Friday Snippets and Soundbites

Special guest writer Hannah Wakefield has the scoop on all the odd news from around our nation. Check out the following, which you may not have even known happened. Take it away, Hannah!


• Where do you picture yourself getting married? I don’t know about you, but Taco Bell is not high up on my list. For one couple, however, it was apparently the ideal location. Paul Brooks married Caragh Brooks (same last name, but thankfully, they’re not related) in a booth at the Taco Bell in Normal, Ill. (ironic that such an abnormal wedding would take place in a town called “Normal,” huh?), surrounded by friends and employees with “Will you marry me?” sauce packets. Find out how much the fast food wedding cost here.

• A bus driver in Montana decided to stop for alcohol en route to middle school one morning in December. The driver allegedly even asked a student to help hide her, ahem, purchases when the cops pulled over the bus. I guess she didn’t think that the bright yellow bus would seem a little out of place at a liquor store . . . Read more here.

• Now this is a case of extreme sports loyalty. The mayor of Pittsburgh legally changed his name from Luke Ravenstahl to Luke Steelerstahl to support the Pittsburgh Steelers in their big game against the Baltimore Ravens. He said he made the name change to "eliminate the Ravens just as the Steelers will on Sunday." Details here.


Thanks, Hannah! And from all of us here at ec, have a GREAT weekend! :)