Yahoo! aggregates the billions of searches performed across Yahoo! properties to give the pulse on what people are thinking and talking about. Searches represent the people, an instant poll every moment of the day, looking into the fleeting moods and entrenched attitudes of Internet users across the world. Each week Yahoo! Web Life Editor Heather Cabot explores these trends on local and national broadcast. With a government shutdown looming searches are buzzing this week. Also, Tina Fey is grabbing headlines and some interesting foods are causing searches to soar.

Government Shutdown
The looming government shutdown is keeping Yahoo! users buzzing this week – searches are up 1,600%. Folks want to know what happens if a budget deal doesn’t materialize by the end of the week. People are turning to Yahoo! to get answers to their questions. Some of the top related questions being searched this week are:

• what is a government shutdown?
• will the government shut down?
• what happens in a government shutdown?
• will a government shutdown affect social security checks?
• how will government shutdown affect veterans?
• how will government shutdown affect military pay?

Foodie Faves
Here’s something we noticed over the last seven days --- it seems like a lot of Yahoo! users have the munchies. First it was Denny’s bacon sundae that spurred lots of interest.. And now we’re seeing tons of searches for crepes - all kinds of crepes. The top crepe types being searched this week include strawberry, mango, and French crepes. And also on the French side…french toast! French toast in particular seems to growing more popular right now as a new wave of home cooks look for recipes for casseroles, stuffed and blueberry versions of the breakfast favorite. According to the latest Yahoo! Clues data the top states searching french toast are Illinois, Texas and California. Check out some of the best recipes on Yahoo! Shine

Home DIY Projects
A lot of people looking forward to rolling up their sleeves and getting outside to do some home projects, according to searches on Yahoo! this week. With warm weather on the horizon, we’ve seen a huge jump in searches for "tree house plans" and also "how to make a lemonade stand." Other trends on the DIY front, how to build a greenhouse, how to build a picnic table and how to make a rain barrel.

Check out the video for more trends spiking this week.

-The Search Trends Team, for questions please contact the team at searchtrendsteam@yahoo-inc.com