Bus siege drama ends peacefully
MANILA, Philippines — A grenade-armed civil engineer staged a social protest against poverty by seizing a school bus loaded with children and holding them hostage for 10 hours. None of the children was harmed, and the man surrendered to the police peacefully. To read the full story, click here.

Mayor 'walks the walk,' escorts boy to school
KINGSTON, N.Y. — When Salina Merrihew had to pull her son out of his Head Start program due to a bus stop location conflict, Mayor James Sottile intervened. The mayor has been walking Isaiha Merrihew in between the new bus stop and his day-care center to ensure the boy’s safety. To read the full story, click here.

Modified brakes blamed for Ham Lake bus crash
HAM LAKE, Minn. — State investigators cited brake modifications, and not a brake defect, as the cause of the Dec. 8 school bus crash that sent 18 children to the hospital and put a woman in a coma. To read the full story, click here.