NJ students text parents to say bus driver drunk (CBS)
(A New Jersey bus driver has been charged with drunken driving after a middle school student texted home with "Mommy I think our bus driver is drunk she's not driving right." Westampton police Sgt. Stephen Ent says Carole Crockett had a blood-alcohol level of 0.25 percent, five times the legal limit for operating a commercial vehicle.)
Bus Plunges Off Cliff After Funeral, Killing 14 (KWTX)
(A minibus that was carrying mourners from a funeral plunged off a cliff into the ocean on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Lucia, killing 14 people, police said. Police say in a statement Friday that 13 died at the scene and a girl died later at a hospital.)
Parents want to see video from bus incident (Eagle Tribune)
(An Atkinson family may file a civil lawsuit against the Timberlane Regional School District after a school bus driver allegedly berated their 11-year-old son. Two weeks ago, Eric Roux said, his son got off the bus and immediately broke down crying.)
Woman beats school bus driver, drops pants at officers (WTSP)
( A Winter Haven woman was arrested Thursday morning after she boarded a school bus full of students, caused a scene and hit the driver. According to police, around 6:05 a.m., 37-year-old Marsia Emanuel flagged down the bus on Renton Manor for an unknown reason. The driver, recognizing her as a parent of a student who rides the bus, stopped and opened the door to talk to her.)
Box Office: Sandler, DiCaprio can't beat No. 1 'Immortals' (LA Times)
("Immortals" fought off the competition at the box office this weekend, emerging victorious with the No. 1 title. The film, an expensive 3-D sword-and-sandals epic, claimed the top spot with a solid $32 million, according to an estimate from distributor Relativity Media. That was enough to fend off Adam Sandler's cross-dressing comedy "Jack and Jill," which took in a decent $26 million. The Clint Eastwood-directed "J. Edgar" biopic, meanwhile, collected a modest $11.5 million.)
Sasha Grey, Porn Star, Reads To Elementary School, Parents Outraged (Huffington Post)
(How would you feel if an adult film star read to your seven year old child? Believe it or not, some parents in California are pretty angry that it happened in their kids' classroom. Porn legend Sasha Grey was a guest reader at Emerson Elementary School in Compton, California earlier this month, joining first and third grade students in their Read Across America day.)
A DOLPHIN died after marine park bosses allowed a deafening rave yards from its pool (The UK Sun)
(Wildlife experts warned the banging techno at the two-day dance event would lead to stress among the ten dolphins. Animal activists even turned up to protest at Connyland marine park in Lipperswil, Switzerland. Shadow, an eight-year-old dolphin, appeared very distressed and disoriented after the event, and was later found dead.)
Lack Of Toilet Paper Leads Man To Destroy Charlotte Motel (CBS)
(One man made sure a Charlotte motel was going to pay for him running out of toilet paper. Upset about the lack of toilet paper that was available in his room, a man destroyed $2,090 worth of hotel property on Monday, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police report. The identity of the man remains unknown.)
Ottawa-area brewery hires homeless for deliveries (CBC)
(Some of Ottawa's homeless will soon be employed by a local brewing company to deliver beer to area homes. Beau's All Natural Brewing Co. will start doing house calls Nov. 24 and has hired Operation Come Home to deliver the beer from the Vankleek Hill, Ont. brewery. The agency features businesses that help Ottawa's young homeless residents make some money. This enterprise with Beau's, which previously only collected empty bottles from people's homes, will now exchange empties for full bottles.)
Nurses File Lawsuit Over Time To Dress For Work (CBS)
(Two nurses have filed a lawsuit over the time it takes to put on and take off their scrubs. They want to get paid to dress. The class action lawsuit was filed by two nurses at Aurora Medical Center. They believe more employees of the hospital group both locally and nationwide will join in the lawsuit once their complaint is heard.)
Chinese 'koala meat' was actually bamboo rat, restaurant claims (Courier Mail)
(A RESTAURANT in southern China that found itself at the centre of outrage for selling "koala meat" claims it was in fact selling a type of rat that bears a resemblance to the drowsy marsupial. An Australian tourist visiting a restaurant in Guangzhou's Panyu district told a radio station 3AW that diners were able to select a live koala from a cage and could choose whether they wanted it "braised" or "stewed".)
Man peeped on women in Disney bathroom stall (Orlando Sentinel)
(A 42-year-old Winter Park man was arrested early today after a tourist at Walt Disney World's Epcot told authorities he was peeping over a bathroom stall in a women's restroom at the theme park. The woman, who was visiting from Pennsylvania with her family, went into the bathroom near the Spaceship Earth ride with one of her two daughters a little after midnight when she saw someone peeking over the top of a stall, an Orange County sheriff's report shows.)
'Naked marriages' on rise in China (CS Monitor)
(Even to the most modern of young Beijing couples, some traditions are sacred: Real estate consultant Zhu Heng and his lawyer bride, Jia Zhiwei, are postponing their wedding banquet until Mr. Zhu's parents' feng shui adviser chooses an auspicious date for it. But helpless in the face of astronomical housing prices in the capital, Zhu had to marry the woman he loves without being able to offer her a home of their own – a standard requirement of Chinese brides down the ages.)
