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Today: August 23, 2011 Frame the Victim Prosecutors oversold the case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Now they're overselling the case against his accuser. By William Saletan READ FULL STORY | More Briefing Applying the Lessons of Iraq to Libya Five concrete steps the West (and other allies) should take today. By Fred Kaplan READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics Are Twins Taking Over? Making sense of the dramatic rise in multiple births. By Angela Tchou READ FULL STORY | More Life Do the Sons of Dictators Get Punished for Their Father's Sins? Don't Get Intimidated by Kids and Their Internet Savvy Obamacare Will Cover the IUD. Will Women Finally Embrace It? The Man With Two Heads and Other Odd Types of Twins Advertisement The Strange Things You Can Buy at Estate Sales   Briefing Reduction abortions, why slang words stick, and the fall of the postal service: The week's most interesting Slate stories. Corporate chicanery, government secrecy, and corruption in football: This week's top MuckReads from ProPublica. News & Politics Rebels storm Tripoli: Protest artists have created a wide array of Qaddafi caricatures. Tax poor people: Republicans want the IRS to nail "lucky duckies." Arts "The Sculptor and His Muse" Vintage cigarette ads: LIFE returns to a time when smiling babies sold cigarettes. (PHOTOS) Life Friend or Foe: My friend blabbed around the ring my boyfriend bought me. Vivat Latinitas!  On my summer vacation, I spoke a dead language. Business & Tech Long-term unemployment: Can the Obama administration do anything about it? Texas Miracle: Can other states replicate Texas' economic success? Science Twins: A Slate special issue. Confessions of a twin obsessive.

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