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Today: June 6, 2011 Slate's Hollywood Career-O-Matic What Rotten Tomatoes data tell us about the best, worst, and most bizarre Hollywood trajectories. By Christopher Beam READ FULL STORY | More Arts Pie It's gloppy, it's soggy, it's un-American. By Nathan Heller READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics If GOP Candidates Aren't Sure How To Tackle Medicare, the Tea Party Has a Few Ideas ... Shafer: Great Kiss-Offs From Journalists to the Bosses Who Fired Them The Railroad Boom Was a Moral and Environmental Catastrophe for America Are Helicopters Really Safer Than Cars? Advertisement The New Writer of the James Bond Novels Has Given 007 an Amazing Smartphone   Briefing Slate and Intelligence Squared U.S.: Announcing our new partnership with the renowned, New York-based, live-debate series. Palinisms: Did she really say that? News & Politics The stimulus worked: The president needs to make the case for his economic policies, not hide from them. Weinergate: How Anthony Weiner and John Edwards lost control of their private parts. Arts Steve Coogan interview: The Trip actor talks about playing himself and his disdain for impressions. Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks: next on the Audio Book Club Life Mean girls, grabby men, ex-boyfriend obsession, and family secrets: Dear Prudence advises readers in a live chat at Washingtonpost.com. The long-term unemployed: How do they finally find new jobs? Business & Tech DSK scandal at the IMF: How to choose the organization's next leader. U.S. economy: Bad, but no worse than expected. Science Jack Kevorkian was right: Assisted suicide should be legal. But is it moral? Do pickles cause cancer? Podcasts & Video Dear Prudence: Crack Mom (VIDEO). Mitt Romney's presidential run, Rep. Anthony Weiner's tweets, and the national economy on this week's Political Gabfest podcast.

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