Love letter arrives 53 years late, and more

Love letter arrives 53 years late

A love letter written to a college student was finally delivered last week—53 years after it was mailed. The letter, postmarked Feb. 20, 1958, was addressed to Clark C. Moore, then a student in Pennsylvania. The letter, signed “Love forever, Vonnie,” requests that Moore “write me real soon.” Moore, who has since changed his name to Muhammad Siddeeq, says he married Vonnie years ago, had four kids, and then divorced. “We don’t have that much to say to each other now,” says Siddeeq.

Seacrest's fear of BlackBerry neck

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Ryan Seacrest is terrified of contracting “BlackBerry neck,” says the National Enquirer. The distinctive pattern of unsightly creases and wrinkles is caused by spending hours with a bent neck, looking down at one’s smartphone. The American Idol host is on his BlackBerry all day, and a source says he “keeps showing everybody his neck and asking if they can see anything. Now he’s trying to train himself to text without bending.”

Couple sees Jesus on Wal-Mart receipt

A South Carolina couple say they can see the face of Jesus on a Wal-Mart receipt. Jacob Simmons and his fiancée, Gentry Sutherland, say they initially did not see anything remarkable about the receipt. But after returning from church last week, Simmons noticed that the receipt had become discolored and now bore the image of a bearded man’s face. “It was like it was looking at me,” says Simmons. “Then the more you look at it, the more it looked like Jesus, and it was just shocking, breathtaking.”