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	Trouble viewing this email? View these recent stories in your browser.     Friday, March 22, 2013 Stories from Slate and The Slatest, your daily news companion. Blog | Daniel Politi Three Marines at Virginia Base Dead in Double Murder-Suicide Friday, March 22, 2013, at 9:33 AM EDT   Blog | Daniel Politi Chinua Achebe, Writer Widely Seen as the Father of African Literature, Dies at 82 Friday, March 22, 2013, at 10:10 AM EDT   Blog | Matthew Yglesias Cyprus: Where Things Stand Friday, March 22, 2013, at 9:29 AM EDT   Blog | Abby Ohlheiser Ohio County Prosecutor Is Cold, Wants Punxutawney Phil To Die Friday, March 22, 2013, at 11:43 AM EDT   Slate V | What Syria Needs From Us Thursday, March 21, 2013, at 6:34 PM EDT Two years since the Syrian uprising began, the West continues its handwringing.   Politics | John Dickerson How Not to Woo Republicans Thursday, March 21, 2013, at 5:54 PM EDT If Obama really wants a grand bargain, he should knock off the wisecracks about the GOP.    Blog | Matthew Yglesias How Smart Poor Kids Get Screwed by the College Admissions Process Friday, March 22, 2013, at 10:49 AM EDT   War Stories | Fred Kaplan The Drones Are in the Details Thursday, March 21, 2013, at 5:57 PM EDT Why it matters if the Pentagon takes command of the CIA's drones.   Jurisprudence | Mark Joseph Stern The Sexual Fetish of Gay Marriage Opponents Friday, March 22, 2013, at 6:00 AM EDT Defenders of DOMA and Proposition 8 say marriage isn't about love or parenting. It's about coitus.   Blog | Katy Waldman Trolling Article on Bankers' Thrifty Tips Reveals What's Wrong with Humanity Friday, March 22, 2013, at 10:30 AM EDT   Blog | David Weigel Who Killed Political Science? Thursday, March 21, 2013, at 8:43 PM EDT   Blog | Matthew Yglesias Municipal Utilities Are About as Good (or Bad) as the Other Options Friday, March 22, 2013, at 10:26 AM EDT   Blog | David Weigel Opening Act: Gingrich-Santorum 2012 Friday, March 22, 2013, at 8:32 AM EDT   Science | Jay Wexler Are Your Palm Sunday Palms Bad for the Environment? Friday, March 22, 2013, at 8:08 AM EDT Too many churches are buying fronds from environmentally damaging harvesters.   Blog | David Weigel In Which Stephen Colbert Dedicates a Campaign Finance Group's Conference Room With Secret Cash Friday, March 22, 2013, at 9:30 AM EDT   Blog | Daniel Politi Michele Bachmann Calls on Lawmakers to Repeal Obamacare Before It "Literally" Kills People Thursday, March 21, 2013, at 3:40 PM EDT   Blog | Slate V Staff Amazon CEO Channels His Inner James Cameron (VIDEO) Thursday, March 21, 2013, at 6:35 PM EDT   The Slate Quiz | Ken Jennings Play the Slate News Quiz Friday, March 22, 2013, at 12:39 AM EDT With Jeopardy! superchampion Ken Jennings.   BEST FEATURED STORIES Can You Be Arrested for Nudity if You're Wearing Only Body Paint? Think You're Smarter Than Farhad Manjoo? Take Slate's News Quiz and Find Out. Admission: I'm Going to Cut This Movie Some Slack Help! My Biological Mother Says I've Ruined Her Life by Finding Her.   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