Bus Stops - October 10

Teen Good Samaritan stabbed to death on bus in B.C. (CTV) 

(A teenaged Good Samaritan, who was stabbed while trying to break up a fight between two women and a man on a bus in Surrey, B.C., has died of his injuries. Surrey RCMP said 18-year-old Jamie Kehoe intervened in the altercation on a city bus that was stopped at 72nd Avenue and 128th Street early Saturday morning.)

Bus driver beaten by teens slams legal system (The Province) 

(A bus driver whose life was forever changed by an unprovoked assault says his attacker's lenient sentence is proof of a "broken legal system." Robert Massong was attacked by three drunken teenagers and "left for dead on the sidewalk," but only one of the teens has been convicted - and he was only given a year of probation.)

Willie Nelson's tour bus on auction block (Vancouver Sun) 

(One of the most famous tour buses in the history of music is set to hit the auction block in Ontario this month, but the successful bidder might want to test the smoke detectors. One of Willie Nelson's buses, which the country music star retired in 1999, will be offered at the Toronto Fall Classic Car Auction on Oct. 22 in Mississauga, Ont.)

Bus Crash Kills Dozens in China (WSJ) 

(Three major road accidents in China killed 56 people on the last day of a weeklong holiday, including 35 people who died after a bus collided with a car on a northern expressway, state media reported Saturday. The official Xinhua News Agency said that the bus flipped over after crashing into a car in the port city of Tianjin on Friday afternoon, injuring 18 others.)

Killer sharks invade golf course (The Sun) 

(THE world's most intimidating golf course has been discovered — boasting a lake full of man-eating SHARKS. The fins of six bullsharks poking throught the water is a familiar sight for golfers at the 14th tee at Carbrook Golf Club in Brisbane, Australia.)

Saddam 'double' escapes Alexandria porn kidnap gang, again (Ahram) 

(An Egyptian man was severely beaten after an Iraqi gang tried to kidnap and force him to film pornographic videos because of his astonishing resemblance to former Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein. Mohamed Bishr says he was on his way on Sunday to a café in the bustling downtown area of Egypt's second city of Alexandria when three men wearing black suits tried to force him into the back of a van.)

Minn. woman accused of robbing home to buy porn (AP) 

(Authorities say an 18-year-old Minnesota woman admitted to investigators that she broke into a neighbor's home three times looking for items she could fence to feed her porn addiction. Anoka County sheriff's investigators say the neighbor called to report he had surveillance footage of Amanda Rose Owens sneaking into his East Bethel home through a dog door.)

Vietnamese man sleeps with wife's body (Sky News) 

(A man in central Vietnam has admitted sleeping beside the bones of his dead wife for seven years despite pressure from authorities to bury her. Le Van said he dug up the bones of his dead wife in 2004, a year after she died, and has slept beside them ever since, online news site VietnamNet reported on Wednesday. The case sparked widespread media coverage in 2009, prompting local authorities to urge Van, 57, to bury the corpse.)

Fan throws hot dog at Woods, gets arrested (Seattle Times) 

(A strange year for Tiger Woods took another bizarre twist Sunday when a fan was arrested for running toward the seventh green at CordeValle and tossing a hot dog in Woods' direction. The bun barely reached the green. The hot dog landed on the putting surface.)

Suspected smugglers unleash bees on police (News AU) 

(A TURKISH news agency says suspected smugglers set loose a swarm of bees on 15 police officers searching for contraband cigarettes hidden among a truckload of hives. The state-run Anatolia agency says police, acting on a tip, stopped the truck in the southern city of Adana today.)

Artist To Give Birth In Art Gallery (My Fox NY) 

(A pregnant New York performance artist is planing to have her baby in an art gallery in front of an audience as part of a piece examining childbirth. Called “The Birth of Baby X,” the performance -- which begins Saturday -- features artist Marni Kotak turning Bushwick’s Microscope Gallery into her “birthing room” where she will spend each day until the baby comes.)

Dutch trains to get 'bag toilets' (BBC) 

(Dutch National Railways is introducing emergency plastic bags for passengers to urinate in as part of its first-aid provision on some commuter trains. Spokesman Jeroen von Geusau told the BBC "wee bags" would be installed on commuter trains without toilets.)

Woman arrested for scaring girl into stealing (Yahoo) 

(Authorities say a Palmdale woman who claimed to be a psychic scared a 12-year-old girl into stealing $10,000 worth of family jewelry as payment to remove a curse. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Thursday that Jackeline Lopez was arrested last month on suspicion of extortion and detectives are seeking the public's help in identifying an additional suspect or victims.)

'UFO Phil' Plans To Build UFO Gas Station On Alcatraz Island (Huffington Post) 

(UFO Phil has big plans now that he has completed his move from the mountain peaks of Colorado to the sunny California seaside. Not only is he working on a tan, but he is also planning to build a full-sized pyramid on Alcatraz Island. The comedy songwriter and filmmaker said his design, which he calls the "Great Pyramid of Alcatraz," was inspired by Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza.)

Paul McCartney Marries Nancy Shevell (People) 

(He loves her yeah, yeah, yeah! After days of wedding preparations, Paul McCartney and New York businesswoman Nancy Shevell exchanged vows during an afternoon ceremony in London.)

