Today in Slate: Will the U.S. Pay Out its $25 Million Bin Laden Reward? Plus, Why Did We Throw His Body in the Ocean?

Today: May 3, 2011 All Work and No Play A president's day is more than whatever appears on his public schedule. By John Dickerson READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics No Bark, All Bite The SEALs who brought down Osama Bin Laden are part of a top secret force. A slide show of the elite Navy program. READ FULL STORY | More Arts Closing Pandora's Box Obama should use Osama Bin Laden's death to declare victory and end the legal war on terror. By Dahlia Lithwick READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics Will the U.S. Pay Out Its $25 Million Bin Laden Reward? Where Did the "U-S-A" Chant Come From? Do the French Chant "France"? The Fascinating, Infuriating Series Between Real Madrid and F.C. Barcelona Why Did The New York Times Decline To Refer to Osama as "Mr. Bin Laden"? Advertisement Help! My Bridesmaid Insists on Wearing White.   Briefing Osama Bin Laden's burial at sea: Why did we throw his body in the ocean? Prison Breaks, conspiracy theories, and electronic waiters: The week's most interesting Slate stories. News & Politics The Ryan budget compels Americans to buy insurance—just like Obamacare does. Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan: Why Pakistanis may not be unconditionally enthusiastic about the killing of the al-Qaida leader. Arts George Gascoigne's "The Lullaby of a Lover" and its covert humor. Francis Fukuyama's The Origins of Political Order: Why hasn't liberal democracy swept the planet? Life Addicted friends, debutantes, babysitting woes—Friend or Foe offers advice at Slate. Wedding up-dos: When did it become fashionable to get married with your hair in a bun? Science Is central air conditioning more energy-efficient than window units? Bin Laden's death: Eight unanswered mysteries. Podcasts & Video Hang Up and Listen on Heat-Celtics, Robert Lipsyte's An Accidental Sportswriter, and sports and homosexuality. A weekly Dear Prudence video.

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