League supporters was pelted with missiles after a breakdown on the way back from a violent rally. About 100 Asian youths attacked the stricken vehicle with bricks and 200 police officers used a double-decker bus to escort the 44 passengers to safety. The EDL supporters were arrested for suspected public order offences.)
School bus driver from Milton arraigned on child pornography charges (Fosters)
(A school bus driver arrested and charged Thursday on five counts of possession of child sexual abuse images was arraigned Friday in Rochester District Court, where prosecutors argued for high bail and shared more details about his crimes. John Allen Wright, 45, of 52A Charles Street in Milton, was arrested after an investigation by the state Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force that began in February 2011 led to a search warrant being executed at his home Thursday, according to an affidavit filed by Milton Police Chief Mark McGowan.)
"The Help" hangs on to box office crown (Reuters)
(Surprise summer hit "The Help" retained the No. 1 spot at movie theater box offices on Sunday, beating back three newcomers and appearing headed for victory over a long U.S. holiday weekend. Movie studio estimates showed the civil rights-era story about the racial divide between white women in Mississippi and the black women who worked for them had taken in $14.2 million over three days ending on Sunday and appeared headed toward $18 million by Monday, the U.S. Labor Day holiday.)
Top 10 Labor Day Conspiracies (TruTV)
(Happy Labor Day everyone! That is, those of you who have the day off... have job to be taking the day off from... and so forth. But just be thankful that you didn't work in the Middle Ages -- although after reading this, maybe you'll wish you were.)
Ohio man arrested for alleged sex act with inflatable raft in alley (CBS)
(An Hamilton, Ohio man has been arrested for allegedly engaging in sexual conduct with a pink inflatable swimming pool raft in an alley, police say. The Hamilton Journal News reports that the 32-year-old Edwin Charles Tobergta, who has a history of public indecency arrests, was detained early Sunday morning at his home in Hamilton, north of Cincinnati.)
Man Says He Can't Remember Taking Bite Out of 2-Foot Python (Fox News)
(A California man was charged with animal cruelty after he bit a two-foot long python, Fox40 Sacramento reported. Police were called to a Sacramento neighborhood on Thursday to check on a possible attack victim. While talking to the “victim,” who had blood in his mouth, another witness told cops that 57-year-old David Senk had taken two large bites out of a live python.)
Green day singer Billie Joe Armstrong kicked off flight over low-riding trousers (The Mirror)
(Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong says his sagging trousers cost him a seat on a Southwest Airlines flight. The singer-guitarist for the San Francisco Bay-area rock band sent a message to his Twitter followers expressing his indignation at being thrown off an Oakland-to-Burbank flight for wearing his trousers too low.)
Teacher - and CNN citizen reporter - fired after after school digs up past as gay porn star (Daily News)
(One of CNN's most popular citizen reporters was fired from his substitute teaching job after school officials unearthed evidence that he used to be a gay porn star. They didn't have to dig deep. Shawn Loftis ditched his porn career in the spring of 2010 to focus on teaching, but he is still widely known by his X-rated alias, Collin O'Neal, the Miami New Times reported.)
The Facebook first date from hell: Mother, 23, arrested after being tricked into driving getaway car for thief she met online (Daily Mail)
(A mother-of-two had a 'first date from hell' after she was duped into becoming the getaway driver for a thief she met on Facebook. Leah Gibbs, 23, had planned to spend an evening watching a DVD and getting to know 21-year-old Adam Minton. But instead, when she arrived at his home, he asked her to give him a lift - claiming he briefly had to visit a friend.)
Black Widow eats 183 chicken wings in NY contest (AP)
(The Black Widow of eating contests has scarfed down 183 chicken wings in 12 minutes to break her own world record set last year in Buffalo, N.Y. Sonya Thomas took home first place Sunday at the tenth annual National Buffalo Wings Festival. She beat eating marvel Joey "Jaws" Chestnut, who came in second with 174 wings.)
Hunt on for killer shark in Australia (AFP)
(A hunt was under way Monday for a shark that killed a 21-year-old man as police praised the courage of two surfers who brought his body back to shore. The victim was in the water off Bunker Bay, a popular tourist spot on Australia's west coast, when the shark attacked on Sunday, biting him so badly the lower half of his body was torn away, police said.)
