Young auntie rescues children from bus (Stuff)
(Two teenagers are being hailed as heroes for their roles in rescuing injured pupils from a Bay of Plenty school bus crash. But the Trident High School pair, Stacey Waaka, 16, and Jody Rua, 15, say they were just trying to help their friends. Stacey was resting at home in Ruatoki yesterday, with bandages covering two deep gashes below each knee. She also has a deep cut over her left eyebrow.)
City lost thousands in bogus bus-pass scam (Edmonton Journal)
(The City of Edmonton was bilked out of at least $29,000 last winter during a counterfeit transit pass scam, the city auditor says. Auditor David Wiun’s report into the scam was released Tuesday, detailing an investigation conducted by Edmonton police, ETS, and the city’s corporate security department.)
Mob sets killer bus on fire in Burdwan (India Times)
(A mob set an express bus on fire after it ran over 55-year-old Shyam Kumar Gupta at Mehedibagan area near Burdwan station on Tuesday morning. The incident led to the blockade of G T Road for about half an hour. As a result the G.T.Road was blocked for about half an hour.)
Someone threw an apple at a bus (Sault Star)
(One apple didn't make its way to a teacher's desk for the first day of school on Tuesday. Ontario Provincial Police say a male threw an apple at the windshield of a bus full of passengers on Highway 17 in Goulais River on Sunday, cracking the driver's side glass.)
Confrontation Leads To Bloody Bus Attack In Albuquerque (KOAT)
(A confrontation between a city bus driver and a passenger that ended in a bloody fistfight was caught on video, authorities said.
A video surveillance showed passenger Tomas Garcia getting into an argument with the bus driver, Christopher Davis, over not stopping for him on a rainy night. Garcia was kicked off the bus, and he threw a drink on Davis before walking off, police said.)
Thieves Steal Batteries From 32 School Buses (Local 10)
(Someone broke into 32 buses at the Miami-Dade County Public Schools' bus depot, stealing the batteries from the vehicles, according to a School Board spokesman. The Miami-Dade School Board said the break-ins occurred at the school bus depot in the 7000 block of Southwest Fourth Street.)
Canadian women break hockey record (FOX SPORTS)
(Forty Canadian women Monday broke the Guinness world record for the longest continuous hockey game, playing for 10 days, three hours and five minutes in Burnaby, British Columbia. The women, who raised more than $126,000 for cystic fibrosis research in the process, divided themselves into teams of 20 and rotated small groups of players in four-hour shifts, The Vancouver Sun reported.)
Winnipeg Jets reveal new jerseys (National Post)
(The long-awaited Winnipeg Jets jerseys were unveiled Tuesday, with Jets players and their new colours ambling out of the back hatch of a Canadian Forces Hercules aircraft. Team captain Andrew Ladd, Mark Stuart, Eric Fehr and Nik Antropov showed off the new colours at 17 Wing Winnipeg, the local Canadian air force personnel base.)
Southwest Airlines passenger restrained and arrested after refusing to turn off his cell phone (Daily Mail)
(An altercation broke out on a Southwest Airlines flight after a passenger refused to turn off his cell phone. The incident occurred on Monday as the flight from Phoenix was coming into El Paso.Southwest Airlines spokeswoman Whitney Eichinger said the man turned his cell phone on as the flight was landing.)
Stolen parrot talks to police -- helps catch thief (News Lite)
(A parrot which was stolen in China has helped police catch the man who stole him -- by speaking up and becoming a police informer. The clever bird had been sold by the crook to a pet shop in Beijing, which the rightful owner happened to visit after his bird was taken.)
Woman wants county to cover $1K hospital bill for cavity search (Las Cruses Sun)
(A Las Cruces woman has been charged $1,122 by a local hospital for a forcible body cavity search ordered by the Metro Narcotics Agency that did not turn up any illegal substances. She is now asking the county to pay her hospital bill. The woman, who is not being named because she was not arrested or criminally charged, was searched at Memorial Medical Center on July 1, according to a tort claim notice Las Cruces attorney Michael Lilley served to the county this week.)
