Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Betrothed couple, 83, 90, sign pre-nup ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 15 (UPI) -- A Minnesota couple, ages 83 and 90, are doing the old-fashioned thing and getting married, but with a modern twist -- a pre-nuptial agreement. Advertisement Also, the bride will keep her own name. Marguerite Meyers, 83, and Leonard Firlick, 90, met last summer at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Eagan, southwest of St. Paul. Firlick's wife of 60 years died in 2005. Meyers' husband of 59 years died in 2002. Firlick and Meyers told The St. Paul Pioneer-Press they were lonely when they met, and hit it off right away. They had been attending the same service regularly, and struck up a conversation when she asked him to repeat the number of a hymn that had been announced. Before long, he was asking her out to breakfast. "I knew right away that I wanted to marry her," said Firlick. Advertisement Eventually Meyers moved into Firlick’s senior living community -- she on the fourth floor and he on the third. They didn’t like being apart but living together is against their religion so they’re getting married Sept. 14, in a traditional service at the church where they met. For the sake of the children, the couple drew up a pre-nuptial agreement. Wine lovers suckered by fake labels URBANA, Ill., Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Cornell University researchers have learned people enjoy their wine and meals more if the wine has a special label, even if it's really only $2 plonk. Brian Wansink, professor of marketing at Cornell, and leader of the research team, used The Spice Box restaurant in Urbana, Ill., as a test ground in which a dinner special including wine was offered on Thursdays. Through hidden cameras, diners were observed and timed and each filled out a survey at the end of the meal, ABC News reported. Half the customers got wine labeled as being from California, while the other half got bottles saying it was made in North Dakota. The California drinkers stayed at the table longer, ate more of the food and ranked the food and wine highest, the study found. Advertisement The reality was, everyone was drinking the same wine, a brand available for $2 a bottle, Wansink said. "If we think something is going to taste good, we look for the qualities that can confirm that expectation," he said. "If we think it's going to taste terrible, we look for things that will confirm that it's bad." City's covered walkways becoming toilets CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Elevated, enclosed walkways built in Calgary, Alberta, to offer shelter during bitter winters, are turning into public toilets and havens for drug addicts. Known as "Plus-15 Pedways" -- as they are 15 feet above ground -- the tubes form a maze that connects buildings. But fewer people are using them -- either out of fear for their safety or disgust at the sight and smell of excrement left by abusers -- The Calgary Herald reported Wednesday. In a survey of 3,000 people by the Building Owners and Management Association, 43 percent said they had experienced problems with vagrants and panhandlers in the walkways; 38 percent said they witnessed people using drugs; and 15 percent said they had witnessed sexual activity, the report said. Bill Partridge, executive vice president of the association, said the number of people avoiding the pedways has been increasing year-to-year. Advertisement "It's getting worse," he said. Drunk driving suspect flees, beer in hand ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 15 (UPI) -- A drunk driving suspect was caught after he exited a vehicle and fled from officers while holding a beer, Orange County, Fla., sheriff's deputies said. The deputies said they attempted to pull the vehicle over Tuesday evening on suspicion that the driver was intoxicated, WKMG-TV, Orlando, Fla., reported Wednesday. The driver attempted to run down the deputies before jumping from the car and running away from the scene with a beer in his hand, deputies said. "There was a 12-pack of Corona he was working on in the front seat," Orange County sheriff's Cmdr. Jeff Stonebreaker said. "He decided to take one of those over the fence with him. So, he bails out of the car and runs from the deputies with a beer in his hand." The driver, who authorities said has a history of driving under the influence, was arrested and charged with DUI and aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer.
