Bus Stops - April 12

On the trail with Bigfoot-hunters (BBC) 

(Not since footage emerged of a giant, ape-like figure in the California woods in the late 1960s has there been so much interest in proving the existence of Bigfoot. So how do you go about finding a creature most people believe to be a myth? It could be a human footprint. Let's not rule that out. Kentucky Bigfoot investigators pride themselves on their scientific rigour.)

Radioactive particles from Japan detected in California kelp (LA Times) 

(Radioactive particles released in the nuclear reactor meltdown in Fukushima, Japan, following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami were detected in giant kelp along the California coast, according to a recently published study. Radioactive iodine was found in samples collected from beds of kelp in locations along the coast from Laguna Beach to as far north as Santa Cruz about a month after the explosion, according to the study by two marine biologists at Cal State Long Beach.)

The man who sold his life on eBay (Stuff) 

(It's a dream many of us have – to throw in the job, sell the house and set off into the great unknown with just a passport and a thirst for adventure. Usually, reality gets in the way. But not for Ian Usher, the Perth man who made international headlines when, during a midlife crisis, he decided to auction his entire life – including his house, job, car and even friends - on eBay.)

Children Find Live Bazooka During Easter Egg Hunt In Germany (Huffington Post) 

(Easter egg hunters in Somerset, England, were shocked on Sunday when a preschooler found a live hand grenade during his search. Now, reports have surfaced that children in Germany happened upon a World War II-era bazooka while on their own Easter egg hunt that day. Police were called to a wooded area in the town of Holzminden in northern Germany on Sunday after a group of children discovered a rusty but apparently still functional bazooka under a pile of leaves, Spiegel Online International reports.)

Family finds old stock certificate, says Coke owes them $130 million (MSNBC) 

(If the first way Americans believe they will get rich is through sweat, perseverance and hard work, the second is probably finding a winning lottery ticket in an old coat, or something similarly lucky. The family of Tony Marohn is seemingly in the second camp.Marohn’s family in California is in a legal battle with Coca-Cola, saying a stock certificate he bought at an estate sale in 2008 is worth $130 million in stock of the soft-drink maker, Reuters reported. Marohn died in 2010.)

Cow escapes NJ slaughterhouse, will be spared (Newsday) 

(A cow that escaped from a New Jersey slaughterhouse will be spared. The black-and-white bovine was running through the streets of Paterson sometime after 8 p.m. Tuesday. Animal control officer John De Cando tells The Record newspaper it was like "Dodge City" with police cars trying to corral the 750-pound animal. But the cow managed to break loose.)

Bride Who Faked Cancer to Score Dream Wedding, Honeymoon Is Charged (ABC News) 

(A generous New York bridal shop owner never questioned the heartbreaking story of a woman who claimed to have cancer and wanted to marry before she died. The bride's story opened the hearts and wallets of her community who donated thousands of dollars to pay for her wedding and honeymoon. But months after the wedding, it was revealed that Jessica Vega, 25, lied about her terminal illness and had duped everyone. Now, she has been arrested and charged with six felonies and one misdemeanor and could face up to four years in prison for each felony charge.)

US kindergarten boy brings heroin to show and tell (GMan Network) 

(A five-year-old boy brought packets of heroin to a show and tell at his Connecticut kindergarten, leading to the arrest of his stepfather, police said on Tuesday. The child was proudly displaying packets of a powdery substance to his kindergarten classmates in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Monday when his teacher noticed what he was holding, Detective Keith Bryant of the Bridgeport Police Department said. "He was waving it around," Bryant said, adding that the teacher collected the packets and immediately notified her supervisors.)