Kevin Smith: Too Fat For 40 (DVDtalk) 

(Having earned his fame as the writer and director of a string of films known more for their dialogue than anything else, it was only natural that Kevin Smith would turn his talent with the English language and willingness to share anything and everything to a more direct medium, and his close connection with his loyal fanbase provided just the right opportunity, filling Q&A sessions that let him talk about his movies, his interests and his life.)

BLOOD-RED STATE IS TOP SPLATTERFEST (Sunday World) 

(A change of style from director Kevin Smith, RED STATE is a horror film in which a group of misfits encounter fundamentalism gone to the extreme in Middle America. Smith has created a thriller, focusing on a Christian fundamentalist group with a sinister agenda. Red State unfolds in a small town dominated by a fundamentalist preacher, Abin Cooper.)

Thoughts on... Red State (Flickering Myth) 

(‘Written and Directed by Kevin Smith’. Six words that should cause fear and panic in the minds of any sane person having seen the last film to bear these titles, Cop Out. Smith’s last film was a cataclysmically bad ‘comedy’, the only use of which should be for the police to show to criminals to get a confession from them. Waterboarding would be a preference over watching that film again.)

Getting Old with Silent Bob and Jay (NJ Patch) 

(Getting old is not something that coincides with life in Hollywood. Great pains are usually taken to cover it up, Botox it out or ignore it all together with the hope that if ignored, the process will cease to exist. It is certainly not something that is put on display or worse, celebrated.)

Melnyk moves forward with nasal spray orgasm drug (Financial Post) 

(Less than two years after severing his links with drug-maker Biovail Corp, Eugene Melnyk is again making headlines with an experimental sexual dysfunction medicine delivered in the form of a nasal spray. The product, identified only as TBS-2, successfully completed a key test called a “Vibro-Tactile Stimulation clinical study,” according to Trimel Pharmaceuticals Corp., who’s largest shareholder is Mr. Melnyk.)

Century-old Bacteria Unearthed in New York Hospital (NJ Patch) 

(It was 1897. William McKinley took office as President of the United States. A New York Sun editorial told 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon that, yes, there is a Santa Claus. And someone at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York City buried a time capsule full of bacteria in the cornerstone of the building.)

Study: Looking On Bright Side Not Bright (My Fox NY) 

(If you are always seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, be warned -- it could be an oncoming train. So says a study published Sunday in the journal Nature Neuroscience which concludes that our well-known penchant for donning rose-tinted glasses may be a failure to store risk awareness in a key part of the brain.)

Choice of fragrance 'influenced by our body odour' (Telegraph) 

(Scientists have uncovered why it is so difficult to buy perfume for others – because we are drawn to fragrances that complement and enhance our own body odours. Researchers claim that rather than using perfumes and aftershave to mask the smells produced by our own bodies, we actually select fragrances to enhance our own natural scent.)

Babies know difference between right and wrong when they are just 15 months old (Daily Mail) 

(It is often thought of as one of the qualities which distinguishes humans from animals. And a new study has shown that the ability to tell the difference between right and wrong is a skill which even babies can possess.)

Robo-Deer Help Catch Poachers (My Fox NY) 

(State wildlife officials nationwide are using roadside robot deer decoys to nab unscrupulous hunters, and the program is expanding in states such as Florida and Utah. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources spokeswoman Amy Canning says the state now has five robotic deer decoys.)

Apple iPhone 4S goes on pre-sale (CNN) 

(The iPhone 4S -- Apple's newest creation -- quietly went on pre-sale at 12 a.m. on Friday. The homepage of the company's website, however, remained a dedication to the company's co-founder, Steve Jobs, who died on Wednesday after a history of pancreatic cancer.)

Bulldogs Banned on Many Airlines Due to Death Risk (Time) 

(With a face so cute, who could resist a bulldog? The airlines can, apparently. That's right, the pups are the latest in the no-fly zone. Along with knives and toxic liquids, bulldogs and other snub-nosed pets simply won't fly with the airlines.)

24 dead in worst Cairo riots since Mubarak ouster (AP) 

(Flames lit up downtown Cairo, where massive clashes raged Sunday, drawing Christians angry over a recent church attack, Muslims and Egyptian security forces. At least 24 people were killed and more than 200 injured in the worst sectarian violence since the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak in February. The rioting lasted late into the night, bringing out a deployment of more than 1,000 security forces and armored vehicles to defend the state television building along the Nile, where the trouble began. The military clamped a curfew on the area until 7 a.m.)

LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT Star David Hess Dead at 69 (We Are Movie Geeks) 

(David Hess would have gone done in history as one of the slimiest creeps in the movies if he had appeared in nothing except the 1972 rape and revenge classic LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT as the repellent lead villain Krug. Director Wes Craven’s first film was one of the most notorious movies ever made, offending nearly everyone who saw it, and 40 years later, it hasn’t lost any of its edge. (Garrett Dillahunt was actually fine as Krug in the 2009 remake but any actor would have come off as Mr. Rogers compared to Hess’ sadistic portrayal). His character is so brutal and abhorrent that even his fellow murderers are afraid of him.)

Swiss Couple Claim 'Forest Boy' Is Grandson (Sky News) 

(Swiss Couple Claim 'Forest Boy' Is Grandson. Now the pair are due to give a DNA test which will be matched with the teenager, Ray, who was dubbed "forest boy" after his story became public.)