New Year's Day/Eve News

New Yorkers know that September is the real start of the new year. Yes, you're expected to head back to your desk , but on the plus side, the city's cultural life kicks into full gear.

This time of year, most of us are dreaming of air conditioning, not a white Christmas.

Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Communities , Central Government Tuesday 2nd September 2008 - 2:47pm Home Secretary appeals to parents over gun crime Home Secretary Jacqui Smith appealed to parents ...

With public school starting next week, fewer districts across the state are beginning the new year with unresolved teacher contracts than last year.

State Treasurer Kay Ivey is determined to run for governor or lieutenant governor in 2010.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Five Sudanese men accused of murdering a U.S. aid worker are religious extremists who plotted to attack foreigners at New Year's Eve gatherings, Sudanese prosecutors told a court on Sunday.

The five defendants chanted "God is great" as they walked into the East Khartoum court and were greeted by a crowd of supporters who shouted religious slogans and "Down, down, USA".

All five men wore beards and traditional white gowns, and a Reuters reporter at the court saw two of them spit in the faces of two Western women journalists before walking into the building with iron shackles on their ankles.

It's the rare child who's completely confident and ready to take on a new year at school.

Mr. Harper was speaking on the eve of the release of second quarter GDP data, which will show whether Canada has had negative growth for two successive quarters - the most popular technical definition of a ...

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Mara Lewin anticipates a sweet new year with the new Congregation Shaarey Israel.

The Canadian navy's two vintage supply ships are obsolete, out of spare parts and may not meet today's tough environmental standards, say documents obtained by The Canadian Press.

Lunch ended, and students started heading upstairs. The rumble of voices, which grew in volume as they reached the lockers at Horizon Middle School, were a sign for teachers to go outside their doors.

A 61-YEAR-OLD North Devon man who knifed a partygoer at a New Year celebration and nearly killed him has been jailed for 10 years.

When Trisha Chang attended the annual Hmong festival with her parents about 10 years ago, there were very few non-Hmong attending, she recalled.

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New Delhi : On the eve of 'Navroz', the Parsi New Year, President Pratibha Patil on Monday wished the country happiness and prosperity.

'Misanthrope seeks misanthrope" is how the scruffy, depressed screenwriter headlines his craigslist personal at the outset of the sweetly comic L.A. love story In Search of a Midnight Kiss.

Students and teachers in Houston and Peach counties ended their summer break last week as classes began in both school systems.

It's hard to believe that we're already entering another new year. The holidays always seem to arrive so quickly, and the hustle and bustle of the season often makes it hard to properly plan for all of the ...

The Springtime charitable Foundation kicked off its new fiscal year Aug. 31 by holding the first board of director's meeting of the year.