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The Slatest: May 10, 2012 Ex-Adviser Details Edwards' 2008 Consolation Wish List With the nomination unlikely, the Democrat is said to have been willing to trade his endorsement for a number of high-profile positions. READ FULL STORY Obama Says Biden's Comments Sped Up His Gay-Marriage Announcement The president says he had planned to go public with his change of heart sometime before the election. READ FULL STORY Romney Apologizes After Reports of Teenage Bullying "Back in high school, I did some dumb things." READ FULL STORY George Clooney's Obama Fundraiser Expected To Raise Millions The event comes one day after the campaign raised $1 million in 90 minutes following the president's gay-marriage announcement. READ FULL STORY Justice Department to Sue Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his office face allegations of civil rights violations, including racial profiling. READ FULL STORY Wreckage of Missing Russian Superjet Found But all 45 of the passengers are feared to be dead after the plane crashed into the side of a dormant volcano. READ FULL STORY Twin Suicide Blasts Deal Latest Blow to Syrian Cease-Fire With more than 50 dead and 370 injured, the attack was the deadliest in Damascus since the uprising began. READ FULL STORY Dissident: China Taking "Crazy Retaliation" On Family While the legal activist awaits clearance to leave for the United States, several of his family members face house arrest of their own. READ FULL STORY Delta Pulls Ads From Daily Show After Conservative Complaints The Catholic League says that Stewart's "vagina manger" joke was a form of hate speech. READ FULL STORY Advertisement From Slate: Saletan: How Obama—and Half of America—Came To Accept Gay Marriage A White Democratic President Wouldn't Dare Endorse Gay Marriage as Obama Did Hanna Rosin: The Genius of Time's Breast-Feeding Cover Buttermilk Sounds So Good. Why Does It Taste So Bad? Biden's Gaffe Highlights What's Missing From Veep How Did Limp Wrists Become Associated With Homosexuality? Wisconsin Dems Aren't Sure They Love Their Candidate, but They Know They Hate Scott Walker Foreign Visitors Are a Boon to Our Economy. Why Do We Make It So Hard for Them To Come? More from The Slatest: Ex-Adviser Details Edwards' 2008 Consolation Wish List George Clooney's Obama Fundraiser Expected To Raise Millions Justice Department to Sue Arizona Sheriff Wreckage of Missing Russian Superjet Found Twin Suicide Blasts Deal Latest Blow to Syrian Cease-Fire Dissident: China'Taking "Crazy Retaliation" On Family Obama Says Biden's Comments Sped Up His Gay-Marriage Announcement Putin Jails Opposition Leaders As Part of Crackdown USPS Backs Off Plan To Shutter Rural Post Offices North Carolina Voters Ban Same-Sex Marriage

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