<i>A retiree in northern Germany flushed some 30,000 marks (euro15,300, US$18,900) down the toilet, believing the old bank notes were worthless, police said.
Officials were alerted by a blocked pipe in the northern city of Kiel. A cleaning company employee extracted soggy bundles of bank notes, but more money got away as the water started flowing again...</i> <a href="http://www.southflorida.com/news/sns-ap-germany-flushed-fortune,0,1715854.story?coll=sfe-guide-headlines2">Entire Story</a>
Officials were alerted by a blocked pipe in the northern city of Kiel. A cleaning company employee extracted soggy bundles of bank notes, but more money got away as the water started flowing again...</i> <a href="http://www.southflorida.com/news/sns-ap-germany-flushed-fortune,0,1715854.story?coll=sfe-guide-headlines2">Entire Story</a>
