Apple's disappointing earnings report: 5 takeaways

THE APPLE UNIVERSE Apple's disappointing earnings report: 5 takeaways The company confounded analyst expectations on Tuesday, falling short of the projected $37 billion revenue mark for the April-to-June period. What went wrong? BUDGET BATTLES Are Senate Republicans trying to increase taxes on the middle class? A GOP plan would extend Bush-era tax cuts for all, including the rich, while ending some temporary breaks for lower-income families THE DARK KNIGHT SHOOTINGS The fallout from the Aurora shootings: 5 eerie consequences A bounce in gun sales. Lawsuits against Warner Bros. A would-be copycat killer. The aftermath of the massacre has been full of surprising, often disturbing, developments HEALTH CARE REFORM ObamaCare's new price tag: A guide The Congressional Budget Office says the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act will lower the cost of the law... but also make it less effective LONDON OLYMPICS Olympic madness: The double-decker bus that does push-ups A Czech artist transforms a traditional London double-decker bus into a six-ton, push-up-performing robotic sculpture in honor of the 2012 games LIFESTYLE Facelift bungee: A guide to the $25 Botox alternative Fight wrinkles with this skin-pulling device that promises to take 10 years off without any expensive and painful injections or surgeries FROM OUR PARTNERS AT SLATE The surprising British origins of the modern Olympic games The 19th century restoration of the Olympic games may not have occurred without the efforts of the British, says Tony Perrottet at Slate SEE ALL CARTOONS SLATE Sally Ride, Anderson Cooper, Frank Ocean and the future of coming out NEWSER Olympian booted from Games over racist tweet NEW YORK MAGAZINE Other villains in Bane's mask TECCA JK Rowling's mini-Hogwarts treehouse AOL 85 amazing animal photobombs Bump checks in the bar A conscientious bar installs a pregnancy-test dispenser in the women's room — 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.