Top of Mind

It was a year of surprising (and at times, it seemed, unending) twists and turns. Even as we endured the long roller coaster rides for the campaign season and economy, we found time to ponder some age-old questions and express our curiosity.

All of these searches had the largest volume on Google.com in the U.S.

Layaway Makes a Comeback

It's the Economy ...

  1. financial crisis
  2. depression
  3. bailout
  4. mortgage crisis
  5. wall street
  6. oil
  7. stock market
  8. subprime
  9. credit crisis
  10. housing crisis

Fond Farewells

  1. heath ledger
  2. bernie mac
  3. tim russert
  4. isaac hayes
  5. george carlin
  6. brad renfro
  7. randy pausch
  8. paul newman
  9. boyd coddington
  10. michael crichton

Who is...

  1. who is obama
  2. who is mccain
  3. who is palin
  4. who is lil wayne
  5. who is miley cyrus
  6. who is dolla
  7. who is jonas brothers
  8. who is chris brown
  9. who is biden
  10. who is martin luther

What is...

  1. what is love
  2. what is life
  3. what is java
  4. what is sap
  5. what is rss
  6. what is scientology
  7. what is autism
  8. what is lupus
  9. what is 3g
  10. what is art

How to...

  1. how to draw
  2. how to kiss
  3. how to write
  4. how to cook
  5. how to tie
  6. how to hack
  7. how to run
  8. how to cite
  9. how to paint
  10. how to spell