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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Stories from Slate and The Slatest, your daily news companion with @JoshVoorhees.

	Blog \| Josh Voorhees Slatest PM: Your Human Genes Are Safe From Patenting Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 4:40 PM EDT

	Jurisprudence \| Emily Bazelon Patently Unfair Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 2:51 PM EDT The Supreme Court won't let the biotech industry own nature—which is good for you and me.

	Future Tense \| Mark Joseph Stern Scalia on DNA Patents: I Don't Really Understand Science Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 1:43 PM EDT

	Blog \| Josh Voorhees Tommy Tutone Gets Its Day in the Supreme Court When Kagan Dials 867–5309 Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 12:52 PM EDT

	Blog \| Josh Voorhees Snowden Wrote 700-Plus Posts on Chat Boards About Everything From Government to Girls Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 11:42 AM EDT

Explainer | Brian Palmer
What Happens When You Defy a Secret Government Order?
Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 3:53 PM EDT
You have a secret trial and pay a secret fine.

	Blog \| Justin Peters Florida Criminal Defense Attorney Conjures Novel Use for Secret NSA Phone Records Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 4:28 PM EDT

	Frame Game \| William Saletan Meta Man Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 3:13 PM EDT Obama's nonanswers to questions about government surveillance.

	Crime \| Chris Kirk and Dan Kois How Many People Have Been Killed by Guns Since Newtown? Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 9:04 AM EDT *Slate* partners with @GunDeaths for an interactive, crowdsourced tally of the toll firearms have taken since Dec. 14.

	Blog \| Sam Brodey Zimmerman Jurors Will Be Sequestered For Murder Trial Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 2:50 PM EDT

	Blog \| Sam Brodey Inspector Who Surveyed Philly Building Before Collapse Commits Suicide Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 1:36 PM EDT

	Blog \| Katy Waldman Maine Lawmaker Shows Off His "Man's Brain" on the House Floor And It Is Small Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 3:47 PM EDT

	Blog \| Sam Brodey Schedule Mix-Up Sends Texas Republican to LGBT Event. (Relative) Hilarity Ensues. Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 4:17 PM EDT

	Blog \| Jennifer Lai White Americans' Deaths Outnumber Births for First Time Ever Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 12:01 PM EDT

	Blog \| Josh Voorhees Rupert Murdoch Is Divorcing the Woman Who Saved Him From a Very Public Pie Attack Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 1:06 PM EDT

	Blog \| Josh Voorhees Bill Clinton Suggests Obama Risks Looking Like a "Wuss" and "Total Fool" on Syria Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 10:38 AM EDT

	Crime \| Seth Stevenson The Whitey Bulger Trial Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at 7:04 PM EDT The two things the master criminal wants the jury to understand.