Norway: Polar Bear Makes Unexpected Boat Visit (Huffington Post)
(A Norwegian boat crew recently had an unexpected wake-up call when a full-grown polar bear climbed aboard their anchored ship for a 30-minute-long sniff around the deck.
Captain Einar Vallestad said Saturday that the bear had been following the Hydrograf vessel in northern Norway for days before finally venturing onboard. Vallestad says "it did no harm. He was just putting his head into our rubbish container.")
Toy poodle credited with West Jordan fire rescue (Salt Lake Tribune)
(West Jordan • A dog is being credited with helping rescue a 19-year-old man during a house fire early Friday morning. West Jordan Fire Battalion Chief Reed Sharman said the fire was reported at 3:10 a.m. when a passer-by saw flames coming from the side of a home at 3172 W. 8565 South. A mother and two children made it out of the house before firefighters arrived, but her 19-year-old son was still inside. Sharman said it was the family’s dog, a toy poodle named Ted, who led emergency responders to the man.)
‘Ed Gein, The Musical’ an offbeat approach to story of La Crosse-born killer (Lacrosse Tribune)
(It’s a story so horrible, it just had to be set to music. La Crosse’s very own mass murderer is being remembered in a musical written by and starring University of Wisconsin-La Crosse graduate Dan Davies. And according to Davies, to know about Ed Gein is to want to, well, memorialize him in a musical that treads the line between whimsy and poor taste and manages to do it with a song in its heart.)
Australia's next top controversy - size 8 model bullied for being too fat (News.com)
(A SIZE eight teenage model said being bullied for being too fat on Australia's Next Top Model sent a dangerous message to vulnerable young viewers. Alissandra Moone, 18, who at 57kg is considered underweight on the Australian body mass index, was "stunned" when her size became an issue on Foxtel's top-rating show.)
‘Christians offended by sandals, force Beirut store to close its doors (Now Lebanon)
(Residents in the neighborhoods of Ain al-Remmaneh and Furn al-Chebbek have forced a bargain retail store in Beirut to close its doors after they protested against “controversial” merchandise sold there. Ali Fakih, a Shia Muslim, was forced to shut down his Big Sale store because he was selling sandals (pictured below) adorned with the Christian cross.)
Rome monuments attacked by vandals (BBC)
(Three historic monuments have been attacked by vandals in the Italian capital, Rome. In the first attack, a man was caught on security cameras chipping two pieces off a marble statue on a fountain in the Piazza Navona. Hours later tourists watched as a man threw a rock at the famous Trevi Fountain in the centre of the city.)
Teen Accused Of Posing As Medic (FOX NY)
(A 17-year-old was arrested in Florida after reportedly posing as a physician's assistant for two weeks at a hospital, FOXNews.com reported Saturday. Matthew Scheidt worked in a doctor's office in Kissimmee, near Orlando, but police said it was only as a part-time billing clerk. He managed to work his way inside the Osceola Regional Medical Center's human resources department and requested a new identification badge, saying he had changed physician's offices, witnesses told WOFL-TV.)
Chinese Girl, Four, Drives Along Motorway (Sky News)
(Video footage of a young girl driving a car along a busy motorway has been posted on the internet. The tiny motorist gripping the wheel as she negotiates the traffic is believed to be just four years old. Her parents apparently allowed her to drive along the road in Jinal, Shandong Province, China, filming her from the back seat of the car.)
Wrong trousers on the High Street as men fall victim to 'vanity sizing' (Telegraph)
(Four out of five British stores are selling trousers with a waist up to two inches inch wider than the measurement shown on the hanger. For any man cheered up by being able to squeeze into the same size of trousers despite a growing waistline, here is some bad news: you have fallen victim to vanity sizing.)
