Our pick of the strange stories from around the world.
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Bear trashes camper's car
A teenage camper in Colorado woke to find a black bear locked in her car. Officials say the bear was probably looking for food and somehow managed to enter the vehicle before inadvertently locking itself in. Car owner Annie Bruecker told reporters the animal had completely destroyed the interior. "My whole ceiling was ripped, the plastic from my sunroof cover was ripped out. My steering wheel was chewed, as was every other piece of my car," she said. Wildlife officers managed to remove the bear without incident, but the car had to be towed away and is likely to be written off.
Mashed potatoes spark prison riot
Inmates at a jail in El Dorado, Kansas, rioted over the quality of the mashed potatoes they had been served for lunch, say prison officials. Up to 50 prisoners overturned tables, set off fire extinguishers, tore security cameras off the walls and refused to return to their cells because of the poor quality meal.
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