Bus Stops - February 28

Claims of UFO sighting on Baildon Moor after picture taken of gold disc (The Telegraph Handargus) 

(This photograph - showing a gold object of some kind above Baildon Moor - was sent in to the Telegraph & Argus today. To some, it might appear it is a frisbee or some such object, but James Hobbs, who took the picture, is convinced it was flying saucer. Mr Hobbs, who works in Shipley and whose office overlooks the moor, said he heard a "loud vibrating noise" while walking there at about 7am today.)

Probe after Judge pulls out a gun in court and tells sex attack VICTIM she's 'killing her case' (Daily Mail) 

(A North Georgia judge stunned a courtroom after he pulled out a gun during a rape case to criticise a witness for not being cooperative. Judge David Barrett told the female witness she was ‘killing her case’ and that she might as well shoot her lawyer. As he made the statement he pretended to offer her his handgun before prosecutor Jeff Langley told him the gesture was inappropriate.)

Stephen Hawking Over the Moon About Sex Club? (Newser) 

(Famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking doesn't only have his head in the stars. He's also a sex club fan, reports Radar. And now even Cambridge University is admitting it, notes the Daily Mail. The 70-year-old astro-philosopher has visited a Southern California swingers and sex club with his assistants and nurses. He paid for private shows with naked dancers at the Freedom Acres Club in Devore, a spot he has visited "more than a handful of times" in the last few years, says a source. "I've spoken to him on several occasions, and have shared drinks with people in his group," says the insider. Cambridge officials deny the wheelchair-bound Hawking is a "regular" at the high-flying club. The report is "greatly exaggerated. He visited once a few years ago with friends while on a visit to California," reads a university statement.)

Weird 'dog-headed pig monster' terrorizes Africa (MSNBC) 

(Residents in northern Namibia, on the southwest coast of Africa, have reported being terrorized by a bizarre dog-pig hybrid creature. The animal is said to be mostly white and unlike anything the villagers have ever seen, with a doglike head and the broad, round, nearly hairless back and shoulders of a giant pig. The beast was spotted chasing and attacking dogs, goats and other domestic animals in this arid region not far from the Kalahari desert.)

Man Tricks Police to Find Lost Jacket (Rian) 

(Three years behind bars is a high price to return a missing jacket, but it all depends on how you look for it. A resident of Bryansk region alerted police about a bomb in a Moscow subway station, but what he really wanted was for them to find his jacket, the capital’s police said on Tuesday. The unnamed 18-year-old left the jacket put in a bag with his passport in a pocket at a station, police said on their website, without specifying the station.)

Giant Prehistoric Penguins Stood Nearly 5 Feet Tall (Wired) 

(Paleontologists have constructed a model of a prehistoric penguin that stood almost 4 feet 6 inches tall when it lived in what is now New Zealand, approximately 25 million years ago. Named Kairuku, a Maori word that means “diver who returns with food,” the penguin was reconstructed from fossilised bones that were collected in 1977 by Dr Ewan Fordyce, a paleontologist from the University of Otago.)

Getting kicked off a plane led to new AMC series for Kevin Smith (Boston Herald) 

(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, seated in a noisy restaurant at a hotel here, dressed in his usual orange-and-blue hockey jersey. “That was the worst,” 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.”)

Comic Book Men invites (Elpaisono Newspaper) 

("Comic Book Men" is a one hour unscripted television series created by director Kevin Smith. Smith is most famously known for directing and starring in the hilarious comedies ‘Clerks', and ‘Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'. "Comic Book Men" is set in a New Jersey comic store named Jay and Silent Bobs Secret Stash, where Smith and friends have discussions about comics, memorabilia, and business revolving around their store. The friends; Walt, Michael, Brian, and Ming are store employees. Everyone in the show brings their own character and flavor of comedy to the show.)

Q&A - Bryan Johnson (AMCTV) 

(Bryan Johnson is not an employee at Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, but he's as much a part of the store as anyone else. In this exclusives interview with AMCtv.com, he talks about the drawbacks of having a potty mouth on reality TV and his love of busting Ming's chops.)

Did bus drivers leave Duval students stranded because of Daytona race? (Jacksonville.com) 

(A school bus service that missed pickups for dozens of Duval County elementary students Monday, leaving many in the rain at bus stops, faces a fine by the school district. Meanwhile, officials with the bus company, Student Transportation America, wouldn’t answer questions Tuesday about whether their charter service to the Daytona 500 race disrupted school bus routes.)

Local teens' creative juices fuel new Lady Gaga tour bus (Chicago Tribune) 

(There are many ways for teenagers to wind up at Harvard. The way it's working for six Chicago-area kids who'll be featured in a celebrity philanthropic event there Wednesday has to be among the most extraordinary, involving a superstar singer, a Chicago charity and hangout time spent willingly at the library. Working out of the YOUmedia teen space at Chicago's Harold Washington Library Center, the 16- and 17-year-olds have been helping to design a tour bus forLady Gaga, a specialized vehicle that will join the pop star's caravan when she goes out on the road again next year.)

One Million Moms attempt Toys ‘R’ Us boycott over gay Archie comic book sales (Wired) 

(Despite their failed attempt to dethrone Ellen DeGeneres from her post at JCPenney, the group One Million Moms is at is again — only this time, the group has set their eyes on attacking a cartoon character and its affiliates. Archie Comics and Toys ‘R’ Us are the latest nemeses to make the hit list at the anti-gay organization following an announcement that One Million Moms will boycott the kids’ superstore if they refuse to remove the gay comic book from its shelves.)

Vincent Price to get spine-tingling comic book series (Coventry Telegraph) 

(MASTER OF HORROR Vincent Price may be gone but he will live on in a new series of comic books. Bluewater Comics is launching Vincent Price's House of Horrors, a four-issue miniseries spinning off from its previous title Vincent Price Presents. "This new series will focus on one-shot stories that will have you at the edge of your seat," said Bluewater president Darren G. Davis. "The stories are all new and have a certain horror element about them that hasn't been seen before.")

Comic book content causes concerns for some (WNYT) 

(When you think of comic books, you might think Archie, Batman or Richie Rich. Those comics are still around, but the content has changed. Some say it's a sign of the times. Sex and violence is everywhere. TV, video games, music and yes, even comic books. To keep our kids safe, we don't need super powers, but we do need to be vigilant.)

