This Pennsylvania wedding was a real hoot.
Just as the official photo of Libby Higgins and Jim Peam was being snapped, an owl landed right in front of the camera.
The bird — who definitely has a future in politics — was picked up by the autofocus, leaving the happy couple blurred in the background.
“We loved the little fellow and were only too happy to have our picture taken with him,” Libby said. “You better believe he tried to steal the show.”
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The only thing being shot was a film.
Cops in St. Paul, Minn., rushed to a report of a man brandishing a semi-automatic — only to find college student Cameron Milhock wielding a paintball gun as he practiced for his role in a movie.
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Politics can also un-make strange bedfellows.
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colon and wife Sandra Torres have filed for divorce — so she can run for the office when his term ends.
The country’s laws bar close relatives from succeeding one another.
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OMG!
Researchers say religion may become extinct in nine countries.
The study, announced at an American Physical Society meeting in Dallas, is based on the falling number of people reporting a religious affiliation.
The nations are Australia, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland.
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Readers of this column on March 10 first heard about “Wisdom,” the albatross who, at 60, became the oldest bird in the United States to give birth.
She’s back in the news.
The tsunami ravaged the island she calls home northwest of Honolulu, killing thousands of birds.
But both Wisdom and her chick were spotted alive and well days later.