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No pizza, thank you

A man who allegedly told police he drank five beers while waiting for a pizza lost control of his car and smashed into a house, greeting the startled homeowner by saying, “You want some pizza?’’ The homeowner felt his house shake, and downstairs found a dazed William Kise, 41, in the driver’s seat of a rubble-covered Mustang, with a box of pizza and some hot sauce in his back seat. Kise offered to share, but despite his generosity, was arrested and charged with drunk driving.

For Indiana man, Romney-Ryan is forever

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The Indiana man who had a Romney-Ryan logo tattooed on his face says he’s “totally disappointed” by the election results. Eric Hartsburg, 30, was paid $15,000 by an anonymous Republican to have the 5-inch-high double-R logo tattooed on his face, and says his only consolation is knowing that “I did all that I could” to get Romney elected. “I’m the guy who has egg all over his face,” Hartsburg concedes, “but instead of egg, it’s a big Romney-Ryan tattoo.”

The “Restroom Cultural Park” makes its debut

South Korean tourists are flocking to a new toilet-themed amusement park. The “Restroom Cultural Park” in the city of Suwon is dedicated to the city’s former mayor, Sim Jae-duck, who, after being born in a toilet, spent his life campaigning for better local sanitation while living in a toilet-shaped house. Park spokeswoman Lee Youn Souk said the goal was to promote healthier bathroom habits. “We already know upon waking in the morning we should go to the toilet,” she said, “but people don’t want to talk about this.”