Red State Review (411Mania)
(Kevin Smith is a filmmaker who has suffered a severe fall from grace over the last several years. The New Jersey native was part of the revitalization of independent filmmaking that swept through the mid-to-late 1990s with his first film, Clerks, becoming a major success for indie label Miramax in 1994. For the next several years Smith's films garnered him an ever-increasing legion of fans, and while the "View Askewniverse films" as they became known never hit blockbuster status they positioned the director at the head of one of the more fanatical followings in Hollywood. However, following his departure from the Jay & Silent Bob-linked films such as Dogma and Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back it seemed as if Smith was unable to find his grounding. Fans had a lukewarm reaction to Jersey Girl and marketing problems surrounding Zack and Miri Make a Porno resulted in a disappointing gross considering that it starred hot commodities Seth Rogan and Elizabeth Banks. It seemed as if Smith was limited to his stoner films if he wanted to make well-received films that performed at or above their predicted success levels.)
"Red State," reviewed (IFC)
(For months now, Kevin Smith has seemed like an angry guy: angry at critics who didn't care for his last movie; angry at distributors for their wasteful release strategies; (rightfully) angry at Southwest Airlines for unfairly kicking him off a plane. So even though it doesn't look like something by the writer/director of "Clerks" and "Chasing Amy," perhaps "Red State" shouldn't be too much of a surprise. It is an angry film.)
Westboro Baptist Church We're A Rabid Dog And We're Going After "Red State" (TMZ)
(The Westboro Baptist Church has set its hateful sights on the movie, "Red State" -- which will be released in theaters later this month -- calling director Kevin Smith "a God-hating clown." The Church spokesperson says, "God hates fags, God hates fag enablers, therefore God hates Kevin Smith.")
Red State (2011) Review (Horror Movies Canada)
(There comes a moment in Red State, the first “horror film” by indie darling and View Askewniverse maestro Kevin Smith, when something happens that is at first so extraordinarily unexpected that the film seems about to launch itself into the stratosphere of greatness. That moment, when it comes, and the way Smith allows it to linger in the air for just a moment, had me feeling the most joyous sense of anticipation I’ve felt while watching a movie in a long, long time.)
Michael Parks goes from nowhere to go-to guy (LA Times)
(Writer-director Kevin Smith describes Michael Parks as "porn for actors. If you like actors and you discover Michael Parks in a scene and you have never seen him before, your brain explodes. He will take a page of dialogue and deliver it in a different way than anybody else." Parks, 71, is starring in Smith's latest film, "Red State," available on video-on-demand, as Abin Cooper, a Fred Phelps-like preacher. In this thriller, Cooper and his cult have been kidnapping and killing teenage boys they believe to be gay. What makes Parks' performance terrifying is how he deftly blends a soft-spoken demeanor with a charismatic intensity and venom.)
Bruce Willis Attacked by Kevin Smith(Show Biz Spy)
(BRUCE Willis has taken a beating from Hollywood heavyweight Kevin Smith. The rotund Clerks and Dogma writer/director has launched a scathing attack on Bruce after working with him on the flop 2010 comedy Cop Out.)
Circle Cinema hosts 'Red State' screening, filmmaker Q&A
(Kevin Smith, the irreverent filmmaker responsible for comedies like "Clerks" and "Chasing Amy," will conduct a live, "virtual" question-and-answer session with a Circle Cinema audience Sept. 25. The talk-back session will take place following a one-time screening of this new film, "Red State," a horror film with both political and fundamentalist religion overtones, at the theater at 10 S. Lewis Ave.)
Catwoman's "The Dark Knight Rises" Fight Scene Description and Photos (Worst Previews)
(Today we have shots of Hathaway as Selina on the Los Angeles set. Witnesses described the scene in the following way: Thugs chase a kid up some stairs. The finally stop him and steal his apple. Selina comes from behind, takes out the thugs and gets the apple back. After she saves the kid, she says something to him, takes a bite of his apple, and tosses it behind her, causing the kid to run off. Selina then ties up the thugs and then runs into Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale). They speak for a few minutes.)
Okanogan sheriff fights crime like Batman (Seattle Times)
(As Okanogan County's top cop, Sheriff Frank Rogers isn't exactly the shy type. But he looked almost sheepish recently as he unbuttoned the shirt on his uniform to reveal the unmistakable symbol of Batman hand-sewn into the middle of his bulletproof vest. He's been wearing it for 22 years.)