Beer for dogs goes on sale -- becomes online hit (NewsLite)
(Even to the most modern of young Beijing couples, some traditions are sacred: Real estate consultant Zhu Heng and his lawyer bride, Jia Zhiwei, are postponing their wedding banquet until Mr. Zhu's parents' feng shui adviser chooses an auspicious date for it. But helpless in the face of astronomical housing prices in the capital, Zhu had to marry the woman he loves without being able to offer her a home of their own – a standard requirement of Chinese brides down the ages.Everybody knows you shouldn't give your dog a sip of your beer, but pooches no longer have to miss out -- because a new brew made specifically for dogs has gone on sale.)
Twisted sister in nun jail (New York Post)
(This nun had a bad habit -- and she’s landed in purgatory for it. Sister Marie Thornton gambled her life away playing the one-armed bandits in Atlantic City, losing nearly $1 million she pilfered from the coffers of upstate Iona College, where she worked as a trusted financial officer. Sister Susie, as she is known, was spared three years in federal prison by a compassionate Judge Kimba Wood in Manhattan Tuesday, after pleading guilty to one count of embezzlement.)
50 Reasons Why BATMAN Is The Greatest Superhero Ever (What Culture)
(We’ve all got an early memory of the Dark Knight lodged in our mind somewhere, whether it’s from a stack of a father or sibling’s old comic books, watching re-runs of the purposely gaudy 60’s T.V show or from one of the many movie adaptations or animated series available for audience consumption. He’s a character that’s so embedded into our collective subconscious that these days it’s difficult to get through a week without hearing about his exploits in some form or another (although I’m not sure exactly why you’d want to).)
The Dark Knight Rises Over The 59th Street Bridge This Weekend (Gothamist)
(Last weekend, thousands of extras spread out near Wall Street to film some epic battle scenes for obscure indie film The Dark Knight Rises. There was gunfire, batwings and appearances from most of the movies' stars—and it seems we're in store for another dose of Batman-ing this weekend. The film will be shooting on the upper level of the span of the 59th Street Bridge until 8 p.m. tonight. It will also be closed for filming tomorrow as well, between 1 a.m. and 8 p.m.)
A stiff drink will help your child with his anger issues (Telegraph)
(My four-year-old had such a monstrous tantrum the other day that I bought three parenting manuals. Being an anxious middle-class mother, this is what I do when trouble strikes – read books. I have dozens, on everything from water birth to sibling rivalry. I’ve even bought a book on the pointlessness of parenting books. The Australian psychologist Steve Biddulph recommends that, as soon as both parents arrive home from work, they should sit down together with a stiff drink.)
Women Aren’t Having Enough Sex, Says Science (Divine Caroline)
(According to psychiatrist Dr. Naomi Greenblatt with the HealthyWomen organization, “hitting the skins” may be as important as hitting the gym when it comes to preserving one’s youthful looks—and women aren’t doing enough of it. According to a recent survey, “women who had sex at least four times a week were scored as looking up to ten years younger than their actual age,” said Greenblatt.)
Woman's stare reveals secret to hypnosis (MSNBC)
(The true nature of hypnosis has eluded scientists. It's clear people can be hypnotized, but it's not clear how this happens. New research offers a clue. By recording the eye movements of a hypnotized woman, and comparing them with those of nonhypnotized people, researchers say they have found evidence that hypnosis involves a special mental state, fundamentally different from normal consciousness.)
The controversial science of free will (Salon)
(These days, we seem to be living in a new golden age of choice. One moment we’re tweeting, the next we are changing our profile picture. We get a hankering for hummus and next thing we know, it’s off to Yelp the nearest falafel place. In every choice and action we make, online or off, we have the unique sense that we are in control. This is what it feels like to have free will.)
Chinese Art Student Builds Home-Made iPad for His Girlfriend (Oddity Central)
(Owning an Apple iPad is not such a big deal these days, but building one for scratch is definitely an impressive feat. That’s exactly what Chinese art student Wei Xinlong did, in the name of love. Like many other college sweethearts in China, Wei Xinlong and Sun Shasha decided to settle for a long distance relationship in order to continue their studies or find better employment opportunities, after graduation.)
Researchers: TV Doesn't 'Dumb Down' Kids (My Fox NY)
(Too much TV does not "dumb down" young children but can improve their language skills, Australian researchers have concluded in a landmark study of the first generation of so-called "digital natives" cited by The Australian Saturday. The research, based on data from a study of Australian children, questions the conventional wisdom that TV hinders children's learning.)
Police Arrest 19 Suspects Using A ‘Free Beer’ Trap (Time)
(To catch a rabbit, try a carrot. Mice? Cheese. For man, it turns out beer works best. And the promise of a free case of brew led to substantially less freedom for 19 elusive British suspects. An undercover operation led by the Derbyshire Constabulary offered a sudsy special to suspected criminals who had slipped through officers’ hands. The police department, under the guise of a marketing company, sent fake letters to dozens of suspects explaining that they’d won a free case of beer. (Really, how could such an offer be passed up?))
Owners killing their pets to get insurance payouts (Telegraph UK)
(First it was spurious claims for whiplash and other injuries, then it was "crash for cash". Now a new type of fraud is affecting the insurance industry - pet scams. Dishonest claims on animal policies almost quadrupled last year, making it the fasting growing area of insurance crime.)
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