Cosplayers Run in 2012 Tokyo Marathon (Ani.me) 

(I saw this last night and for a brief moment was actually surprised that people would actually get into cosplay just to run a marathon. Then I remembered that it’s Tokyo and that surprise quickly faded into 'OF COURSE there are cosplayers in the Tokyo marathon!’ Yes, recently there was a marathon run in Tokyo and cosplayers were out in full force to join in the athletic event that I couldn’t do if my life depended on it (I don’t even like running to the store to get coffee and smokes). For those who do care about these things, the winner of the race was a Michael Kipyego from Kenya who ran the race in 2:07:37 (again, not if my life depended on it) while Japan’s Arata Fujiwara finished second with a time of 2:07:48.)

One Fanboy’s Quest to Sneak Aboard Comic Book Panels Far and Wide (Wired) 

(Superhero fanboys lead vicarious lives. Some trudge through conventions with knives made of spray-painted cardboard taped to their knuckles. Others, like masked crusader Phoenix Jones, bust Seattle carjackers. But sometimes wearing orange foam bricks and growling, “It’s clobberin’ time!” just doesn’t scratch the itch. Enter Jeff Johnson. Popping up in nearly 30 comic books, he has become the industry’s Waldo—a lurking stowaway who has managed to hijack the unlikeliest panels.)

Batman named greatest comic hero (Guardian UK) 

(Batman's utility belt doesn't really compare to the superpowers of Spider-Man and Superman, but Gotham City's caped crusader has nonetheless been named the greatest comic hero of all time. The readers of Comic Heroes magazine voted for Batman, the alias of billionaire Bruce Wayne, as their top comic hero, ahead of the second-placed Spider-Man and the third-placed Superman. The magazine is not the first to rank heroes from the world of comics: in 2008 Empire magazine put Superman top, followed by Batman and John Constantine, the exorcist created by Alan Moore, while the Man of Steel also topped a list from IGN.)

Batman helps rescue UK developers (China Daily) 

(Hollywood is helping London developers weather the financial crisis by turning empty offices into film sets, providing cash and publicity for landlords struggling to fill buildings with tenants because of the uncertain economic outlook. In addition to films and television shows, a growing number of developers are also opening their doors to events like London Fashion Week or temporary retail sites for online companies such as Amazon, eBay and Google.)

Batman helps rescue UK developers (China Daily) 

(Dark Knight’ spoof skits help Albany filmmaker attract paying clients for Neumann Films From his perch at the top of The Wheelhouse office building in downtown Albany, Luke Neumann, 28, looked down at the Albany police officer. The police officer returned the stare, his gaze sweeping over Neumann’s Batman suit. Then he shook his head and burst out laughing.)

Dogs' feet give Japan scientists paws for thought (Reuters) 

(Ever wonder how dogs can walk barefoot in the snow? Now a Japanese scientist may have the answer -- an internal central heating system. The secret lies in how dogs circulate their blood to prevent cold surfaces from chilling the rest of their bodies, according to Hiroyoshi Ninomiya, a professor at Yamazaki Gakuen University, just west of Tokyo.)

Jeremy Lin’s Triumph Over Stereotype Threat (Time) 

(One of my favorite parts of the Jeremy Lin story is his victory over stereotype threat. Stereotype threat is the idea that we are all aware of the stereotypes that exist about our demographic group and we try to avoid fulfilling those pre-existing notions. We prefer to think of ourselves as individuals and feeling trapped within the limited expectations of our demo is demoralizing. We struggle to define ourselves apart from the expectations for our group, but as we fight to resist falling prey to fulfilling stereotypes our attention is split and thus performance can decline, which can increase anxiety about living down to the expectations we want to destroy. This potentially paralyzing fear is stereotype threat.)

Occupy London Camp Is Evicted (Time) 

(Members of Occupy London stand by a barricade they constructed of packing crates as they resist eviction outside St Paul's Cathedral on Feb. 28, 2012. After 137 days and the resignation of two senior clerics. Bailiffs, backed by riot police, cleared the encampment and arrested 20 activists.)

Pentagon: Some 9/11 remains went to landfill (CBS) 

(The Pentagon revealed Tuesday that partial, incinerated remains of some 9/11 victims that could not be identified were sent to a landfill. The number of victims involved was unclear according to a Pentagon report, but it involved some of those killed when a terrorist-hijacked airplane struck the Pentagon, killing 184, and another crashed in Shanksville, Pa., killing 40, in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.)

Ohio school suspect confesses as death toll climbs (Montreal Gazette) 

(The 17-year-old boy held in a shooting rampage at an Ohio high school has confessed to opening fire on fellow students he picked at random, prosecutors said on Tuesday, as two more teenagers died, bringing the death toll to three. Prosecutors identified the suspect as T.J. Lane and said he has admitted to taking a knife and a .22-caliber pistol into the cafeteria at Chardon High School in a town 35 miles (56 km) east of Cleveland on Monday and firing 10 rounds.)

Tenn. nightclub shooting leaves 1 dead, 19 injured (AJC) 

(Police in West Tennessee say one man was killed and 19 other people were injured early Sunday when gunmen opened fire in a nightclub. Jackson Police Lt. Tyreece Miller said officers were called to the Karma Lounge in downtown Jackson at about 2 a.m. Sunday. They arrived to find one man dead, 17 people with gunshot wounds and two who were trampled.)

Murdoch’s ‘Sun’ newspaper found to be illegally paying sources (Raw Story) 

(Journalists at Britain’s Sun newspaper paid large sums of cash to corrupt public officials, aware the practice was criminal, an inquiry into press ethics heard on Monday, revelations that could prove damaging to Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. The police officer heading three criminal inquires centered on Murdoch’s British newspaper arm, News International, said the Sun had operated a “culture … of illegal payments.”)

Bus Stops - February 27

Chuck Norris Bridge? Slovaks Consider Tribute In Path To Austria (Huffington Post) 

(Slovaks have been voting overwhelmingly in favor of naming a new pedestrian and cycling bridge near their capital for 1980s action film and TV star Chuck Norris. The two other top names in the running for the bridge, which will span the Morava river and cross the border to Austria, were Maria Theresa after an Austro-Hungarian empress and the Devinska cycling bridge in honour of the closest village.)

