ODDLY ENOUGH

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Twin sisters in New Jersey give birth to girls minutes apart

VOORHEES, N.J.

Twin sisters in New Jersey have given birth to girls just minutes apart at the same hospital.

WPVI-TV reports that Stephanie Edginton and Nicole Montgomery delivered their daughters Cora and Louisa six minutes apart Monday afternoon at Virtua Hospital in Voorhees.

Edginton says she and her sister were both due to deliver their children Friday. But Edginton was told to go to the hospital for labor while she was at a doctor’s appointment.

Edginton says that as she was on her way to the hospital with her husband, she got a call saying Montgomery was on her way there, too.

The twins say they were born three minutes apart.

Police: Woman wanted duo to rob restaurant where she worked

WASHINGTON, Pa.

Police say a woman tried to get a couple to rob the Pennsylvania fast-food restaurant where she worked.

Police said 23-year-old Alayna Weishner-Rush asked the duo to rob the Burger King in Washington, Pa., on Jan. 14.

Police said Weishner-Rush wanted them to rob the restaurant while she was working the drive-thru window, so she could split the money with them later.

But police say the couple instead contacted police about the plan, and no robbery occurred.

The Washington Observer-Reporter first reported the charges Monday.

They were filed last week, and Weishner-Rush faces a preliminary hearing on two counts of criminal solicitation Tuesday.

Online court records don’t list an attorney for the suspect, who remains in the Washington County jail on charges she violated parole in another case.

Lock of Lennon’s hair expected to fetch $10K at auction

DALLAS

A lock of hair snipped from the head of John Lennon as the Beatle prepared for a film role is expected to sell for $10,000 at a Dallas auction later this month.

Heritage Auctions said in a news release Monday that the 4-inch lock was collected by a German hairdresser who trimmed Lennon’s hair before he started shooting “How I Won the War.”

The dark comedy, released in 1967, follows the World War II misadventures of British troops led by an inept commander.

The auction will take place Feb. 20, and Heritage says it will include other rare items linked to The Beatles, such as a signed photograph of all four members.

Associated Press