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Today: April 27, 2011 Four Dollars a Gallon and Rising What can President Obama do about gas prices? Nothing that you'd like. By David Weigel READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics The Best Offense Is a Good Defense Why even opponents of DOMA should want it to get a vigorous defense. By Dahlia Lithwick READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics Thunder Cloud Will Amazon's recent server failures slow the rise of cloud computing? READ FULL STORY | More Business and Tech Why Obama's Effort To Make Government More Transparent Is Failing Badly How Wikipedia's Macaca Entry Smears George Allen Hey, Pregnant Ladies: Stop Popping Folic-Acid Pills Like Candy. The Fed Really Needs To Stop Bragging About Its Response to the Recession Advertisement Briefing Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia: Do monarchs keep their titles when their country disappears? Pulling Out: When can a lawyer abandon his client? News & Politics Royal wedding: William and Kate might not control their future, but they have embraced it. Could we ever default on the national debt? Arts Steve Carell leaving The Office: He made the show bleaker, funnier, and more sadly American. Alvar Aalto's unpretentious houses hold many lessons in our perilous economic times. Life My editor, my wife: I save her marked-up manuscripts as an unluckier husband might save love letters. The Facebook Astrology test: Are your friends compatible with your sign? Business & Tech Bernanke's press conference: Why the Fed chairman won't reveal anything to reporters on Wednesday. iPads and restaurants: How waiters will be replaced by tablet computers. Science Chernobyl 25 years later: Do major nuclear accidents stop countries from building new nuclear reactors? Drones aren't robots. And to prevent civilian casualties, let's keep it that way. Podcasts & Video Manners for the Digital Age, with Farhad Manjoo and Emily Yoffe. Atlas Shrugged Part 1, Gary Taubes' story "Is Sugar Toxic?," and theCivil War blog Disunion on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.

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