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Fireworks go off behind a Lego replica of New York City during a New Years celebration at Legoland, Calif. in Carlsbad, Calif. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker / AP)

New Year's parties start with huge fireworks displays

Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean was the first to welcome in 2009 at 10 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time. An hour later, firework displays in Auckland and Sydney started a night of global partying.

Times Online

Naples sex strike over fireworks

BBC

Ringing in the New Year

MSNBC

Jobless claims down sharply

The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits fell sharply, according to a government report, as a year filled with layoffs drew to a close.

CNNMoney

UN holds emergency Gaza crisis discussion

The U.N. Security Council is meeting to discuss the crisis in the Gaza Strip as international calls grow for a halt to the Israeli-Palestinian violence.

BBC

Israel rejects proposed 48-hour ceasefire

CBC News

Burris asks Ill. Supreme Court to confirm his nomination

Roland Burris, the man embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed to fill Pres.-elect Barack Obama's seat in the U.S. Senate, is asking the Ill. Supreme Court to confirm his nomination.

CNN

Blago plays offense with Burris pick

Politico

Race card dealt into Blagojevich scandal

CBS News

Back story

International Herald Tribune

Fewer Americans move out of state

Moving companies are delivering fresh evidence that Americans' wanderlust is waning. Interstate moves dropped substantially over the previous year, according to United and Atlas Van Lines.

USA Today

NATION

Troop deaths reached a low in 2008

As the year 2008 ends, annual U.S. troop deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan drop to the lowest combined total since the Iraq war began in 2003.

USA Today

US troops celebrate New Year in Kabul

YouTube

'Jena 6' figure tried to commit suicide, police say

The Louisiana teenager in the 2006 racially charged "Jena 6" assault case tried to commit suicide days after a separate arrest, a police report says.

CNN

Jena 6 teen shoots himself

YouTube

POLITICS

Poll: Obama leadership rates high as Bush's after 9/11

A national poll suggests that three-quarters of the public thinks President-elect Barack Obama is a strong and decisive leader, the highest marks for a president-elect on that characteristic in nearly three decades.

CNNPolitics

Election judge dumbfounded; her own ballot was rejected

Shirley Graham was astonished to learn that a lawyer from Norm Coleman's campaign blocked her absentee ballot from being added to the U.S. Senate recount.

Star Tribune

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Cracks emerge in a web security

Like many computer security threats, a new weakness in Web commerce emerged from the grass roots.

BusinessWeek

NASA finishes Columbia shuttle review

The astronauts killed during the 2003 loss of NASA's space shuttle Columbia survived less than a minute after their spacecraft began breaking apart, according to a new report.

Space News

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Shamelessly spoofing Sarah

In case you were not paying attention during the 2008 presidential election, here's a selection of the best spoofs on the Republican vice-presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

TIME

Kevin Bacon, economist may be latest victims in Madoff scheme

A prominent Wall Street economist, Hollywood actor Kevin Bacon and his wife are the latest people to have lost money on investments connected to accused swindler Bernard Madoff.

Reuters

SPORTS

Outdoor 'Classic' now most important date on NHL calendar

Ice hockey returns to its outdoor roots for the second year in a row when the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings clash at Wrigley Field in what has become a New Year's Day tradition.

Reuters

Broncos can Shanahan

The Denver Broncos announced they have fired longtime head coach Mike Shanahan. The move came after the Broncos completed an historic collapse.

KUSA

Why Broncos fired Shanahan

ESPN

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

No evidence that recession pulls people into pews

The recession has not led to an increase in attendance at U.S. houses of worship, according to Gallup pollsters.

Beliefnet

Black churches find new homes

Suburban churches are attractive because they have a more contemporary model of worship, often including ministries such as after-school programs for children.

Christianity Today

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GOOD NEWS

Grape extract kills cancer cells

An extract from grape seeds kills leukemia cells in laboratories, a study suggests.

BBC

Dog found shot twice now making miraculous recovery

At a Minneapolis animal hospital, Annie, a young golden retriever found in the snow wounded by two gun shots, is making a strong recovery.

MSNBC

WORLD

Pakistani investigators find Mumbai link

Pakistani investigators have unearthed substantive links between the gunmen who attacked Mumbai and a banned Pakistani Islamist militant group.

Reuters

Avalanche survivor: 'We did everything we could' for buried

Wiping tears from his cheeks, a man who survived avalanches that killed eight snowmobilers in Canada said that he tried to save his friends, but couldn't because of the threat of more slides.

CNN

BUSINESS

AIG seeks easing disposals rules

American International Group will ask the U.S. Federal Reserve to relax rules on its $60 billion-plus disposals program to allow bidders to use a greater proportion of shares to pay for its assets.

Reuters

Oil falls to $37, down 60 percent

Oil slid below $37 a barrel, heading for a fall of more than 60 percent in 2008 as the global economic slowdown bit deep into energy demand.

Reuters

HEALTH

Genetic tests offer promise of personalized medicine

"Personalized medicine," in which genetic screening gives doctors more evidence for tailoring treatments to patients, may potentially improve patient care.

International Herald Tribune

Obama's transition team seeks public input on health care

President-elect Barack Obama's transition team has set up a new round of public sessions it hopes will translate into real changes this time.

Associated Press

ENVIRONMENT

Calif. sues to block Bush endangered species rules

California is suing the Bush administration to block last-minute endangered species regulations that are intended to reduce input from federal scientists.

Associated Press

Pollution a factor in crab crisis

A report details for the first time the effects of pollution and overfishing on crab stocks and a once renowned crab industry.

Virginian-Pilot

EDUCATION

Year of bad reports, worse budgets for K-12 schools

The K-12 system felt the economic downturn in 2008, with states and school districts cutting budgets and preparing to cut more next fall.

USA Today

SAT changes policy, opening rift with colleges in US

This March, high school juniors taking the SAT will have the option of choosing which scores to send to colleges while hiding those they do not want admissions officials to see.

International Herald Tribune

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Pakistani border guards gesture during the "Beating the Retreat" ceremony at the India and Pakistan joint border check post of Wagah. (Photo by K.M.Chaudary / AP)

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