'Highway House' Owner Finally Caves

A symbol of resistance in China has finally bit the dust. An elderly couple had refused to give up their house even though a highway was built around it—and the quirky image became an Internet sensation, the Guardian reports. But duck farmer Luo Baogen, 67, and his wife eventually accepted about $41,000 to let the five-story building be demolished today in the Zhejiang province, according to Chinese media. "Luo Baogen received dozens of people from the media every day and his house stands in the center of the road," said a local official. "So he decided to demolish the house." (More China stories.)