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Police: Man tries to buy crack with credit card
FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- Authorities said a man accused of stealing a car then reporting it stolen remains in custody after telling police he was robbed at gunpoint while trying to buy crack cocaine with a credit card. The Flint Journal said the man reported Thursday night that a 2003 Chevy Malibu had been stolen....

Man rescued after 3 days in snow-covered SUV in CO
SAGUACHE, Colo. (AP) -- A 31-year-old Indiana man says he had not food but kept himself hydrated with Mountain Dew and snow while he was stuck in his snow-covered SUV in southwestern Colorado for three days....

Cattle battle: NZealand has more cows than kiwis
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealanders who for decades have endured jokes about being outnumbered 20-to-1 by sheep have a new farm animal majority to worry about: cows....

NYT > Art & Design

Iron Checkbook Shapes Cultural Los Angeles
Eli Broad dominates the arts in Los Angeles with a force that has no parallel in any major city.

Putting the Wrongs of History in Paint
The Belgian painter Luc Tuymans has become known for examining the visual residue of trauma and the collective desire to forget.

Arts: Two Cities, One Lasting Cultural Exchange
Organizations like the Chinese Culture Center have been working hard to demonstrate a sophisticated view of Chinese culture that challenges clichés.

White House Watch

White House Watched
Today's column is my last for The Washington Post. And the first thing I want to say is thank you. Thank you to all you readers, e-mailers, commenters, questioners, Facebook friends and Twitterers for spending your time with me and engaging with me over the years. And thank you for the recent outpouring of support. It was extraordinarily uplifting, and I'm deeply grateful. If I ever had any doubt, your words have further inspired me to continue doing accountability journalism. My plan is to take a few weeks off before embarking upon my next endeavor -- but when I do, I hope you'll join me. It's hard to summarize the past five and a half years. But I'll try. I started my column in January 2004, and one dominant theme quickly emerged: That George W. Bush was truly the proverbial emperor with no clothes. In the days and weeks after

Still Fighting
It says a lot about this presidency that there is so much else going on that the public has almost forgotten that our troops are still fighting two wars. And yet, there is big trouble on both fronts. In Iraq, where our troops are at least in the process of withdrawing, a recent spate of bloody attacks indicates things may be about to take an ugly turn. Even more disturbingly, in Afghanistan, where Obama has decided to escalate rather than extricate, there is still not even the glimmer of an exit strategy. Tomorrow will be White House Watch's last day at The Washington Post. One of my many regrets is that I didn't get around to writing more about Obama's Afghanistan policy, its extraordinarily bloody ramifications, how it threatens to sink the nation in a Vietnam-like quagmire -- and, most significantly, how the president has never really made the case

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The Smoking Gun

Michael Jackson Autopsy Report
As prosecutors today announced manslaughter charges against Michael Jackson's former doctor, the Los Angeles medical examiner simultaneously released its final report on the singer's June 2009 death.

Warren Sapp Mug Shot
Former NFL star and Dancing With the Stars contestant Warren Sapp was arrested by Miami Beach cops and charged with misdemeanor domestic battery.

Mug Shots Of The Week 2/5/2010
Just when it seemed like only Barack Obama supporters got arrested wearing t-shirts with his name and likeness, Florida cops collared the gentleman who kicks off this week's mug shot package.

Where'd You Get That Lotion?
A Massachusetts man allegedly stuffed 75 bottles of lotion in his pants during a shoplifting tear at a Bath and Body Works store, police charge.

Harold Ford Superstar
Like Jay-Z and Lady Gaga, Harold Ford, Jr. has a tour rider. The former Tennessee congressman, who is now trying to carpetbag his way to a Senate seat in New York, banks about $20,000 when he gives a speech.