New Years Eve

Live from New York, It's L'Shanah Tova

Jon Chattman | Posted 09.18.2009 | Comedy


Jon Chattman

I'd like to see a world in which Dick Clark can come out early in the morning with a shofar and usher in a "Rockin' Rosh Hashana Eve." Note to Ryan Seacrest: get ready to rock that yarmulke.

Passages

Neil McCarthy | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living


Neil McCarthy

We should celebrate New Years in June, not January. Things seem to more or less end in January.

Reporter Heckled, Kissed, Mooned During New Year's Broadcast (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 02.02.2009 | Media


A reporter in Lake Tahoe, Nevada got more than she bargained for when she did some live reporting on New Year's Eve. Watch as revelers try to kiss h...

LEAP SECOND: Adding A Second On For 2009

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER and JAMEY KEATEN | Posted 02.02.2009 | Home


AT THE GREENWICH PRIME MERIDIAN, England — Just a second, 2009. It's going to take a little longer to say goodbye to the worst economic year sin...

Resolution for Evolution

Liane Weintraub | Posted 01.31.2009 | Living


Liane Weintraub

Since I've been an adult, I cannot think of a New Year that's been so universally anticipated... longed for, really.

New Year's Eve Around The World (SLIDESHOW)(PHOTOS)

Posted 01.31.2009 | Home


While revelers in America are still stocking up on champagne and putting on their makeup, most of the world has already celebrated New Year's Eve. Fr...

Ten Green & Non-New-Agey Spiritual New Year's Resolutions. [Contribute Your Number One Aspiration]

Waylon Lewis | Posted 01.31.2009 | Green


Waylon Lewis

So what can you do, if you're concerned 1) about being truly happy inside and 2) helping everyone else and the outside world to be happy and healthy?

My Kuffiyeh Says I Care

Meris Lutz | Posted 01.31.2009 | World


Meris Lutz

It's New Years Eve in Beirut, and everyone is wondering what to do. In times of war, going about one's usual business can be a form of protest. In times of solidarity, the code of conduct is vague.

Celestial Show Set for New Year's Eve: What You Won't Want To Miss

Yahoo! News | Robert Roy Britt | Posted 01.31.2009 | Living


A delightful display of planets and the moon will occur on New Year's Eve for anyone wishing to step outside and look up just after sunset. Venus, ...

New Year's Resolutions

One For The Table | Posted 01.31.2009 | Living


One For The Table

I'd really like to lose 15, but I might lose 5. Either way, I need to feel good in my own skin and accept the fact that I'm not going to get any cuter.

"Sleepwalking" Sexual Assault Defendant Beats Charges

The Daily Mail | Posted 01.31.2009 | World


A man was acquitted of sexually assaulting a young girl after medical experts said he was sleepwalking. Alan Ball, 35, climbed into bed with the ch...

How to Host A Dinner Party

Best Life Magazine | Jay McInerney | Posted 01.31.2009 | Living


It's New Year's Eve and what better way to ring in 2009 than having a few of your nearest and dearest over for some celebratory substenance? Best Life...

New Year's Eve Fireworks: Australia Brings In 2009 (VIDEO)

AP | KRISTEN GELINEAU | Posted 01.31.2009 | World


Fireworks exploded in a kaleidoscopic shower of light over Sydney's shimmering harbor Wednesday, as the world's first major city to ring in 2009 celeb...

Clintons Leading Times Square New Year's Eve Ball Drop

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics


NEW YORK — Last New Year's Eve they were in Iowa. This year, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton will be in Times Squa...

2009 Sign Brought To You By... Liza Minelli's Legs?

Bits | Jenna Wortham | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green


This New Year's Eve will have a very light, very slight green tinge to it: the gigantic "2009" sign in New York City will be powered by generators fil...

Recession Proofing New Year's Resolutions

Donna Schaper | Posted 01.30.2009 | Living


Donna Schaper

Revitalized expectations, even if they are "downsized," can offer more comfort than upsized expectations. When we let go, we ripen.

As Well As Can Be Expected

David Horton | Posted 01.29.2009 | Living


David Horton

On New Years Day, we think that we have got rid of all the things that made 2008 a bad year, and 2009, just like a new born baby, has endless potential for good, for refreshing the human spirit.

You Are a Whole Different Person When You Are Scared

Val Strange | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics


Val Strange

The cancer of our sick economy already metastasized to the bone, but analysts are hard-pressed to diagnose the current conditions akin to the Great Depression.

The Poet Behind "Auld Lang Syne"

John Lundberg | Posted 01.28.2009 | Style


John Lundberg

When you raise your glass to celebrate the New Year, you'll probably be reciting a poem by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. And this January, there will be another reason to remember Burns.

Your Private Sommelier's Gift Giving Guide

Marlene Rossman | Posted 01.27.2009 | Style


Marlene Rossman

Aunt Ethel knitted you a duck sweater again, even though you are 40 years old. You got fruitcakes and boxes of those horrible gingerbread cookies. Now it's time for you.

New Year's Rockin' Eve! Ringing In The New Year With CNN Over Fox

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Who knows whether Anderson meant it last night when he said, "Man, this is the last time I'm agreeing to do this," but methinks CNN will have something to say about that particular New Year's Resolution.

5 Bombs Wound Dozens In Thailand On New Year's Eve

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Suspected Muslim insurgents set off five bombs early Monday in a Thai-Malaysian border tourist town, wounding 27 people, many of them New Year's revel...