Schools test hybrid buses for fuel efficiency
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — School districts in Charlotte and Raleigh have begun transporting students in hybrid school buses to determine if they save enough fuel to be put into widespread use. To read the full story, click here.

"Topsy-Turvy" tours the U.S.
PHILADELPHIA — A yellow school bus with half of another bus connected, upside down, to its roof, parked next to Philadelphia's City Hall on Tuesday. The bus, named Topsy-Turvy, was designed by Ben & Jerry Ice Cream’s co-founder Ben Cohen and was created by a San Francisco-based artist as a commentary on the federal government's spending priorities. To read the full story, click here.

Man posing as police officer removes student from bus
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — School officials say a middle school student who threw a Gatorade bottle at a car while riding home on a school bus on May 2 was pulled off the bus by the car’s owner. Upon further investigation, state police discovered that the owner, who claimed to be a police officer at the time, is actually a private investigator. To read the full story, click here.