Bus Stops - October 4

Mother and crying baby kicked off bus after driver says she 'can't take the screams'... then every other passenger leaves in protest (Daily Mail) 

(A mother and her crying baby were kicked off a bus because the female driver said she could not handle the child's screams - prompting every other passenger to leave in protest. The driver of the No. 57 TriMet bus in Hillsboro, Oregon has been put on leave after the incident, which happened on Thursday at 8pm, when it was dark.)

Mexico cops find 7 bodies dumped in resort town of Zihuatanejo (MSNBC) 

(The bullet-riddled, bound bodies of seven men were dumped Sunday at a downtown bus stop in the Pacific resort town of Zihuatanejo, police said, as drug violence claimed at least 20 people this weekend along a stretch of coastal tourist destinations.)

Racist letter compares Winnipeg candidate to bus beheader (National Post) 

(Elections Manitoba has been asked to investigate after a letter was mailed to several homes comparing a provincial election candidate to the man who beheaded a passenger on a Greyhound bus in 2008. The letter, which has been mailed to some homes in the Logan constituency in north Winnipeg, compares Liberal candidate Joe Chan to Vince Li.)

Seth Rogen weds longtime girlfriend, writer Lauren Miller (CNN) 

(His movie came out Friday, but that is far from the most exciting thing Seth Rogen had going on this weekend. The "50/50" star tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend, writer Lauren Miller, in Sonoma, Calif., on Sunday, PEOPLE has learned. The wedding took place in front of family and friends overlooking a vineyard. Guests included Rogen's frequent costars Jonah Hill, Adam Sandler, Paul Rudd, among others.)

'Tupac Sex Tape' Hits Internet Same Day as Sean Combs Is Accused of Hiring His Murder (LA Weekly) 

(TMZ claims to have viewed a sex tape starring the late L.A. gangsta rapper Tupac Shakur -- an alleged feat in multitasking. (Task 1: Sap cocktails, puff blunts with homies. Task 2: Lipsync to own unreleased track. Task 3: Get dick sucked. But more on that later!)

Hank Williams Jr. Compares Obama To Hitler, Gets Pulled From 'Monday Night Football' (Huffington Post) 

(ESPN decided to pull its Monday Night Football introduction after singer Hank Williams, Jr. made comments comparing President Obama to Hitler. A statement put out by the network read: "While Hank Williams, Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize that he is closely linked to our company through the open to Monday Night Football. We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the open from tonight's telecast.")

Huge silicon breast saves woman from husband's knife (Pravda) 

(Moscow surgeons have operated the woman, who had been attacked by her own husband. The man stabbed his wife in the heart, but the knife stuck in the woman's silicon breast, which saved her life. The bizarre story about a new function of silicon breasts - body armor - took place in the family of a 40-year-old female Muscovite. The woman had a fight with her husband, and the man grabbed a knife in a fit of anger, the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper wrote with reference to plastic surgeon Sergei Blokhin.)

Man rips out own eyes in church (The Sun UK) 

(A CHURCHGOER ripped out his eyeballs as a priest gave Sunday mass yesterday. British-born Aldo Bianchini, 46, stood up calmly and tore them out with his bare hands then collapsed in a pool of blood. His mother tried to help him as the priest called for help. But surgeons were unable to save his sight. He told doctors in Viareggio, Italy, he "heard voices" telling him to rip out his eyes. Dr Gino Barbacci said: "To do that requires superhuman strength.")

Leonard 'Spock' Nimoy Attends His Last 'Star Trek' Convention (Huffington Postt) 

(Leonard Nimoy has attended his final "Star Trek" convention. The 80-year-old actor, best-known for playing Mr. Spock in the original TV series that began in September 1966, formed four fingers into a V for Vulcan sign and intoned to fans Spock's most famous phrase: "Live long and prosper." Nimoy has said the convention in suburban Chicago celebrating the 45th anniversary of "Star Trek" would be his last.)

