Bus Stops - March 9

University to offer zombie survival class (MNN) 

(Michigan State University's Surviving the Coming Zombie Apocalypse: Catastrophes & Human Behavior course will launch online this summer. Capitalizing on our present love for all things concerning the living dead, Michigan State University School of Social Work professor Glen Stutzky is introducing a new online class focused on surviving a zombie pandemic.)

'I’ve broken up with three men because I couldn’t remember having sex in my sleep' (The Sun UK) 

(SLEEP should be a time for rest and relaxation. But for Chelsea Harold it is the time when she changes from a normal girl into a sleeping sex addict — with no memory of her behaviour. The 24-year-old's rare medical condition, sexsomnia, has ruined several relationships and she is now too scared to get into bed with a new man.)

Limbaugh threatened with lawsuit by supergroup Rush (Raw Story) 

(Rush, the band, has formally forbidden Republican shock jock Rush Limbaugh from using their music on his radio program. The Canadian supergroup was contacted by The Huffington Post’s Bob Cesca this week and asked if they gave Limbaugh permission to use their music. They responded by sending Limbaugh a cease and desist letter through their attorney.)

Deputy Spots Suspicious Coconut At Frederick County, Md. Courthouse; Deemed Safe (WUSA9) 

(Authorities responded to the Frederick County Courthouse on Wednesday morning after a courthouse deputy saw a coconut placed next to one of the columns. According to The Frederick County Sheriff's Office, shortly before 8 a.m. the deputy was on a routine perimeter check when he saw a coconut, which appeared to be cut down the center and pieced back together, resting on one of the columns of the building. Frederick County Sheriff's Office, Frederick Police Department, Frederick County Fire and Rescue Services and the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Bomb Squad responded to the courthouse, which was evacuated. )

Oxnard teacher accused of being porn star put on leave (LA Times) 

(An Oxnard middle school teacher was put on administrative leave after she was accused of appearing in at least one pornographic video, district officials said. District officials have not released the teacher's name and she has not been terminated, KTLA reported. They placed the teacher on leave on Monday while the allegations are being investigated, Oxnard School District Supt. Jeff Chancer told KTLA Tuesday.)

Judges orders millions paid in NYC firefighter bias case (CNN) 

(A U.S. district judge ordered New York City to pay $128 million in to firefighters who allege the city used an entrance exam that deliberately sought to keep African-Americans and Latino Americans off the force. The judge also ordered the FDNY to hire 293 black and Latino applicants. "It has been in the city's power to prevent or remedy the need for damages proceedings for a decade, and it has not done so," U.S. District Judge Nicholas G. Garufis said in his ruling on the class action lawsuit. He called it the "consequences of the city's decision to ignore clear violations of federal law.")

2 Kids Found Living in Abandoned Bus (Time) 

(The abandoned school bus had no engine and no front wheels. But there were crude curtains in the windows, an air conditioner and even bunk beds inside. So when a postal worker repeatedly ran across two unkempt children at the scene, she grew concerned and this week contacted authorities to report that the pair had apparently been living there for months.)

Man found dead in seat of Vancouver-bound Greyhound bus in Kamloops (Vancouver Sun) 

(A Greyhound bus employee made a chilling discovery Wednesday afternoon while preparing to clean a bus that had pulled into the Kamloops depot. A man in his early 30s was found dead in his seat. The Kamloops RCMP is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of the man, who was on a bus travelling from Calgary to Vancouver, which had arrived in Kamloops around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.)

Man found dead in seat of Vancouver-bound Greyhound bus in KamloopsDriver suspended after kicking school kids off bus (SMH) 

(Staff from Telopea Park School and the ACT Education Directorate have gone to ground over the decision yesterday by an ACTION driver to kick more than 60 kids off the 458 school service. According to a Territory and Municipal Services spokesman, the driver stopped the bus on a street in Red Hill yesterday afternoon when students from the school continued to ring the bus bell.)

Nicolas Cage Comic-Book Heist to Become Movie at Lionsgate (Hollywood Reporter) 

(The studio has picked up "Action No. 1," a comedy from writers and "Reno 911!" creators Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon about the 2000 theft of Cage's prized Superman comic book. The story of how Nicolas Cage lost his rare comic book featuring the first appearance of Superman may finally be told. At least Hollywood’s version of it.)

Brazilian police recruit Batman to lower city’s crime rate (io9) 

(Unbeknownst to DC Comics, a new sequel to The Dark Knight Returns is unfolding in the Brazilian city of Taubaté. Police have recruited 50-year-old military retiree and local Batman impersonator André Luiz Pinheiro to patrol crime-ridden neighborhoods. And unlike other fictional superheroes who have made the jump to the corporeal realm — such as the Washington Deadpool — the gutsy Taubaté Batman will be on the beat in dangerous neighborhoods. According to the Brazilian news site O Vale, Pinheiro will hopefully become an approachable presence in these troubled communities and act as a recognizable beacon for lost children.)

Batman Strikes A Fighter's Pose In Latest Dark Knight Rises Promo Image (Cinema Blend) 

(The Dark Knight Rises promotional train has slowed just a tad, allowing fellow summer superhero blockbusters like The Avengers and The Amazing Spider-Man to surge ahead with trailers an images meant to create buzz. Since it is our duty to bring to you anything and everything Dark Knight-related, however, we this morning have a striking image of Christian Bale in costume that was posted on DC Comics’ Web site (and shared via MTV.com).)

Antimatter atom 'measured' for first time (CBC) 

(An antimatter atom has been measured and manipulated for the first time ever, by a Canadian-led team of physicists. "This is the first time that anyone has ever interacted with an antimatter atom," said Mike Hayden, a physics professor at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., describing the results published in the journal Nature Wednesday.)

Marriage keeps your heart healthy after surgery (USA Today) 

(Marriage is good for your heart – in more ways than one, according to a new study that shows married adults who undergo heart surgery are over three times more likely to survive the first three months after the operation. The study, which appears in the March issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, also found that the likelihood of dying in the five years after surgery is nearly doubled for single people.)