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LITTLE ROCK — Randy Quaid was given a ride from a small West Texas jail to get bail money from a bank after the actor and his wife were arrested over allegations they skipped out on a $10,000 California hotel bill, according to the sheriff who drove him. Quaid and his wife, Evi, each posted $20,000 on Thursday night after spending several hours in the jail in Marfa, Presidio County Sheriff Danny Dominguez said. Dominguez said he drove the actorto a bank to obtain the bail money. Quaid, 58, remained in his custody during the trip but was not handcuffed. The sheriff said the actor received no special treatment. "I like to help everybody out," Dominguez said. "It's a small town." The couple face felony charges of burglary, defrauding an innkeeper and conspiracy in Santa Barbara, Calif. Authorities received a complaint in early September that the Quaids had not paid a bill of more than $10,000 due to a local hotel. The felony complaint concerns what occurred from June 13-20 at the San Ysidro Ranch resort in Montecito, a posh community near Santa Barbara. At the resort, the Quaids used a credit card that they knew wasn't valid, the complaint alleges. A clerk at San Ysidro Ranch said the resort was not commenting on the case. Receptionists for Randy Quaid's commercial agent, Steven Arcieri, said Friday that they couldn't help a reporter seeking comment.

J.K. Rowling is now on Twitter. Wanting to counter numerous fake Rowlings on Twitter, the Harry Potter author has set up her own account. But she warned that she didn't plan many tweets. "I should flag up now that although I could twitter endlessly, I'm afraid you won't be hearing from me very often as pen and paper is my priority at the moment," she wrote in a Tweet dated Sept. 17. The account, twitter.com/jk_rowling, was first reportedFriday by the fan site www.the-leaky-cauldron.org, then confirmed by Potter publisher Scholastic Inc.