Effort to resuscitate a dead opossum leads to drunkenness charge, and more

Effort to resuscitate a dead opossum leads to drunkenness charge

A Pennsylvania man was charged with public drunkenness after he knelt down on a busy road and tried to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a dead opossum. Donald Wolfe, 55, also waved his arms above the animal, as if he were trying to bring it back to life, police said. The crushed animal appeared to have been dead for some time.

Former bodyguard calls Angelina Jolie a control freak

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Angelina Jolie is an abusive wife who browbeats Brad Pitt constantly, says In Touch Weekly. A former bodyguard of the couple’s tells the magazine that Jolie is a “control freak” with “no patience at all” who nitpicks Pitt constantly, treats him like a child, and, when she’s away, bombards him with phone calls. “She’ll call him from the set to interrogate him,” says “Bill.” “His face goes white and he just stares at his feet.”

Twins born a week apart

An Ohio woman has given birth to twins a week apart. Jennifer Renz, 26, gave birth to a daughter, Grace, but then her labor stopped, baffling doctors. A week later, Grace’s brother, Noah, finally arrived. “Most of the time they come out two minutes later, sometimes a couple hours,” said obstetrician Dr. Jonathan Fanaroff. “A week? That’s something I have never seen.” Renz says she’s delighted that her twins won’t have to share a birthday. “I wanted them to have separate identities and be separate people.”