Today in Slate: Mark Zuckerberg Invented Facebook; Plus, David Foster Wallace's Stunning Critique of Boredom

Today: April 13, 2011 Mark Zuckerberg Invented Facebook Get over it. By Farhad Manjoo READ FULL STORY | More Business and Tech The Do-Nothing Plan How Congress can balance the budget in eight years by literally doing nothing. This is not a joke. By Annie Lowrey READ FULL STORY | More Business and Tech Royal Sex Toys The secrets of Prince William's "college of love." By Tony Perrottet READ FULL STORY | More Arts If Pakistan Is Concerned About the U.S. "Footprint," It Should Welcome Our Drones Shafer: The Unpaid-Writers' Lawsuit Against the Huffington Post Is Bunk Why Aren't There More Great Classical Music Conductors? David Foster Wallace's Stunning Critique of Boredom Advertisement How Many Different America-Hating Terrorist Groups Are There in Pakistan Anyway? Are the Stoners Right? Is Hemp Really Better for the Planet? Briefing Texas wildfire witnesses say they saw horses on fire. Are horses flammable? Palinisms: Did she really say that? News & Politics Wrongful conviction: The Ronald Cotton case and flawed eyewitness identifications. Budget compromise: The Tea Party gets most of what it wanted in the budget showdown and sets the table for the debt ceiling fight Arts "Ode to a Composting Toilet" Stephen King: Do artists do their best work before they get clean? Life Irish hurling: The ball moves 100 miles per hour. So why don't goalkeepers want to wear facemasks? New-mom traditions from around the world: Cuarentena and "doing the month." Business & Tech Government shutdown: How it will affect student jobs, home loans, unemployment data, and other economic activity. Google privacy: The good things that happen when Web companies use our personal data. Science Japan's Fukushima nuclear cleanup: Are human workers cheaper than robots? MILFs, cougars, and the mystery of gerontophilia. Podcasts & Video Sidney Lumet's classic films, Stanley Tucci on PBS' Vine Talk, and Meghan O'Rourke's new memoir The Long Goodbye on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast. Trick-shot doc: Dr. Denton is more than your family's friendly practitioner. (VIDEO)

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