2012 Extreme Weather Sets Records, Fits Climate Change Forecasts

While Washington bickers over the fiscal cliff, and normal people frantically finish their Christmas shopping, numbers geeks have been eagerly awaiting the 2012 census population estimates. These are the annual revisions

MERIDA, Mexico — Dec. 21 started out as the prophetic day some had believed would usher in the fiery end of the world. By Friday afternoon, it had become more comic than cosmic, the punch line of countless Facebook posts and at least several dozen

To Jimi Hendrix, music was a religion. To Twitter users, music is a conversation starter and so much more. Here's how music ruled Twitter in 2012.

The year in technology: 2012. CBS. Looking back on 2012, it's hard to believe that this year brought us two new iPads and a mini, a jump from the edge of space and an Internet blackout. 18 Photos

Last week, we posted a long and varied collection of our contributors' favorite books of 2012. Since then, a few more writers have weighed in.