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The 2009 edition was released Dec. 1, and this year Twitter was the big winner. The social-networking site was the fastest-rising search query, beating out Web rivals Facebook (No. 3) and Hulu (No. 4) for the top spot. But absent the cybertrifecta, the 2009 list is predictably grim...
Google provides the fastest-rising search queries for its news site as well. In this category, hard news topped celebrity gossip. Swine flu was the most-searched story of the year, drawing more reader interest than breakout singer Susan Boyle, reality show mainstays Jon and Kate, crooner Adam Lambert and...
There are currently more than 110,000 foreign soldiers in Afghanistan, anchored by a 68,000-strong U.S. force. The other members of the 43-nation, NATO-led coalition provide some 42,000 troops. The Afghan army currently numbers about 94,000, but the government wants a force of 134...
Toys in children's food may be as old as Cracker Jack (the caramel-covered popcorn has had "a prize in every box" since 1912), but in Spain, the tradition may soon go the way of liquor commercials on TV and smoking in restaurants. Concerned about rising rates of childhood...
President Arroyo condemned the atrocity as a "supreme act of inhumanity that is a blight on our nation," and pledged to bring the murderers to justice. Amid rising public outrage at home and international condemnation, she is under pressure to deliver. The authorities have already come under fire for failing...