Canucks fans toss Chinook salmon onto ice to honor dead son (Seattle PI) 

(After 30-year-old Garrett Paquette died in an ATV accident in November, his family and friends knew just how to honor him. By throwing a Chinook salmon onto the ice during a Vancouver Canucks game, of course. It couldn’t be any old Canucks game; Paquette had been planning to pull the very same stunt at this past Saturday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, his favorite team. So when he died, the Nanaimo Daily News reported, his father decided to follow through on the plan in memory of his son.)

Happy 'werewolf' girl says she's proud of being special (MSNBC) 

(Supatra Sasuphan says she doesn’t spend time thinking about the rare condition she has that leaves her with thick hair on her face and body, a determination to live a normal life that makes her an inspiration to all who know her. Supatra, an 11-year-old Thai girl who’s known as Nat, suffers from hypertrichosis, or Ambras syndrome, a genetic condition marked by excess hair on the face and body. )

Strange object with something inside falls down from space in Brazil (English Pravda) 

(A metal object of unknown origin fell down on Earth in the Brazilian state of Maranhao. The unusual event caused panic among the local population. The ball-shaped, 30-kilo object about one meter in diameter was found on Feb. 22. Residents of the village of Riacho dos Pocos were the first to have seen the space ball. Jose Valdir Mendes said that he had heard the strong roaring sound on Wednesday morning, at about 06:00 local time. Several moments later, an explosion occurred near his home.)

Headteacher under fire after pupils 'scared stiff' by school kidnap stunt... staged as part of lesson in descriptive writing (Daily Mail UK) 

(The kidnapper wore a bright red wig and was brandishing what looked like a gun. Stunned nine and ten-year-olds watched from their classroom window as, in a few terrifying seconds, he abducted the school caretaker, bundled him into a car and screeched off into the distance. For a moment it looked as if a major crime had been committed before the eyes of dozens of little innocents.)

Compensation for teen sacked by text (Stuff) 

(A 17-year-old who was told "go f*** yourself" in a text from his boss has been awarded nearly $10,000 in compensation. Stephen Whalley was working for Northland's Takou Were Te Mokai Landcare Charitable Trust as a trainee hapu ranger when he was unjustifiably dismissed in November, 2010, the Employment Relations Authority ruled last week.)

Mardi Gras soul, in action, turns girl's parade nightmare into a dream come true (NOLA) 

(Forget what the calendar might have said. On Friday, at least in one part of New Orleans, it was Emily Gras. Emily Mueller, an 11-year-old north shore girl with autism, was the object of one drunken young man’s abuse during the Krewe of Muses parade on Feb. 16. She was reduced to tears before she could see any of her favorite parade.)

Cat Saves Owner's Life Just Hours After Being Adoptede (Huffington Post) 

(A newly-adopted cat repaid his owner's loving gesture earlier this month by saving her from a medical emergency just hours after he was brought home, the Green Bay Press Gazette reports. Amy Jung and her son Ethan stopped into The Humane Society near their home in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin on Feb. 8 to play with the cats, but one feline -- a 21-pound orange-and-white cat named Pudding -- stood out to the pair. Jung learned that the laid-back cat had been in and out of the shelter since 2003, and made an impulsive decision to adopt him and his friend Wimsy.)

Mum reveals why she's buying her daughter £8,000 of cosmetic surgery vouchers for her EIGHTH birthday (Mirror UK) 

(For their eighth birthday most little girls can expect a new doll, or a bike, some clothes or maybe a games console. Not Poppy Burge. When she wakes up to her special day next month, her mum Sarah will hand her £8,000 of vouchers... to spend on plastic surgery. And while Poppy is so young her two front teeth have yet to come through, Sarah believes it’s perfectly OK to introduce her daughter to the world of Botox, facelifts, nose-jobs and boob jobs.)

Unexpected all-stars happy to get off the bus (Face Off) 

(Imagine how Tom Brady's life might be different if Drew Bledsoe wasn't injured during Week 2 of the 2001 National Football League season. For one, Brady probably wouldn't be married to Gisele Bündchen. When Bledsoe, the New England Patriots' starting quarterback, suffered a shorn blood vessel in his chest following a hit from the New York Jets' Mo Lewis, Brady took over. The Patriots lost the game 10-3, dropping their record to 0-2.)

Man, 19, arrested in attacks on bus driver, passenger (Face Off) 

(Police have arrested a Surrey man believed to be responsible for two attacks on transit buses. Police went public Wednesday with violent attacks on a driver and on a passenger on Coast Mountain buses that they believed were com-mitted by the same suspect.)

Study Shows Women Are Smarter Than Men About Social Media (Forbes) 

(When it comes to managing their social media profiles, women, on average, behave more like mature, responsible adults while men act like impulsive adolescents. That’s the takeaway from a new study on from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, a project of the Pew Research Center. Pew’s researchers polled 2,277 adults for the report, titled “Privacy management on social media sites.” They found that social network users in general are more active when it comes to editing their connections, managing their reputations and making use of privacy controls than they were just a few years ago.)

For optimal work commitment, skip the pot (MNN) 

(New shocker of a study finds that those who have never smoked or have quit smoking marijuana have more dedication to their jobs. According to a real shocker from the world of bona fide science, smoking marijuana is tied to less motivation at the office.)

Facebook users getting less friendly (Sun Times) 

(Whether it’s pruning friends lists, removing unwanted comments or restricting access to their profiles, Americans are getting more privacy-savvy on social networks, a new report found. The report released Friday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that people are managing their privacy settings and their online reputation more often than they did two years earlier. For example, 44 percent of respondents said in 2011 that they deleted comments from their profile on a social networking site. Only 36 percent said the same thing in 2009.)

Steve Kordek, a Pinball Innovator, Dies at 100 (Forbes) 

(Steve Kordek, who revolutionized the game of pinball in the 1940s by designing what became the standard two-flipper machine found in bars and penny arcades around the world, died on Sunday at a hospice in Park Ridge, Ill. He was 100. His daughter Catherine Petrash confirmed his death.)

Michael Jackson Doctor Denied Release From Jail (NBC) 

(Dr. Conrad Murray, the personal physician who was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson, was denied a request to be released from jail, a judge ruled Friday.)

