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Trouble viewing this email? View these recent stories in your browser.   Wednesday, March 06, 2013 Stories from Slate and The Slatest, your daily news companion. Blog | Josh Voorhees Slatest PM: Arkansas' New 12-Week Abortion Ban Wednesday, March 06, 2013, at 4:59 PM EST   Blog | Josh Voorhees Rand Paul Has Launched an Epic Mr. Smith-Style Filibuster [Update: It's Gone Bipartisan] Wednesday, March 06, 2013, at 4:02 PM EST   Blog | David Weigel House Votes to Restore Defense Funds That Had Been Removed in Sequestration Wednesday, March 06, 2013, at 3:26 PM EST   Future Tense | Will Oremus Maybe WhiteHouse.gov Petitions Aren't Useless After All Wednesday, March 06, 2013, at 12:47 PM EST   Blog | Matthew Yglesias Microsoft Fined $731 Million by Hilariously Behind-the-Times EU Regulators Wednesday, March 06, 2013, at 8:53 AM EST   Politics | John Dickerson Death of the Campaign Book Wednesday, March 06, 2013, at 12:35 PM EST Jeb Bush's immigration book has had a rocky start. But books by future candidates are useless anyway. Let them die.   Roiphe | Katie Roiphe Why Do We Hate Successful Women? Wednesday, March 06, 2013, at 11:41 AM EST Liberals want more female CEOs. But they hate the ones who exist.   Politics | David Weigel Keep Your Pants On Tuesday, March 05, 2013, at 8:25 PM EST The Menendez-Dominican prostitute story, and why it's teetering.   Blog | Josh Voorhees Kate Middleton Let It Slip She's Having a Girl! Well, Unless She Didn't. Wednesday, March 06, 2013, at 10:25 AM EST   Blog | Justin Peters Clumsy Burglar Steals Rifle, Then Accidentally Shoots and Kills Himself Wednesday, March 06, 2013, at 4:20 PM EST   Bad Astronomy | Phil Plait Spinning Up a Storm Wednesday, March 06, 2013, at 3:00 PM EST   Blog | Matthew Yglesias Yes, Central Banks Can Increase Inflation Wednesday, March 06, 2013, at 2:57 PM EST   Blog | David Weigel The Drone Lobby Has "A Challenge With the Media" Wednesday, March 06, 2013, at 1:38 PM EST   Blog | Forrest Wickman Carrie Fisher Says She'll Return in New Star Wars Wednesday, March 06, 2013, at 1:23 PM EST   Blog | Alyssa Rosenberg Taylor Swift, Nonfeminist, Should Ease Up on Feminist Superstar Amy Poehler Wednesday, March 06, 2013, at 1:02 PM EST   Map of the Week | Chris Kirk What Places Have the Worst Commutes? Wednesday, March 06, 2013, at 11:43 AM EST Average commute time by ZIP code.   BEST FEATURED STORIES Sorry, Taylor Swift, You Don't Get To Play the Feminist Card Against Amy Poehler What We Really Learn From Deleted Scenes Rand Paul Wages an Epic Mr. Smith-Style Filibuster Why Did It Take So Long for the Menendez Prostitute Story To Fall Apart?   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