From Ft. Worth, Texas: "Religious ads banned from Fort Worth buses," by Gordon Dickson for the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram

The end is near for religious advertisements on Fort Worth buses. (Read more here.)

From Champaign, Illinois: "CNN Illinois bus driver loses job for hitting snowman in road," by Jeanne Moos for CNN

It's one thing if a bus driver loses his job for hitting a pedestrian, but how about if the man he hits is made of snow?
A hit and run on a snowman has cost a bus driver in Illinois his job. (Read more here. With video.)

From northern Vermont: "My Spectacular Odd Job: A Special-Needs Bus Driver," by Jim DeFilippi

My favorite job

A spectacular job? If the glory of human endurance is a spectacle, then the most spectacular job I've ever had is my current employment. I am a special needs bus driver-for the wheel-chair bound, the elderly, the sick, and the dying. (Read the whole story here.)

From Los Angeles: "An odd twist in a tale of honesty" [a Top Ten Bus Stories nominee], by Steve Lopez for the Los Angeles Times

After a seriously ill Vietnam vet turns in nearly $1,000 he finds on an MTA bus, the transit agency at first says he can keep the money if it is not claimed. But later he's told that's against policy.

(Read more here.)