Man drives into DMV's wall, renews license

Man drives into DMV's wall, renews license

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A man drove his car into a wall at the Division of Motor Vehicles building, then walked in and renewed his driver's license, police say. Police believe the man was driving while impaired on medication and charged him with driving under the influence. The man's car went up over a sidewalk Thursday, denting the building's metal siding, cracking the inside of the wall and startling workers sitting nearby in the DMV's accounting department. No one in the public area of the DMV noticed the accident. Workers in accounting notified higher-ups and pointed out the driver, who had taken a number and apologized to a clerk that he had "tapped" the building. By the time police arrived, the man had paid $20 and renewed his license.

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Roach spray explodes, blows up restaurant

PERTH, Australia -- An overzealous attempt to rid a Thai restaurant of cockroaches sparked an explosion that blew the eatery apart, emergency services said Thursday. Three men were hospitalized with burns after they set off 36 cockroach fumigation devices -- aerosol cans filled with chemicals -- which apparently exploded after their contents came into contact with an oven pilot light. John McMillan, manager of Western Australia state's fire investigations unit, said the huge blast lifted the roof off the Tamarind restaurant in Perth.