Real butler lands Batman stage role (Games Blog)
(A real-life butler has landed the role of Batman's trusted aide in an arena show touring the world.Dublin-born actor John Conroy said he needed little training for his latest character after 20 years of waiting on bankers in London.)
Batman Arkham City interview: superhero development (Games Blog)
(Nick Cowen talks to Dax Ginn, marketing game manager at Rocksteady Games, about the Dark Knight's return.)
Are audiences sick of superheroes? (The Sheaf)
(Superhero films are everywhere nowadays. Some people have had enough. Back in 2000 when X-Men first premiered, the only superhero films of note belonged to the Superman and Batman series. Yes, Blade had come out two years earlier and there were crappy alternative superhero films like Spawn, but for the most part, a superhero film was a rarity. People wanted to see them. Even though most of the Batman and Superman sequels sucked, audiences flocked to them because they seemed special.)
Romania: Bats invade Transylvanian classroom (SF Gate)
(There was no sign of Dracula, but students in Transylvania did get a visit from dozens of bats that flapped through their classroom. The students at Csiky Gergely high school in the western Romanian city of Arad were about to take an exam Friday morning when they found bats flying around the room. Others appeared to be sleeping with their wings spread out on the floor.)
Pot smokers skinnier than non-tokers, study says (MSNBC)
(We're all familiar with the stereotype of the typical pot smoker -- a lumpy, lazy couch potato with one hand wrapped around the remote and the other elbow-deep in a bag of nacho cheese Doritos. But new research out of France gives a different spin to the stereotypical stoner.)
Is The 'Coffee Buzz' Actually Real? (Huffington Post)
(For anyone who's ever said that decaf just won't do in the mornings, a new study might prove you wrong. New research from the University of East London has found that the buzz we get from caffeinated coffee might just be in our heads. The small study suggests that if we expect a certain effect from caffeinated coffee, we'll act accordingly, even if we actually downed decaf -- just like a placebo effect.)
Vampire Bat Saliva Helps Stroke Victims (FOX NY)
(Saliva from vampire bats was being used to help treat stroke victims as part of a trial at UK hospitals, The (London) Sunday Telegraph reported. A drug treatment derived from the substance can thin blood and help to breakup clots on the brain, research showed.)
Robots Learn to Handle Objects, Understand New Places (Science Daily)
(Infants spend their first few months learning to find their way around and manipulating objects, and they are very flexible about it: Cups can come in different shapes and sizes, but they all have handles. So do pitchers, so we pick them up the same way. Similarly, your personal robot in the future will need the ability to generalize -- for example, to handle your particular set of dishes and put them in your particular dishwasher.)
Microsoft Asks: “Do We Even Need to Build a Better Xbox?”(Xbox Freedom)
(Apparently, big game producers are quite happy with the plateau console development has hit, and big names in the industry like Frank Gibeau, of EA said there’s not any kind of urgency for Microsoft or Sony to develop a new gaming system. His exact words were “It’s hard for me to conceive what you would do on a PlayStation 4,” according to our source. “The displays are already 1080p, you’re already connected to the Internet. … You could make it faster, you could have more polys and you could up the graphics a little bit … but at what cost?”)
iPhone 5 rumor roundup (CNET)
(As we wait for the official announcement of the next iPhone, we only can guess about what we're going to see. Apple, after all, always generates a ton of gossip in the absence of real details about upcoming devices. Some of the rumors about the new handset contradict each other--one camp suggests a minor update with an iPhone 4S, while another predicts a big update with an iPhone 5--but disagreement, after all, is often what the rumor mill is all about. Since all that conflicting information can be hard to track, we offer this handy timeline of iPhone 5 rumors so far in 2011. We'll add to it as we go along, and please let us know if we've left any juicy tidbits out.)
Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About Labor Day (Time)
(The founding father of Labor Day is tangled in a web of union figureheads and, well, spelling. As the legend goes, young carpenter Peter McGuire stood before the New York Central Labor Union in May 1882 proclaiming his plan to honor all workers with a parade through the city.)
