the buzz log

Every week is full of surprises, but the past seven days were particularly eventful. A bank announced a huge profit in the midst of the recession, a famed Olympian released a tell-all biography, and an original copy of one of the world's most treasured documents turned up in an Australian library. Take a look back at those stories and more with the Buzz Week in Review.

A bank that makes money? Huh?
If you told us last week that one of the nation's banks would post a $3 billion profit, we would have called you bonkers. But that's exactly what Wells Fargo managed to pull off this week. Queries on "wells fargo" and "wells fargo stock" posted triple-digit gains, as the company's stock surged 31% in one day. A blog from Yahoo! Finance explains just how the San Francisco-based company managed to achieve the inconceivable.

Dara Torres tells all
Famed Olympic swimmer Dara Torres caused a stir with the release of her autobiography, "Age Is Just a Number." The 40-something athlete was the week's biggest search term, with queries up an astonishing 61,625%. According to an AP article, the book recalls the swimmer's battle with bulimia and the emotional distress from her divorce. Like most good books, this one has a happy ending. In case you forgot, the 41-year-old (who looks like a 21-year-old) captured three silver medals at last summer's Olympic games.

The real Schindler's list
Imagine going about your daily business at the local library when suddenly you discover something that, most people would agree, is priceless: an original copy of Schindler's list. The document was recently discovered in an Australian library, and news of its appearance sparked a tremendous amount of searches. Queries for "oskar schindler" surged 356% and lookups for the Oscar-winning film jumped 561%. Pictures of the document lit up the Web, as folks got to see the list that saved hundreds of lives.

Also buzzing this week...
• Kal Penn left mega-hit TV show "House" to work for the Obama administration.
• "South Park" took Kanye West's ego to task. Amazingly, it seems to have worked.
• GM showed off its newest ride, the Segway-esque Puma. Try not to laugh.