Woman nets $14,000 from sexless marriage (CNEWS)
(A judge in France has ruled that a 51-year-old man must pay his 47-year-old ex-wife damages for failing to fulfill her sexual needs for 21 years. The Telegraph reports that a man from Nice, in southern France, known in court as Jean-Louis B., must pay his wife 10,000 euros -- or $13,965 -- to compensate for a "lack of sex over 21 years of marriage.")
America Is The 'Coolest' Country, According To Survey, Whatever That Means (Huffington Post)
(Reuters published an illegitimate-looking write-up today about how America is "seriously cool." Such are the results of a survey conducted by mysterious social networking site badoo.com (publishers of the "Least Funny Nationality" and "Most Flirtatious Online" line of surveys), who polled 30,000 people across 15 nationalities for the results. There is no telling how cool these Badoo users are, but let us review their opinions, shall we?)
Celine Dion home intruder ran a bath and ate a snack, say police (Digital Spy)
(An intruder who is alleged to have broken into Celine Dion's house earlier this week was discovered treating it like his own home, police have said. The suspect - since named as Daniel Bedard - was discovered upstairs at the property on the private island of Gagnon, near Montreal. A spokesperson for Laval police told the Winnipeg Free Press that the 36-year-old had drawn a bath and enjoyed a snack in the singer's kitchen.)
Video Of Police Shooting Prompts Dismissal Of Charges (WKMG Orlando)
(Prosecutors have dropped attempted murder charges against a man who was shot in November by Orlando police officers who claimed he tried to ram them with his van. The decision came after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement obtained surveillance video that appears to show an Orlando police pickup truck pushing the van into other officers' vehicles. A passenger in the pickup was OPD Sgt. Rhonda Huckelbery, who suspected that men in the van stole her husband's credit cards the day before and used them to buy nearly $1,000 in electronics.)
Hunter the Colorado Coonhound Has World's Biggest Dog Ears: Guinness (International Business Times)
(When his ears are lifted, a coonhound by the name of Harbor looks more like Dumbo the flying elephant than a dog. With ears over a footlong, Harbor looks as though he could take off any minute. But the 93-lb. pooch is content to flop around his Colorado home with owner Jennifer Wert, seemingly impervious to his sharp rise to fame after being honored by the Guinness Book of World Records for the having the longest dog ears in the world.)
Man who shot and killed intruding bear in Estes Park will not face charges (Denver Post)
(The man who shot and killed a bear after he found it eating out of his fridge in Estes Park will not face charges, but official are reminding people to take extra precautions as they visit bear country this season. On Thursday night, a man who was staying at a cabin in Estes Park with his wife and son returned to the cabin to find a bear eating out of his fridge, said Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill.)
The Game Restaurant BOOTED Me Because I'm Black (TMZ)
(The Game claims he's just been kicked out of a famous L.A. restaurant because he's BLACK -- even referring to the manager as a "slave master" ... but the restaurant insists they were simply enforcing the dress code. Sources close to Game tell TMZ, the rapper dropped by Hillstone's in Santa Monica -- formally known as Houston's -- wearing a white tank top ... when the manager refused to seat him.)
Super Bowl ads almost sold out: Only 5 slots remain (USA Today)
(Advertisers still sitting on the fence about the 2012 Super Bowl may soon find themselves flat on the ground: Only five slots remain. Never mind that the season hasn't even started, with the National Football League's first game scheduled for Thursday. Just five 30-second Super Bowl ad slots — at a record $3.5 million each — are left, says Seth Winter, head of sales for NBC Sports.)
"Dalit queen" sent jet to collect sandals (Reuters)
(A powerful Indian politician dubbed the Untouchables Queen once sent a jet to pick up her favorite brand of sandals, according to leaked U.S. diplomatic cables released by the WikiLeaks website. Mayawati, head of India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, was described in the cables as "a first-rate egomaniac" who "is obsessed with becoming prime minister.")
Burglar Returns Pickup Truck With Apology Note (WGAL)
(Police in York County are investigating two home burglaries, a pickup truck theft and an attempted burglary where the homeowner fired at the burglar. Investigators said they think the crimes are related and were committed by the same person.)
