NIKISKI, Alaska — The cake was in the shape of a pool and the walk down the aisle was replaced by a zip down a water slide as Mark Confer and Joanne Wainwright took the plunge into marriage – literally.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The owner of Jude’s Barbershops will continue offering haircuts and shaves to his customers, but no more free beer.
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BEND, Ore. — An Oregon man is five months pregnant, according to a national magazine.

Thomas Beatie, who used to be a woman, appeared in the most recent issue of The Advocate, a magazine for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender readers, Portland, Ore., television station KPTV reported.
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MARYVILLE, Tenn. — Blount County’s newest police cruiser has been turning heads, but whether it could keep up in a high-speed chase seems unlikely.
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OKLAHOMA CITY – Four months after he was declared brain dead and doctors were about to remove his organs for transplant, Zach Dunlap says he feels “pretty good.”
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He’s had many an unkind comment about his looks when set against the radiant beauty of girlfriend Sienna Miller.

But Rhys Ifans seems likely to have the last laugh because psychologists reckon that happier marriages result from attractive women who wed uglier men.
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