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Cameron hit by first thrown egg of 2010

SALTASH, England, April 22 (UPI) -- British Conservative Party leader David Cameron joked after a student threw an egg at him during a campaign stop Wednesday at a school in Cornwall.

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Cameron remarked the egg was "the first one of the campaign," The Mirror reported. The egg glanced off Cameron, hitting a nearby police officer, although some yolk did get on Cameron's shirt.

A day earlier, Cameron met a man dressed as a chicken during a stop in Tamworth near Birmingham.

"Now I know which came first -- the chicken not the egg," he said Wednesday.

Cameron was leaving Cornwall College Saltash after a question-and-answer session with students. Police collared a suspect but released him after determining he had nothing left to throw, Cameron's aides said.


Japan's oldest man turns 113

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KYOTANGO, Japan, April 22 (UPI) -- The oldest man in Japan marked his 113th birthday with a celebration attended by about a dozen family members, including great-great-grandchildren.

Jiroemon Kimura, who celebrated with his family Monday at his Kyotango home, said breaking the record for Japan's oldest-ever man, 120 years, "might be a little difficult ... but that makes it all the more worthwhile" to attempt, Kyodo News reported.

Kimura, born April 19, 1897, has 25 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

His family said the centenarian spends a lot of time lying down due to weakness in his lower body, but eats regular meals without difficulty.


Time capsule eludes students

LANCASTER, Pa., April 22 (UPI) -- Students at a Pennsylvania college said a time capsule buried in 1990 is proving difficult to locate, despite pictures submitted by an alumnus.

The Franklin and Marshall College students said they have been searching for the time capsule since October and hoped pictures recently submitted by an alumnus would lead them to the location, WGAL-TV, Lancaster, Pa., reported.

"We were able to pinpoint the location, but we're not sure if it's there. We scanned the ground and nothing came up. So, I don't know. I'm a little nervous. But happy, I guess," said Shawn Jenkins, a student at the Lancaster school.

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Rescuers search water for napping man

NICEVILLE, Fla., April 22 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said a man who failed to call his mother after announcing plans for a swim caused rescuers to search the water until he was found at home.

Valparaiso police said the parents of Brandon Hilderbrand, 19, of Niceville, called police at about 8 p.m. Monday and said their son hadn't checked in after a planned swim across the Boggy Bayou from Lincoln Park in Valparaiso to Lions Park in Niceville, the Northwest Florida Daily News reported.

Hilderbrand's car was found at Lincoln Park with his clothes, wallet and keys inside.

A U.S. Coast Guard boat was dispatched and boats with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Valparaiso Fire Department were preparing to launch when police determined just before midnight that Hilderbrand had been in bed at his home.

Police said Hilderbrand told them he had been too tired after his swim to cross the water back to his car, so he walked home for a nap and left his things at the park.

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