Ottawa bus passengers sing for driver (CBC)
(Passengers on Ottawa buses were breaking into song Friday to show their support for OC Transpo's silenced singing bus driver. The transit sing-song was organized by passengers who were upset when driver Yves Roy was told earlier this month to stop belting out songs along his route. OC Transpo told him the singing had provoked about a dozen complaints.)
Atlanta bus driver attacks on the rise (AJC)
(MARTA bus driver Andrea Andrews had picked up a passenger in Grant Park last week and just turned east on Memorial Drive when the man protested the direction the bus was headed. He wanted to go downtown. He slugged the 41-year-old driver in the face after Andrews said she couldn’t return his fare, a fight ensued and the assailant fled, according to a police report.)
Bus Driver Allegedly Choked Special-Needs Student (ABC)
(A mother of a Delaware County elementary student was frustrated after her special-needs first-grader said he was choked by his Wes-Del Elementary school bus driver. Tiffanie Current said her son, Carsyn, 7, was so traumatized that he was afraid to re-enact the event in front of his principal.)
China arrests head of kindergarten that ran packed bus in crash that killed 19 children (Washington Post)
(Chinese authorities have arrested the owner of a kindergarten that operated a severely overcrowded bus that crashed, killing 19 children, state media said. The privately run school will be closed and a new public school will open at the same location Monday, the city government said.)
FAMU student found dead aboard bus after college football game (Jacksonville News)
(A Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University student was found dead aboard a bus parked in front of an Orlando hotel hours after a college football game. The Orlando Sentinel reports deputies found the 26-year-old man unresponsive on a bus Saturday night. A spokeswoman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said Robert Champion was vomiting and said he couldn’t breathe before he collapsed on the bus.)
'Breaking Dawn' Revives Moribund Box Office With $139.5M Haul (Reuters)
(The box office is lifeless no more: "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" opened to $139.5 million domestically this weekend, according to studio data. The fourth of Summit's vampire-and-werewolf movies had the franchise's second best three-day opening ever, behind 2009's "New Moon" ($142.8 million in November 2009).)
'Lone wolf' terror suspect arrested in New York (CNN)
(Authorities have arrested a man they claim was plotting to detonate pipe bombs in and around New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday night. The intended targets of Jose Pimentel, 27, were U.S. military personnel who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as U.S. postal facilities and police in New York and Bayonne, New Jersey, according to Bloomberg and New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.)
Jeremy London Wanted for Girlfriend's Assault: Police (IMDB)
(Jeremy London is wanted for questioning by police following a Friday phone call from his girlfriend saying he assaulted her. His girlfriend, whose name was not released, called the Palm Springs Police Department at 10:30 a.m. after an argument over custody of the couple's child turned violent, according to Sgt. Kyle Stjere. The girlfriend alleged that the Party of Five actor, 39, then assaulted her outside of her home. "This is a false allegation and we understand that the police have to follow protocol in issuing and arrest warrant - standard when any woman files a complaint of domestic abuse.)
Loyal Dog Guards Grave Of Deceased Master (Sky News)
(People living in a Chinese village have been so moved by a dog that has been guarding the grave of its deceased owner they plan to build a kennel for him. The yellow dog belonged to Lao Pan, a single man who died earlier this month aged 68. After his room in Panjiatun village near Qingdao city, Shandong Province, was cleared his dog disappeared.)
Darth Vader claims his own space in Ukraine (MSNBC)
(Welcoming the local authorities' move to the dark side, Darth Vader has asked for a land plot in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa to park his space ship. An Odessite dressed as the Star Wars villain visited the mayor's office this week to claim a free land plot citing Ukrainian legislation that grants every citizen the right to own 1,000 square metres of land.)
Boy, 6, caught playing doctor, is accused of sex assault (JS Online)
(Three young children caught playing doctor last year have unintentionally landed themselves, their families and some Grant County officials in a federal civil rights case sure to raise questions and outrage. The parents of a 6-year-old boy who faced charges of first-degree sexual assault have sued Grant County officials who investigated and filed the juvenile petition. The charges came after a 5-year-old girl's mother suspected that play had gone too far.)
