Aiden and Donavyn didn’t wait until New Year’s Day to come screaming into the world, but the circumstances of their births are still pretty special: The babies were born about two hours apart to Ohio mothers who are identical twins.  

The Akron Beacon Journal reports that the 19-year-old mothers – Aimee and Ashlee Nelson – weren’t raised to do things alike and did not plan the births to come at the same time. In fact, their due dates were about a week apart.

Aimee’s son, Donavyn Scott Bratten, was born just after noon on the last day of 2012. Ashlee’s son, Aiden Lee Alan Dilts, made his appearance at about 2 p.m.

They were delivered by the same doctor at Summa Akron City Hospital.

Source: Akron Beacon Journal, http://www.ohio.com

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Snail Mail is 63 Years Late

A northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper has just received a calendar to help ring in the new year – except the year is 1950.

Scranton’s The Times-Tribune reports a mail carrier delivered it 63 years late without an explanation.

The large tube contained a 1950 Pennsylvania Railroad calendar addressed to James Flanagan, former general manager of The Scranton Times.

The calendar includes a holiday greeting from a railroad executive dated December 1949. Flanagan died that month.

A U.S. Postal Service spokesman says lost mail is sometimes found when a machine is dismantled or office space is renovated.

Times-Tribune publisher Bobby Lynett says he’ll see if the Steamtown National Historic Site railroad museum is interested in the calendar. If not, he’ll display it in the newspaper’s offices.

Source: The Times-Tribune, http://thetimes-tribune.com/