From: Slate V on Thu, Oct 08 2009 5:21 PM

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

From: Slate V on Thu, Oct 08 2009 5:09 PM

The man known as the "French Spiderman" on Thursday scaled a 33 floor building in Paris, using only his bare hands. After his climb police took him to a nearby station, but he was released with no charges.

From: Slate V on Wed, Oct 07 2009 12:05 AM

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.

From: Slate V on Mon, Oct 05 2009 5:47 PM

Jude Law discusses the role of Hamlet, October 2, 2009

From: Slate V on Mon, Oct 05 2009 5:20 PM

Slate’s advice columnist, Prudence, counsels a woman who is fed up with her boss' over-sharing about menopause.

From: Slate V on Fri, Oct 02 2009 5:11 PM

A woman who can’t get enough of fried food sits down with Alex Chadwick in this episode of Interviews 50 Cents, filmed at the Los Angeles County Fair.

From: Slate V on Fri, Oct 02 2009 2:05 PM

In this week’s Summary Judgment, Mark Jordan Legan sums up what critics are saying about the big weekend movies: A Serious Man, The Invention of Lying, and Whip It.

From: Slate V on Wed, Sep 30 2009 11:54 PM

Sportswear company Puma has a new marketing campaign that combines the stock market and strip poker. The Big Money’s Caitlin McDevitt explains in this installment of Broadbrand.

From: Slate V on Wed, Sep 30 2009 12:47 AM

Slate’s Farhad Manjoo, with the help of his trusty hand-model sidekick, reviews two Facebook games, Mafia Wars and FarmVille.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:28 PM

Never Coming Home is about the families of five young men killed in Iraq. Day 3: Edmond L. Randle.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:28 PM

An assortment of joyful images from around the world, from children’s delight at the cinema to family gatherings. Produced by Magnum Photos.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:28 PM

As the US military fights to gain stability in Iraq, doctors, nurses, and medics are working on the front lines to keep the casualties down. Thomas Dworzak was embedded with the 44th, 50th and 115th Medical Companies in Iraq.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:28 PM

Before Hurricane Katrina, Vickey Brown lived in the B.W. Cooper (Calliope) Project in central New Orleans.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:28 PM

Before Hurricane Katrina, Ashanti Duckworth lived in the Algiers neighborhood of the Westbank.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:28 PM

An occasional series of comedy sketches about the daily grind.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:28 PM

Slate contributor Dan Crane matches nine popular stain removers against the following stains: coffee, salad dressing, mustard, lipstick, barbecue sauce, and blood (caution: Dan had to provide his own). Watch the results.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:28 PM

Before Hurricane Katrina, Keoka Geary lived in the Christopher Homes Park neighborhood of the Westbank. During the storm, she stayed in a hotel on Canal Street in downtown New Orleans, where a relative worked.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:28 PM

Before Hurricane Katrina, Melvin Carter lived in the Iberville Project near downtown New Orleans.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:27 PM

Some of the most interesting examples of the videos candidates want you to see, and - even better - the ones they wish would just go away.

From: Slate V on Tue, Sep 29 2009 5:27 PM

Fact-checking ABC’s mini-series The Path to 9/11.