Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Sixth-graders find sunken treasure OAKLAND, Calif., April 3 (UPI) -- A group of sixth-graders scooping trash out of a California lake discovered sunken treasure, including rings, coins and brooches. Advertisement Richard Bailey, executive director of the Lake Merritt Institute, said the students from the St. Paul's Episcopal School in Oakland were pulling trash out of Lake Merritt Thursday when a girl discovered two bags that were too heavy for her pull out with her net, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Monday. Bailey said he waded into the water and retrieved the 15-pound bags, which turned out to contain coins, rings, brooches, necklaces, bracelets, medallions, candlesticks and silverware. Bailey said he believes the valuables may have been stolen, as one of the bags was labeled "Wells Fargo," and he has reported the find to police. The sixth-graders, who have been working at the lake on a weekly basis, said the bags were the most exciting discovery they have made while cleaning. Advertisement "We find a lot of stuff, a lot of tennis balls and things, but no, never that," said sixth-grader Mara, whose parents asked for her last name to be withheld. "It was basically the best thing we ever found in there." Tight rope walker returns to Grand Central NEW YORK, April 3 (UPI) -- A French aerialist said he will mark the 100th anniversary of New York's Grand Central Terminal by repeating his tight rope walk at the station. Philippe Petit, 62, who famously performed a tight rope walk 80 feet over the station's marble floor 25 years ago, said he will repeat the stunt next year as part of the terminal's 100th anniversary celebrations, the New York Post reported Monday. "It's a dream for me to put my high wire there again," Petit said. "It's a space that calls for a high wire." Peter Stangl, head of the centennial committee, said last month he would like to have Petit come back for another high wire walk. "I personally would like to see him perform again," he said. Only good driver 'on the planet' ruins car NEW YORK, April 3 (UPI) -- A car that hit a guardrail on a New York road was photographed with a bumper sticker proclaiming the motorist is the only good driver "on the planet." Advertisement The car, which was smashed on its front end and flipped over after colliding with the guardrail in a northbound lane of the FDR Drive at 9 a.m. Sunday, was photographed bearing a bumper sticker reading, "Why am I the only one on the planet who knows how to drive?" the New York Post reported Monday. Police said the male driver, who was alone in the car, was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. Kickball game lasts for 54 hours in Conn. NAUGATUCK, Conn., April 3 (UPI) -- Kickball players in Connecticut said they surpassed a world record by playing a single continuous game for 54 hours to raise money for a cancer charity. The 42 players said they met the previous Guinness record of 51 hours at noon Sunday at the start of the 325th inning of the game at Naugatuck's Linden Park, The (Waterbury) Republican-American reported Monday. The teams, who faced wind, rain and sleet during the game, said they raised $41,000 for Curesearch, a cancer research charity, the Naugatuck Patch reported. The game was videotaped and observed by two official recorders to ensure the accomplishment is recognized by Guinness, organizers said.
