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Montana farm groups are seeking to mediate with Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway over a proposed grain shipping rate hike slated to go into effect with the New Year.
A judge's decision to move Johannes Mehserle's murder trial to Los Angeles County is a setback for the former transit police officer charged with gunning down an unarmed man on New Year's Day.
Green Day already has New Year's Eve plans: They'll be ringing in 2010 with Carson Daly.
Powerball's launch in Arkansas may feel more like New Year's Eve than Halloween with a party in Little Rock marking the start of ticket sales Saturday night.
Many airlines are charging $10 extra for travel on peak days around Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's. Continental Chairman and CEO Larry Kellner was asked Wednesday by an analyst whether that practice could be expanded, and he explained the limits on that strategy.
The Supreme Court has declined a challenge to the way the death penalty is imposed in Louisiana, rejecting an appeal by a woman convicted for her role in a brutal New Year's Day attack on a retired minister.
Several big airlines this week have added $10 surcharges for most of their tickets for travel on three busy days around Thanksgiving and New Year's holidays.
Israelis celebrated the Jewish New Year Friday evening, grateful for the recent calm spell in the region but skeptical that the coming year would see the achievement of ever-elusive peace.
A judge has refused to drop a murder charge against a former transit police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man on New Year's Day.
Soprano Angela Gheorghiu has pulled out of the first six performances of the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Bizet's "Carmen," which opens New Year's Eve.
MOREHEAD, Ky. – Late in the morning last New Year's Day, Sam and Lynn Kissick received a devastating phone call that would tear their lives apart.
MOREHEAD, Ky. — Late in the morning last New Year's Day, Sam and Lynn Kissick received a devastating phone call that would tear their lives apart.
Premier Silvio Berlusconi slammed the paparazzi Sunday for taking photos of a New Year's party at his Sardinian home that was attended by an 18-year-old at the heart of a political and personal storm.
A grand jury in Texas has indicted a white Houston police officer in the New Year's Eve shooting of an aspiring baseball player who is black.
A former Missouri legislator has been sentenced to five years of probation for leaving the scene of an accident after hitting a pedestrian on New Year's Day 2008.
A German politician involved in a fatal collision with a fellow skier at the intersection of two trails in Austria was convicted Tuesday of negligent homicide.
The family of a man slain by a San Francisco Bay-area transit police officer early New Year's Day has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit.
Trading fireworks for somber prayer, Tibetans marked Wednesday's arrival of their new year with mourning as Chinese authorities sealed off Tibet and Tibetan regions in western China to foreigners.
North Koreans cheered leader Kim Jong Il when he appeared at a Lunar New Year celebration, state-run media said Tuesday, as the regime continued its campaign to quell speculation about the reclusive leader's health.
China welcomed the arrival Monday of the Year of the Ox with fireworks-filled celebrations, but the country's economic worries have already cast the new year in a more sober light.
A Beijing-based wedding videographer will debut his homespun Lunar New Year gala Sunday in a Webcast featuring rappers and stuntmen that poses a small but unprecedented challenge to Chinese state television's hugely popular variety show.
Like the celebration of Christmas in many western countries, the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday traditionally provides a significant chunk of annual revenue for many businesses in China and other Asian countries. Now squeezed by the global economic slump, many Chinese families and companies are cutting their spending on gifts and banquets to welcome the Year of the Ox, which begins Jan. 26.
Painter Wei Haibin is carefully weighing every purchase as he heads home to Hebei province for China's biggest family holiday — a time when the economy typically enjoys a bounce.
The former transit police officer charged with murder in the shooting of an unarmed black man on New Year's Day pleaded not guilty Thursday.
A man who collapsed while performing in Philadelphia's famed Mummers Parade on New Year's Day has died.
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Report: Tibet reopened to foreign touristsChina has reopened Tibet to foreign tourists, state media said Sunday, almost two months after imposing a ban ahead of politically sensitive anniversaries.
