Ice-skating bear attacks two in Kyrgyzstan, killing one. The bear on skates apparently became quite enraged when the French judge only gave him a “4″ for his performance to music from The Nutcracker Suite, and began mauling other competitors on the rink. The bear managed to escape the ice arena, though Kyrgyz police quickly caught up with the 800-pound bruin when several motorists reported the animal lumbering down a busy highway, making sparks with his skates. The feisty but talented bear was tranquilized and promptly sent to a zoo in Moscow, where he will soon be on loan to the Bolshoi Ballet (wearing a muzzle, of course).

A Northwest Airlines flight overshot its destination - by 150 miles. The flight, from San Diego to Minneapolis/St. Paul, passed over its destination while the pilots were (take your pick) 1. asleep, 2. chatting with one another, 3. arguing, or 4. initiating a few flight attendants into the Mile High Club.  The pilots’ latest story: they were experiencing a lack of situational awareness while using laptops on board the plane. No one was hurt in the mishap and the plane landed safely in Minneapolis after circling back from its foray over northern Wisconsin. Passengers on that flight are now inquiring to find out if they will get the additional frequent flier miles.

Meanwhile, expect to see the term lack of situational awareness take the place of wardrobe malfunction in the popular vernacular as a way to describe screw ups.

This week’s edition of NFTS was compiled by Bug The Cat, who walked all over Tina’s keyboard one day, and by some miracle, managed to inadvertently produce this thrilling article. What were the odds of that - maybe one in a trillion? We’re all heading out to buy lottery tickets now….