ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Couple wants middle names to include ‘Seamonster’

HOLYOKE, Mass.

Sea monsters may exist only in the imagination, but a Massachusetts couple wants to make them part of their names.

The Republican newspaper of Springfield reports that the couple, Melanie Ann Convery and Neal James Coughlin of Holyoke, are petitioning Massachusetts to allow them to make both of their middle names “Seamonster.”

The couple has made the request in a legal notice published in a newspaper there as required by state law.

A hearing on the request was scheduled recently in Hampden Probate and Family Court.

The couple gave no indication why they wanted the legendary creatures to be included in their names.

‘Spider-Man’ fights Dubliner in the street; video goes viral

DUBLIN

Dublin’s friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has become a social-media phenomenon after being caught on video fighting a man who reportedly tried to steal his money.

The nearly 3-minute confrontation spread quickly from a witness’ Facebook page to Irish newspapers and soon topped the country’s YouTube page.

The man who shot the video, Robert Bolster, says the altercation started beside Dublin’s main pedestrian shopping district after the man tried to steal Spider-Man’s cash proceeds from a day’s work posing for photos.

The footage shows the man punch Spider-Man, one of Dublin’s most-visible street performers, at least twice in the side of the head before Spider-Man trips him, pushes him to the pavement and repeatedly blocks him from fleeing.

Police arrested both men, who were released pending further inquiries.

Indianapolis man buys 2 $1M tickets in 3 months

INDIANAPOLIS

An Indianapolis man has won two $1 million lottery prizes in the past three months.

Hoosier Lottery officials say Robert Hamilton won $1 million from a scratch-off ticket he bought in late July at an Indianapolis convenience store. His other big winner came in April in western Indiana’s Jasonville while traveling to a conference.

Hamilton says he used his first prize to pay off debts, buy a home and invest in his business. He plans to buy a motorcycle.

The lottery says Hamilton’s tickets are among eight top prizes for its $120 Million Cash Spectacular Scratch-off game. Lottery officials say the odds of winning a top prize from the game are one in 2.1 million.

Associated Press