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Man wears briefs on head during Idaho burglary
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Police in southwest Idaho say a man chose briefs over boxers to wear on his head as he held up a coffee shop and stole a safe....

Heads wins coin toss for Texas City Council seat
WOLFFORTH, Texas (AP) -- City Council candidate Bruce MacNair watched the coin rise into the air Friday. His opponent, Bryan Studer, kept his gaze on the carpeted floor to see how it landed....

Man's defibrillator stops knife during attack
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A man's implanted heart defibrillator may have saved his life in an unexpected way - by stopping a knife....



NYT > Art & Design

11th Havana Biennial Attracts Americans
With fewer travel restrictions to Cuba, more than 1,300 Americans ? collectors, curators, dealers and others ? have registered to attend this year?s Havana Biennial, close to the high reached in 2000.

Maryhill Museum of Art, With Revenue From the Wind
Financed partly by income from wind turbines, an addition is helping the rural Maryhill Museum of Art in Washington State attract new visitors ? and survive.

Barbara D?Arcy White, Interior Design Guru, Dies at 84
Ms. D?Arcy was an interior decorator whose eclectic sense of style helped change Americans? taste in home furnishings in the 1950s, ?60s and ?70s, when she worked at Bloomingdale?s.



washingtonpost.com - White House Watch -- News on President George W Bush and the Bush Administration

Obama the Sphinx
President Obama officially launched his push for peace in the Middle East yesterday, sending his new envoy George Mitchell to the region and declaring his desire for genuine progress -- "not just photo-ops."

Is Reaching Out Futile?
In his first weekly address from the White House, President Obama on Saturday described his proposed $820 billion economic stimulus plan in more detail and appealed for public support.

Return to the Moral High Ground
All it took, at long last, was a few strokes of a pen.

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Friday Photo Fun Match Game

Pair up assault arrestees with their alleged weapons
Friday Photo Fun

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Ninety minutes after the February 26 shooting of the unarmed teenager, the witness gave police an account of what he saw and heard while in his living room, 30 feet from the deadly confrontation.

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Angered By "Messed Up" McDonald's Cheeseburgers, Tennessee Duo Returns To Vandalize Eatery

Christopher Slate, 21, and Sean Mosey, 23, apparently became extremely worked up over the paucity of onions on grub they purchased at the drive-thru window.

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Zimmerman: "This Will All Work Out For Me"

In letter from jail, accused killer pitched donation to his web site
George Zimmerman

Days before bonding out of a Florida jail, the accused killer wrote, "I have given my burden to the Lord and he has blessed me with tremendous patience!"

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