Celebrate New Year's EveCelebrate New Year's Eve ... And, Go "Green"!New Year's Eve parties in 2010 will definitely be going "green"!**From Las Vegas New Year's Eve to Pleasure Island New Year's Eve in Florida to Your Town, U.S.A. - save yourself time and money, stay home and hire in...
Celebrate New Year's EveFrom Las Vegas New Year's Eve to Pleasure Island New Year's Eve in Florida to Your Town, U.S.A. - save yourself time and money, stay home and hire in... pay hired help to serve your every beck and call, and do it while dictating the ultimate in New Year's Eve 2010 "green chic".
We are now at the beginning of a FRESH, NEW year and it is time to stop reflecting on the past year and start looking towards the future of your store and business!
Five 'Healthy' Foods That May Not Be - New Year, New You News Story - WDIV DetroitYou can find a health and fitness section in just about every newspaper, magazine, Web site and bathroom stall advertisement you see.
10 RESOLUTIONS FOR 2009 This coming year, I have decided that with God's help, I shall:- 1) Give up complaining . . . focus on gratitude. 2) Give up harsh judgments . . . think kind thoughts. 3) Give up worry . . . trust divine providence.
"Sorry of the Year"--Cory Aquino to Joseph EstradaAs we usher in a new challenging year, we can't help but bask in whatever good 2008 had for a tailender, one of which is the "sorry of the year." It was, in fact, the best news for the year that was.
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship: Making "Duck Soup" out of 2009As 2008 ends and this New Year begins, with all its fledgling promise despite turmoil and crisis, it's also that time when the media offers its lists of ten best or worst this and that of the previous year, an exercise that simultaneously entertains and infuriates.
Transcript: Weekly Democratic Radio Address - PE OBAMAPRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA: As the holiday season comes to end, we are thankful for family and friends and all the blessings that make life worth living.
German Soldier Clad Student Fatally Shot by PoliceA college student dressed in a vintage German military uniform who was fatally shot by police on New Year's Day was a harmless, eccentric history buff, his family and friends said Friday.
Americans customarily ring in the New Year with champagne, kissing, and promising themselves that they will be better people this year than last. Many of these often lofty goals go out the window by Easter, while others just may develop into healthier habits.
Obama's Crowdsourced Resolutions For 2009What should be Barack Obama's resolutions for the New Year once he takes office?
Perhaps more than ever in my life, I am ready to begin the new year with enthusiasm and patience for the spiritual path I am taking without the doubts and fears that plagued me in the past.
Only it really isn't next year. It's this year now. About 24.52 hours ago it was last year, which was then this year and this year was at that time next year. But now next year is this year and next year is a year(ish) away.
In this the first day in the year of our Lord 2009 there are things I must express. The full range of it troubles me and maybe it can't be explained. There in the mirror the eyes looking back express sorrow, joy, and pain. I see them there and I have to ask will this be a good …
Are you optimistic, pessimistic or not sure about 2009? Why? Is there anything in particular that you are looking forward to or dreading this year? What and why? Please feel free to vote and/or leave comments below.
New Year! It's time to change gears and drive on | Freep.com | Detroit Free PressI'm having a Splendid New Years....on the Internet with my friends throughout the world. My kids are tucked in, fast asleep. They don't give a damn about the NEW YEARS celebration....thankfully.
Bruce Forsyth knighthood campaign attracts 25,000 votes onlineDespite the 80-year-old's popularity, speculation is rife that he will not be knighted in the New Year honours list and will have to wait until 2010 for the honour.
Home for Fritzl girl and kidsExcerpt: INCEST monster Josef Fritzl's daughter Elisabeth and her six children will see in the New Year in a home of their own. The family has checked out of a villa in the grounds of a psychiatric clinic that has been their refuge for eight months.
There are things we do and regret. There are things that happened to us that we would love to forget. If you could start it all over again in 2009, what would you leave behind? What would you do differently?
Top Five Amazing Astronomy Discoveries of 2008Astronomers have continued to cast their eyes to the heavens, with bigger and better telescopes and as much passion as ever this year, but some of the coolest findings of 2008 were right in our own backyard — or at least looked like they were. More Articles
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