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	Trouble viewing this email? View these recent stories in your browser.     Thursday, May 23, 2013 Stories from Slate and The Slatest, your daily news companion with @JoshVoorhees.   Blog | Josh Voorhees Boy Scouts Weigh Deal to Welcome Gay Scouts, But Not Leaders Thursday, May 23, 2013, at 10:48 AM EDT   Future Tense | Will Oremus Tesla, the Anti-Solyndra, Just Repaid Its Government Loans Nine Years Early Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at 6:36 PM EDT   Foreigners | Philip Preville The Highly Effective Idiot Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at 6:50 PM EDT Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is crass, offensive, and may smoke crack. He is also a pretty good mayor.   Science | Mark Joseph Stern Don't Pray for Oklahoma Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at 5:44 PM EDT Wolf Blitzer and other journalists should leave God out of natural disasters.   Science | Jesse Bering Culinary Racism Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at 6:15 PM EDT Why remarks about race and fried chicken elicit such raw feelings.   Map of the Week | Chris Kirk Obama's 301 Drone Strikes Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at 5:30 PM EDT A map of every reported drone strike in Pakistan.   Blog | David Weigel The Next Benghazi Scandal Thursday, May 23, 2013, at 9:37 AM EDT   Blog | Matthew Yglesias The Overnight Bloodbath in Asia Thursday, May 23, 2013, at 8:22 AM EDT   Blog | David Weigel TV Station Axes Reporter Who (Sort of Misleadingly) Claimed the IRS Was After Him Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at 5:39 PM EDT   Future Tense | Brian Duggan Government Plan to Build "Back Doors" for Online Surveillance Could Create Dangerous Vulnerabilities Thursday, May 23, 2013, at 9:17 AM EDT   Future Tense | Will Oremus Finally, a Half-Decent Way to Keep Your Twitter Account From Getting Hacked Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at 5:19 PM EDT   Blog | Matthew Yglesias Cities Should Sell Land For Money, Not Get Involved With Corrupt Amenity Swaps Thursday, May 23, 2013, at 10:12 AM EDT   Blog | Josh Voorhees Texas Judge Blocks Woman From Living With Lesbian Partner at Ex-Husband's Request Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at 11:14 AM EDT   Blog | Josh Voorhees What It Looks Like to Have an EF5 Tornado Pass Right By Your Shelter Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at 2:21 PM EDT   Blog | Justin Peters The Heroic New York City Cop Who's Trying to Stop Stop-and-Frisk Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at 3:53 PM EDT   BEST FEATURED STORIES "Thank the Lord"? "Our Prayers Are With You"? Please Leave God Out of Tornado Coverage. What's Harder, Being a Corporate Lawyer or a Bed & Breakfast Owner? A Huge Discovery About Prime Numbers—and What It Means for the Future of Math Why Is Philadelphia's Football Team the Eagles? It Involves the NRA (Not That NRA).   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