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In this week's Summary Judgment, Mark Jordan Legan sums up what critics are saying about the big weekend movies: The Men Who Stare at Goats, Precious, and A Christmas Carol.

Despite its status as the most successful PC operating system of all time, Microsoft Windows has struggled with an image problem. The Big Money's Win Rosenfeld takes a look back at the history of the company's advertising missteps.

Slate's advice columnist, Prudence, offers guidance to a young woman who has buyer's remorse about getting engaged.

In this week's Summary Judgment, Mark Jordan Legan sums up what critics are saying about the big weekend movies: This Is It, Gentlemen Broncos, and The House of the Devil.

In this episode of The Big Money's workplace-advice column, Penny responds to a woman whose small office is deeply divided by smoking.

In this episode of InterCents, Alex Chadwick talks with Victoria, a young woman with an amazing tale of a family in chaos, some bad personal choices, and how she ultimately turned her life around.

Mark Jordan Legan shines a light on some of the worst Halloween movies of all time.

Slate's advice columnist, Prudence, counsels a woman whose friend's husband won't come clean about his smoking habit.

This month, Pepsi's energy drink Amp launched a controversial new iPhone app aimed at helping users pick up women. The Big Money's Chadwick Matlin logs on to "Amp Up Before You Score" in this installment of Broadbrand.

Slate’s Farhad Manjoo, with the help of his trusty hand-model sidekick, examines two iPhone apps that make grocery shopping and eating out a lot easier.

Double X's Samantha Henig tries out a popular 10-day purifying fast that's supposed to cleanse the body of toxins. Is this crash diet a blueprint for eating disorders?

A woman who is frustrated by the wasteful ways of her boyfriend's parents seeks guidance from Slate's advice columnist, Prudence.

In this week's Summary Judgment, Mark Jordan Legan sums up what critics are saying about the big weekend movies: Where the Wild Things Are, Black Dynamite, and Law Abiding Citizen.

In this episode of InterCents, Alex Chadwick speaks with Brooke, a high school sophomore who reveals more than she intended to about the boys in her math class.

From a sustainability standpoint, which kind of door is better: revolving or swinging? Slate's Nina Shen Rastogi has the answer.

A pastor who has little patience for his parishioners' unruly cats and dogs seeks counsel from Slate's advice columnist, Prudence.

In this week's Summary Judgment, Mark Jordan Legan sums up what critics are saying about the big weekend movies: Good Hair, Couples Retreat, and An Education.

As the baseball playoffs get under way, TV viewers should beware: Those instant replays of pitches can really distort the strike zone.

Your little cat is big business. As part of Slate V’s Conventional Wisdom series, we visit the National Capital Cat Show to sample some of the more unusual things a feline-obsessed owner can buy.