New Year's Day/Eve News

Perdue warns NC lawmakers at start of new year GARY D. ROBERTSON : ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Jul 1, 2009 Gov.

A reality TV show contestant says that he posed as the boyfriend of Noemi Letizia, the aspiring model from Naples, after Silvio Berlusconi attended her 18th birthday party in April.

They are dates only accountants, comptrollers and financial directors could love.

Members of the Shadow Cabinet will give up their second jobs by the end of the year as they gear up for the general election, David Cameron announced yesterday.

Authorities announced on Monday the indictment of a gang member accused in a New Year's 2003 shooting that killed two women and injured a 7-year-old boy caught in the crossfire in southeast San Diego.

A Sudanese court convicted five people Wednesday in the slaying of an American diplomat last year and sentenced four of them to death.

The two men accused of being involved with a shooting in the early morning hours of New Year's Day have asked their case be decided by a jury of their peers.

A pair of teenage killers will be sentenced for a New Year street attack on a much-loved family man in Cleveland.

As always, the advent of a new year means a shift in the collective topography of romantic relationships: A number of couples get engaged each year.

A man was found guilty of assault causing bodily harm June 18, and sentenced to a year in jail.

Four Sudanese men were on Wednesday condemned to hang for killing a U.S. aid official and his driver in Khartoum, and a fifth was sentenced to two years in prison.

Alistair Darling warned last night that the country would have to live within its means as the economy recovered, amid signs of growing confusion among ministers over public spending plans.

FLOWER POWER: Judge Leafa Wilson, left, checks out a creation by Kiri Kirkwood, pictured, and Ngahiwi Duffy during pre-judging for the Wintec Matariki Wearable Arts Awards on Saturday.

Any one due on New Year's Day? I am excited about the second trimester! What a relief.

Lake Superior Court jurors on Thursday convicted Jeremy Tyrone Luter of aggravated battery in a shooting on New Year's Eve 2007.

New Yeara s resolutions are usually a private affair, which is just as well, given how soon most of them are broken.

The downtown folks who sponsored Sacramento's first New Year's Eve ball drop last year have posed a challenge for New Year's 2010.

Sheriff Bruce Curnutt said he doesn't know if it's something in the water or added stress from the economy, but Le Flore County has seen an uncommon spike in the number of homicides he's investigating.

The Excalibur artillery set is one of the loudest and most popular fireworks you can buy.

When most people think of a New Years Eve party, they picture a party with mostly adults and do not usually think of children when considering these types of parties.