Calgary, Alberta -- A Canadian school bus driver who was busted for shuttling kids around while drunk claims the stress of his job drove him to drink. "If you had these kids on your bus, you'd drink too," Marvin Franks tells "The National Post."

SEOUL, Korea -- Talk about a waste: A new survey shows South Korea threw away more food last year than all the folks in North Korea consumed during the same time period.

HELSINKI -- In a freakish night of terror, two 70-year-old Finnish twins were killed in the exact same way by completely coincidental accidents. The first brother was hit by a car while crossing the street on his bicycle, and two hours later his brother was hit by a car while crossing the same road on his bicycle.

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. -- Much to the delight of musclebound men everywhere, "Muscle & Fitness Hers" magazine recently held a contest where bodybuilding babe readers sent in photos of themselves in hopes of appearing on the magazine's cover. Well, the results have been announced, and the honors go to one Monica Chang of San Francisco, Calif.

MIAMI -- Customs officials at the Port of Miami say they recently uncovered more than two tons of marijuana worth $4 million hidden in crates of yams shipped from Jamaica.

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