17 best excuses for Romney's defeat

Election's forgotten winner: Harry Reid

Joe Biden's new role: "Parks and Recreation" guest star

China is biggest cyberthreat says congressional report

Must-see monologue

Obama wins, Netanyahu loses

"There Was a Country," Chinua Achebe's long-awaited memoir of Biafra

Celebrities pitch in for Hurricane Sandy relief

"Skyfall": Bi-curious Bond?

Gay marriage groups hope to turn focus from the ballot box

New York and Long Island impose gas rations

A look inside a Rockaway high-rise, neglected after Sandy

Life sentence in Arizona attack that wounded Giffords

Can Boehner tame Tea Partyers?

Pat Robertson on "Fifty Shades of Grey"

A neo-Nazi spotted among Keystone XL pipeline workers

Darwin outperforms on ballot

Measure that promotes safer sex for porn workers met with controversy

Hey, Obama, let's actually fix elections

Pain management

America didn't vote for a "grand bargain"

Dumb tweet of the day: Home improvement

Sen. Ron Johnson offers to mansplain the budget to Tammy Baldwin

Iran bans luxury imports as sanctions bite

NRA also lost big on Election Day

Weird news: New York woman works as professional cuddler

The coming debt battle

"Impeccably preserved" woolly mammoth excavated in France

Is the Great American Novel still relevant?

Kirk Douglas' revisionist history

California votes to reform "Three Strikes"

Pick of the week: Spielberg's magnificent "Lincoln"

Where is my true path in life?

Post-election, politicos cash in

Will Wall Street be punished?

Assad: There is no civil war in Syria

What defeat does to a party

Navy SEAL Team 6 punished for secrets breach

China's economy will surpass US within 4 years

'Next Bush' makes campaign filing in Texas

Condoleezza Rice: GOP sent 'mixed messages'

Marijuana legalization in Colo., Wa. raise specter of weed tourism

Two Bradbury works to be released this fall

Obama tears up when thanking campaign staff

Romney aides cut off by the cab ride home Tuesday night

Must-see morning clip

"Scandal": A cynical, progressive oddball soap opera with a lot of chutzpah

Britain honors Indian princess who doubled as spy

George W. Bush still haunts the GOP

After Sandy, thousands left to freeze in public housing

Small business owner fires workers after Mitt loses

Salon limerick contest

Can Wikipedia predict a box office hit?

Big Money lost the battle, but the war goes on

For crying out loud, we love you, Obama!

Romney: Not white enough?

Man creates Bilbo Baggins' home with 2,600 balloons

Mafia wars rage in Montreal

Bush got higher percentage of Mormon votes than Romney

Lawmakers facing ethics charges fared badly on Tuesday

Philip Roth: "I'm done"

What to make of Iranian planes shooting at a U.S. drone

Not Gangnam's style: The kitsch and soul of Kim Jong-Un country

Obama didn't crash the market!

Sandy damage estimated at $50 billion