Obama's gay-marriage 'evolution': A political win for Mitt Romney?

THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN Obama's gay-marriage 'evolution': A political win for Mitt Romney? The contrast has never been more clear: Obama supports same-sex marriage, while Romney firmly opposes it. What's less clear: How that will play with voters PLANNED PARENTHOOD UNDER FIRE The Republican trying to save Planned Parenthood Meet Rep. Bob Dold, an Illinois Republican who wants to keep taxpayer dollars trickling to the women's health organization the GOP loves to hate. Is he for real? TECHNOLOGY Super-fast computers... made by bacteria? Scientists think they can mimic the processes of a bacterium that converts iron into powerful atom-sized magnets, which could be used for machine parts WORLD BUSINESS Volkswagen's Jetsons-like hover car The futurists of the 1950s and '60s promised us flying cars that have yet to arrive. Now, VW is at least steering us in the right direction BOOKS Libraries vs. Fifty Shades of Grey: The war on 'mommy porn' Book lenders in at least three states are removing the hit erotic novel from their shelves — despite an overwhelming demand from readers U.S. BUSINESS Geofencing: Can texting save the brick-and-mortar retail industry? Businesses are coming up with increasingly inventive ways to lure customers, and their latest innovation goes straight to your smartphone THE 'GLEE' PHENOMENON The ill-fated search for the next Glee: A timeline Ever since those final notes of "Don't Stop Believing" in the Glee pilot, rival networks have tried repeatedly to replicate the show's success. Most have failed SEE ALL CARTOONS Slate Obama says Biden's comments forced his hand Mental_floss A jealous Congressman and America's first insanity defense Tecca How much would the NYC disaster in The Avengers cost in real life? Discovery News Zoo chimp makes elaborate plots to attack humans Newser 70-year-old to climb Everest — twice Midas kicks Limited-edition Nikes that have you literally walking on gold — and more in our collection of bizarrely elite consumer products         Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | privacy policy  Copyright © 2012 The Week, All rights reserved.