New York waiters busted for stealing credit card numbers (Reuters)
(Seven waiters at New York's top steakhouses were busted for stealing the American Express card numbers of rich customers and using them to buy luxury goods, authorities said on Friday. High-tech "skimmers" -- hard to detect because they fit into the palm of a hand -- captured customers' credit card numbers at high-end restaurants in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, including Smith & Wollensky's and the Capital Grille, according to indictments unveiled by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance.)
Youpi, the miracle lobster, dies; will receive mourners (Yahoo)
(It wasn't boiling water but possibly a variation in temperature in his saltwater tank that wound up cooking Youpi, the celebrity lobster. Plans are underway now to celebrate the short, mostly uneventful life of the sea creature whose beady, unblinking eyes warmed the hearts of Canadians, some of whom perhaps dreamed only of seeing him on their plate.)
Bands banned for term (Queens Journal)
(Queen’s Bands was suspended yesterday after controversial material was brought to university administrators. After the announcement, the Journal received three years of pamphlets entitled ‘The Banner’ which were distributed to band members. The pamphlets contained phrases like “I will rape you with a lamp” and photos of band members as “people with dicks in their mouths.”)
Quack Doctor Charged In Butt Rebuilding (610 WIOD)
(Miami Gardens police believe there may be more people victimized by a fake doctor accused of conducting bizarre cosmetic surgeries that resulted in the hospitalization of at least one of his "patients." Cops say 30-year-old Oneal Ron Harris injected a substance consisting of cement, "fix-a-flat," mineral oil, and "super glue," into his victim as a butt enhancement and then sealed the incision with "super glue.")
Squirrel feeder could be jailed (WDTN)
(Annick Richardson doesn't fit the profile of someone who could be facing jail time, and if you ask her, she'll tell you her only crime is caring too much. "It's very dishonest to make me the villain or make me look like the monster," Richardson says.)
California officials probe boxing kangaroo complaint (Mercury News)
(California wildlife officials are investigating a complaint that a circus traveling through the state is illegally staging an act involving a boxing kangaroo. The Riverside Press-Enterprise (http://bit.ly/u7GpuD ) reports that Fish and Game wardens were sent this week to Bakersfield, where the Piccadilly Circus was scheduled to perform two shows. The results of that inquiry were not immediately released.)
Herne Bay gran struggles to sleep because of groping ghost (This Is Kent)
(A POLTERGEIST that haunts a Herne Bay flat is upsetting granny Doris Birch, she claims. The 73-year-old former nursing home assistant says she can no longer sleep at night as she struggles to fight off the groping ghost.)
Zombie Boot Camp teaches zombie-survival skills (NewsLite)
(A new course has launched in the UK which promises to teach zombie apocalypse-fearing folk everything they need to survive an undead uprising. Zombie Boot Camp -- which runs in Driotwich, Worcestershire and costs £59 -- has been specially created in order to help train and prepare people for the eventuality of a zombie invasion.)
Batman will face more pain than before: Christian Bale (WDTN)
(Actor Christian Bale says his character Bruce Wayne in 'The Dark Knight Rises' final instalment will face more pain than before. The 37-year-old will be seen in the final installment of the Batman movies directed by Christopher Nolan, reported Aceshowbiz.)
Young woman with cancer asks Batman actor out for coffee using online video (Telegraph UK)
(Attempting to re-enter the world of dating after being diagnosed with cancer, 26 year-old Lindsey Miller has posted a video of herself online in which she asks actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt out for coffee. The heart warming video in which Miss Miller asks out Gordon-Levitt, who is set to star in the upcoming Batman film The Dark Knight Rises, has become an internet hit.)
Men Of Average Height Father The Most Kids (Sky News)
(Average-height men are the ones who are siring the most children, according to a study published in the US. Men of 5ft 10in (178cm) produced, on average, more than two children, the study in Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology said, suggesting it might be because men of average height married earlier. This may come as a surprise to women who are traditionally thought to prefer a tall man as their partner of choice.)
Overweight people eat fewer meals than others (Reuters)
(Normal weight adults, including those who had lost a lot of weight and kept it off, ate more often than overweight people in a new study looking at factors that may help in preventing weight gain. Researchers following about 250 people for a year found that overweight individuals ate fewer snacks in addition to meals than people in the normal body weight range, but the overweight still took in more calories and they were less active over the course of the day.)
