In slow recovery, many 2012 fights to carry over The next four years should be better than the last four. But American policymakers, newly re-elected President Barack Obama and a still-divided Congress could
Election hits $2B mark amid last-minute donations Remarkable for its last-minute surge of contributions, the U.S. presidential election witnessed unprecedented sums of cash boosting two men in their quest for
Gen Y: Listen up, GOP The 2012 election was embarrassing for the Republican Party, and the biggest group of people pointing and laughing came from one of the largest voting blocs:
Smokers celebrate as Wash. legalizes marijuana The crowds of happy people lighting joints under Seattle's Space Needle early Thursday morning with nary a police officer in sight bespoke the new reality:
Capitalism and socialism wed as words of the year Dictionary look-ups of malarkey represented the largest spike of a single word on the website by percentage, at 3,000 percent, in a single 24-hour period this
Yahoo's top 10 searches of 2012
List reveals political battles were more important than celebrities this year in Yahoo searches.
Turkey, pie and politics? T-Day family friction Ah, Thanksgiving. A little turkey, some cranberry mold. Getting together with the cousins. Catching up beside the fire. Togetherness. On second thought: