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Asians were the fastest-growing racial or ethnic group in the country in 2012, according to data released by the Census Bureau on Thursday. The state where the Asian population grew fastest? South Dakota.

The battle for the Senate was a proving ground for the new Citizens United politics. Outside groups unleashed heavily funded barrages of attack ads meant to help elect candidates while letting them keep their distance from the nastiness. In Ohio and Virginia, the tactic failed in rather dramatic ways.

Three players made history, teaming up to record three aces on a single hole on the same day for the first time ever at the Masters.

In what is only his second speech from the seat of presidential power since announcing the invasion of Iraq, President Bush outlines his plan for the way forward in Iraq.

Senate Democrats will ring in the New Year with a vote on a three-month extension of benefits for the long-term unemployed. Benefits for those jobless for more than six months expired on Dec. 28. Prospects for a revival of benefits are uncertain at best in the Senate, and the measure faces even bigger hurdles in the House.

The deal, with much less drama than past spending votes, is OK'd by a simple majority nearly a week after the House approved the measure.

The name of Washington's football team has been hotly debated: criticized for being a racial slur but defended but the team's owner as actually being a kind of tribute to Native Americans. Host Scott Simon talks to Forbes senior editor Kurt Badenhausen about the economics of the Washington Redskins brand.

The city's district attorney says his office will dismiss more than 3,000 misdemeanor convictions and reconsider thousands of felonies, going back more than 40 years.

The actor and puppeteer performed on the popular TV show from its very first episode in 1969 until his retirement last year.

The vote means the administration can continue to spend billions of dollars to construct a Southwest border wall. The fight shifts to federal court, where several states sued to block the president.