More Things I've Learned From Rolling Stone This Month, Updated

Train Wreck of the Decade: Pete Doherty. Most recently, he appeared in court for drunk driving charges but was promptly arrested for heroin possession.

Fecal contamination found in 48 percent of fast-food soda machines.

The excerpt of Just Kids, a memoir of Patti Smith's time in 1970s Manhattan and her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe, read nicely. She comes across as a Zelig-like figure, a nexus of all things 70s cool, more connected with other culture icons of the era than I'd known.

Only 2.8% of Oklahoma high school students able to pass U.S. citizenship test.