Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Meteor fragment hits pastor's home NOVATO, Calif., Oct. 22 (UPI) -- A 2-inch chunk of a meteor that exploded dramatically over California struck the roof of the home of a minister, his wife said. Advertisement "It's wonderful. It's like the heavens coming down and history, and this thing probably came from an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. I mean, how cool is that?" said Lisa Webber of the rock that bounced off the roof of her husband's study Thursday night and onto the lawn of their Novato, Calif., home. Peter Webber is pastor of Presbyterian Church of Novato, the San Francisco Chronicle said Monday. The object was confirmed as debris from the meteor that streaked over the Bay Area, offering viewers a spectacular light show, said Peter Jenniskens of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, Calif. "We can now hope to use our fireball trajectory to trace this type of meteorite back to its origins in the asteroid belt," he said. Advertisement Naturist alleges police discrimination LONDON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- A London man said police seeking a bicycle-riding flasher arrested him because he was carrying flyers for a nude bike ride. David Dunstan, a professor of experimental physics at London University who described himself a naturist, said police arrested him while hunting a cyclist who exposed himself to schoolgirls, and officers seized legal nudist photographs and memorabilia from his home, The Daily Telegraph reported Monday. Dunstan, who said he was arrested in December only because he was carrying flyers for a nudist bike ride in which he had participated two weeks earlier, told the High Court Monday his arrest was the result of "institutional prejudice" against naturists. He said the Independent Police Complaints Commission, which cleared officers of any wrongdoing in the case, operated under the false conception he was accusing police of homophobia, instead of prejudice against naturists. However, the High Court ruled Dunstan did not have sufficient evidence to contest the IPCC's ruling and ordered him to pay $240 toward legal costs for the police department. Man living at S.C. mission wins $200,000 GREENVILLE, S.C., Oct. 22 (UPI) -- A South Carolina man who won $200,000 on a lottery scratch-off ticket told officials he had been living at a rescue mission. Advertisement South Carolina Education Lottery officials said the Greenville man, whose name was not released, won the prize on a $10 scratch-off ticket called The Color of Money and said the money will enable him to move out of the mission, WHNS-TV, Greenville, reported Monday. "To see a person you know, he gets $200,000 but he doesn't have a penny in his pocket, I couldn't believe he won $200,000," said Simon Sfeir, owner of the Simons Liquors store where the man purchased the ticket. 10,000 run for charity in Nashville NASHVILLE, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Organizers of Nashville's first 5K Color Run said about 10,000 people showed up to run and be blasted with colored corn syrup. Angie King, customer service manager with Color Run, said Sunday's event, which raised funds for Amputee Blade Runners, which helps amputees afford prosthetics for running, said about 10,000 people ran in the race and were sprayed with colored corn syrup at color stations placed at each kilometer marker, The (Nashville) Tennessean reported Monday. "The response was so good here that we know we want to come back," King said. She said previous Color Runs have been held across the country and simultaneous events took place Sunday in Washington and Miami. Advertisement "The Color Run just makes people really happy. It makes the serious runner realize why we run, and for the non-serious runners, for some it's their first experience exercising and they realize how much fun it is to be active," King said.
