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Trouble viewing this email? View these recent stories in your browser.   Thursday, December 20, 2012 What you may have missed from The Slatest, your news companion. Blog | Josh Voorhees Cory Booker Opts Against Christie Challenge, Will Run For Senate Instead Thursday, December 20, 2012, at 10:31 AM EST   Politics | David Weigel The Ghosts of Benghazi Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at 6:35 PM EST The final report on the attack on the U.S. consulate makes one thing clear: Republican charges of a cover-up are pure fiction.   Blog | Josh Voorhees Newt Says He and Perry Would Have Done Better Than Romney Thursday, December 20, 2012, at 11:12 AM EST   Blog | Matthew Yglesias GDP Revised Upwards, GDI Revised Downward Thursday, December 20, 2012, at 9:12 AM EST   Blog | Matthew Yglesias Little Sign of Tomorrow's Apocalypse in Commodity Markets Thursday, December 20, 2012, at 8:22 AM EST   Politics | John Dickerson Obama vs. the NRA Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at 7:28 PM EST Obama always promised to take on the special interests. Now he is set to square off against the strongest interest group of all.    Science | Paul D. Thacker How Congress Blocked Research on Gun Violence Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at 5:38 PM EST The ugly campaign by the NRA to shut down studies at the CDC.   Jurisprudence | John Culhane Sue the Gun Makers, and the Sellers, Too Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at 5:20 PM EST Congress should repeal the bad law that shields them from liability.   Blog | David Weigel "Stand Down" and Other Benghazi Myths Thursday, December 20, 2012, at 9:07 AM EST   Blog | Agnes T. Crane Is the New York Times About To Be Sold? Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at 5:38 PM EST   Jurisprudence | Michael McConnell What if Robert Bork Had Joined the Supreme Court? Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at 5:57 PM EST It probably would have been less politicized and more committed to the rule of law.   View From Chicago | Richard A. Posner Why Didn't Robert Bork Reach the Supreme Court? Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at 6:34 PM EST Because of politics, of course—and that's fair enough.   Blog | Matthew Yglesias USPTO Rolling Back Some Key Apple Patents Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at 5:10 PM EST   Technology | Farhad Manjoo The Eight Best Technologies of 2012 Thursday, December 20, 2012, at 5:39 AM EST In praise of the iPhone 5 (with Google Maps), Workflowy, snap-your-credit-card apps, and more.   Movies | Dana Stevens The 10 Best Movies of 2012 Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at 10:35 PM EST Presidents, plagues, love, death, a hot dance number, a hell of a carnival ride, and more.   BEST FEATURED STORIES The One Power Obama Can Use To Enact Gun Control in America It's Impossible Not To Cry While Watching the New Tsunami Movie The Impossible Gene Weingarten and Joe McGinniss Are Convinced Jeffery McDonald Killed His Family. Don't Be So Sure. Congress and the NRA Suppressed Research on Gun Violence   Copyright 2012 The Slate Group | Privacy Policy The Slate Group | c/o E-mail Customer Care | 1350 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 410 | Washington, D.C. 20036 Unsubscribe | Forward to a Friend