A Queens homeowner illegally turned his house into an Airbnb-style hotel with numbered units and even a soda machine — but refused to pay $420,000 in fines when he was caught, a new lawsuit claims.

A Florida hotel guest is accused of doing $1,500 in damage to Coke vending machine after it gave him the wrong drink, deputies say. jshaffer@newsobserver.com A man craving a soda ended up in a Florida ...