Bus Stops - February 24

The secret story behind Admiral Ackbar’s "It’s a trap!" line (io9) 

(Thirty odd years ago, radio dramatist Erik Bauersfeld recorded the voices of Admiral Ackbar and Bib Fortuna for Return of the Jedi, saw the movie, and promptly forgot about the whole experience. It wasn't until decades later that he began receiving fan mail from Star Wars lovers wanting an autograph from the guy who knew how to properly articulate a trap.)

"Holy Grail" of Football Cards Found In Michigan Farmhouse (Fox 17) 

(Legends Sports and Games, located inside the Woodland Mall in Kentwood, has plenty of vintage trading cards and is always looking for more to add to the collection. "We get a lot of calls from a lot of people saying they've got something, and usually it's not what you expect," said Lou Brown, President of Legends Sports & Games and an avid collector himself. On Monday, he got a visit from a mid-Michigan family who really did score big. While cleaning out an old farmhouse after a family death, they came across an old notebook of vintage boxing and football cards. They thought about tossing it, but instead did some research. Good thing.)

North Bergen Target employee staged accident to collect workers' comp, but scheme was caught on video (NJ.com) 

(A Target employee who police say staged an elaborate scheme in an effort to fake an accident and collect workers' compensation apparently forgot one thing in the planning -- the cameras in the storeroom were rolling. "If you are considering a crime, you have to remember eyes are on you when you least expect it," said Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Mike Zevitz of the indictment of Victoria Colon, 28, of Union City, which was handed up yesterday.)

Mormon Baptism Targets Anne Frank -- Again (Huffington Post) 

(Anne Frank, the Jewish girl whose diary and death in a Nazi concentration camp made her a symbol of the Holocaust, was allegedly baptized posthumously Saturday by a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to whistleblower Helen Radkey, a former member of the church.)

Ex-Playboy Playmate Stephanie Adams wins $1.2M excessive force judgment from NYPD for 2006 arrest (New York Daily News) 

(An ex-Playboy playmate stripped the city of a $1.2 million payout Tuesday after suing the cops for manhandling her. A Manhattan jury of four women and two men took 81/2 hours deliberating before tossing fistfuls of money at Miss November 1992, Stephanie Adams, 41, for the injuries she suffered in a 2006 scuffle with police.)

Austin cab drivers hurl $100 fees at sick passengers (Kens5) 

(Beginning Thursday, Austin cab drivers will be allowed to charge up to $100 extra for passengers who’ve had too much to drink and “mess up” the cab. The money is for clean up costs and to pay for taking the cabs out of the mix. “It takes me like a couple of hours because when I clean it my car needs to be dry,” said local cab driver Joseph Ngaleu.)

Utah residential facility to offer treatment for porn ‘addicts’ (SL-Tribune) 

(A St. George couple hopes to open what they believe would be Utah’s first residential treatment center for pornography “addiction.” Mark Jorgensen and his wife, Jerri, are seeking state approval to open the 5-acre Desert Solace for up to eight men whose treatment would consist of 45 days of talk therapy combined with outdoor exercise and a healthy diet. Cellphones and computers will not be allowed, and sex offenders will not be eligible. The treatment will cost $8,000, but the Jorgensens believe insurers will cover at least the psychotherapy portion.)

Tyler beauty shop owner sought for illegal breast augmentation (WFAA) 

(Tyler police are asking for help in finding a beauty shop owner wanted for allegedly performing an illegal breast augmentation. A 26-year-old Longview woman is hospitalized in critical condition after she said she underwent the procedure one week ago in the back room of Queen Divas Hair Salon and Spa, 102 East Martin Luther King Street, in Tyler.)

Does this Chicken McNugget look like George Washington to you? (Desmoines Register) 

(A Nebraska woman is auctioning a McDonald’s Chicken McNugget that she believes resembles President George Washington. The Sioux City Journal (http://bit.ly/ABqXH1 ) says Rebekah Speights, of Dakota City, Neb., is selling the presidential McNugget on eBay to raise money for a church summer camp.)

Watch the trailer for Morgan Spurlock’s Comic-Con documentary and decide: geek celebration or nerdsploitation? (i09) 

(Morgan Spurlock, the director behind Super Size Me, has turned his lens to the world's biggest geek gathering, the San Diego Comic-Con. Interviewing such nerd icons as Kevin Smith, Joss Whedon, Eli Roth and Stan Lee, Spurlock attempts to dissect the cultural phenomenon that is SDCC. How so? By following a handful of attendees as they make their way through the convention center. )

Ga. bus driver stabbed with pen is suspended; Official says he didn’t follow protocol (Washington Post) 

(Authorities say a Georgia commuter bus driver who was stabbed in the face with a pen while trying to resolve a dispute with a passenger has been suspended for not following protocol in the incident. Cobb County Transit Director Rebecca Gutowsky told the Marietta Daily Journal the driver should have called dispatch for assistance and not confronted the passenger.)

Lethal Blast Strikes Northwest Pakistan Bus Terminal (New York Times) 

(An explosion apparently caused by a car bomb ripped through a bus terminal in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan, on Thursday, killing 15 people including two children and wounding at least 35, the provincial information minister said. It was the largest such attack for months in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, although there have been sporadic strikes against security forces guarding the city perimeter.)

Goon movie poster stripped from city bus shelters (Toronto Star) 

(An offside call from the city saw lewd Goon movie posters torn from city bus shelters Wednesday, just hours before the hockey comedy made its Toronto premiere. Outdoor advertiser Astral Media has pulled posters of Canadian actor Jay Baruchel making a sexually suggestive gesture with his tongue and fingers after several public complaints to city staff, said Frank Mendicino, senior vice-president of marketing of Goon distributor Alliance Films. “Today of all days, they had to take them down.”)

Holy windfall, Batman! Man's childhood comic collection fetches $3.5 million (San Jose Mercury News) 

(The bulk of a man's childhood comic book collection that included many of the most prized issues ever published sold at auction Wednesday for about $3.5 million. A copy of Detective Comics No. 27, which sold for 10 cents in 1939 and features the debut of Batman, got the top bid at the New York City auction Wednesday. It sold for about $523,000, including a buyer's premium, said Lon Allen, managing director of comics for Heritage Auctions, the Dallas-based auction house overseeing the sale.)

