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Trouble viewing this email? View these recent stories in your browser.   Tuesday, February 05, 2013 What you may have missed from The Slatest, your news companion. Blog | Josh Voorhees The Elastic Definitions Used By the DOJ To Justify Killing American Terrorists Tuesday, February 05, 2013, at 10:43 AM EST   Blog | David Weigel Is the Hagel Confirmation Basically a Done Deal? Tuesday, February 05, 2013, at 10:08 AM EST   Frame Game | William Saletan The Right To Arm Buyers Tuesday, February 05, 2013, at 10:00 AM EST The NRA's pathetic excuses for opposing universal background checks.   Blog | Josh Voorhees FBI Raid Rescues Kindergartner From Underground Bunker Monday, February 04, 2013, at 5:16 PM EST   Blog | David Weigel A Progressive Transportation Plan from Ken Cuccinelli Tuesday, February 05, 2013, at 9:36 AM EST   Politics | David Weigel How To Stop the Next Todd Akin Monday, February 04, 2013, at 6:52 PM EST Why Karl Rove can't stop the "wrong conservatives" from running for office.   Blog | Matthew Yglesias Meet the Most Traffic-Jammed Cities in America Tuesday, February 05, 2013, at 9:15 AM EST   Blog | Matthew Yglesias Goldman Sachs Predicts Unprecedented Decline in Government Spending Tuesday, February 05, 2013, at 8:46 AM EST   Bad Astronomy | Phil Plait The Roiling, Twisted Wreckage of a Solar Eruption Tuesday, February 05, 2013, at 8:00 AM EST   Explainer | L.V. Anderson Throwing Vitriol Monday, February 04, 2013, at 5:47 PM EST When did people start using acid as a weapon?   View From Chicago | Eric Posner There's No Such Thing as an Illegal Immigrant Monday, February 04, 2013, at 4:04 PM EST The United States has a well-functioning system of guest workers, whether or not it's enshrined in law.   Blog | Abby Ohlheiser Why Archaeologists Are So Certain They've Found the Remains of King Richard III Monday, February 04, 2013, at 11:57 AM EST   BEST FEATURED STORIES Will Republicans Ever Be Able To Avoid Nominating Kooks Like Todd Akin? Israeli Textbooks Are Almost as Misleading as Palestinian Ones World's Tiniest Car Is Terrifying, Fantastic When Did People Start Throwing Acid at Each Other?   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