A German scientist is working on an "anti-stupidity pill." So far, the pill has only been tested on mice and fruitflies, but the results were encouraging, Germany's Bild newspaper reported Saturday.

The paper said Hans-Hilger Ropers, director at Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, is testing a pill aimed at improving short-term memory and attentiveness by preventing hyperactivity in certain brain cells.

Karlheinz Schmidt, a 68-year-old former elevator repairer survived on a packet of biscuits for three days while he was trapped in a broken hospital elevator in Berlin.

Schmidt showed up at the hospital for his routine medical appointment. While in the lift, he pressed the alarm button, but no one heard his calls for help. He slipped out of his wheelchair and remained on the floor as the lift went up and down.

Thieves, who broke into a car repair garage in Germany and sliced open the roof of a convertible, had to abandon their robbery plans when the vehicle would not start, says Reuters.

According to a report in Bild Am Sonntag newspaper, Police said the engine of the vehicle was missing.

A German man tried to get a dealer to refund $475 in what he claimed was "bad marijuana. When that didn't work, he asked the police for help.

Police in the town of Darmstadt charged the 52-year-old man with violating drug possession laws.

Six German airline passengers filed charges against the pilot of a British Airways flight for "false imprisonment."

They said they were held against their will after being stuck on the runway for seven hours before taking off, a federal police spokesman said.