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NEW YORK, N.Y. - When revelers pack Times Square for the annual New Year's eve celebration on Monday night, police will observe a tradition of their own: giving them lots of company.

NEW ORLEANS - Top New Orleans chefs will be cooking up some of their finest fare in a salute to one of their own — the city's queen of Creole cuisine, Leah Chase. Chefs John Besh, John Currence, Susan Spicer and John Folse will be cooking at a Jan.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Casinos bosses are hoping for a bright and profitable night as thousands of partiers descend on Sin City to usher in 2013 with big-name concerts, celebrity toasts and a fireworks display billed as the country's largest.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Sin City has another New Year's Eve planned with celebrity-studded bashes, exclusive concerts and a rooftop fireworks display billed as the nation's largest.

Italy has more of Europe’s cultural heritage than any other country — and the Italians are doing a fine job of sharing it with their visitors.

MIAMI - With its sizzling beaches and steamy nightlife, it's no wonder Miami is a top vacation spot for snowbirds, spring breakers, international tourists and passengers heading out on cruises from Florida ports.

THE BOTTOM, Bonaire - The small propeller airplane lands quickly and softly, like a butterfly, on one of the world's shortest commercial runways on the rainforest-capped island of Saba, which rises stunningly out of the Caribbean.

VICKSBURG, Miss. - The Lower Mississippi River Museum uses hands-on displays to help people understand the lore and power of the waterway that has shaped North American life for centuries.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Southeastern Michigan's first big winter storm dumped more than half a foot of snow Wednesday, causing widespread accidents and forcing hundreds of flight cancellations or delays at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

CAIRO - At Egypt's Pyramids, the desperation of vendors to sell can be a little frightening for some tourists. Young men descend on any car with foreigners in it blocks before it reaches the more than 4,500 year-old Wonder of the World.