In a battle of ethics, Vic Toews is no match for Batman (National Post) 

(In the Hollywood blockbuster The Dark Knight, Batman commandeers every cellphone in Gotham City to create a surveillance network in order to apprehend The Joker. His associate, Lucius Fox, agrees to operate the surveillance network while Batman runs out to fight The Joker and saves the passengers held hostage on two ferry boats armed with explosives.)

DOLPHINS SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS "NON-HUMAN PERSONS" (Shortlist) 

(Whoever deals with the PR for dolphins should be given a raise, a promotion and some sort of award. We've all heard someone wax lyrical about how swimming with them is simply amazing and seen a fair amount of videos where they do variously adorable things. But it seems that they shouldn't just be viewed as fun, holiday-sharing creatures.)

Dino-bots will help scientists study how dinosaurs lived (MNN) 

(Using 3-D printing technology will allow scientists to understand how dinosaurs moved, and the dino-bots can be created again and again. Paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara is looking to print out some robot dinosaurs.)

Faster-than-light neutrino result reportedly a mistake caused by loose cable (ARS) 

(Since September, scientists have been scratching their head over results that appear to show neutrinos traveling between Switzerland and Italy faster than light would. As far as anyone could tell, the team behind the results had done everything they could to eliminate errors, and had even released some preliminary data that had strengthened their results. But the results remained difficult to square with everything else we know about how the Universe operates.)

The myth of the eight-hour sleep (BBC) 

(We often worry about lying awake in the middle of the night - but it could be good for you. A growing body of evidence from both science and history suggests that the eight-hour sleep may be unnatural. In the early 1990s, psychiatrist Thomas Wehr conducted an experiment in which a group of people were plunged into darkness for 14 hours every day for a month.)

Menu of last lunch served on Titanic set to fetch $157, 000 at auction (Fox News) 

(A menu of the last lunch served to first-class passengers onboard the Titanic is expected to sell for $157,960 at a UK auction. The lunch menu, dated April 14, 1912, was on the table of passenger Dr. Washington Dodge, a banker from San Francisco who was traveling to the US with his wife, Ruth, and son, Washington Jr.)

Why Mass Effect is the Most Important Science Fiction Universe of Our Generation (io9) 

(Mass Effect is epic. It's the product of the best parts of Star Trek, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica and more with a protagonist who could be the love-child of Picard, Skywalker, and Starbuck. It's one of the most important pieces of science fiction narrative of our generation. Mass Effect goes so far beyond other fictional universes in ways that you may not have yet realized. It is cosmic in scope and scale. Basically, Mass Effect is the most important science fiction universe of our generation. Here's why.)

Porn site coders expose user info of millions (Eurosecure) 

(I got contacted by Alltid Nyheter, from Swedish public broadcasting radio, regarding a thread on Flashback.org, Sweden's largest web forum. User info of well over a million registered users was openly accessible on the chat site of YouPorn until the server was taken down yesterday. The exposed information contains e-mail addresses and passwords. This information can be used to identify porn consumers, but for some users more than a reputation is at stake.)

Do You Need a Bounty Hunter for Your Cat? (Time) 

(You’ve surely heard of Dog the Bounty Hunter, but have you heard of Jordana Serebrenik? While she isn’t the star of a reality show (yet), much like Dog, she makes a living nabbing those who would rather not be caught, facing would-be prisoners who fight tooth and nail to be free. But unlike Dog, Serebrenik may be New York City’s only professional cat catcher.)

The SmodSquad Pod - Episode 9 - Craisins Are For Closers

DOWNLOAD EPISODE 9

In 2011, the Smodcast Internet Radio network was formed by a group of online broadcasting entrepreneurs lead by Kevin Smith. In the weeks to come shows like Plus One Per Diem, Jay and Silent Bob Get Old and Tell 'em Steve Dave attracted a loyal following. Coming from all walks of life and spanning the globe these people download, Tweet and inform . They are musicians and artists. They are programmers and clerks. Most of all, they are fans. These are the men and women of...The Smod Squad.

Controversy strikes the Squad in Episode 9 as some run afoul of Jennifer Schwalbach, get Ming Chen in hot water and spew Valentine's orgasms all over the live S.I.R. airwaves. When not rebel rousing the Squad discuses Comic Book Men, pejazzling, the death of Degrassi's Wheels and the dad from Alf smoking crack. The much awaited clips from the Live From Behind Toronto fan met up are here as well. All you listeners with ass cancer are going to want to tune in as we potentially reveal the cure that will cost ya' less then five bucks! It all ends withe the group's touching tribute to Whitney Houston...or was that Craisins?

Kev and Co. have the SIN Bin...we've got the SMosh Pit! Here's some linky-links to what we talked about this week:

Melmac
"ALF" Dad Idled
Degrassi's Wheels death announced, over 4 years later
Grindhouse Burger Bar
Craisins
Comic Book Men
Pawn Stars
Glengarry Glen Ross
Pejazzling
Vagaziling
Gorgonzola
Blue waffle (Click at your own risk!)
Ocean Spray expands Craisins recall
Having sex with Katie Morgan
James Jackman
NWA
Fun With Cordova
Rancho Cordova
No bond set for Cordova man in sex trafficking case
John Goodman
Ringo Starr
Whitney Houston's death
Shania Twain

Bus Stops - February 22

Comic Book Collection Expected To Fetch $2 Million (Huffington Post) 

(Michael Rorrer said his great aunt once mentioned having comic books she would one day give him and his brother, but it was a passing remark made when they were boys and still into superheroes. Ruby Wright gave no indication at the time – and she died last February, leaving it unclear – that her late husband's comic collection contained some of the most prized issues ever published. The 345 comics were slated to sell at auction in New York on Wednesday, and were expected to fetch more than $2 million.)

NY case of comic book collector’s death in stolen goods ring back in court (Washington Post) 

(Several alleged members of an upstate New York stolen goods ring that’s blamed for the 2010 death of a comic book collector again entered not guilty pleas to federal murder and racketeering charges Tuesday after a grand jury revised its indictment. Neither alleged ring leader Rico Vendetti nor his six co-defendants spoke during the arraignment on the indictment amended to include the forfeiture of $5 million and five properties if the defendants are convicted and to add conspiracy and racketeering to the charges against co-defendant Terry Stewart.)