Getting rid of bad luck by sleeping in coffin (The Star)
(DEVOTEES of a Chinese temple in Penang believe that they can get rid of bad luck by taking part in a “sleep in a coffin” ritual, reported Guang Ming Daily. They believe that by following the ritual of sleeping in one of the five coffins in the temple for a minute, they would be blessed with good fortune.)
Man Charged After Driving Car up Wales' Highest Mountain (FOX NY)
(A British man has admitted driving his 4x4 vehicle to the top of Mount Snowdon in northwest Wales. Craig Williams, from Cheltenham in western England, drove up the 3,560-foot-high mountain and parked just meters away from the summit because he was "bored," the Gloucestershire Echo reported Tuesday.)
Gary Hunt crowned king of Red Bull cliff diving (News Lite)
(British daredevil Gary Hunt has won the Red Bull Cliff Diving World series for the second year running. The diver took the title (and £15,000 prize money) after competing in a series of events around the world where he dived off ridiculously high platforms.)
Man accused of breaking into Conn. dog pound to try and get his dog back (Washington Post)
(A Connecticut man faces several felony charges after being arrested inside a dog pound where his Italian greyhound had spent the weekend. The Hartford Courant reports (http://cour.at/qc3qah ) that Walther Scovish had the dog, Missy, taken from him on Sept. 3 after Scovish was pulled over and charged with possession of heroin.)
Kurt Angle: "I Was NOT Drunk" (TMZ)
(Kurt Angle apparently believes he's been FRAMED in connection with his drunk driving arrest Sunday morning ... this according to sources connected with the famous wrestler. As TMZ first reported, Angle was popped in Virginia after he was allegedly seen driving erratically on I-66.)
“'Beetlejuice' The Sequel? Warner Bros. May Be Ready Say it Three Times (YIDIO)
(Kevin Smith once addressed being offered a chance to script this project, and I don't think anyone since has ever made a better argument against it: "Didn't we say all we needed to say with the first 'Beetlejuice'?" Well, someone clearly didn't think so. Deadline reports that dynamic writer-producer duo David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith recently signed a two-year, first-look contract with Warner Bros., but that really isn't the interesting news. Right out of the gate, the pair gets to take a stab at the sequel to the Tim Burton 1988 supernatural-comedy classic "Beetlejuice," which starred Geena Davis, Michael Keaton and a young Winona Ryder.)
Kevin Smith Wants Boba Fett Movie (Show Biz Spy)
(KEVIN Smith is calling for Hollywood legend George Lucas to give a Star Wars bit-part player his own movie. The Cop Out director — who recently dissed Bruce Willis – is spearheading a campaign to put masked bounty hunter Fett on the big screen but with Captain America director Joe Johnston in charge.lly isn't the interesting news. Right out of the gate, the pair gets to take a stab at the sequel to the Tim Burton 1988 supernatural-comedy classic "Beetlejuice," which starred Geena Davis, Michael Keaton and a young Winona Ryder.)
Red State movie review: Kevin Smith breaks bad (Crikey)
(Defying audience expectations in a manner as bold and brazen as Quentin Tarantino calling “cut” on a syrupy Hollywood rom-com or Michael Bay producing a quirky indie drama, writer/director/cranky airline commuter Kevin Smith – who is best known for hazily plotted stoner comedies – delivers a shocking late career bolt from the blue in Red State, a supremely sacrilegious scary movie fitted with political and religious undertones as subtle as a sock of pennies to the nads.)
Kevin Smith: Live from Behind (Washington Post)
(Kevin Smith: Live from Behind. The event will follow his successful speaking-engagement format whereas Kevin discusses everything in the past/present and future. It is anticipated that Kevin's new film RED STATE, being released in late October, will be a topic of discussion.)
Beezid Announces Partnership With Kevin Smith's "SModcast Internet Radio" for New Weekly Tech Review Segment (Market Watch)
(Beezid.com, a top-rated penny auction website that offers a thrilling twist to online auction shopping, announced today their partnership with legendary on-screen comedy duo Jay and Silent Bob for their live SModcast, "Jay and Silent Bob Get Old." Beezid will be sponsoring the new weekly "Gadget Review" segment in which Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes will review a new tech gadget during their show, which is performed live on Fridays at the Jon Lovitz Podcast Theatre, located at Universal Studios CityWalk, and then aired on Wednesdays on Kevin Smith's "Smodcast Internet Radio.")
