Rosemary Ho, 24, mailed a money order to her local DMV for a speeding ticket, with a wad of chewed bubble gum.

Ho put in the envelope a note to the Sante Fe DMV saying "Caution Touch at your own risk or use gloves. Ha-ha," the wad of gum was treated as a HAZMAT incident.

According to authorities, Mexican drug gangs south of the border are using tourist charter buses more and more to smuggle large amounts of marijuana into southern California.

"We are seeing a sharp increase in the use of chartered buses to smuggle narcotics from Mexico, although we are not sure why," Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for ICE in San Diego, said on Thursday.

In a bid create awareness towards Monarch butterflies, a crew plans will accompany the butterflies on their epic journey.

Monarch butterflies travel from the forests of eastern Canada to the central Mexican mountains for the winter.

Two New Mexico motels are the vicitims of a bear break-in over two consecutive days: one in a Raton motel Monday; the other sabotaged a Taos Ski Valley motel.

Officials say the bear that broke into the Raton motel was probably lured by the smell of fresh popcorn.

Two New Mexico motels are the vicitims of a bear break- in over two consecutive days: one in a Raton motel Monday; the other sabotaged a Taos Ski Valley motel.

Officials say the bear that broke into the Raton motel was probably lured by the smell of fresh popcorn.