Today in Slate: The Legacy of Chernobyl; Plus, Boycott the Royal Wedding!

Today: April 26, 2011 Boycott the Royal Wedding Americans are supposed to hate monarchs, not worship them. By Mark Oppenheimer READ FULL STORY | More Life The Legacy of Chernobyl Paul Fusco photographs the children born within the radiation zone. READ FULL STORY | More Arts The Great Escapes It's harder than ever to escape from prison. How do inmates still do it? By Christopher Beam READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics Bernanke Will Make History With His Press Conference. But Will He Actually Say Anything? How the Dodgers' Terrible Owner Ruined the Baseball Experience for Fans The New York Times Public Editor's Stupid Ideas on How To Cover the Press The Real Reason People Care About Will and Kate's Wedding Advertisement Help! Our Friend Refuses To Put His Phone Away While Having Dinner With Us.   Briefing Pulling Out: When can a lawyer abandon his client? The Slatest: Slate relaunches its news blog. News & Politics Wikipedia's "Macaca" entry: Read it with care. Could we ever default on the national debt? Arts "The Mouth of the Mind" Kate Middleton's see-through dress: sampling the investigative journalism inspired by the royal wedding. Life The perfect summer dress: It must be sleeveless but not too short. Lunch with Vidal Sassoon: The celebrity hair mogul at Manhattan's Monkey Bar. Business & Tech Great Recession: The Federal Reserve shouldn't brag about its response. Amazon outage: Will the company's server failures slow the rise of cloud computing? Science Folic acid is great for pregnant women—in the recommended doses. Chernobyl 25 years later: Do major nuclear accidents stop countries from building new nuclear reactors? Podcasts & Video Smashing Crayons: The soft regulation of Wall Street and the financial meltdown. Hang Up and Listen on the NHL playoffs, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the NFL draft.

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