THE COST OF THE DEATH STAR (Short List) 

(Still weighing up whether you should join the Dark Side or not? Well, we might be able to help make your mind up. If you're looking for a better wage then you might have to start embracing evil. Students at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania worked out how much it would cost to build the Death Star and came up with a figure of $8,100,000,000,000,000 ($8.1 quadrillion!?), which is 13,000 times the world's GDP.)

Five Leadership Mistakes Of The Galactic Empire (Forbes) 

(My colleague Dorothy Pomerantz notes that this weekend, the re-issued 3-D version of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, pulled down about $23 million in the Box Office over the weekend. This got my mind to pondering the mistakes that people make, ranging from making the Star Wars prequels to reissuing them in 3-D to actually going to relive the misery that was The Phantom Menace all over again.)

Defense: Ga. Suspect Says Angel Told Him to Kill (ABC) 

(Prosecutors urged jurors Tuesday to dismiss a murder defendant's assertions that an angel who looked like Olivia Newton-John ordered him to fatally shoot a co-worker's husband outside a preschool. They say Hemy Neuman was not delusional or insane and had planned the killing for months.)

Five-year-old boy lives as girl in youngest case of Gender Identity Disorder (The Telegraph) 

(A little boy who decided he was a girl trapped in a boy's body has become one of the youngest-ever children to have his decision backed by the NHS - aged just four.)

Edvard Munch masterpiece The Scream to be auctioned (BBC) 

(Edvard Munch's famous masterpiece The Scream is to be sold at auction in New York, Sotheby's has announced. The Norwegian artist created several versions of the artwork, using different techniques. The 1895 work, which is going under the hammer in May, was created using pastels and is the only version still in private hands.)

Quebec 'couch surfing' accident kills man (CBC) 

(A 22-year-old man has died after a country road stunt involving a sled-mounted couch went wrong in Quebec's Beauce region Saturday night. The man was critically injured while riding on the sled-mounted couch, which was dragged by a van down a country road in St. Benjamin, south of Quebec City.)

Crocodile Bites Off Part Of Elderly Man's Testicles In Zimbabwe; Jonah Maturure Survives Attack (Huffington Post) 

(A 70-year-old man from Zimbabwe narrowly escaped a crocodile attack as he crossed the Chivake River with his pants off -- but he lost part of his testicles and suffered a few broken bones in the melee. Jonah Maturure told the Sunday News that he'd taken off his trousers and put them in a tomato box above his head before he crossed the river. He'd crossed the same spot in the same river several times before, but this time, a giant croc was waiting for him.)

Adele Makes Obscene Gesture at Brit Music Awards (People) 

(Warning, music fans: Adele just went M.I.A. An angry Adele gave the middle finger at the Brit awards for music Tuesday night in London, less than three weeks after rapper M.I.A. gave the same obscene gesture at the Super Bowl halftime show. It happened as Adele, 23, was picking up the best album award to go with her solo female honor and was giving her acceptance speech.)

Kevin Smith: Hollywood's Hockey Super Fan (CBC) 

(Spike Lee has basketball. Kevin Costner has baseball. Kevin Smith has hockey. As we saw Sunday night in the second installment of AMC's Comic Book Men, while Smith's obsession with Superman and Jack Kirby and Star Wars is nearly unparalleled, so is his love of a sport that most Americans never notice until it's time for the Olympics. But hockey fandom has one great, mainstream champion in Smith. The fact that it serves as the backdrop for what Smith says is his last movie as a director -- Hit Somebody, set for release in 2013 -- is hardly a surprise.)

Jay & Silent Bob Get Old, Hammersmith Apollo - review (This Is London) 

(Comedy is so international nowadays it rarely gets lost in translation when crossing the Atlantic. In fact this packed London debut from cult characters Jay and Silent Bob, essentially livewire loon Jason Mewes and chunky filmmaker Kevin Smith being themselves, was bigger than any of the pair's American gigs. Which suggests that British audiences have a greater capacity for schoolboy smut than our US neighbours.)

Winnipeg bus-stop killer sentenced to life (CBC) 

(A Winnipeg man has been sentenced to life in prison for gunning down a man who was standing at a North End bus stop. Jheruel Mananghaya pleaded guilty on Tuesday to second-degree murder in the shooting death of Darren Walsh, 24, who was fatally shot on July 4, 2010.)

Sabbath bus angers religious (Sky News) 

(In the latest salvo in Israel's simmering cultural war between religious and secular Jews, municipal authorities in the bustling metropolis of Tel Aviv have outraged the country's religious establishment with a decision to launch bus service on the Jewish Sabbath. The effort - likely to be blocked by the government - comes as the country's powerful religious minority faces increasing pressure over what many perceive to be attempts to impose religious tenets on the rest of the country.)

Advert on Oxford Street shown only to women (BBC) 

(An interactive hoarding at a London bus stop aims to show a 40-second advertisement only to women and girls. The screen showing the short video campaign, by children's charity Plan UK, is located at a bus stop opposite Selfridges on Oxford Street.)

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Get Ready for the Million-Mustache March (Time) 

(It’s time to put that mustache to work in Washington, says the American Mustache Institute (AMI). The apparently patriotic group announced plans for a Million Mustache March from the Capitol to the White House on April 1 (now, what day is that, again?) in support of the STACHE Act, its Stimulus to Allow Critical Hair Expenses plan.)

Bus Stops - February 20, 2012

Man eats handfuls of snow to survive two-month ordeal in his car in sub-zero conditions (Daily Mail) 

(A Swedish man has been pulled barely alive from his snow-covered car surviving on nothing but snow for two months after he was trapped in sub-zero temperatures. The man, 44, had eaten nothing but handfuls of snow since December 19 when he became bogged down in drifts near the town of Umea in southern Sweden.)

First Comic Book Store In Costa Rica Opens (Inside Costa Rica) 

(Troy, the owner/manager of talked about opening the only comic store in Costa Rica, Boomshop Comics. There are a couple of other shops here that sell toys, games and whatnot and have a couple comics along with them, but we’re the only real “comic shop”. I’m amazed at the amount of people that keep asking me if there is enough comics to keep a comic shop going. I’m having to explain what a subscription service is. They are all amazed that they are getting comics regularly and only paying cover price.)

