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Las Vegas rings in 2013 with large fireworks display, sold-out concerts

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Hundreds of thousands of revelers descended on the Las Vegas Strip to ring in the new year with the help of novelty drinks, celebrity toasts and a fireworks display billed as the country's largest.

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NM wraps up one of its driest, warmest years with a much needed blanket of snow

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A thin layer of snow blanketed parts of New Mexico on Monday to wrap up what has been one of the driest and warmest years on record for the state.

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Estimated 1 million to see ball drop and ring in 2013 in NYC's Times Square

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Hours before Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Rockettes were set to usher in the new year, Times Square was teeming Monday with revelers wearing plastic "2013" glasses and snapping photos.

Dec 31, 2012 12:41 PM Read more >

NYC counts 52 million visitors in 2012, setting new record, mayor says

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Big Apple is a bigger-than-ever tourist draw, welcoming a record 52 million visitors this year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Monday.

Dec 31, 2012 12:39 PM Read more >

Big snow boosts snowmobilers in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine

MONTPELIER, Vt. - At the Lakefront Express Mart in Island Pond, owner Bob Dexter said Monday he's hopeful for a winter of plentiful snow, good snowmobiling and strong business.

Dec 31, 2012 12:37 PM Read more >

Myanmar welcomes 2013 with first public countdown as it emerges from decades of isolation

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar rang in 2013 with its first public New Year's Eve countdown and a grand fireworks display, a celebration unprecedented in the former military-ruled country.

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Gourmet Kona coffee creates tourism buzz in Hawaii with farm tours, tastings

KEALAKEKUA, Hawaii - For ukulele dealer Brian Kiernan, Kona coffee is as good as hard currency 鈥� and that says a lot about its status on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Dec 31, 2012 9:10 AM Read more >

Asia-Pacific nations greeting 2013 eagerly; Myanmar celebrating with first public countdown

CANBERRA, Australia - Sydney's skyline erupted with tons of exploding fireworks as revelers cheered in the new year from the city's crammed harbour in the world's first major celebration for 2013.

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Pentagon to debut float in Rose parade to commemorate Korean War vets 60 years after armistice

SAN DIEGO - It's been almost 60 years since James McEachin returned home with a bullet still lodged in his chest, finding an America indifferent toward the troops who fought in Korea. Now he will get the homecoming parade he had expected.

Dec 31, 2012 8:59 AM Read more >

NY relic from War of 1812, hull of 1st US warship named Ticonderoga, still stored in open shed

ALBANY, N.Y. - The upstate New York village that bills itself as the birthplace of the U.S.

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