Buzz News Update: Thong bandits behind bars

Published 10:16 pm Saturday, June 7, 2008

We interrupt this Buzz for a news update: Two men who robbed a convenience store while wearing women’s thong underwear as masks have turned themselves over to police in a Colorado town.

The criminal masterminds, cleverly disguised as the lower halves of bikini baristas, will be issued orange granny underwear for their arraignments.

Leave it to Knievel: Robbie Knievel, son of the late daredevil and ’70s icon Evel Knievel, made another successful jump into his father’s footsteps, leaping 21 SUVs on his motorcycle Saturday.

You have to credit the younger Knievel not only for the riding skills displayed but also for finding a productive use for 21 Hummers.

Not even Wired? Steve Ballmer, Microsoft chief executive, predicts that within about 10 years there will be no newspapers or magazines; all media content will be delivered over the Internet.

We at The Buzz would be more concerned about such predictions if they weren’t coming from the guy who described transfers between Microsoft’s Zune MP3 players as “squirts,” mainly because he assumes more than one Zune is currently in use.

—Jon Bauer, Herald writer