Obama's 'nervous breakdown' budget: 5 talking points

Budget Battles Obama's 'nervous breakdown' budget: 5 talking points The president's polarizing spending plan is dead on arrival in Congress, critics say. But it's still triggering plenty of debate Music Whitney Houston's posthumous sales bump: By the numbers Grieving fans go on a spending spree, boosting 41 of the late superstar's songs into the iTunes Top 200. A look at how the soaring sales break down America's Education Challenge Paying kids to come to class: One school's 'last-ditch' plan A Cincinnati high school is giving seniors $25 a week to simply show up on time and stay out of trouble. Will that really work? Budget Battles Paul Brandus: Obama's cynical, unpassable budget The president knows the tax hikes in his spending plan have no chance of passing the GOP House. But that could still give him a great campaign argument U.S. Opinion The Texas mom who induced labor so her dying husband could hold their baby Two weeks before his baby daughter was due, Mark Aulger found out he had mere days to live. His loving wife made sure father and daughter got to meet The Apple Universe Apple's Foxconn probe: Will it improve brutal working conditions? After coming under fire over punishing practices at the Foxconn factories in China where iPhones are made, Apple CEO Tim Cook calls for a third-party investigation Technology The web's growing Pinterest 'obsession' The social sharing destination has crossed the 10 million unique visitor threshold faster than any other indepedent website — and shows no signs of slowing down SEE ALL CARTOONS Buzzfeed 150+ Valentines from your childhood Mental_floss 5 great love stories that weren't really all that great Newser CEOs get paid big bucks to sit in meetings, eat lunch Scientific American Love, explained: The science of romance TIME Only on YouTube: Valentine's Day wedding proposals The bottom rocket A drunken frat brother sparks a lawsuit by firing a bottle rocket out of a surprising orifice — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation         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.