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	Trouble viewing this email? View these recent stories in your browser.     Wednesday, March 20, 2013 Stories from Slate and The Slatest, your daily news companion. Blog | Abby Ohlheiser Colorado's New Gun Control Laws Signed Hours After State's Corrections Chief Shot Dead Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 1:21 PM EDT   Blog | Abby Ohlheiser The Government (Probably) Won't Shut Down! Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 5:29 PM EDT   Blog | Daniel Politi Number of Guantanamo Prisoners on Hunger Strike Expands to 24 Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 5:18 PM EDT   Blog | Abby Ohlheiser CDC: One in 50 U.S. School Kids Has Autism Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 4:37 PM EDT   Blog | Daniel Politi Palestinians to Obama: "You Promised Hope and Change—You Gave Us Colonies and Apartheid" Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 10:19 AM EDT   Foreigners | Janine Zacharia Why Obama's Israel Trip Is One Big Mistake Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at 3:20 PM EDT Netanyahu insults the president, backed Romney, and hasn't moved the peace process. No White House should reward behavior like that, not even from an ally.   Blog | Justin Peters The New Assault Weapons Ban Deserved to Die Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 4:00 PM EDT   Blog | Daniel Politi Watch Obama Speak Hebrew, Joke How He's Happy to Get Away From Congress Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 11:00 AM EDT   Blog | Amanda Hess How the Internet Revolutionized Campus Anti-Rape Activism Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 9:30 AM EDT   Blog | Matthew Yglesias Fed Revises Projections Downward, Keeps Policy the Same Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 2:14 PM EDT   Explainer | Brian Palmer One Catholic, Two Catholics, Three Catholics ... Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 3:44 PM EDT Why can't demographers agree about how many Catholics are in the United States?   Politics | Corey Hutchins You Can Always Go Home Again Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 1:21 PM EDT Everyone thought Mark Sanford was finished. But in post-scandal America, even disgraced South Carolina governors get a second chance.   Doublex | J. Bryan Lowder Meet the Gaybros Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 5:45 AM EDT They like sports, hunting, and beer. They make the gay community mad.   Blog | Dan Kois Stop Making Fun of WaPo's Blogger Job and Start Applying for It Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 4:44 PM EDT   Science | Emma Marris Not That High Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 12:31 PM EDT Today's marijuana is too strong, and that's bad for new business.   BEST FEATURED STORIES Friend Zone: A Stupid Phrase Used by Men Who Don't Get Why a Woman Would Reject Them Judges Are Fighting Over What the Founders Meant by the Word the. Please. The New Assault Weapons Ban Deserved to Die Help! My Girlfriend Kisses Her Cat and Goes "Om Nom Nom." It Makes Me Sick.   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