New Year's Day/Eve News

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.

A second suspect was arrested this week in connection with the attempted murder of an Ojai man on New Years Eve, authorities said today.

New York City hosts some of the best New Year's Eve sex parties in the world. If you take the three most provocative terms out of that sentence, which would be "New York City", "New Year's Eve" and "sex parties", you have a combination of terms that cannot compete with anything in the world.

Heartburn and the holidays: Perhaps you just accept that they go together. After all, more than the turkey gets stuffed on Thanksgiving.

Antibalas After dedicating the last three years to providing the musical foundation and pulse for the latest off-and-on-Broadway sensation, Fela! , Antibalas brings the party back to its Brooklyn roots for a weekly residency at the iconic music venue, the Knitting Factory.

Does your usual pre-party preparation consist of smearing on a slick of lippy in the cab on the way to the venue? Don't worry, you're not alone.

Las Vegas Herald Wednesday 18th November, 2009 Washington, November 18 : Christina Aguilera is reportedly inviting fans to join in her bash New Year bash in Las Vegas - for a price.

The red shirts' "showdown rally", with some 1 million protesters, is expected to start on November 29 and is aimed at overthrowing the government before New Year's Day.

Say goodbye to 2010 in Times Square when the famous ball drops at midnight on New Year's Eve.

Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Central Government Tuesday 17th November 2009 - 8:49am Brown urges timetable talks for Afghan security handover A "clear timetable" for the handover of security to Afghan forces could be agreed by January, Gordon Brown suggested in a fresh bid to reassure voters about the war.

New Years fireworks will be returning to the rooftops of strip casinos, which was last done to ring in 2008.

You've seen the decorations in the stores. That tells me that the year end is approaching, and there may be some last-minute financial moves worth considering.

It stands to reason that there will be a lot of great sex parties in Miami on New Years Eve.

Senior Labor figures - including members of both the Right and Left factions - are agitating for Premier Anna Bligh to be dumped early in the new year.

Deportation proceedings will be sought for two Calgary brothers convicted of crimes, one who killed a woman after plowing his van into New Year's revellers.

BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown is preparing an apology for thousands of children shipped off to Australia and other Commonwealth countries last century.

Pacha have confirmed the line up for their New Years Eve celebration which includes Funkagenda and Kim Fai .

Certified personal trainer Traci Fisher knows that there are two kinds of clients: those who need to be motivated to exercise face-to-face and those who like to work out on their own schedule.

Las Vegas Events and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority announced Friday that the New Years Eve celebration known as Americas Party: Las Vegas New Year 2010 will include a spectacular fireworks show fired from seven rooftop locations along the Las Vegas Strip.

Some fares will rise in the new year on the "state-run" East Coast Main Line, the route's new boss has said.