Topic - New Year's Day

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  Four directors depart Yahoo amid struggles

  Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock and three longtime board members are stepping down, fulfilling the wishes of many frustrated shareholders who believe the directors have been part of the problem that has dragged down the Internet company's revenue and stock price.

• Chairman, 3 others out in Yahoo board shake-up

  Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock and three longtime board members are stepping down, submitting to the demands of many frustrated shareholders who blame them for contributing to the follies that have dragged down the Internet company's revenue and stock price.

• 4 Yahoo board member including chair leaving

  Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock and three longtime board members are stepping down, fulfilling the wishes of many frustrated shareholders who believe the directors have been part of the problem that has dragged down the Internet company's revenue and stock price.

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  Big donors help Romney in cash race

  Relying overwhelmingly on people who can afford to write $2,500 checks, Mitt Romney's campaign raised more money than President Obama's in 18 states, and more than Newt Gingrich's in all but three states, but the former House speaker received more than twice as much money as the former Massachusetts governor from people giving small donations.

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  N. Korea's young leader gets rock-star treatment

  North Korea's young new leader gets rock-star treatment when he visits his troops — just as his father did. But while the late Kim Jong-il mostly stayed aloof in dark shades, his son holds hands and hugs his soldiers.

• Taking Names: Aretha Franklin calls off her wedding

  Aretha Franklin won't be getting fitted for a wedding gown after all: She has called off her engagement.

• Aretha Franklin calls off her wedding

  Aretha Franklin won't be getting fitted for a wedding gown after all: She's called off her engagement. A statement released Monday by her representative said Franklin's wedding to Willie Wilkerson wasn't going to happen.

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  Boehner wants oversight of Obama policies

  As rancorous and partisan as Congress was in 2011, Capitol Hill looks to be even more politically charged this year, as House Republican leaders plan a sustained attack on the Obama administration's domestic agenda.

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  Congress revisiting bruising payroll tax cut fight

  With television lights glaring, 20 lawmakers will gather next week to revisit the fight that consumed Congress before Christmas over renewing a Social Security payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits.

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  House nixes $1.2T hike in debt limit in symbolic gesture

  In its first real bit of business to mark the new year, the House passed a symbolic Republican measure against President Obama's request to increase the federal debt limit by $1.2 trillion.

• China says government to be more open

  China will be more open about the often secretive workings of the government and ruling Communist Party in the coming year, although strict controls over the Internet would remain in place, a senior propaganda official said Wednesday.

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  HANSAN: Enviros to babies: We hope you're born dumb

  Thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), everyone will breathe a little easier in the new year, apparently, as the agency begins enforcing tougher emission standards on coal-fired power plants. It was a cause celebre for the Sierra Club and its inside-the-Beltway campaign "Beyond Coal," which exposed Washingtonians to endless ads of coughing babies and tuna-fish sandwiches.

• SGT. SHAFT: Vet's wife wants to return found dog tags to owner

  Dear Sgt. Shaft: I have been searching the Web for some information and found your site. I thought possibly you could help me. We lived in New Jersey for 30 years, and my husband found much pleasure digging with his metal detector at a lake near our home when the dam broke. Among many of the items he found was a dog tag for: William Thomas McClain — 713-07-82 — T644TYPE-O USNR/C. I would like to return his dog tags to him and wonder if you could give me any info as how I could find info on his whereabouts.

• Championship pedigree shows for Brady, Eli

  The playoffs have a way of bringing out the pedigree in NFL quarterbacks. Simply take a look at the fingers of Tom Brady and Eli Manning to recognize it.

• Hackers disrupt Israel airline, stock market sites

  A hacker network that claims to be based in Saudi Arabia paralyzed the websites of Israel's stock exchange and national airline on Monday, escalating an international cyber war that has jolted this security-obsessed country.

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