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Think You're Smarter Than Slate's Jurisprudence Editor? Find Out With This Week's News Quiz. -- Ray Hamel

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This Awards Season Officially Has Its Villain - Isaac Butler - Hamnet isn't this year's Shakespeare in Love. It's something worse.

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An NFL Player Sued His Ex-Wife Over a Privates Revelation. The Case Could Be Huge. John Culhane - The lawsuit could be as legally significant as it is titillating.

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