New Year's Day/Eve News

New Year's resolutions often seem like a good idea, and many people make them year after year.

Italian traditions at New Year's include getting rid of old possessions by throwing them out the window just after the stroke of midnight in hopes of forgetting old transgressions and letting yourself have room for new happiness in the new year.

The United States followed its own military timetable for the 2003 invasion of Iraq rather than allowing diplomacy to run its full course, the former British ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday.

The Big Chill Bar in Bristol has announced it is is going global this New Year's Eve with a FREE event.

"? Lori Consalvo Nov. 25, 2009 -- As you fill your plate with Thanksgiving turkey, Christmas cookies and New Year's nachos, remember this fun fact -- studies show people gain one to three pounds on average during the holiday season.

Ancient traditions are increasingly mixing with a modern twist for California's Hmong community, which began New Year's celebration Thursday.

Singer Mariah Carey and actor Nick Cannon attend the 2009 Fresh Air Fund Salute To American Heroes at Tavern On The Green on June 4, 2009 in New York City.

Q: My dad lives in Texas and I've always spent every other Christmas with him there.

Rosh Hashanah was back in August, but if you are Jewish and celebrating the secular New Year feel free to celebrate with your friends and family.

Every year we make the same New Year's resolution to save more for retirement. And, for once, we actually followed through.

Delaware River Waterfront Corporation officials announce that New Years Eve is going to be twice as nice as last year! President Tom Corcoran explains what you can expect: "This year for the first time, we will be presenting two fireworks shows - one at midnight and one at 6pm." Corcoran says it will make it easier for families to make an exciting ...

Rihanna will earn $500,000 to perform at a New Year's Eve party. The 'Umbrella' singer has been asked to sing at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi to help revellers see in 2010 in what will be her first performance in the Middle East.

While everyone is getting ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas most people are not thinking about new workout strategies.

Planning to celebrate New Years Eve 2010 in Orlando? All of the theme parks will be hosting special events and festivities throughout the day, and most will be open for extended hours to accommodate for guests watching the fireworks at midnight.

The team conducting the official Iraq War inquiry will not "shy away" from criticism, the man in charge warned as the long-awaited probe began.

A MASTER political tactician, Mr Robinson's speech offered something for everyone.

Scotland Yard detectives have passed files to prosecutors on MPs and peers facing criminal charges of fraud over their expenses claims.

Former police officer Mohammed Mian has been jailed after admitting causing death by dangerous driving A former police officer who killed a man and left his wife confined to a wheelchair after ploughing into them as they walked home on New Year's Eve was jailed for four years today.

Sam Ronson and Lindsay Lohan will be ringing in the New Year Down Under. The trouble-prone actress and her on-again/off-again flame have been booked for the 2010 New Years Eve Celebration at the Sydney Opera House in Australia, The Daily Telegraph has learned.

On New Year's Eve each year, thousands line up at fish counters across Hawaii to buy blocks of raw tuna, hoping that eating it will bring good luck and prosperity in the new year.