School bus driver leaves a legacy of service (TBO)
(Kandi Burnham was raised on school buses. Her grandmother drove a bright yellow bus for the Hillsborough school district for six years. Then her mother and two aunts got behind the wheel. Burnham and her sister and brother grew up playing inside the mammoth vehicles parked in the front yard of their rural east Hillsborough County home. With the engine off, of course.)
Police: Shooting outside Lansing bus station leaves 31-year-old man dead; suspect sought (The Republic)
(Police say a shooting outside a Lansing bus station has left a 31-year-old man dead. The Lansing State Journal reports (http://on.lsj.com/rDUE1X) the man was shot Tuesday afternoon outside the Capital Area Transportation Authority facility. He has been identified as Desmond Dorris. Police say it's not clear what sparked the shooting. A suspect is being sought.)
Kids Safe After School Bus Crash (WPTZ)
(Vermont State Police say there were no injuries when a school bus carrying children slid down an icy hill and came to rest with the front section of the bus hanging over a guardrail above a brook. Police say that 21-year-old Corey Vincelette was driving the bus at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday when he lost control of the Fairfax town bus. At the time, it was raining and the road was iced over.)
Girl Swept Away in Indian Ocean Tsunami Shows Up 7 Years Later (Fox News)
(An eight-year-old girl who was swept away in the Indian Ocean tsunami has been found alive -- almost seven years to the day the giant wave hit her Indonesian village, Antara news agency reported Thursday. The 15-year-old, known as Wati, was feared dead after she was separated from her mother and two siblings when the devastating tsunami engulfed Ujong Baroh, in West Aceh, the day after Christmas in 2004.)
Chloe Boyce, 9-Year-Old Girl, Stranded For Five Hours Over Southwest Mix-Up (Huffington Post)
(A 9-year-old Tennessee girl heading to New York City to spend Christmas with her grandparents was left stranded in the Baltimore airport for five hours. Chloe Boyce, of Clarksville, was put on a Southwest flight by her mother, Elena Kerr, on Tuesday, to New York's LaGuardia airport with scheduled stops in Columbus and Baltimore, Nashville's WKRN reports. She was supposed to be picked up by her aunt and cousin at the airport, but when Boyce didn't deplane when the flight arrived at LaGuardia, her frantic aunt called Kerr, asking, "Were you going to call and tell me she was going to be late?")
Vader takes on 'Hitler' in historical rap battle (CNN)
(It's not every day that you see actors portraying Darth Vader and Adolf Hitler battle it out, in rhyming form. On YouTube, however, it has now happened twice. Nice Peter (Peter Alexis Shukoff) and EpicLLOYD (Lloyd Ahlquist) have been delivering these "Epic Rap Battles of History" for more than a year now on YouTube, and the start of their new "season" of rap battles sees a rematch between Vader and Hitler, the first of which received well over 45 million views. (Warning: All these videos include strong language that might be offensive to some viewers). Thus far, Nice Peter and "Epic Rap Battles' " YouTube accounts have a grand total of 360 million page views.)
Girls get probation in feces-frosted cake prank (Philly Burbs)
(I've tasted some crappy cakes in my day, but nothing like the cake four Avon Grove High School students from Avondale gave to a classmate last March, which featured a feces-based frosting. According to this Delco Times story, Mayra Flores, 19, Ana Mireles, 18, and Sandra Ortiz, 18, along with a fourth student - a juvenile - gave the cake to a fellow female student and kept trying to get her to eat a piece of it in front of them, which the girl eventually did.)
Busty model caught with cocaine implants at Rome airport (Asia One)
(Italian airport police eyeing up a busty Spanish model's curves made a startling discovery on Wednesday -- 2.5 kilograms of pure cocaine stashed as implants in her bust and backside. The 33-year-old woman arriving in Rome from Sao Paulo in Brazil was wearing tight-fitting clothes to enhance her voluptuousness, hoping that her looks might distract the attention of border police, ANSA news agency reported.)
Man Discovers 100-Year-Old Letter to Santa Written By His Mother (My Fox NY)
(An Irish man received an early Christmas present Wednesday -- discovering that a 100-year-old letter to Santa found at a house in Dublin was written by his mother. Victor Bartlem's mother, Hannah "Annie" Howard, wrote the letter before Christmas 1911, when she was 10 years old, the Irish Times reported.)
US man wins Lamborghini, crashes it hours later (AP)
(A truck driver who won a Lamborghini worth about $300,000 in a convenience store contest crashed the sports car six hours after he got it, and he now plans to sell the 640-horsepower convertible because he can't afford the insurance or taxes. "I already had offers on it. I'm going to sell it," David Dopp said Wednesday. "I have bills more important than a Lamborghini. I've got a family to support." Dopp, a 34-year-old truck driver for Frito-Lay, spun out of control just a few hours after taking the keys to the Murcielago Roadster that he won in a "Joe Schmo to Lambo" contest sponsored by Maverik convenience stores.)
