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Man with slow car beats speeding rap

STAPLE HILL, England, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A British man says he's "glad he fought the system," getting prosecutors to drop charges he drove his Honda Civic 98 mph after he proved it can't go that fast.

Dale Lyle, 21, of Staple Hill, England, said he received a letter from the Crown Prosecution Service informing him that a speed camera had clocked his car at 98 mph, The Daily Mail reported.

Lyle said he decided to contest the charge, which carries a maximum fine of $1,430 and a six-month driving suspension, and magistrates in court challenged him to prove his claim that the 14-year-old car was unable to reach 98 mph.

The motorist said he paid $860 to buy back his car, which he had recently sold, and spent the same amount to hire an independent expert to test drive the car. The test found that the car was unable to reach speeds above 85 mph.

A spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service said the charges were dropped after prosecutors "came to the conclusion that there was no longer sufficient evidence to provide a prospect of a conviction."

"I'm really glad I fought the system and won but I think I will have trouble getting the money I spent back," Lyle said. "The whole thing has been a complete shambles and waste of money. It's shocking how hard it has been for me to prove my innocence."

Artist spots fakes at gallery

DELHI, India, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- One of India's most popular artists says he visited an exhibition of his works in Delhi only to discover many of the paintings were fakes.

S.H. Raza, 85, said he arrived for the inauguration of the exhibit at the Dhoomimal Gallery and found the majority of the paintings were forgeries, The Times of London reported.

Gallery owners Uday and Uma Jain said some works were donated for the exhibit by Raza, while the 30 paintings alleged to be fakes were donated by the artist's nephew, Z.H. Zafri. The Jains apologized to the artist and said the exhibit was shut down half an hour after Raza expressed his doubts.

"When I reached the gallery and started looking at the canvases on the walls, I was stunned," said Raza, who is suing his nephew.

"As I moved from one canvas to the other, I realized that the works were just not mine, they were all fakes," he said. "I will turn 86 next month. At this stage of my life, this was the last thing I wanted to do -- grace an exhibition of my own fake paintings."

Walking Piano from 'Big' finds museum home

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia said it has acquired the 16-foot keyboard played by actors Tom Hanks and Robert Loggia in 1988 movie "Big."

The Walking Piano, created by Philadelphia artist Remo Saraceni, was sold to Joseph and Janet Shein shortly after the release of the movie, which featured Hanks and Loggia playing "Chopsticks" and "Heart and Soul" on the instrument, The Philadelphia Enquirer reported.

The Sheins said they decided to donate the piano after the museum moved to its new location last fall.

"We love this piece," Joe Shein said. "We felt it was a new direction for electronic sculpture."

The museum said the piano will be unveiled to the public in February.

Woman arrested in bagel battery

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said they have arrested a woman accused of battery after she allegedly used a bagel to hit a man in the head.

Investigators said Cassady Catolico, 28, was arrested in St. Petersburg after she allegedly struck Steven Bunaisky with a bagel at about 2:18 a.m. Sunday, the St. Petersburg Times reported.

The arrest report said Catolico is also accused of violating a temporary injunction that Bunaisky filed against her last week and violating her probation from a 2006 criminal mischief case.