New York, New York Welcomes 2011
Hundreds of thousands of U.S. revelers have cheered the traditional ball drop in New York's Times Square to mark the start of 2011 hours after dazzling fireworks lit up Australia's Sydney Harbor for the new year.
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Hundreds of thousands of U.S. revelers have cheered the traditional ball drop in New York's Times Square to mark the start of 2011 hours after dazzling fireworks lit up Australia's Sydney Harbor for the new year.
Still digging out from a debilitating blizzard, New York was poised to welcome nearly a million visitors to Times Square on Friday for the country's largest annual New Year's Eve celebration. Nationwide, revelers set aside concerns about the winter weather and even potential terrorist threats to ring in 2011 at large and small gatherings.
The New York Police Department has announced street closures in anticipation fo the New Year's Eve Celebration in Times Square.
The snow is gone, the stage is set and New York is hours away from one of the most celebrated holiday events of the year.
MTV's plan to put "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi inside a ball to drop from the network's Times Square headquarters has been dropped after an objection by the Times Square Alliance.
As nearly a million revelers cram into the streets to mark the event, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is promising a safe celebration with no threats, but lots of security.
According to Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira, all signs point toward Andy Pettitte retiring after thirteen years in pinstripes.
The preparations were coming along, but the snow was still piled high on the sidewalks, and with these temperatures, it didn't look like it's going to go anytime soon.
The Pakistani man detained in Maine during an investigation of a botched car bombing in New York City's Times Square no longer faces deportation and is pursuing permanent residence status so he can remain with his wife in South Portland, his attorney said Thursday.
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All Cam Newton did week in and week out was perform at a level no other player in the country was able to reach.
You know it's New Year's Eve when the Snooki drops -- or at least you will this year.
New York City's TKTS booth just got really, really small.
Newton and James were named finalists for the Heisman Trophy on Monday, and will be joined by Stanford's Andrew Luck and Kellen Moore of Boise State for Saturday's announcement in Times Square.
A detention hearing was scheduled in Boston on Friday for Aftab Ali Khan, who is charged with immigration fraud and lying to investigators. He is not accused of knowing about or trying to participate in the botched attack.
Authorities say a newly renovated apartment two blocks from Times Square was being used as a major heroin-packaging mill to process millions of dollars' worth of the drug for sale.
Thousands of marchers paraded up Fifth Avenue today honoring those serving in the armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as those who wore the uniform during conflicts including World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
Tinker Bell christened the new shop by sprinkling electronic pixie dust over the 20,000 square foot store -- the largest one in the Disney store franchise -- located inside the former Virgin Megastore at 1540 Broadway.
And stepping into the arena on Friday was the very best riders in the world -- and that's no bull! What some call the toughest sport on earth hit Times Square. The top bull riders around let loose.
The top 10 bull riders in the PBR standings will compete in the middle of Times Square on Friday.
Robert Burck, the man known as the Naked Cowboy, was all buttoned Wednesday up as he announced his intentions to run for president in 2012.
"I have been trying to join my brothers ever since 9/11 happened. I am planning to wage an attack inside America," Faisal Shahzad said Tuesday.
New York City's most famous cowboy has been seized by naked ambition. Robert Burck plans to throw his hat into the race for President of the United States.
A man has been detained for allegedly playing an important role in the failed terror attack attempt.
