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Enlarge / Patricia Pizer posted images of visible injuries after being released on bail from a Rock Hill, SC, prison. Pizer and her husband allege that there was "no excuse" for the level of force used in her arrest at a QuikTrip gas station on Wednesday. (credit: Patricia Pizer) A longtime video game developer was arrested at a South Carolina gas station on Wednesday afternoon after suffering significant injuries as the result of a tackle by a police officer.

Screenshot/Twitter Several Turks on social media protested US sanctions and the country's plunging currency by smashing their iPhones and chopping up US dollars. The trend appears to have started on Wednesday, after a video of a man obliterating five iPhones with a sledgehammer went viral. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for the boycott of US electronics, including the iPhone, on Tuesday. This week, the Turkish lira saw a dramatic drop but bounced back on Wednesday. Several Turks on social media protested US sanctions and the country's plunging currency by smashing their iPhones and cutting up US dollars.

Mark Brake / Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he has no plans to relinquish his dual role as chairman and CEO. Musk is under intense scrutiny by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and is facing lawsuits over his tweets last week about taking his company private. Elon Musk has no plans to relinquish his dual role as chairman and chief executive officer of Tesla, he said in an interview with the New York Times on Thursday. Musk, who is under intense scrutiny by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and is facing lawsuits over his tweets last week about taking Tesla private, said he saw the tweet as an attempt at transparency, according to the paper.

Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that an "excruciating" year has taken a toll on him. He sometimes has had to take Ambien, a prescription drug that helps induce sleep. Musk described an intense 120-hour work week as both chairman and chief executive of Tesla, a company that has been hit with challenging press coverage in recent weeks. Musk says he has not taken a break from work for more than a week since he contracted malaria in 2001. A person familiar with Tesla board of directors who was cited by The New York Times said some people on the board of directors suggested that Musk's Ambien use may not be effective, and instead, played a role in his social media outbursts. Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that an "excruciating" year has taken a toll and that he sometimes has had to take Ambien, a prescription drug that assists in inducing sleep. "It is often a choice of no sleep or Ambien," Musk said in a New York Times report published Thursday night.

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