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Today: October 19, 2011 Fightin' Words Rick Perry and Mitt Romney duke it out at the presidential debate in Las Vegas. By John Dickerson READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics Talk Dirty to Me, Siri The crazy things people say to the iPhone's new assistant. By Michael Agger READ FULL STORY | More Technology Yes, I Watch Bachelor Pad What guilty pleasures reveal and how we justify them. By Mike Spies READ FULL STORY | More Arts GOP Candidates Preach Progressive Taxation and Social Mobility. Why Bash Obama for Espousing the Same? Monkey, Wolf Among Exotic Animals Still Loose After Zoo Escape in Ohio After 20 Years, Is U2's Achtung Baby Worth All This Fuss? It Wasn't That Great. Blogging the Famous Stanford Machine-Learning Class Advertisement Women With Children Have More Abortions Than Anyone Else. Why Is the Topic Taboo? Amish Beard Cutting: Why Is Facial Hair So Important to So Many Religions? Is It Better for the Environment To Watch TV Via Satellite, Cable, or the Internet? Is It OK To Tattle on an Airline Passenger Who's Texting During Takeoff? News & Politics The Death Penalty Case That Has Even Scalia Griping About Incompetent Lawyers. Grandma's Benefits Imperil Junior's Future: Watch tonight's Slate/Intelligence Squared U.S. debate live. Technology This Is the New iPhone? Seriously? Farhad Manjoo Chats with Slate Readers about the iPhone 4S Business There Is Only One Way To End the Global Recession: Spend More Money. Lots of It. Americans Haven't Been This Depressed About the Economy for Ages and Ages Arts American Horror Story: Can Freaky Sex and Sadistic Violence Be Fun for the Whole Family? Edgar Guest, Marianne Moore, and the Place Where Pop Meets Modernism Life Can We Prevent Another Amanda Knox Case? Dear Prudence: My Friend Won't Tell Her One-Night Stand She Got Pregnant Health & Science How Do You Turn Off a Particle Accelerator? Just Pull the Plug? Does Evil Exist? Neuroscientists Say No. Sports The NFL Player's Existential Dilemma The Red Sox's Spectacular Collapse Will Make Their Fans More Annoying, Not Less Double X Is My Mentor Hitting on Me? Do Women Still Fret About the Number of People They've Had Sex With? Podcasts Digital Manners: Is comment thread redundancy OK? Hang Up and Listen: Will the NHL Ban Fighting and Shots to the Head? Video Dear Prudence: I Married a Peeping Tom? A weekly Dear Prudence video. (VIDEO)

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