Comic duo gets serious, for laughs (The Australian) 

(THE first time cinemagoers laid their eyes on Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith was in Clerks, a 1994 feature film that depicted a day in the working lives of two frustrated store clerks stuck in dead-end jobs. Mewes and Smith played the bit-part characters of Jay and Silent Bob, respectively. Their introduction occurs seven minutes into the film, when Mewes -- a tall, wiry youngster -- takes up his regular post outside a convenience store (where Smith, then 24, worked as a clerk during the day). Jay drains a beercan, spits out its contents, then announces, "I need some tits and ass, yeah!" He does a little dance, then adds, "I feel good today, Silent Bob!" before expressing in detail his desire to copulate "with anything that moves".)

Boy saves bus as driver passes out (Winnipeg Free Press) 

(A dozen students in this northeastern U.S. town may not have been looking forward to school on the first day back after spring break, but they knew what to do when their bus driver slumped over the wheel unconscious. Surveillance video shows 13-year-old Jeremy Wuitschick rushing down the aisle and grabbing the wheel on Monday morning. Wuitschick had noticed the driver was shaking and his arms were flailing as the bus started to pull into Surprise Lake Middle School in Milton, about 48 kilometres south of Seattle.)

Bus bombing in southern Philippines (Newsday) 

(Suspected extortionists bombed a bus in the restive southern Philippines on Wednesday, killing three passengers and wounding 16 others, the military said. The military initially reported 10 dead but regional commander Lt. Col. Benjie Hao later revised the death toll. The bomb went off on the bus as it pulled into a terminal in Carmen town in North Cotabato province, said another military officer, Col. Leopoldo Galon.)

Fired Bus Driver Accused Of Not Giving Bus Back (WMUR) 

(A longtime school bus driver is facing charges after school officials said he refused to turn over a bus after he was fired. Scott Leathe, 52, of Farmington, said he drove a school bus for the Middleton and Farmington school district for 14 years and had a clean driving record until he was abruptly fired Monday morning. "I've never been in trouble," Leathe said. "I've actually never in my whole life been fired, and I was very emotional about it.")

Batman streaker banned for life by the Orioles (Washington Post) 

(The man who ran onto the field at Camden Yards on opening day in Batman undies and a cape has become a bit of a celebrity. “It was my birthday, and I just love to make people laugh and get them going,” Mark Harvey told WJZ in Baltimore. “So I was like, what’s better than to go on opening day and do it.”The YouTube video of an underpants-clad Batman storming the field during the Baltimore Orioles' opener last week has been viewed almost 200,000 times. Now the joker behind the black bloomers — Mark Harvey, a 26-year-old from Severn, Md. — is speaking out. Just what compelled Harvey to put a dent into the O's-Twins game last Friday?)

Want To Protect Your Business in a Divorce? Be Batman (Reuters) 

(You might be thinking right now that the last thing you'd be worried about in a divorce is protecting your business. Not necessarily. As much fun as it may be to live like a college student again, chances are the joys of eating a cup of instant noodles in your underwear will start to wear pretty thin if a divorce makes it an everyday necessity. So what can you do to keep get divorced in a way to keep you eating steak and not Top Ramen?)

Batman races to halt the criminals (Biggles Wade Today) 

(BATMAN will be fighting crime in the capital on marathon day. Biggleswade’s Bernard Rix will be running the London Marathon to raise funds for Crimestoppers – and he will swap his standard running gear for a batman outfit. Appropriately the superhero is known for fighting crime without revealing his identity.)

Marvel opens digital comics storefronts (Comic Book Resources) 

(Marvel unveiled the Marvel Digital Comics Store yesterday. If that doesn’t seem like news, it’s because Marvel already has a number of digital offerings, but what’s nice about this is that it syncs with the Marvel iOS and Android apps as well as their Chrome Store.)

Justice Dept. sues Apple, publishers over e-book prices (Washington Post) 

(The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it was suing Apple and five major publishers, charging that the companies had colluded to keep the price of e-books artificially high to kill the competition. “As a result of this alleged conspiracy, we believe that consumers paid millions of dollars more for some of the most popular titles,” U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said. “We allege that executives at the highest levels of these companies–concerned that e-book sellers had reduced prices–worked together to eliminate competition.”)