Mobile Mayor Sam Jones holds intruder at gunpoint; man says God sent him (AL.com)
(Mobile Mayor Sam Jones held an intruder at gunpoint Tuesday night until police arrived, after the Mississippi man broke into his garage, officials said. James Harvey Wilkerson, 47, was arrested and charged with third-degree burglary and breaking and entering into a vehicle. Wilkerson is from Moss Point, according to an address given by police.)
Naked, roaring man arrested after sleeping in stranger's home (Bozeman Daily)
(A 31-year-old Bozeman man was arrested on suspicion of sleeping naked in a Dier Lane garage and then roaring at officers trying to capture him. Thomas Lehman Manley was arrested Tuesday on misdemeanor charges of criminal trespassing, resisting arrest and obstructing an officer. He was initially ordered held in the Gallatin County jail on $855 bond.)
Girl Scouts' Inclusion Of Bobby Montoya, 7-Year-Old Transgender Child, Prompts Troops To Disband (Huffington Post)
(A Colorado-based Girl Scouts troop's decision to admit a 7-year-old transgender child this fall has prompted three leaders to resign and dissolve their troops. As The Christian Post is reporting, all three of the troop leaders were affiliated with the Northlake Christian School in Covington, Louisiana. Susan Bryant-Snure, one of the leaders who resigned, told The Baptist Press that the Girl Scouts' action is "extremely confusing" and an "almost dangerous situation" for children. "This goes against what we [Northlake Christian School] believe," said Bryant-Snure, who has three daughters among the 25 girls who had been active scouts there.)
‘Ninja Cow’ beguiles Nebraska town (Yahoo)
(It didn't happen overnight, but residents of Plattsmouth, Nebraska have finally outsmarted a deceptive, wayward bovine known as the "Ninja Cow." "It sounded like hoofs on the pavement, and by the time I could focus on it, all I could see was the rear end of whatever it was," local computer programmer Kevin Moon told the Wall Street Journal. Wayward livestock can pose serious threats to human and other animals. Even a small deer can destroy a car, seriously injuring the occupants in a collision. Still, for months, the Ninja Cow eluded police and locals, making late night appearances on private lawns, leaving behind only cowpies as evidence of its existence.)
‘See ‘Jay & Silent Bob Get Old’ in Edinburgh (Prunderground)
(Catch cult American film maker Kevin Smith and movie star sidekick Jason Mews as they bring their ‘Jay and Silent Bob Get Old’ show across the pond to Edinburgh. The pair are known around the globe as their alter egos Jay and Silent Bob who feature in films such as ‘Clerks’, ‘Mallrats’ and their own feature film, ‘Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back’, but are actually childhood friends who have created a live show/podcast around tales from their early days.)
Breakthrough in Treatment to Prevent Blindness (Xenophilia)
(A UCSF study shows a popular treatment for a potentially blinding eye infection is just as effective if given every six months versus annually. This randomized study on trachoma, the leading cause of infection-caused blindness in the world, could potentially treat twice the number of patients using the same amount of medication. “The idea is we can do more with less,” said Bruce Gaynor, MD, assistant professor of ophthalmology at the Francis I. Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology. “We are trying to get as much out of the medicine as we can because of the cost and the repercussions of mass treatments.”)
Scientists Invent Painless Dental Filling Process—Uses Plasma Toothbrush (Gizmodo)
(Rejoice! Scientists at the University of Missouri have invented a way to apply fillings that is completely painless. It uses a new plasma brush that disinfects and cleans out cavities, killing bacterias and forming a better bond for the fillings. And it does it in less than 30 seconds! According to the scientists, "the chemical reactions involved with the plasma brush actually change the surface of the tooth, which allows for a strong and robust bonding with the filling material.")
Is Fear of Divorce Keeping People From Getting Married? (Time)
(Marriage, it is sometimes argued, is a feminist institution, put in place to offer legal protection to women from being abandoned by men who wish to sow their seed in ever greener pastures. It’s a slightly antique (and misandrous) view, formulated at a time when home and hearth were a woman’s horizons. Plus, as a new study suggests, it is often women, rather than men, who view marriage as a trap.)
Oil Spill Off Nigeria Likely Worst in Decade (Time)
(An oil spill near the coast of Nigeria is likely the worst to hit those waters in a decade, a government official said Thursday, as slicks from the Royal Dutch Shell PLC spill approached the southern shoreline. The slick from Shell's Bonga field has affected 115 miles of ocean near Nigeria's coast, Peter Idabor, who leads the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, told The Associated Press. Idabor said officials expect the slick to reach beaches in Rivers state by Thursday afternoon.)
Boxer Mayweather Gets 90 Days for Battery (Time)
(Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was sentenced Wednesday to 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to reduced battery domestic violence and harassment charges before a Las Vegas judge. The 34-year-old Mayweather also was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service and pay a $2,500 fine.)
N Korea Cites Mysterious Glow Just Before Kim Death (Salone)
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