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Trouble viewing this email? View these recent stories in your browser.   Sunday, January 13, 2013 What you may have missed from The Slatest, your news companion. Blog | Daniel Politi NRA President: Congress Likely Won't Pass Assault Weapons Ban Sunday, January 13, 2013, at 2:26 PM EST   Blog | Daniel Politi Treasury Department Rules out $1 Trillion Platinum Coin To Avoid Debt Ceiling Sunday, January 13, 2013, at 11:39 AM EST   Blog | Daniel Politi Internet Activist Aaron Swartz, Reddit and RSS Pioneer, Commits Suicide at 26 Saturday, January 12, 2013, at 5:15 PM EST   Blog | Daniel Politi Colin Powell Defends Chuck Hagel as Republican Questions his "Temperament" Sunday, January 13, 2013, at 3:06 PM EST   Blog | Daniel Politi Six Men Arrested in India After New Bus Rape Sunday, January 13, 2013, at 1:35 PM EST   Blog | Daniel Politi Report: Obama To Push Broad Immigration Reform, Including Path to Citizenship, in one Bill Sunday, January 13, 2013, at 12:37 PM EST   Blog | Daniel Politi NBC's David Gregory Won't Face Charges for Displaying Ammo Clip on TV Saturday, January 12, 2013, at 2:00 PM EST   Blog | Daniel Politi White House Says No to Death Star, Secession Saturday, January 12, 2013, at 12:13 PM EST   Blog | Daniel Politi USA Today: Lance Armstrong Plans To Confess To Doping in Oprah Winfrey Interview Saturday, January 12, 2013, at 12:52 AM EST   Blog | Daniel Politi France Increases Security Amid Africa Operations in Mali and Somalia Saturday, January 12, 2013, at 5:35 PM EST   Blog | Daniel Politi Rep. Gingrey of Georgia Says Akin "Legitimate Rape" Comments Were "Partially Right" Friday, January 11, 2013, at 11:49 AM EST   Blog | Abby Ohlheiser Reminder: Your Paycheck Just Got Smaller Friday, January 11, 2013, at 1:43 PM EST   Blog | Aisha Harris Hear the First New Destiny's Child Song in Eight Years  Friday, January 11, 2013, at 5:48 PM EST   Crime | Chris Kirk and Dan Kois How Many People Have Been Killed by Guns Since Newtown? Sunday, January 13, 2013, at 8:30 AM EST Slate partners with @GunDeaths for an interactive, crowdsourced tally of the toll firearms have taken since Dec. 14.   BEST FEATURED STORIES Facebook's Plan To Charge for Emailing Is Brilliant Yglesias: Aaron Swartz Was the Smartest, Most Talented Person I'd Ever Met There Was Actually a Lot To Admire About Casa de Mi Padre Obama Is Getting Us Out of Afghanistan Fast—and Changing the Story of Why We Went   Copyright 2013 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