Jupiter's moon may hold life, researchers say (SF Gate)
(For explorers searching for life beyond Earth, the siren song of Europa, Jupiter's icy moon, trills sweetly. "Europa has the best chance of having life there today," said Britney Schmidt, who studies the moon at the University of Texas at Austin. Astrobiologists think so because NASA's Galileo probe found strong evidence for a deep, briny ocean covering the entire moon deep under the icy surface.)
Pakistan bans 'monkey crotch', 'Jesus Christ' and obscene words in text messages (MSNBC)
(Pakistan's telecommunications agency has issued a list of words that it considers obscene or offensive, telling mobile phone companies to block text messages that contain them. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) deemed 586 Urdu words and 1,109 English words offensive or pornographic, according to reports in local media.)
Couple Name Baby after “Skyrim”, Win Free Video-Games for Life (Oddity Central)
(Megan and Eric Kellermeyer decided to name their baby born on 11/11/11 Dovahkiin, after the leading character in Bethesda Studios’ “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” video game. Dovahkiin Tom Kellermeyer was born at 6:08 pm PST, and his parents explained their decision because they wanted to give their son an “awesome name”. Meaning “Dragonborn” in dragon language, Dovahkiin certainly sounds like a very interesting name, but it’s also one that will earn its bearer and his family free Bethesda games for life.)
Nintendo Builds A Real-Life Mario Kart (My Fox NY)
(Nintendo has built two real-life vehicles from the game Mario Kart 7, which launches on Dec. 4 on the 3DS, the portable game system that displays games in 3D. With the help of West Coast Customs, the auto body shop known for its television show "Pimp My Ride" on MTV, Nintendo was able to create replicas of the classic Mario Kart and Luigi Bumble V Kart.)
Terror in the Sky? Nope, Just a Pilot Trapped in the Toilet (Time)
(Nature waits for no man, but it’s easy to guess that the passengers aboard a recent flight to New York City wish the pilot had waited to use the bathroom. When the pilot slipped out to heed nature’s call, he got trapped in the plane’s restroom, and when a well-meaning passenger tried to help, in this jittery post-9/11 world, the situation quickly spun out of control. What was a suspected terror threat turned out instead to be one man’s most embarrassing day at work ever.)
How the U.S. Postal Service Fell Apart (Time)
(Inside a grad student's apartment at the University of Pennsylvania sits a slightly faded blue-and-white wooden sign from a post office in Malone, Wash., that no longer exists. If this were any other college student's place, the sign would probably be a trophy from some kind of prank. But no: it was a gift from the post office to 25-year-old Evan Kalish, a UPenn graduate student who has crisscrossed the Northeast, driven down South and flown to Hawaii to see more than 2,700 post offices, many of which are in danger of closing or have already been shuttered.)
2 runners die during Philadelphia Marathon (CNN)
(Two runners died while participating in Sunday's Philadelphia Marathon, the race's director said. Melanie Johnson, executive director of the Philadelphia Marathon Race Weekend, said in a statement that race organizers "are deeply saddened" by the deaths. The two runners' identities were not immediately disclosed, as officials were still working to notify their families, according to Johnson.)
13 killed in fire at transgender gathering in India (CNN)
(At least 13 people at a transgender gathering in New Delhi were killed Sunday in a massive fire, officials said. The city's fire chief, A.K. Sharma, told CNN that more than 40 people were also injured as the blaze ripped through a makeshift marquee at the venue. Sharma put the number of participants at at the gathering at more than 2,000.)
Second Mile considers options, including dissolution (CNN)
(The charity founded by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky said Friday it is considering three options for its future, including dissolution. A grand jury report says Sandusky, who was arrested two weeks ago, molested young boys after developing close relationships with them through The Second Mile, a charity he founded in 1977 for at-risk youths.)
What? Yeti nests found in Russia?! Not so fast... (MSNBC)
(Bigfoot researcher and biologist John Bindernagel claims his research group has found evidence that the Yeti (a Russian "cousin" of the American Bigfoot) not only exists, but builds nests and shelters by twisting tree branches together. "We didn't feel like the trees we saw in Siberia had been done by a man or another mammal. ... Twisted trees like this have also been observed in North America and they could fit with the theory that Bigfoot makes nests. The nests we have looked at are built around trees twisted together into an arch shape," Bindernagel told the British tabloid The Sun.)
Mila Kunis Attends Marine Corps Ball (People)
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