Hotel chain bed tester insures her bottom for £4m (Newslite) 

(A woman responsible for testing the comfort and quality of beds for a hotel chain is having her bottom insured for £4 million. Natalie Thomas -- who can spent eight hours per day bouncing on beds -- says her rear is so sensitive it helps her detecting lumps and inconsistencies. Charged with leading a team to ensure the quality of 46,000 Premier Inn bed, the 39-year-old from Bedfordshire (really) has been given the job title 'Director of Bed Bouncing.')

Wall Street protesters dress as zombies in NYC (Yahoo) 

(Protesters speaking out against corporate greed and other issues showed no signs of giving up their campaign Monday, with organizers urging participants to dress up as what they called corporate zombies and to take part in a rally against police brutality. The arrests of 700 people on Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend fueled the anger of the protesters camping in a Manhattan park and sparked support elsewhere in the country as the campaign entered its third week.)

Playboy gal ‘hops’ off with $80K from ex-boyfriend (NY Post) 

(A Connecticut money manager learned the hard way that it’s not a good idea to cheat on your Playboy girlfriend after writing her a blank check. Wealthy businessman Andrew Oberwager was hit with Connecticut court papers last week by his former longtime gal pal -- sexy German Playboy covergirl Karolina Stefanski -- who says that he gave her the green light to write checks on his account and that she had every right to cash one for $80,000 after she caught him stepping out on her.)

Couple exchange their wedding vows 100 times (Newslite) 

(Most couples only exchange their wedding vows once, but not Lauren and David Blair -- their just set the world record for doing it 100 times. The loved-up couple from Tennessee are now featured in the Guinness World Records for 'Most Marriage Vow Renewals by the Same Couple'. After meeting in 1982, the pair first married in 1982. Since then they've renewed their vows a further 99 times, each ceremony taking place in a different location.)

Indiana Teen Eludes Police, Not Cuffs (My Fox NY) 

(An Indiana teenager managed to escape police custody after his arrest on charges of underage drinking, but was forced to turn himself in the next day after failing to unlock his handcuffs, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Sunday. Zachary Keilman, 18, was handcuffed Wednesday night and put in a county deputy's car after cops broke up a party where minors were drinking, the Sun-Times said. But while the deputy was distracted by other party-goers, Keilman slipped out of the car and ran from the scene.)

Bayern Munich fans caught having sex in stands during Hoffenheim match (Goal) 

(No player managed to score in Bayern Munich's 0-0 Bundesliga draw with Hoffenheim at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena on Saturday, but among the capacity 30,150 crowd, there was one highlight. Within 16 minutes of the opening kick-off, a couple watching from the Bayern section were photographed having sex in the stands.)

Couple Attacked By Bear Inside Pa. Home (My Fox NY) 

(Officials say a bear attacked a couple inside their central Pennsylvania home, sending both people to a hospital. Pennsylvania Game Commission spokesman Jerry Feaser says the attack happened Monday morning in Oliver Township. He says the couple's dog was outside and ran into the home, followed by the bear.)

The Press, the Fans and Kevin Smith (This Is Fake DIY) 

(The press is a weird thing. Despite trying to be subjective it ultimately influences almost every aspect of whatever it chooses to lock in its crosshair. For filmmakers working today it’s a necessary evil - something they have to put up with because once hurdled, it allows them to move onto their next big thing. They may not enjoy it, but they play the game nonetheless. Kevin Smith is no stranger to the press. Hell, his relationship with the media’s had more ups and downs than an amusement park. So it seems apt that he would be the first director to openly give them the finger. Red State arrives in UK cinemas this week after one of the most unconventional journeys to the screen ever. Having ruffled feathers at this year’s Sundance Festival, Smith announced that instead of giving his latest flick a vanilla theatrical release (complete with an overpriced marketing campaign) he would distribute the movie himself.)

From Chasing Amy to Red State: The Evolution Of Kevin Smith (The Film Pilgrim) 

(Kevin Smith is best known as the writer/director of his own View Askewniverse films Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, all of which feature he and best friend Jason Mewes as cult heroes Jay and Silent Bob. These films were never blockbusters, but were made on small budgets and had their own branch of hardcore fans. Wanting to grow as a director Smith moved outside of this universe after Clerks 2 but his films remained similar, pop culture obsessed musings on life, love and friendship. With his new film Red State that is all about to change.)

