According to police, a 94-year-old man hit a pedestrian on his way to a McDonald's in St. Petersburg, Fl. , and continued to drive with the dead man's body on the roof of his car until he was stopped at a toll booth. Investigators say Ralph Parker hit the man on 34th Street in St. Petersburg Wednesday night, then drove several miles with the victim partially on the roof of the car and through the windshield.

The FBI, known for its hard nosed and clean cut crime-fighting image, considers relaxing its previous hiring policy for former drug users. Some senior FBI managers have been deeply frustrated that applicants, who acknowledged occasional marijuana use in college, had to be rejected. Even though in some cases many had performed top-secret work at other government agencies, such as the CIA or State Department.

The House will redirect federal funds covering erectile dysfunction drugs to hurricane relief efforts. The bill's sponsor says the government will save $690 million over five years by prohibiting Medicare and Medicaid health care programs from subsidizing prescriptions for sexual performance drugs.

Pete Doherty, boyfriend of supermodel Kate Moss, who recently has made headlines after she was photographed snorting cocaine, has been arrested in Shrewsbury, England for drug possession. The Babyshambles lead singer was in town for a concert. A spokesman for West Mercia Police says: "In the early hours of this morning officers stopped a mini bus in Shrewsbury town center and detained a number of people for the purposes of a drugs search.

Talk about gonzo journalism. Producers say a field reporter for a Dutch television talk show plans to use heroin and other illegal drugs on the air during a weekly program on issues concerning young people. "Shoot Up and Swallow," which is scheduled to premiere as a late-night show Oct. 10, has sparked an outcry in the infamously liberal Netherlands, where marijuana is sold and used openly. The proposed drug use by reporter Filemon Wesselink, however, is illegal.