It seems like Princess Michael of Kent thinks her children are more cultured and knowledgeable than others. The British princess recently boasted that her children are better educated than the rest of the royal family. In an interview with the princess, the first cousin of Queen Elizabeth, said her children, Lord Frederick Windsor and Lady Gabriella Windsor, were "more educated than their cousins," including Princes William and Harry.

U. S. border agents arrested an 83-year-old U. S. citizen on Thursday as she entered California across the Mexican border on drug charges. Officials report that she is being held for suspicion of smuggling 10 pounds of methamphetamine found strapped to her body. The woman, a retiree, along with two Mexican nationals were stopped in their car at a U. S. border crossing in San Ysidro, California, just north of Tijuana, Mexico.

A Chicago man on trial for drug charges said sorry for spreading his feces around the courtroom. He had been found guilty previously with the importation of a controlled substance, cocaine, and two other charges. Vandale Amos Willis, 28, was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.

Anti-drug campaigners attacked the makers of a high-energy soft drink who named their product cocaine. The drink is being billed as a "legal alternative" to the class A drug, using a massive hit of caffeine instead of cocaine. The drink's inventor, Jamie Kirby, who claims the title is "a bit of fun" tells the Daily Mail, "It's an energy drink, and it's a fun name. As soon as people look at the can, they smile. "

A driver, panicked to be stopped at a police DUI checkpoint, fed a puppy his crack cocaine. However, police got wise to the situation, and according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dr. Steven Smolen, a veterinarian at the Veterinary Emergency Clinic in Shaler, who was on duty when the puppy was brought in, said the puppy is "doing very well. "