“Red State” is Actually the Most Interesting Kevin Smith Film Since “Clerks” (Indie Wire)
(Maybe it’s the absence of a shit demon, but I’ll take Kevin Smith’s “Red State” over his previous church satire, “Dogma,” any day. Neither film is particularly smart in its parody or commentary, save for a clever jab here and there, but I am grateful enough for a Smith movie that isn’t filled with raunchy jokes and other forced humor, or more complicated than it needs to be. He can keep on doing this sort of hammy B movie mix of horror and action thriller, as far as I’m concerned, and I’ll be more inclined to see it than the next goofball farce deriving from his childish mind. For the same reason I’d be more intrigued to read a 12-year-old’s serious essay on religion, politics and other heavy topics than the same kid’s attempt at sketch comedy, I was fully into the unsophisticated but genuinely invested plot of “Red State,” which wasn’t undercut with Smith’s usual cheap wisecracks and buffoonery.)
What Is It With Southwest Airlines, Celebrities and Twitter? (Wall Street Journal)
(Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer for the rock band “Green Day,’’ was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight after he refused a flight attendant’s order to pull up his saggy pants. And then he did what celebrities do when they do dumb things, he tweeted about it. Mr. Armstrong, 37, was traveling Thursday from Oakland to Burbank. That happens to be the same route that Hollywood director Kevin Smith was flying when he touched off a firestorm via Twitter last year after being removed from a Southwest flight because he, the airline alleged, was too large for one seat.)
‘Juno Temple’s Dark Knight Rises Role Kind Of Confirmed? (Spin Off)
(For about a week, way back in March, Batman fans stopped fixating who Joseph Gordon-Levitt might play — Robin? Alberto Falcone? The Riddler? Robin? — to dwell on the curve ball thrown by the casting of indie actress Juno Temple as “a street-smart Gotham girl” in the Christopher Nolan film. Although the role was quickly pegged as that of Holly Robinson, the young prostitute who lives with Selina Kyle in Batman: Year One, there were those who thought Temple might play Harley Quinn or, yes, even Robin. Then everybody kind of forgot about the actress.)
Holy Snoozer, Batman! (Best of New Orleans)
(Make no mistake: Gov. Bobby Jindal is the Batman of the fall ballot and all of Louisiana is his Gotham. Jindal even has his Alfred in Timmy Teepell, one of the brightest GOP minds in the nation, back on the trail this go around, not as campaign manager but as strategist and consultant. Jindal also has a pile of cash that's as big as all other statewide candidates' war chests combined — just like Bruce Wayne's fortune — and it buys him lots of cool stuff like commercials, donor databases and interns.)
"Batman: Arkham City" Announces Extra-Difficult New Game Plus Mode (Comic Book Resources)
(While a lot of fans loved "Batman: Arkham Asylum," some have noted that the game was a bit of a cakewalk when it came to dispatching bad guys in fights or taking them out silently from stealth -- even on hard mode. WB Games and Rocksteady Studios plan to rectify that with a new mode being introduced in its sequel, "Batman: Arkham City," by introducing a New Game Plus mode.)
Batman: Arkham City to Release Soundtrack Album (Super Hero Hype)
(Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, WaterTower Music and DC Entertainment have just announced the release of "Batman: Arkham City - The Album" on October 4th, two weeks before the game's North American release on October 18th. The collector's edition of the game is also planned to include a digital download code of the album, which features new songs from Panic! At The Disco, Coheed and Cambria, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and more.)
'Batmanning': Hanging By Your Feet Goes Viral on YouTube (ABC)
(Don't try this one at home. It's called Batmanning. And it may replace planking in the make-your-own trend world, but it seems the danger may outweigh the hilarity of it. To "Batman," one hangs upside down, holding on by only one's feet from a door, bar, gate, ledge, anything. Easy? Not quite.)