Simpson Dolls Join Barbie On Iran Ban List (NPR) 

(An Iranian government-affiliated agency has banned dolls of the Simpsons cartoon characters, who join Barbie and others on a toy blacklist, an independent newspaper reported on Monday. The report said that the Simpsons were banned to avoid the promotion of Western culture. But Superman and Spiderman were allowed, because they helped the "oppressed.")

N.J. governor vetoes same-sex marriage bill (CNN) 

(New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Friday vetoed a bill that would allow same-sex couples to wed, setting up a confrontation with a Democrat-controlled legislature that has vowed to eventually get the bill into law. The General Assembly on Thursday passed the measure, which the Senate had approved Monday.)

Former kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart marries (Toronto Sun) 

(Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped at age 14 from her Utah home and held for what she described as "nine months of hell," exchanged vows on Saturday with her boyfriend of the past year at a private wedding in Hawaii, her uncle told Reuters. Smart, 24, and Matthew Gilmour, whom she met while she was serving a religious mission in Europe for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, tied the knot at a Mormon temple overlooking the Pacific on the North Shore of Oahu, her uncle, Tom Smart, said.)

Beirut River mysteriously runs blood red (Daily Star) 

(The Beirut River mysteriously turned blood red Wednesday after a stream of unidentified red liquid began pouring from the southern bank of the river in Furn al-Shubbak. The source of the liquid had yet to be determined Wednesday evening, as the river continued to empty the red-colored water into the Mediterranean Sea.)

Builder Leaves Concrete Penises Outside Home Fined for Anti-Gay Abuse (Fox Phoenix) 

(A British builder who left concrete model penises outside a man's house was fined for anti-gay abuse, the Bristol Evening Post reported Thursday. Michael Parkes, 34, pleaded guilty in absentia Wednesday to using threatening words and behavior against Richard Ives, including leaving the offensive models and a drawing of a phallus in front of the house in Bristol, southwestern England.)

BABYCCINOS: CAPPUCCINO FOR BABIES (Pursuitist) 

(Talk about starting young. A story on ‘babyccinos,’ a trend in which coffee shops are selling decaf cappuccinos to pint-sized tots, is gaining buzz among the caffeinated, hipster-parent crowd. Babyccinos are made from either steamed milk and foam, or — for the gourmand tot — spiked with a shot of decaf espresso, and were featured in a story published in The Brooklyn Paper this week — a piece which has been picked up by popular food blogs and publications like Gothamist, Eater, Zagat and the Atlantic Wire. The trend has become particularly popular in Brooklyn, where locals are obsessive when it comes to coffee culture, the author notes, and the culture even has tots turning into mini coffee-clutching consumers with an early taste for java.)

Forget about painting the town red. Calcutta to be painted ‘sky blue’(Yahoo) 

(Calcutta's chief minister has ordered the city of 14 million residents to be painted sky blue, taking inspiration from the new Indian government's motto, "the sky is the limit." The BBC reports the mandatory changes will affect everything from government and private buildings to local taxis and even historic landmarks. "From now on, all government buildings, whenever they are re-painted, will be done in sky blue," Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim told The Indian Express newspaper. "The owners of private buildings will also be requested to follow the same colour pattern. The necessary government orders will be issued soon.")

DMX Accused of Owing $1 MILLION In Child Support (TMZ) 

(DMX has been accused of owing more than $1 million in back child support -- but TMZ has learned, the rapper ain't convinced the woman pointing the finger is really his baby mama. X's ex, Patricia Trejo, was in L.A. Superior Court Thursday morning, arguing against a motion DMX filed in their ongoing paternity case -- in which the rapper asked the court for permission to perform in Europe.)

Kevin Smith reveals photo of himself in high school production of ‘Grease’ (Yahoo) 

(Before he made a porno with Zack and Miri, filmmaker Kevin Smith was doing something even weirder: He was acting in a musical. The 41-year-old "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" director has released a photo of himself from high school, apparently singing "Greased Lightning" as Kenickie in a production of "Grease" in the late '80s.)

Mother to face charges for unusual punishment (KCTV 5) 

(Valerie Borders forced her 10-year-old son to walk nearly five miles to school as punishment after his school suspended his bus privileges for the fifth time due to yelling. Although fourth grader Nequavion Borders said he learned his lesson, his mother is in trouble with the law for her punishment. "She did the right thing, she knew that I had been suspended off the bus five days, so she didn't do nothing wrong. She made me walk. I just had to walk. They shouldn't have picked me up. I could've walked by myself, " said Nequavion.)

This bus shelter smells like a McCain potato (Winnipeg Free Press) 

(CANADA'S McCain Foods is taking "scratch-and-sniff" advertising to a whole new level with its latest campaign: potato-scented bus shelters. At 10 bus shelters across the U.K., from London to Glasgow, the British arm of McCain Foods has created sizable 3-D spuds mounted on large posters with a button that, when pushed, releases the smell of potatoes baking in an oven. "People like the whole oven-baked smell that comes from a jacket potato," said Emily Pickard, a spokeswoman for the U.K. McCain Foods. "It's quite a warm, comforting smell.")

Goa carnival called off after bus tragedy (Times of India) 

(Four school children were among seven persons drowned on Saturday afternoon when a private mini bus plunged into the Mapusa River at the Aldona-Calvim ferry wharf in Aldona village, 22km from the capital city of Panaji. While six bodies have been fished out, one is yet to be traced.)

UK bus driver gets 17 months in jail for mowing down bicyclist (MSNBC) 

(A bus driver who authorities say deliberately mowed down a bicyclist in a road rage incident has been sentenced to 17 months in jail. Gavin Hill, 29, of Frome, previously pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and causing grievous bodily harm.On Friday, Judge Mark Horton handed down the sentences in Bristol Crown Court, telling Hill he ”used the bus as a weapon to bully and intimidate Mr. Mead,” BBC News reported.)

Bus driver returns home after mistaken for fugitive (CTV) 

(Vancouver bus driver Richard Brandow is finally home after a case of mistaken identity at the border turned into a costly weeklong ordeal. Brandow, 63, was arrested on a 20-year-old warrant at the Peace Arch border crossing into Washington State on Feb. 11, when U.S. authorities mistook him for an international fugitive with the same name. After spending a night in jail, Brandow's lawyer advised him to remain in the United States to face charges in Seattle Superior Court.)