Red State: Review (Joblo) 

(If I go by the online world, RED STATE seems to be polarizing peeps for the most part, a love it or hate it affair... always a good sign. For me? He shoots, he scores! The horror left hooks, the exploration of fanaticism/bigotry (by way of religion), political bullshit, a crazy action scene, a top notch cast and grab by the balls camera work. As I watched this flick; I was taking it in on so many levels it wasn't even funny. The horror, action, drama, all worked and yes the main shoot-out had me on the edge of my seat, but it was about more than that; and I guess whom you are, where you come from and how you were raised, will define what you will read into it.)

Red State expresses the yearning of the godless for faith (Guardian) 

(The sudden assertion of red-state fundamentalism seems to have dumbfounded America's progressives. There they were with their black president, at last leading the nation towards a civilised future. Who could argue with that? Only the crazies of the flyover badlands. Now, however, these neanderthals have emerged from their trailer-parks to plunge into doubt doctrines that liberals consider unarguable.)

Kevin Smith's Bruce Willis Problem (Contact Music) 

(Kevin Smith was disappointed he didn't get along with Bruce Willis on the set of 'Cop Out'. Kevin Smith found Bruce Willis to be challenging as they didn't "get along". The 'Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back' director was disappointed the pair "didn't get along" when the actor starred in his police-themed comedy movie 'Cop Out' last year as he had always dreamed of working with the Golden Globe winner. He said: "We didn't get along. He didn't like me at all. I thought that working with Bruce Willis was something that I wanted to do, until I did it.")

Arkhham City Takes The Madness Far And Wide (LA Times) 

(The lunatics will take over the asylum in a big way in Batman: Arkham City, the sequel to the widely (and wildly) acclaimed 2009 video game Batman: Arkham Asylum and one of the biggest releases of the year for gamers. The plot of the dark adventure: Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane has been shut down but Gotham needs someplace to put its villains, gangsters and thugs, so Mayor Quincy Sharp carves out an entire district and declares it a maximum-security prison zone.)

Batman Fans Turn Out in Droves for Chance to Be in 'Dark Knight Rises' (DNA Info) 

(Lineups sprawled down an entire block on Saturday as hundreds of fans of the Caped Crusader turned out for the chance to be an extra in Christopher Nolan's next Batman flick. The open casting call was announced last week, looking for physically fit people to play "law enforcement within a city besieged by crime and corruption.")

George Clooney: Batman & Robin was “s**t, and I was bad in it.” (Comic Book) 

(That’s not the kind of thing you generally hear on a press tour. George Clooney, in promotion of his upcoming film The Ides of March with Ryan Gosling and Marisa Tomei, did an interview with Total Film where he looked back on arguably the biggest bomb of his blockbuster career: 1997’s Batman & Robin, in which he played Batman.)

Dead scientist awarded Nobel in medicine (Yahoo) 

(A Canadian-born scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for his discoveries about the immune system but hours later his university said that he had been dead for three days. The Nobel committee had been unaware of Ralph Steinman's death and it was unclear whether the prize would be rescinded because Nobel statutes don't allow posthumous awards.)

Beetle's mating with beer bottles scoop award (Newslite) 

(Boffins who noticed certain Australian beetles will try to have sex with discarded beer bottles have won a scientific prize. Entomologists Professor Darryl Gwynne and David Rentz were awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for their discovery about buprestid Beetles. They'd discovered the male beetle would try to mate with beer bottles -- but only brown ones with bobbly bits on them.)

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Japanese Toilet Company Creates Poop-Powered Bike (Oddity Central) 

(The Toilet Bike Neo is a toilet-bike hybrid that runs entirely on biogas (human poop). It was created by TOTO, Japan’s biggest toilet manufacturer as part of a campaign to reduce CO2 emissions in toilets by 50% until 2017. Believe it or not, we may have been looking for alternatives to fossil fuels in all the wrong places. Making biodiesel, harnessing the power of the sun, even using electrical batteries sounds way to complicated when apparently all we need to do to power our vehicles is answer the call of nature. Japanese toilet company TOTO has been working on a poop-powered tricycle called Toilet Bike Neo that actually has a toilet for a seat and runs only on human feces. The technology used to convert waste into fuel for the bike hasn’t yet been made public, but details are slowly emerging on the company’s blog.)

