A bus driver who deliberately knocked a cyclist down in Bristol using his bus "as a weapon" is jailed for 17 months.

Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion endured a brutal pummeling down the aisle of a pitch black bus that rocked from the force of the violence inside. He fought through a gauntlet of "friends" and band mates who used their fists, feet, straps and sticks to pound him unconsciousness. It was part of a culture that considers repeated "hot seat" beatings and the final "crossing over" gauntlet that killed Champion rites of passage.

Will Phnom Penh ever get a public bus system?

President Obama sat and reflected on Ms. Parks' bus.