15 desperate emails and texts from the Obama campaign

THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN 15 desperate emails and texts from the Obama campaign Did you hear you can win an evening with President Obama, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Anna Wintour? If you're on Obama's mailing list, there's no escaping the news THE APPLE UNIVERSE Four ways Apple has changed under Tim Cook The operations maestro is stepping out from under Steve Jobs' shadow and leaving his own mark — and some insiders are thrilled 2012 ELECTION Why you vote the way you do Genes play a role, says Jonathan Haidt, but your political outlook is also determined by six moral values ART The week's best photojournalism In some of the week's most vivid images, an incense-maker dries rose petals, rescuers save a man from Niagara Falls, and world leaders take a moment to watch soccer AMERICAN IDOL The coming glut of American Idol ripoffs: A guide As latest Idol winner Phillip Phillips picks confetti out of his hair, four new reality TV singing competitions are already gearing up to crown the next sensation BOOKS The 5 best 50 Shades of Grey parodies: A video roundup The steamy "mommy porn" novel gets special treatment on Saturday Night Live, from Disney star Selena Gomez, and even from comedian Gilbert Gottfried LIFESTYLE The man who skydived without a parachute Watch British daredevil Gary Connery jump nearly half a mile from a helicopter, with only a winged suit to slow his 80-mile-per-hour free-fall SEE ALL CARTOONS MENTAL_FLOSS 6 unforgettable movie moms and the real mothers they depicted SLATE What constitutes 'good behavior' in prison GEEKOSYSTEM MIT's new algorithm can tell why you're smiling BUSINESS INSIDER A good night's sleep: You're doing it wrong BUZZFEED Amazing photos of the SpaceX Dragon docking The curse of curviness A lingerie store fires a staffer for being too buxom — 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.