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A 12-year-old west Florida boy apparently struck by a bullet fired skyward during a New Year's eve celebration is improving, but remains in serious condition, authorities said Tuesday... Police believe that celebratory gunfire, possibly shot from miles away, wounded the boy.

After a year marked by a wave of popular uprisings, deadly natural disasters and continued economic uncertainty, millions around the world are set to ring in 2012 with a party... As the clock strikes midnight around the world Saturday, people are ushering in a new year with fireworks and festivities, purpose and promises -- and a string of resolutions they'll no doubt break.

Nothing short of a new year's miracle: An Italian man shot in the temple while out celebrating New Years Eve in Naples not only survived the wound, but sneezed out the bullet.

Stock indexes were mixed Friday in quiet New Year's Eve trading....

Multicolored starbusts and gigantic sparklers lit the midnight sky over Sydney Harbor in a dazzling fireworks show witnessed by 1.5 million enthusiastic spectators who camped out all day to ring in the new year.

India increased security in major cities across the country Tuesday after receiving information that a Pakistan-based militant group was planning an attack over New Year's weekend....

The first of an expected 1.5 million New Year's revelers pitched tents and opened picnic baskets in Sydney on Thursday to get ...