Thursday, November 20, 2008 --- 2:15 p.m.

ST. JAMES, N.Y. (AP) -- Bad dog! Worse driver! Bentley the pooch could use some additional training, of the driving variety. Police in Suffolk County, New York, say Bentley was left in a running van that crashed into a Long Island coffee house. The dog somehow managed to knock the gearshift into drive. Police report no one was hurt when the van ran into the Cool Beanz coffee shop. But a window in the coffee shop and some patio furniture were damaged.

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