Countdown begins for Batman and Robin race (Market Rasen Mail)
(THERE is not long left to sign up for a fun Batman and Robin run at Market Rasen Racecourse. More than 100 people dressed as Batman and Robin are expected to turn out for the 5k Only Fools No Horses Fun Run and Walk organised by the town’s Lions Club.)
Melissa George: lesbian nanny, yes; Batman, no (SMH)
(Melissa George thinks people who have cosmetic surgery end up looking like Batman character the Joker. The Australian actress doesn't understand why so many women turn to surgery to enhance their looks. She thinks going under the knife often has a negative impact on people's appearances.)
Couch Potatoes Explained? Missing Key Genes May Be Cause for Lack of Resolve to Exercise, Researchers Find (Science Daily)
(You may think your lack of resolve to get off the couch to exercise is because you're lazy, but McMaster University researchers have discovered it may be you are missing key genes.)
Acid oceans helped fuel mass extinction (Science News)
(The question of what killed most life on Earth 250 million years ago is a veritable Murder on the Orient Express, with multiple characters all dealing part of the deathblow. Now, scientists have learned how one of the assassins — acid — could have performed its part of the deed. High levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide would have turned the oceans more than acidic enough to kill off marine critters, a computer simulation indicates.)
Even Bugs Have Personality (Dsicovery)
(Individual insects and bugs may all look alike to human eyes, but each and every one is unique and possesses its own personality, suggests new research that also helps to explain how personality arises in virtually all organisms. Some individual bugs, like humans, turn out to be shy, while others are very forceful, determined the study, published in the latest Proceedings of the Royal Society B. )
Your parrot isn’t just parroting, study suggests (World Science)
(Far from just mindlessly repeating sounds they hear, pet parrots may have a purpose for their vocal expressions, including trying to try to track their owners’ location, a study has found. While many owners will attest that pet parrots have a purpose in their talking, the subject was little studied before recently. Certainly parrots have shown feats of intelligence—one reportedly formed a concept of the number zero—but most research on captive parrots has focused on lab-reared birds’ responses in question-and-answer tasks, scientists say.)
Male-female ring finger proportions tied to sex hormones in embryo; may offer health insights (E-Science)
(Biologists at the University of Florida have found a reason why men's ring fingers are generally longer than their index fingers -- and why the reverse usually holds true for women. The finding could help medical professionals understand the origin of behavior and disease, which may be useful for customizing treatments or assessing risks in context with specific medical conditions.)
Tech company to build science ghost town in NM (AP)
(New Mexico, home to several of the nation's premier scientific, nuclear and military institutions, is planning to embark on a science project of unprecedented scale - a petri dish the size of a large U.S. city. A Washington-based technology company announced plans Tuesday to build a 20-square-mile model metropolis that would be used to test everything from renewable energy innovations to intelligent traffic systems and next-generation wireless networks.)
A new life for Taser, this time with less controversy (CNN)
(Don't tase me, bro!" The phrase is familiar to pretty much anyone that was alive and consuming news in 2007: Andrew Meyer, a senior at the University of Florida at the time, shouted it before campus police shot him with a Taser ECD (electronic control device). A video of the incident has been viewed nearly 6 million times on YouTube. The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based manufacturer of the device, Taser International, now enters something of a rebranding period as it begins to sell its newest product, Axon, a video surveillance system that records police officer response calls. The footage can then be securely stored online for reference.)
Traffic cameras have new prey: Criminals (USA Today)
(Those traffic cameras despised by so many drivers don't just nail speeders and red-light runners. They're helping police nab criminals. Police in Red Bank, Tenn., caught four suspects in a violent home invasion by reviewing images from a red-light camera near the victims' home. Four suspects tied up two victims and then ransacked the house, police say; one robber allegedly smashed his boot into a victim's face.)
Check out a nearly forty-year-old 3D animated film from the president of Pixar (Nerve)
(Back in 1972, graduate student Ed Catmull was hard at work on a computer animation project. The somewhat primitive 3D rendering of a plaster model of his hand might not look like much by today's standards, but it laid the foundation for the film studio Catmull was about to co-found — a little company called Pixar. While the animation might just look like a couple of shapes on screen, it's actually better than Cars 2.)
