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Man: Wrong house demolished

CARROLL, Ga., June 12 (UPI) -- A Georgia man said he received a phone call saying the three-bedroom house his father built had been successfully demolished -- by mistake.

Al Byrd said he was shocked when the Marietta demolition company told him the Carroll house, which was vacant but filled with family heirlooms, had been destroyed, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

"It's just incredulous that something like this can happen and no one contacts the owner," Byrd said.

He said the demolition company told him the work crew's paperwork and GPS coordinates had led them to the home. He theorized the vacant house across the street was the house sought by the company.

"We had heirlooms in there," Byrd said. "My mom's dining room set, her hutch with her dishes in there."

Obama provides schoolgirl memorable excuse

GREEN BAY, Wis., June 12 (UPI) -- If you're going to miss the last day of school for a real-time civics lesson, it probably doesn't hurt to have an excuse written by the U.S. president.

Kennedy Corpus, 10, played hooky from fourth grade to attend President Barack Obama's healthcare town hall meeting in Green Bay, Wis., Thursday with her dad John.

"I am fortunate enough to be here with my 10-year-old daughter, who is missing her last day of school for this," Corpus said before asking Obama his question. "I hope she doesn't get in trouble."

"Do you need me to write a note?" Obama asked.

"I'll take you up on that, actually, Mr. President," Corpus replied.

After some back-and-forth about the note and the girl's name, Corpus asked his question while Obama wrote the note.

"I'm going to write to Kennedy's teacher," Obama said. "Go ahead. I'm listening to your question."

While Corpus asked his question about the timeline for healthcare reform, Obama explained the situation for the teacher.

"Well, look, we're not going to be able -- whatever reforms we set up, it will probably take a couple of years to get it in place," Obama responded. "Here you go, Kennedy. There you go."

Suit: Pig bit woman at restaurant

WOODINVILLE, Wash., June 12 (UPI) -- A Washington state woman claims in a lawsuit against a gourmet restaurant that she suffered injuries when one of the establishment's potbellied pigs bit her.

The woman said she was dining with her husband Jan. 11 at the Herbfarm Restaurant in Woodinville, Wash., and decided to take a restaurant-issued pan of pig food to the eatery's swine, Seattlepi.com reported.

The complaint filed in the case said it was dark inside the restaurant so the woman did not see the pig coming for the food in her hand until it had bitten her.

"Out of the darkness came one of (the) pigs," the complaint states. "The pig tried to take the food from (her) hand and in doing so, bit her."

The woman, whose attorney said she suffered lasting injuries as a result of the bite, is seeking to have the restaurant pay her medical expenses plus other costs and damages.

Parking space sells for $300,000 in Boston

BOSTON, June 12 (UPI) -- Boston real estate officials said an anonymous buyer set a city record by paying $300,000 for a private parking space.

Listing Information Network, which tracks the real estate market in Boston, said the price tag makes the spot, which is located in the upscale Back Bay neighborhood, the most expensive to be sold in the city, the Boston Globe reported.

Debra Sordillo, the Coldwell sales agent who handled the parking spot account, said the original asking price of $250,000 was driven up in a bidding war that brought it to the record-breaking $300,000 total.

Sordillo said the sale is an indication of the difficulty people have parking near the city's Public Garden.

"There's only so many parking spaces in the city," Sordillo said. "And in this part, there's very few."