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ODDLY ENOUGH

Georgia commuter bus driver stabbed with pen during fight

KENNESAW, Ga.

Georgia authorities say a commuter bus driver is recovering after being stabbed repeatedly with a pen when he tried to break up a fight between passengers that involved a dispute over a cellphone.

Police say the melee on the Cobb County Transit bus occurred last Monday in Kennesaw, about 25 miles northwest of Atlanta.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the driver went to the back of the bus to keep the quarrel from escalating, and a woman pulled a knife.

Authorities said other passengers were able to get the knife away from the woman, but police said she grabbed a pen from the bus driver’s pocket and stabbed him several times.

The bus driver’s condition was not known.

Gun found inside piano donated to nursing home

PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich.

Police say an unloaded gun has been found inside a piano that was donated to a southeast Michigan nursing home years ago.

AnnArbor.com reports that staff at Whitehall Healthcare Center in Pittsfield Township, five miles south of Ann Arbor, found the gun recently in a case inside the piano.

Pittsfield Township deputy police chief Gordy Schick says he suspects the Ruger .22-caliber pistol was hidden long before the musical instrument was donated to the home.

Schick says police checked a state database but found no registered owner for the gun. They are trying to determine its last owner by checking the serial number against Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives records.

Associated Press