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Today: May 26, 2011 Still French, Not Male Why Christine Lagarde is the best candidate to lead the IMF—for now. By Annie Lowrey READ FULL STORY | More Business and Tech Does Guinness Taste Better in Ireland? Yes, and not just because you're more likely to be drunk there. By Maura Kelly READ FULL STORY | More Briefing Repeat Offenders America's Most Wanted and the weird practice of crime re-enactments. By Christopher Beam READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics Exclusive: A Teen Charged in the Death of Phoebe Prince Speaks Out for the First Time Shafer: Why Bloomberg's New Opinion Site Is So Boring Despite Its A-List Talent The Surprisingly Avant-Garde Debut Season of Dynasty Finally, a New Website That Takes the Tedium and Pain Out of Filing Expense Reports Advertisement When You Eat a Lamb in Mongolia, You Eat a Lamb Casey Wilson Got Fired From Saturday Night Live. Then Her Comedy Career Took Off. Briefing Palinisms: Did she really say that? How did Tornado Alley get its name? News & Politics South Dakota abortion restrictions: Where will women go if abortion were effectively unavailable there? Goodwin Liu withdraws: The president's judicial nominee officially takes himself out of consideration. Arts Em dashes—why writers should use them more sparingly. The unbearable summer ritual of watching movies outdoors. Life My love-hate relationship with the youth of today. Autoerotic asphyxiation, Mideast expat, Alzheimer's goodbyes, and drunken date—Dear Prudence advises readers at Slate.com. Science Male lactation: Can a 33-year-old guy learn to breast-feed? Tornado in Missouri: Why more and more natural disasters are plaguing us, and what we can do about it. Podcasts & Video Lady Gaga's Born This Way, Bob Dylan's 70th birthday, and Carmen Callil's resignation over Philip Roth's Man Booker International Prize on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast. Digital Manners: Is Facebook the right place to say you want to be more than just friends?

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