Facebook postpones public launch of Timeline (Chicago Tribune) 

(Nothing in the most recent legal filing indicates that Facebook changed its Timeline launch date as a result of the suit. However, several developers have noted that a message saying that Timelines would automatically publish to the public on September 29 has since been updated to October 6.)

Beutler, Hoffmann, Steinman Share Nobel (Time) 

(Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries about the immune system that opened new avenues for the treatment and prevention of infectious illnesses and cancer. American Bruce Beutler and French scientist Jules Hoffmann shared the 10 million-kronor ($1.5 million) award with Canadian-born Ralph Steinman, the Nobel committee at Stockholm Karolinska institute said.)

Anesthesia May Put Kids at Risk for Learning Disabilities (Time) 

(It's not often that infants need multiple surgeries in the first two years of life, but for those who do, there may be long-terms risks associated with visits to the operating room, a new study finds. In a study published in the journal Pediatrics, Dr. Randall Flick and his colleagues at the Mayo Clinic report that infants who undergo multiple surgical procedures before age 2 may show developmental problems that go beyond the risks of the procedures themselves.)

Ranked: Jobs With the Most (and Fewest) Smokers (Time) 

(Miners, food service workers and construction workers are more likely to smoke than adults in other industries, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Thursday. In an analysis of 2004-10 data from a national health survey, the CDC found that 30% of workers in mining and an equal proportion of workers in hotel and food services reported smoking. An estimated 29.7% of adults working in construction smoked.)

DNA Helps Clear Texas Man of Wife's Death (Time) 

(Texas prosecutors agreed Monday to release an Austin man who spent nearly 25 years in prison for beating his wife to death — but always maintained his innocence — after DNA tests showed another man was responsible. District Judge Sid Harle recommended Michael Morton go free to the state Court of Criminal Appeals, which will make the final determination on overturning his conviction.)

Jail for family who googled murder to get granddad's riches (SMH) 

(A BRITISH schoolgirl has been imprisoned for her part in a family plot to kill her elderly grandfather to get at his money. The 16-year-old girl searched the internet with her 49-year-old mother, 19-year-old brother and his 17-year-old girlfriend for ''the easiest way to kill an old person''. They researched the possibility of poisoning the 89-year-old with toadstools but then in a campaign to try to ''frighten him to death'' threw bricks through his window at night and cut the fuel line on his car to try to make it explode.)

Couple who filmed themselves forcing spider into toddler's mouth are jailed (Daily Mail) 

(A couple who filmed themselves forcing a spider into a toddler's mouth have been jailed. James Kirman, 31, and Rachel Drinkell, 24, from Grimsby, Humberside, were seen on video pinning the little girl to the ground as she screamed and cried. The sick pair made videos of themselves tormenting the girl and a baby boy by having sex in front of them and sounding an airhorn in the baby's ear.)

Emotional Night on "Dancing With the Stars" -- Who Was Brought to Tears (Too Fab) 

(The contestants had to choose routines inspired by the most memorable years of their lives. Rob Kardashian and Chaz Bono dedicated their dances to their deceased fathers, while J.R. Martinez's performed a dance to fallen soldiers. At the end of the dance, the veteran -- and many in the audience -- were in tears.)

PETA Shark Attack Ad Targets Victim C.J. Wickersham With 'Payback Is Hell' (Huffington Post) 

(PETA is at it again. Just days after a man on a spearfishing trip survived a shark attack near the Gulf of Mexico, PETA launched a controversial campaign portraying a shark chomping a man to death with the tagline "Payback Is Hell, Go Vegan." "With the recent shark attack in the news, we thought that it was a good time to bring this discussion up that will hopefully save lives, both human and animals," PETA Campaign Manager Ashley Byrne told The Huffington Post.)