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$1.3 million painting lost in drunken haze, man says

Call it the lost art of drinking responsibly: A man entrusted with helping to sell a $1.3 million painting said it disappeared while he was in a drunken stupor in New York, according to a lawsuit filed by a co-owner of the canvas, French artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot’s circa 1857 “Portrait of a Girl.”

Doctor gets stuck in chimney, dies

A doctor involved in an “on-again, off-again” relationship in Bakersfield, Calif., apparently tried to force her way into her boyfriend’s house by sliding down the chimney, police said Tuesday. Her decomposing body was found there three days later.

Oval Office gets update

Every president eventually puts his own mark on the Oval Office, decoratively speaking, and the White House unveiled the Obama makeover Tuesday, just hours before a major presidential speech on Iraq from the famous Resolute Desk.