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LITTLE ROCK — Saying that “this is not as I ever expected to leave this couch,” Ann Currytold viewers Thursday morning that she was leaving the Today show cohost seat that she was given just more than a year ago. In an emotional segment on the show, Curry choked up when she said Thursday was her “last morning as a regular co-host of Today.” She paused, composed herself, pointed to the camera and said, “I will still be a part of the Today show family, but I’m going to have a new title and a new role.” Curry will become the “anchor at large” for Today, a roving correspondent role that was offered to her more than a month ago by NBC executives to move her off the top-rated morning television show. Curry resisted at first - and she made that clear Thursday. “I don’t even know if I can sleep in anymore,” she said, having noted earlier that she had been on Today for 15 years, 14 of them as the news anchor. Through tears, she also said: “For all of you who saw me as a ground breaker, I’m sorry I couldn’t carry the ball over the finish line. But, man, I did try.” Curry was joined by the other hosts of Today, Al Roker, Matt Lauer and Natalie Morales, who sat quietly while she thanked viewers for their support. They then took turns praising her international reporting and her high-profile interviews throughout the years. NBC made no mention Thursday about Curry’s replacement. But Savannah Guthrie, who is the 8 a.m. co-host of the show, is in negotiations to take over the 6 to 8 a.m. time slot.

Norwegian media reported that Snoop Dogg was briefly detained in Norway after entering the country with marijuana and a large amount of cash. Customs officials declined to confirm the report, saying only that an American artist entered Norway with a small amount of marijuana that was detected by a drug dog. Norwegian law prevents law-enforcement officials from naming suspects. A customs officer who spoke on condition of anonymity said Thursday that the artist was also carrying more cash than is legally allowed and was subsequently fined the equivalent of $8,600 for the violations. Snoop Dogg was to perform Thursday at a musical festival in the southern town of Kristiansand. The rapper, whose name is Calvin Broadus, has in the past been arrested on marijuana possession.