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A bear climbed into an empty car in the US state of Colorado, sounded the horn and sent the vehicle rolling down hill with the terrified animal still inside.

The car's owner, 17-year-old Ben Story, took a snap of the panic-stricken bear as it demolished the inside of his vehicle in its bid to escape. Police in Larkspur, near Denver, eventually freed the animal by opening the door from a distance using a rope.

It is believed the bear was attracted by a sandwich left on the back seat. Mr Story and his family were asleep when the bear opened the unlocked door of his 2008 Toyota Corolla in the early hours of the morning and climbed inside.

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is to receive a prestigious US medal and $100,000 prize for restricting himself to starting wars in countries where the oil reserves made it an absolute no-brainer.

The National Constitution Centre is awarding him its Liberty Medal for "steadfast" efforts in not declaring war on everyone, everywhere, all of the time.

A spokesperson explained, "As Prime Minister it would have been really easy to start a war with every country he ever encountered, yet here we are years later and the UK is only involved in a couple of borderline illegal conflicts."