NORTHLAND'S FAVORITE HITS » bus driver http://kool1017.com Thu, 23 May 2013 20:30:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 University of Minnesota Students Fight for 'Jazz Man' Bus Driver to be Reinstated [VIDEO] http://kool1017.com/university-of-minnesota-students-fight-for-jazz-man-bus-driver-to-be-reinstated-video/ http://kool1017.com/university-of-minnesota-students-fight-for-jazz-man-bus-driver-to-be-reinstated-video/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:45:14 +0000 Shauna Wright http://thefw.com/?p=39804 Call it a case of political correctness gone awry.

For more than a decade, Rob Thompson has driven the Campus Connector bus at the University of Minnesota. He greeted everyone with a smile, and his habit of playing jazz CDs while he worked earned him the nickname “Jazz Man.” Students loved him — he even has four Facebook fan pages.

But when classes started this fall, Jazz Man was nowhere to be found. So what happened? 

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A school bus driver in Connecticut is facing serious charges after surveillance videos captured her sending over 1,000 text messages while driving, according to reports.

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