The Most Creative (and Ridiculous) State Fair Food: Fried Bubble Gum (Time)
(They say everything's bigger in Texas – even the fried-food offerings at their state fair. Perhaps we were too hasty in compiling our list of the top 10 state fair foods. We seem to have skipped over Texas' wild offerings.As the Texas State Fair concluded Monday, a prestigious prize was up for grabs: the “most creative” food at the fair. Who was crowned the king of the funky foods? Why, fried bubble gum, of course.)
The Benefits of Exercise Add Up: Over Time, a Little Goes a Long Way (Time)
(Increasingly, evidence suggests that even moderate amounts of exercise can lead to measurable health benefits. But while you don't have to be a marathoner to be healthy, it helps if you exercise consistently and stay active over a lifetime, according to a new British study.)
IHOP shooting: Nevada gunman kills three in pancake diner (BBC)
(A gunman has killed three people after opening fire at a pancake restaurant in the Nevada state capital Carson City, say officials. Several others were wounded in the attack at the International House of Pancakes chain at 09:00 (16:00 GMT). Two of the three people killed were National Guardsmen in uniform, the AP news agency reports.)
Little Progress on National Public Safety Network 10 Years After 9/11 (Gov Tech)
(Ten years ago, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks introduced mainstream America to the war on terror, al-Qaida and communications interoperability. Earlier this year, U.S. Special Forces killed al-Qaida leader and 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden. But a decade after the attacks, interoperability — or the ability for emergency first responders to communicate with one another regardless of the technology they use — remains a work in progress.)
Worker dead after fall into vat of hot lye (The Local)
(A 66-year-old Swedish man died in an accident at a paper factory in western Sweden after falling into a cistern filled with hot lye late Tuesday night. “He basically fell through the roof of the silo,” Ulf Maxén manager of the Munksjö Paper factory in Billingsfors where the accident took place, told The Local.)
By Hanging, Iran Executes Three Men For Having Gay Sex (Civil Rights Movement)
(Iran has executed by hanging three men for the crime of having gay sex, early on Sunday morning, September 4th. The three men were officially executed for “forbidden acts against religion,” as Iran does not acknowledge the existence of homosexuality, which is also officially a crime.)
3-state rampage leaves 5 dead in W.Va. house (Trib Live news)
(Police will not say what led Shayne Frank Riggleman on a three-state rampage that left five people dead near Morgantown, W.Va., a Fayette County woman seriously injured after he ran over her with a stolen Jeep and a gas station attendant critically wounded by a single blast from a rifle. Authorities only said that Riggleman, 22, of Morgantown, who killed himself after a short police chase in Kentucky, was acquainted with the five people whose bodies were found Monday evening in a dilapidated house at 100 Sugar Grove Road.)
Anthony Michael Hall released from LAPD custody (LA Times)
(Actor Anthony Michael Hall was released from custody early Tuesday after being booked on charges of disturbing the peace in connection with an altercation with a neighbor Monday night at his Venice condo complex.)
Eddie Murphy's Oscar Gig: Stars and Fans React (Hollywood Reporter)
(The Academy's announced Tuesday that actor and comedian Eddie Murphy has been tapped to host the 84th annual Oscars show from L.A. Feb. 26.)
Texas wildfires still out of control as toll reaches 1,000 homes (Star Telegram)
(One of the state's most devastating wildfire outbreaks ever left more than 1,000 homes in ruins Tuesday and strained the state's firefighting ranks, confronting Gov. Rick Perry with a disaster at home just as the GOP presidential contest heats up. More than 180 fires have erupted in the past week across the parched state, and nearly 600 of the homes destroyed were lost in one catastrophic blaze in and around Bastrop County in Central Texas, which remained out of control Tuesday for a third day.)
Executives Dispute Account of Murdoch Son in Hacking Case (New York Times)
(As the phone hacking scandal in Britain continues to gnaw at Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, a parliamentary panel opened new hearings on Tuesday, seeking to determine who knew about unauthorized voice mail intercepts ordered by the now defunct News of the World tabloid.)
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