* China may ban officials from buying foreign cars, which are mostly Audis. * Stephon Marbury, two-time NBA All-Star, scores 41 points to give the Beijing Ducks China's national title. * Riot police and firefighters respond to Kentucky fans' excitement over beating Louisville. * Lessons from Japan's
* History of the military's "blood chit," designed to get missing soldiers home safe. * Round-up of things that should have been invented by now. * Federal government tries to officially measure Americans' "subjective well-being." * Boomers and recession leave America's youth in
Every Friday we take a look back at the week’s headlines, centering on a theme we’ve singled out as particularly important. This week, some people wanted to be loved, while others just want people to show a little more love to their fellow man. Woman’s account of
* U.S. kids with autism up 78% in past decade; leap credited to better/broader diagnosis. * Britain: The silliest country in the world, with regard to gas. * Winners revealed of the Washington Post's Annual Peeps Diorama contest. * Photos of decommissioning space shuttles. * RIP, Harry Crews. * Pictures of drivers
* Kofi Annan expects Syrian government to implement his peace plan immediately. * GOP leaders quietly working to kill amendments that reaffirm opposition to same-sex unions. * On the workaday heroism of the political operative. * Female Iranian ninjas sue Reuters for calling them killers. * Maryland Batman visits children in hospitals when he
* Eye-tracking computers of the future to not only register what we read, but how we read it. * Facebook may ban add-ons using the word "dislike," but users can still "enemy" their "friends." * Nanoputians, organic chemicals in the shape of people, grow from
* Public debate on the Affordable Care Act closes, and now the justices retreat for several months to contemplate. * Headlines compete to riff on Jet Blue captain's meltdown. * Self-defense militias attempt to protect citizens, but relief officials say they are worsening Congo's crisis. * Thirty-four million
* The war not seen on TV: 2011's best pictures from official military photographers. * Nine headlines from Conservative Teen magazine. * Afghan parents disguise girls as boys to "complete" the family and send to work. * Pictures of teen girls paired with like adult male-to-female transsexuals. * Jeff
* One month later, a reminder that the Trayvon Martin case isn't about hoodies, extremists, or Rivera. * Poll finds 55 percent of Americans were unaware of last week's Etch a Sketch incident. * Santorum and Gingrich don't contest supporters who say the President is Muslim. * Support
* Chart shows gas price increases around the world; Italians fork out 18% more than they did 12 months ago. * Among three reasons to remain calm about gas prices: Europeans have it worse. * Bureaucracy stalls cholera-vaccination program in Haiti amidst ongoing epidemic. * British college student jailed for 56 days after
