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Indonesian Google Street View Driver in Triple Crash and Run

A driver collecting video data for internet giant Google's Street View feature in Indonesia slammed into two vehicles after trying to flee responsibility for an earlier crash, police said Saturday.

The Indonesian man had been driving a Subaru hatchback in Bogor district on the outskirts of the capital, Jakarta, on Wednesday with Google's logo and a camera poking from the roof, when he hit a public minivan.

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Court Denies Canadian Woman Custody of Monkey

A Canadian judged refused Friday to order the return of a woman's pet monkey, which won global fame when it was found wandering an Ikea parking lot in a stylish jacket.

Yasmin Nakhuda had gone to court to try to force a sanctuary to return the animal, which she described as being like a child to her.

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Drew's Pizza in Illinois Offers Free Food If You Show Your Breasts

A pizza place in an Illinois college town stirred up controversy after it offered free pizza to women who showed their breasts to employees. Critics of the offer lashed out online, causing the late-night eatery to shut down its Twitter and Facebook pages.

Drew's Pizza in Champaign, Ill., a popular place for college kids from nearby University of Illinois to fill their bellies after going to the neighborhood's many bars, came up with the not-so-brilliant idea to give away free pizzas to any woman who lifted up her shirt.

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TNT Found at Sri Lankan Police Station after 17 years

Police in Sri Lanka have discovered 100 kilos (220 pounds) of TNT on a truck impounded at a Colombo police station for the past 17 years, officials said Friday.

The vehicle had been seized in February 1996, during the country's civil war, less than two weeks after a truck bomb hit the Central Bank building in Colombo, killing 91 people and wounding 1,200 others.

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One Stray Dog Adoption per Building, Says Romanian Mayor

Dog-loving Romanians living in a Bucharest district will be limited to "adopting" one stray dog per building, authorities said Thursday, amid a controversy over putting down strays.

"One cage may be placed behind the building for the adopted dog, so long as 51 percent of people living in the building are in agreement," the district town hall said in a statement.

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Balloonist's Atlantic Bid Ends in Failure

An American adventurer's bid to float across the Atlantic to Europe in a rowboat suspended by a cluster of 370 helium balloons ended in failure after he was forced to land in the Canadian province of Newfoundland, it was confirmed Friday.

Balloon enthusiast Jonathan Trappe's attempt had earned comparisons with the plot of Oscar-winning animated movie "Up", about a pensioner who uses balloons to fly his home to South America.

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Wacky Ig Nobel Prizes Show the Funny Side of Science

The tongue-in-cheek Ig Nobel awards were handed Thursday to dozens of scientists, including those who confirmed drunk people think they are more attractive and studied the onion enzyme that makes us cry.

The Nobel prize spoof honors achievements "that first make people laugh and then make them think," according to a press release.

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Pakistan Axes 'Immoral' Cell Phone Love Chat

Pakistan has cracked down on "immoral" love chat services offered by mobile phone companies, stifling hopes of illicit romance in the conservative Muslim country where dating is frowned upon.

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said the ban was enforced last month due to protests from parents and lawmakers, but critics warn it is the latest attempt at creeping censorship.

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French Court Orders Pig Squeal Payout

A French court Wednesday ordered a piggery to compensate a former worker who became deaf partly as a result of the incessant squeals of the animals in his charge.

A court in the western town of Lons-le-Saunier in the Jura region ruled that the Pelizzari group had committed an "inexcusable error" by failing to protect Serge Personeni from a work hazard.

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Blogger Dials Police over Cinema Cell Phone Disruption

An American blogger annoyed by texting and emailing on smartphones during a movie at the Toronto film festival called police this week.

Alex Billington reportedly first complained to theater managers at the Monday midnight screening of Ti West's "The Sacrament."

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