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The year that passed disappointed both investors and job seekers. Economists think the new year will be a bit better, with GDP growth rising to 2.4 percent. Much depends on European leaders' ability to fix the ongoing debt crisis; they may find a solution in 2012, but consequences are dire if not.

An NPR analysis of contributions week by week found that itemized contributions to Texas Gov. Rick Perry dropped 60 percent during the week following his first appearance in a GOP presidential debate, on Sept. 7. That same week, Romney's itemized contributions went up 50 percent. Compare the candidates' weekly fundraising totals in an interactive graphic.

From the dark-hued voice of a tenor in full cry, to the bustling style of new genre-bending composers, NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin an eclectic mix of new releases.

Nearly every year a decades-old school busing program is threatened by the Kentucky legislature in one of the state's largest — and most segregated — cities.

A decade ago, federal agents detained hundreds of workers in the massive immigration raid in New Bedford, Mass. But some say the raid brought the people of the community together.

The U.S. economy gained more than 200,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate fell to 8.8 percent, the Labor Department said Friday. The news is a bit better than most economists had expected. But they say it will still take several years before unemployment falls back to a normal level.

More than 600,000 people have fled the fighting in Libya, international agencies say — triggering one of the largest refugee crises seen in the past 20 years. Dealing with the displaced has stoked an already-hot political debate about immigration in Europe.

The law of supply and demand has been crushing home prices for years now, and it's still not getting better. Since fewer people are buying, several million houses are waiting in a long line to be put back on the market, an effect economists refer to as a housing shadow inventory.

It's not unusual for awful traffic conditions or incompetent driving to make some people really angry behind the wheel. But researchers say there may be a biological component to road rage — one that can be tempered with medication and, yes, time outs.

Golf in space is slightly different from that on Earth. For one, you have to tie down the ball. You also have to tie down the cosmonaut. During a spacewalk tonight, Mikhail Tyurin plans on doing just that as he takes the first swing at a ball in space since Alan Shepard's 1971 lunar game.