Bus driver took eyes off road before crash, witnesses say (Herald Trbune)
(School bus driver Charles Orr took his eyes off the road and turned around in his seat to hand an unruly student a disciplinary referral while driving his bus on State Road 64 in East Manatee County Thursday afternoon, students and school district officials say. Up ahead, an 18-wheel truck had stopped in the traffic lane, and even though several children screamed "watch out," it was too late for Orr to stop.)
'Twilight: The Musical': It's happening (Pop Watch)
(Broadway is about to get a little extra sparkle in those famous neon lights. It was recently announced the Twilight musical is officially happening. Before you book your tickets to NYC (or, conversely, get the heck out of Times Square) you should know it’s not expected to have a very long run. Twilight: The Musical will make its off-Broadway debut as a one-night-only staged reading on January 16th, and the proceeds will benefit the charity Blessings in a Backpack.)
Woman tried to urinate on painting worth $30 million, police say (LA Times)
(Admit it, you've probably walked through an art museum at some point and sneered, "Any 3-year-old could have done that." But Denver police say Carmen Lucette Tisch took her apparent disdain for celebrated artist Clyfford Still's multimillion-dollar artwork one step beyond the snarky. Tisch is accused of trying to damage the abstract painting, above, by punching it and scratching it during a Dec. 29 visit to the new Clyfford Still Museum in Denver.)
Cops: 'Darth Vader' attacks officer (WANE)
(Imagine being the cop to call this one in - an attack by "Darth Vader." Police in Orlando arrested a man early Thursday morning wearing the mask of the popular "Star Wars" character. The officer says the 28-year-old man was apparently drunk and walking in the middle of a street. When he was asked to move, he laid down in the road instead.)
THE DARTH VADER BURGER IS HERE (Short List)
(As we hopped, skipped and jumped to work this morning we sensed something (no, not that we were late again), rather a presence we’d not felt since our school trip to La Rochelle as sprightly 15-year-olds. It was then that we felt the force of a Quick burger. We had been waiting for this and now we were to meet again at last. The circle was complete.)
Kirstie Alley Plans to Date 'Ugly Men' (People)
(Talk about a strange New Year's resolution. Kirstie Alley said she's going to start dating "butt-ugly men" on an episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show airing Friday. When asked about her dating life by Ellen, Alley, 60, admitted she usually goes for "psychos" and "players," so the host suggested she try going with the opposite of what she's attracted to.)
Mom of autistic son facing jail time for multiple tardies that have added up to a truancy offense (WXYZ)
(Sixteen days off so far this school year - made up of some 10 minute tardy's, and sick days have added up to possible jail time for the mother of an autistic 9-year-old boy. Should the mom be held accountable for her son's tardies? Answer our POLL to the left. "If they need to reprimand me or he needs to make it up in summer school or something that's fine, but jail time is not the answer," says 27-year-old single mother Andria Black. Andria claims her son's affliction affects the time she is able to get him to school in the morning.)
Prayers and ink: Flint Township church opens tattoo parlor inside its doors (MLIVE)
(A church that wears its non-traditional outlook on its sleeve is making its mark on the arms, legs and backs of parishioners and others who ask for it. The Bridge, an upstart church built on the belief that mainstream religion has become ineffective and irrelevant to most people, has opened a Genesee County-licensed tattoo parlor — Serenity Tattoo — inside its doors.)
Driver used skeleton as passenger in carpool lane (Seattle PI)
(A man stopped for aggressive driving in a carpool lane last month had an unusual passenger: A seat-belted, plastic skeleton. A Washington State Patrol trooper had stopped the man on Interstate 5 at South 272nd Street near Dec. 20. The trooper had clocked the driver going 82 miles per hour and watched him make some dangerous lane changes.)
Kevin Smith combines two-part 'Hit Somebody' hockey flick (Entertainment Weekly)
(Like a trip aboard the Millennium Falcon, Kevin Smith’s upcoming hockey saga Hit Somebody is now a solo enterprise. The Clerks and Chasing Amy filmmaker (who is known for far better Star Wars jokes) was planning to release the comedy as two back-to-back films, much like Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, but today announced via his Twitter feed that he’d rather keep it a stand-alone, epic-sized movie. “Writing script two, but now gonna make one big movie instead,” Smith wrote. “Makes more sense, anyway: the movie’s about taking one, good shot.”)
Kevin Smith’s Final Project, HIT SOMEBODY, Will Be One Long Movie (Very Aware)
(Kevin Smith has said that his next production, HIT SOMEBODY, will be his last project. A hockey epic based on the popular song by Warren Zevon, Smith planned to make it as two films, pleasing fans who are upset that he’s retiring. It seems Smith is changing his tune slightly. Taking to Twitter, the director opened up about the film(s) and the projected premiere date.)
Smith, Mosier plan Smodcast celebration (The Chronicle Herald)
(After sold-out appearances in November and December, Kevin Smith is returning to Halifax and bringing longtime friend, business partner and co-host Scott Mosier to celebrate their 200th Smodcast with a live performance at the Spatz Theatre on Friday, Feb. 3 at 8 p.m. A regular feature on Smodcast Internet Radio, Smith and Mosier’s podcast is one of a variety of projects that the pair has worked on after meeting in film school, including Clerks, Mallrats and Zack and Miri Make a Porno.)
Scientists create 'supersoldier' ants using ancient genes (Adelaide Now)
(SCIENTISTS have created "supersoldier" ants with huge heads and jaws by using ancient genes that trigger their development. Researchers at McGill University in Canada believe the mutant ants may be a genetic throwback to an ancestor that lived millions of years ago, according findings published in Science. Supersoldier ants do exist but are rare and found in the deserts of America and Mexico.)
Kodak May File for Bankruptcy (Time)
(An uncomfortable suspicion that an icon of American business may have no future pushed investors to dump stock in Eastman Kodak Co. Wednesday. The ailing photography pioneer’s shares fell to a new all-time low after the Wall Street Journal reported that Kodak is preparing for a Chapter 11 filing “in the coming weeks” should it fail to sell a trove of 1,100 digital-imaging patents.)
Apple Threatens Maker of Steve Jobs Action Figure with Lawsuit (Time)
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