Beware of the Gonzo Nature-TV Presenter (Time)
(Sept. 4 is the fifth anniversary of the death of Steve Irwin, the Australian wildlife presenter fatally speared by a stingray's barb while filming on the Great Barrier Reef. His death was a shock, but its manner surprised nobody. There was no dangerous animal Irwin wouldn't provoke and manhandle for TV. Five years on, the pet-and-pester approach he pioneered has become the standard way for nature programs to produce cheap dramatic footage — reality TV with claws. Turn on any channel and you'll see Irwin lookalikes hassling animals.)
Canadian Police Impound $2 Million Worth of Luxury Cars After Street Race (Time)
(This news pains our Top Gear-loving souls. Police in Vancouver say they hauled away 13 sports cars worth $2 million after a dangerous street race that witnesses say reached speeds of 125 mph (200 kph). Facing off on a busy highway on Wednesday afternoon, the 13 drivers were easily picked up by police.)
Why Are U.S. Circumcision Rates Declining? (Time)
(Why are newborn circumcision rates dropping in the U.S.? In a report released Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that hospital circumcisions had declined over the past 10 years, after more than a decade of increase. The rate of in-hospital circumcision rose from 48.3% in 1988-91 to 61.1% in 1997-2000, the CDC reports.)
Unemployed Face Competition: Underemployed (Time)
(The job market is even worse than the 9.1 percent unemployment rate suggests. America's 14 million unemployed aren't competing just with each other. They must also contend with 8.8 million other people not counted as unemployed — part-timers who want full-time work.)
N.C. man convicted of killing 8 at nursing home (CBS)
(A man was convicted Saturday of second-degree murder in the shooting deaths of eight people at a North Carolina nursing home in 2009, meaning he will not be eligible for the death penalty. The jury deliberated for two days before reaching the verdict against Robert Stewart, a 47-year-old disabled painter and National Guard veteran.)
Talas kills 20 in Japan, 50 missing (Bangkok Post)
(A typhoon that pummelled western Japan left at least 20 people dead and more than 50 missing, reports said Sunday, after swollen rivers swept away buildings and landslides crushed houses. One of the victims drowned after flood waters gushed into his car and streets were submerged in scenes that rekindled memories of the March 11 tsunami disaster. Thousands of people were left stranded.)
Police help Apple hunt for missing iPhone prototype (AFP)
(San Francisco police have assisted Apple in the search for a prototype of the latest iPhone that went astray in a bar in a repeat of an embarrassing loss that took place last year.
An Apple employee lost a yet-to-be-released iPhone 5 in a tequila bar in San Francisco's Mission District in July, technology news site CNET reported this week.)
Gerard Depardieu Plane Peeing Spoof For French TV (Huffington Post)
(Even Gerard Depardieu himself can't help but laugh at his infamous plane peeing incident. The French star, who peed in the aisle of a CityJet plane flying from Paris to Dublin in mid-August when he wasn't allowed to use the bathroom, is proving a good sport about his snafu. Depardieu played Obelix, a French cartoon character who, among many other things, loves to eat wild boar. Sitting next to Edouard Baer -- who was his travel buddy that fateful day -- he throws a tantrum and makes when he learns that he has to wait until takeoff to dine on swine.)
New Superman Works Outside The Law (Comic Book)
(Remember when Superman stood for truth, justice, and the American Way. He was that straight-laced superhero who would never go outside the law. In the new DC Universe, it’s not only Superman’s costume that has changed. As evidenced by a preview of Action Comics #1 on Yahoo.com, the world is getting a younger, more cynical Superman.)
In New Jersey, Obama Vows Federal Help, Not Washington Politics (New York Times)
(President Obama, surveying some of the most crippling flood damage from Tropical Storm Irene, vowed on Sunday that budgetary wrangling in Washington would not delay federal aid to stricken communities. In a three-hour visit to North Jersey, which is struggling to clean up the muddy mess left last week by the area’s worst flooding in more than a century, Mr. Obama went house to house meeting with residents who pointed out the high-water marks that stained the walls of their living rooms.)
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