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Today: May 5, 2011 Their Fates Were SEALed Forget the U.S. version of the Bin Laden raid. Any adult male found in the compound was a dead man. By William Saletan READ FULL STORY | More Science Still Stupid, Still Wrong, Still Immoral Why the death of Osama Bin Laden shouldn't change our views about torture—or of the people who approved it. By Dahlia Lithwick READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics Canine Commando Why did the military send a dog to help kill Bin Laden? By Brian Palmer READ FULL STORY | More Briefing The Bad News for Obama Hidden in His Great New Poll Numbers What Soldiers and Cops Mean When They Say Someone "Resisted" The Girl From My Girl Is 30 Already! Wait Till You See What She's Doing Now. Shafer: The Case for Releasing Bin Laden's Corpse Photos Advertisement Phoebe Prince Bullying-Suicide Case: Two of Her Bullies Receive Light Punishments Stop Wasting Away in Margaritaville. Four Better Ways To Drink Tequila. Briefing Kentucky Derby 2011: Do racehorses really pee like racehorses? Palinisms: Did she really say that? News & Politics Osama Bin Laden dead: So many things could have gone wrong on the raid on Osama's compound. Osama Bin Laden's death: Dianne Feinstein, Lindsey Graham, Peter King and other members of Congress use it to reiterate what they've been saying all along. Arts The Tonys: Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Motherf***er With the Hat and David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People are brave and timely. George Gascoigne's "The Lullaby of a Lover" and its covert humor. Life Mother's Day advice from Dear Prudence: A swearing granny, a distant daughter, and a combative wife. My husband's other wife: She died, so I could find the man I love. Science Bin Laden's human shields? The myth of his life meets the myth of his death. Is central air conditioning more energy-efficient than window units? Podcasts & Video Osama Bin Laden's death, the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and the comedy of Nightly News anchor Brian Williams on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast. Hang Up and Listen on Heat-Celtics, Robert Lipsyte's An Accidental Sportswriter, and sports and homosexuality.

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