Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Lady beats cyclist for running red light LONDON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- An 84-year-old British baroness used her handbag to strike a cyclist after he nearly ran her down while zipping through a red light near Parliament in London. Advertisement Lady Sharples said in an address to Parliament she wished she had hit the cyclist harder, requesting the government consider forcing cyclists to put registration plates on their bikes, the Daily Mail reported Monday. "I had a bag and I swiped him. I did not hit him hard enough," recalled Sharples as she recounted her story. She added that she had been endangered by cyclists three times recently on the capital's streets. "They are a ruddy nuisance," she added. "I know they need to get to work and a lot of them behave properly, but an increasing number just don't obey the lights and it's not fair on pedestrians." Advertisement Barack Obama spelled wrong in Central Fla. ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Early voting for Florida's presidential primary began with U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's first name misspelled on some ballots. Around 2,000 absentee ballots were mailed from Volusia County with Obama's first name misspelled, Orlando's WKMG-TV reported Monday. On the ballot, the name of the U.S. senator from Illinois is spelled "Barak." County Supervisor of Elections Ann McFall said the voting equipment will be able to read the ballots despite the error and all ballots cast for the misspelled name will still count for Obama. Early voting for the Jan. 29 primary began Monday. Swimmers retaliate with pig fetuses DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Members of a Des Moines, Iowa, high school swim team were suspects in the decorating of cars of a rival team with stolen pig fetuses. Members of the Roosevelt High School swim team are thought by some to have put the fetuses, believed to have come from a high school biology lab, on car antennas at Dowling Catholic High School in retaliation to being bombarded with snowballs after the two schools' recent match, the Des Moines Register reported Monday. "I'm ashamed they bring this kind of publicity to the swim team. There are a lot of great kids that come out of this program," said Roosevelt head coach Steve Teter. "It's really sad when one or two kids make everyone else look bad." Advertisement The pig incident "is also being handled by the administration, who will determine what disciplinary action is appropriate," Teter told the Register. Since the incident is still in the investigation stage, officials at Roosevelt High School aren't ready to admit their students pulled the prank. Dowling won the swim meet 99-71 last Monday. Police search for polite beer robbers SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Police in Magna, Utah, are on the lookout for two men who allegedly stole beer from a grocery store after trying to pay for it and being rejected. Deputies said the two men walked into the Smith's store picked up some beer and asked the clerk if they could buy it. Since it was after 1 a.m., they were refused, Salt Lake City's KUTV reported Monday. The suspects then allegedly also asked if they could steal some beer, to which the clerk replied "yes, but Jesus is watching." Investigators say the suspects showed a pistol, then took the beer and left $9 on the counter and could now face armed robbery charges if caught.
