Ashley Judd for Senate, the Vatican's top secret papal election, and more

Politics How Ashley Judd could beat Mitch McConnell in 2014 By Peter Weber Kentucky and national Democrats say Judd has decided to throw her hat in the ring. Here, three things she should keep in mind World 7 inspiring stories of stray dogs saving perfect strangers By Lauren Hansen These tales of canine heroics will surely cure your Monday blues World How the Vatican will stop leaks from the papal election By Peter Weber Despite almost letting a fake cardinal crash the pre-conclave, the Vatican is going to great lengths to keep the actual voting top secret Politics Why the Senate is fundamentally anti-democratic By Ryu Spaeth The outsized influence of small states has undermined the ideal of "one person, one vote" Entertainment WATCH: Steve Martin and Tom Hanks welcome Justin Timberlake to SNL's 'Five-Timer's Club' By Scott Meslow And those cameos are just the tip of the iceberg Language 9 compellingly strange letters you don't know about By James Harbeck Meet eng, thorn, hwair, and more FROM OUR PARTNERS AT SLATE WATCH: Incredible time-lapse video of Earth from space By PHIL PLAIT Prepare to be awed FROM OUR PARTNERS AT POLITICAL WIRE GOP strategist: The GOP is not a good place for women By Taegan Goddard And without a major change, Republicans will have a very hard time competing in elections SEE ALL CARTOONS SLATE Households with guns declines since 1970s POLITICAL WIRE House Democrats resort to press releases NEWSER 4.7 earthquake rattles Southern California SALON How hackers spy on women through their webcams NEW YORK MAGAZINE Wall Street bankers say they are underpaid       Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | privacy policy Copyright © 2013 The Week, All rights reserved.