Toronto’s Batman takes to the streets in video gone viral (Toronto Star) 

(There may not be any bat signals in the sky, but Toronto has at least one Dark Knight watching over us — all in good fun of course. In a hilarious video that’s gone viral since its release Friday, a man dressed in a full Batman costume is seen around the city – on the subway, outside City Hall, in a Starbucks — asking (rather, screaming) at passersby : “WHERE ARE THEY?!”)

Concept artist says ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ is a war film (Batman News) 

(Cine Web Radio interviewed The Dark Knight Rises concept artist Tully Summers about his experience working on the movie. The interview is in French, but I’ve got a translated version below thanks to Comic Book Movie. Summers did concept art for Men in Black III and was asked about going from that, to a more realistic movie like The Dark Knight Rises...)

Nicolas Cage Almost Played The Scarecrow In 'Batman' (MTV) 

(Nicolas Cage is one of Hollywood's biggest actors and one who always seems to enter the conversation when comic books are involved. The Academy Award-winning actor has been attached to "Superman," starred in two "Ghost Rider" movies and — it was recently revealed — was in talks for the Scarecrow in "Batman" for director Joel Schumacher.)

Super-predatory humans (BBC) 

(...animals don’t appear to have evolved defences against us. Which raises the question why? Is it that these animals simply haven’t had time to evolve defences, or lack the variation in their genes to produce them? Or is it to do with the way we hunt them? These questions are raised by Professor Geerat Vermeij of the University of California at Davies, US, in a scientific paper just published in the journal Evolution. He has been studying the effects of predators on evolution for more than thirty years.)

Food Project Proposes Matrix-Style Vertical Chicken Farms (Xenophilius) 

(Architecture student André Ford has proposed a new system for the mass production of chickens that removes the birds’ cerebral cortex so that they don’t experience the horrors of being packed together tightly in vertical farms.Each year, the United Kingdom raises and kills around 800 million broiler chickens for their meat. These creatures are grown in vast sheds with no natural light over the course of six to seven weeks. They are bred to grow particularly quickly and often die because their hearts and lungs cannot keep up with their body’s rapid growth.)

Monster Star's Eruption Snapped By Scientists (Sky News) 

(Space scientists have caught a delayed glimpse of a cosmic blast that dazzled observers when it was seen from Earth more than 150 years ago. Astronomers are trying to unravel the mystery of an event known as the Great Eruption, in which a super-massive star 7,500 light years away began spewing out unusually large amounts of light. It caused the star, called Eta Carinae, to appear as the second-brightest star in the sky for several years in the mid-1800s.)

'Embarrassing' Facebook Photos Inspire Aaron Olson To Sue Uncle (Huffington Post) 

(Nearly everyone on Facebook has been tagged with an embarrasing photo, but most people don't sue the person who tagged them. Minneapolis resident Eric Olson did. And the person he sued was his uncle, Randall LaBrie. After LaBrie posted childhood photos of Olson in front of a Christmas tree and added snarky comments, Olson got angry and sued his uncle for harassment, according to Newser.com.)

50 Best iPhone Apps 2012 (Techland) 

(Of all the apps in the App Store, this is one that every iPhone owner should download. If you misplace your phone, Apple’s Find My iPhone app will pinpoint its location on a map. What’s more, if your phone is buried in the couch cushions, the app will instruct your handset to blast a sound for two minutes at full volume — even if it’s set on silent mode. And in the unfortunate event that your phone gets stolen, Find My iPhone can remotely cause the personal data in your phone’s storage to self destruct.)

Capitol Bomb Arrest Capped 1-Year Probe (Time) 

(Within the last week, authorities say, Amine El Khalifi's plan was proceeding as hoped: An al-Qaeda associate handed him an automatic weapon to kill security officers inside the U.S. Capitol. A bomb-laden vest would detonate the building. He'd die as a martyr. But there was a problem: The explosives were inert, the gun inoperable and the man who provided them was an undercover officer — not, as he thought, an al-Qaeda associate, according to court documents.)

Actress Judi Dench Says She’s Battling Blindness (Time) 

(Actress Judi Dench is battling to save her sight. The James Bond star said in an interview published Saturday that she had been diagnosed with macular degeneration, an eye condition which can cause blindness, and that her eyesight was already so bad that she couldn’t even read her own scripts.)

Daredevil Approved to Tightrope Walk Over Niagara Falls (Time) 

(After months of lobbying the Ontario Parks Commission, Nik Wallenda will finally fulfill his childhood dream. He will walk on a tightrope from the United States to Canada over the Niagara Falls. Though the commission cited worries about cost, natural beauty and of course, safety in their initial dismissal of his application, they finally caved, the Associated Press reports. For more than 100 years, stunts over the landmark have been prohibited.)

Houston to be laid to rest next to her father in N.J.
(CTV) 

(Late singer Whitney Houston will be laid to rest on Sunday at the same New Jersey cemetery where her father is buried. The pop diva is expected to be buried in a plot next to John Houston at the Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, about 22 kilometres west of her hometown of Newark. Her father was buried in the cemetery in 2003.)

Stars mourn Whitney Houston at New Jersey funeral (BBC) 

(Some 1,500 mourners have attended an emotion-filled funeral for music star Whitney Houston in Newark, New Jersey. Houston's mother Cissy and daughter Bobbi Kristina wept uncontrollably as the casket left the New Hope Baptist Church to the tune of I Will Always Love You after a four-hour service. Houston will be buried beside father John Russell Houston at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield on Sunday.)

Disembodied foot ID solves 25-year-old mystery (Vancouver Sun) 

(A disembodied foot found on a B.C. shore last year belongs to a fisherman who died in January 1987, the BC Coroners Service said Friday. Stefan Zahorujko's boat was found overturned in Sasamat Lake in Port Moody, B.C., on Jan. 5, 1987. Despite repeated searches, the 65-year-old's body was never found and it was presumed he had fallen from the boat and drowned.)

Angry Birds Space confirmed with March 22nd release (T3) 

(Having already dominated the mobile application scene with the original Angry Birds release, developer Rovio has revealed it is to launch an all new Angry Birds title next month. Set to expand the globally dominant array of bird flinging applications, Rovio has released a new teaser trailer confirming it will launch a new title dubbed Angry Birds Space on March 22nd.)