From Wales: "Strange list of items left on buses," by Ciaran Jones for WalesOnline

Ladies’ underwear, two Stanley knives, a box of hair and a Christmas tree – it reads like a bizarre shopping list. But these are just some of the thousands of things left on Welsh buses by unwitting travellers. (Read more here.)

From Hong Kong: "Untitled" by wakingphotolife on Flickr

We are riding the bus back from some shopping day. Could have been Mong Kok. Could have been Shatin. I know they are on opposite sides this island, Hong Kong, but I honestly don’t remember. (Read, and see, more here.)

From Albuquerque! "Racers scavenged city on public buses" (KRQE video)

From Vicente Lopez, Argentina: "Bus drivers sought, no men need apply" from Agency French-Presse via The Telegraph

A town near Buenos Aires, leery of the screeching stops and careening turns it says typifies male drivers, has hired exclusively women to shuttle its passengers around. (Read more here.)

From Tampa: "Homeless robber hands out bank loot on getaway bus ," by Robbyn Mitchell for the Tampa Bay Times

A homeless man robbed a bank, hopped on a bus and handed out stolen cash to passengers before being caught, deputies said Thursday. (Read more here.)

From Toledo, Ohio: "TARPS driver finds, returns $1,220 to rider," by David Patch for the Toledo Blade

Having just dropped off the last of his four passengers, bus driver Ron Guy of the Toledo Area Regional Paratransit Service was tidying up the wheelchair straps in his bus one recent afternoon when he spotted a rolled-up $20 bill wrapped around a wad of paper on a seat. (Read more here.)

From Portland, Oregon: "TriMet loses free speech case over bus, train ads -- again (poll)," by Joseph Rose for The Oregonian

Atheism. Booze. Sex. Charlie Sheen reruns. Political agendas. Anyone selling anything can keep plastering TriMet buses and MAX trains with ads, despite the transit agency's objections. (Read more here.)