Two Spanish chemists have found that U. S. dollar bills contained the highest traces of cocaine powder, indicating the popularity of the illegal drug. The study by Sergio Armenta and Miguel de la Guardia from the University of Valencia published in the latest issue of the journal Trends in Analytical Chemistry also found that Spanish euro notes are the most contaminated with the drug among European currencies.

A 12-year-old girl who fell 14-stories down a chimney and lived to tell about is in an intensive care unit at a New York hospital. According to reports, Grace Bergere was showing her cousin who was visiting from California the view of the New York City skyline from the rooftop of the building she lives in with her parents Saturday night when she climbed a 25-foot ladder up a chimney and fell into it upon reaching the top.

A climate change activist stuck his hand smeared with superglue on to the sleeve of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown during their meeting Tuesday to protest the government's expansion of the country's premier airport. Dan Glass, 24, and a member of the campaign group Plane Stupid, committed the stunt inside Brown's office at 10 Downing Street while receiving an award for campaigners from the prime minister.

A Daytona Beach, Fla. , police officer was fired for demanding free coffee from a Starbucks and threatening to respond slowly if employees didn't give him a free latte. Although Starbucks has a policy of giving police officers free regular coffee, it doesn't hand out specialty coffees without charge.

A woman found a suspicious package in her backyard here on Sunday. Police identified the package as a brand new hand grenade, belonging to the Canadian Army. According to Reuters, the woman called police after she found the package; she delivered it to the local police station where she was directed to carefully place it on the lawn.