Bus Stops - March 5

Couple Wed at Combined Age of 193, Set Record (FOX DC) 

(She didn't want a relationship, but he wooed her by saying he liked her dress -- and they spent the next 15 years, in their words, "living together in sin." That all changed for 95-year-old Lillian Hartley and 98-year-old Allan Marks when they married Wednesday near their home in Palm Springs, Calif., The Desert Sun reported. And they appear to have beaten a Guinness World Record -- for oldest combined age of a couple on their wedding -- into the bargain.)

I've fallen in love with the Statue of Liberty (Sun UK) 

(A WOMAN with a strange attraction for inanimate objects has found true love — with the Statue of Liberty. Smitten shop assistant Amanda Whittaker, 27, says she has fallen head over heels for the iconic New York monument. Amanda, who had a passionate love affair with a drum kit while still at school, said: "She is my long-distance lover and I am blown away by how stunning she is.")

Filmgoer takes stand on costly snacks, sues AMC Livonia theater (FREEP) 

(Joshua Thompson loves the movies. But he hates the prices theaters charge for concessions like pop and candy. This week, the 20-something security technician from Livonia decided to do something about it: He filed a class action in Wayne County Circuit Court against his local AMC theater in hopes of forcing theaters statewide to dial down snack prices.)

Pervert who put semen in yogurt sample is jailed in New Mexico (New York Post) 

(A New Mexico grocery store worker who misled shoppers into tasting a yogurt sample tainted with his semen was slammed Thursday for his "disgusting, despicable" crime by a judge who sentenced him to two years in federal prison. Anthony Garcia, 32, tricked four women into sampling the contaminated food in January last year at Sunflower Market in Albuquerque, KOAT-TV reported.)

'My Crazy Obsession' couple spent $1 million on 5,000 Cabbage Patch Kids (MSNBC) 

(Back in the day, many of us were obsessed with Cabbage Patch Kids. After all, they were the ubiquitous chubby-cheeked, beady-eyed cuddle toys of the '80s and beyond. But it seems safe to say that most of us grew out of that obsession, or at very least, we didn't devote our lives and a significant financial fortune to it. But then again, most of us aren't the subjects of TLC's upcoming show, 'My Crazy Obsession,' unlike Pat and Joe Prosey, "parents" to over 5,000 Cabbage Patch Kids.)

Some upset about Dahmer walking tour in Milwaukee (Yahoo) 

(A marketing group in Wisconsin wants to give walking tours of the bar where serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer met and hung out with some of his victims. But when victims' families and others found out about the tours this week through a Groupon promotion for a cut-rate tour, they started calling for the tour, which they described as insensitive and in poor taste, to end.)

Zombie gran: 95-year-old Chinese woman terrifies neighbours by climbing out of her coffin six days after she 'died' (Mirror UK) 

(A 95-year-old Chinese woman terrified her village by climbing out of her coffin after being ‘dead’ for six days. Li Xiufeng was found motionless and not breathing in bed by her neighbour more than a fortnight after tripping and suffering a head injury at her home in China's Guangxi Province. When he failed to wake her up, Chen Qingwang assumed the frail grandmother had passed away in her sleep, at her home in the village of Liulou, in Beiliu..)

Kevin Smith Reveals His Opinion on The Dark Knight Rises (Unleash the Fan Boy) 

(With all the great movies coming out this summer, it seems a little petty of us to start debating over which one is the best… especially when you consider that they haven’t even come out yet. But who are we kidding, we all know that fanboys aren’t above petty squabbles!!! Over the past few months, we’ve seen a huge feud form between Marvel fanboys, who refuse that anything could possibly be better than The Avengers, and their equally enthusiastic opponents, the Nolanites, who worship Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises like their one true lord.)

Smith flies high with new series after getting kicked off airplane (Bend Bulletin) 

(When filmmaker-writer-producer Kevin Smith was kicked off an airplane three years ago for being too fat, little did he know it would incite a series of events that would change his life. At the time, it was a tragedy, he says. “For a dude who was at that point so sensitive about his (expletive) weight, that was my Achilles heel. There were 5,000 Google articles. It stayed at the top of Google for the next three days. That was beyond trying. That was the worst.”)

Wi-Fi could ease school bus boredom (Calgary Herald) 

(Two new pilot projects could spell relief for hundreds of rural students whose school days start and end with a marathon bus journey. The projects - an offshoot of Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk's 10-point education plan - will explore ways to make rides to school shorter and also give students access to Wi-Fi on buses.)

Five engineering students caught for bus robbery (Times of India) 

(Police on Sunday arrested five engineering students for allegedly robbing passengers at Baramunda bus stand in the city. Police said all the accused were 2nd year BTech students of a private college near Baranga. "The students are drug addicts. They needed money to buy grugs and resorted to crime to earn a quick buck," DCP (Bhubaneswar) Nitinjeet Singh said. "Unlike organized robbers, the students planned thefts only after getting hooked to alcohol and marijuana," he added.)

SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON TICKETS SELL OUT IN THE TIME IT TAKES TO WATCH AN EPISODE OF DOCTOR WHO (The Mary Sue) 

(They came, they saw, they…went home in tears. I’m talking of course of all those who tried to get San Diego Comic-Con (Comic-Con International) tickets yesterday. New policies were implemented this year to make the process go smoother and well, it’s no surprise it didn’t. Tickets for the pop-culture convention sold out in under an hour (a new record) and lots of people were left with nothing thanks to technical difficulties.)

Comic villains and guitar heroes (The Hawk Eye) 

(Under a small roof at 320 Hawkeye St. in Burlington, a music artist can find management, and a comic enthusiast can purchase the latest adventures of Batman. Kurt Wooldridge is involved with both enterprises, Remick Street Music Inc. and Awesm1 Comic Books & More, while his brother-in-law, Matt Brandal, brings more than 30 years of experience to the comics business.)

Archie gay marriage comic sells out in face of boycott call (Guardian UK) 

(Despite attempts by a conservative American mothers' group to have it pulled from sale, the new Archie comic, which features a gay marriage, has just sold out. Tracing the adventures of the teenagers Archie, Betty and Veronica in the small town of Riverdale, the Archie storyline has been running for 70 years and is one of America's most popular comic series. Its publisher described the marriage of Kevin Keller, the series' first gay character, in the latest issue as "a historic moment", announcing yesterday that the Life with Archie #16 had sold out.)

Forget Bookcases: Now You Can Buy an Entire House from IKEA (Time) 

(Have you ever spent a Saturday afternoon strolling through IKEA, thinking to yourself, “If only I could live at this magical place”? The Swedish company hasn’t begun renting out its showrooms just yet, but it has partnered with Oregon architectural firm Ideabox to launch a line of prefabricated homes. Dubbed “aktiv,” the one-bedroom homes will be decked out entirely in hip IKEA decor. Expected to sell at $86,500, the homes are “Swedish inspired” and “full of personality,” according to the Ideabox website.)

Ralph McQuarrie, "Star Wars" designer, dead at 82 (Chicago Tribune) 

(Ralph McQuarrie, whose conceptual designs were behind the "Star Wars" characters Darth Vader, Chewbacca, R2-D2 and C-3PO, has died at the age of 82. Director George Lucas credited McQuarrie for bringing his vision for "Star Wars" to the big screen. Lucas called him a visionary artist and a humble man.)