New Year's Day/Eve News

The new year is upon us, and many are thinking of habits to give up or activities to begin doing.

Southampton Village Mayor Mark Epley and Village Board members Nancy McGann and Paul Robinson were each sworn in to a third two-year term on Tuesday afternoon during a ceremony on the steps of Village Hall, and Mr.

New Year's Eve takes an especially glittering turn this year with another intriguing celebration at a castle on the north coast.

The Illinois State Police announced today the fatality figures during the Combined Accident Reduction Enforcement period which ran from December 19 - 21.

It wouldn't be a Fourth of July in South Florida without some idiot shooting his gun into the air.

You could call them the kill-joy crew. Firefighters spent the better part of July Fourth on the prowl for things that go ka-boom and light up the sky - the sidewalk and back-yard pyrotechnics.

There were no parties, no live countdowns on the major networks. We couldn't even find a group of accountants with noisemakers and party hats anywhere in town.

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.