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Man Drowns Trying to Fetch Girlfriend's Water Bottle

Man's mom says he could not swim

(Newser) - A Michigan man drowned in Lake Michigan yesterday while trying to retrieve his girlfriend's water bottle, reports the Chicago Tribune . Michael Hilling, 19, was sitting at the shore around midnight with his girlfriend when the bottle fell in. Hilling's mother said he couldn't swim. "Who would care about a...

Man Killed in New Year's Fireworks Accident

Police not sure yet if alcohol was involved

(Newser) - An Illinois man got a little too excited about the new year, and paid for it with his life. Robert Freund, 31, decided to celebrate by lighting a large firework shortly after midnight this morning, reports Chicago Breaking News . It went off, injuring him in the head and chest, and...

White Collar Criminals Riot in Britain

NYE booze crackdown sparks mutiny

(Newser) - Inmates at one of Britain's cushiest prisons didn't take kindly to staff trying to clamp down on New Year's Eve boozing. Around 40 inmates at Ford Open Prison mutinied shortly after midnight when staff ordered them to undergo breathalyzer tests for contraband alcohol, the Telegraph reports. Guards were forced to...

Best Cities for Singles on New Year’s Eve

Men, get thee to New York; women, try the West Coast

(Newser) - If you're a single lady and looking to ring in the New Year with a new love, go west, young woman—ideally to Los Angeles, the best city for single women in the nation, with 111,000 more single men than women. If you're a single man, however, the Northeast...

It's 2011 Somewhere: Australia Rings in New Year

The celebrations have begun...

(Newser) - You may be just waking up, but it's already 2011 somewhere—namely Australia and New Zealand, the first major countries to see the new year. Sydney celebrated with what's been touted as the world's most sophisticated New Year's fireworks display, the BBC reports. So, while you're waiting for your own...

10 Things to Help Get You Through New Year's Eve

A love for bad champagne and mini hot dogs will help

(Newser) - Ahh, New Year’s Eve. A holiday filled with inappropriately sparkly dresses and unnecessarily large quantities of tiny, tiny appetizers. On the Huffington Post , Alida Nugent lists 10 things you’ll need to get through “this sloppy and not-really-monumental occasion”:
  • That cocktail dress: In addition to the sparkles, it
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10 Classy and Classic New Year's Eve Party Ideas

Champagne glass towers and punch, please!

(Newser) - Want to usher in 2011 in a memorable fashion? Look to, oh, 1921 for inspiration. Lesley M M Blume reminds us that "there are still plenty of sublime, old-fashioned, glamorous amusements that we can import from bygone eras" to help us ring in the new year. She looks back,...

Why That New Year's Eve Kiss Might Be Lousy

The brain might know what the heart doesn't

(Newser) - Ah, the romance of the New Year's Eve kiss—the flushed cheeks, the quickened pulse ... the stream of bio-data rushing to the somatosensory cortex? A research scientist deconstructs the kiss in the Washington Post , explaining that there's a lot going on with all five senses during a seemingly simple lip-lock....

No, No, Beyonc&eacute; Performed for Gadhafi's Other Son
 No, No, Beyoncé 
 Performed for 
 Gadhafi's 
 Other Son  
feuds with dictators' kids
Jan 6, 2010 7:14 AM CST

No, No, Beyoncé Performed for Gadhafi's Other Son

Seif al-Islam's rep tries to give Gawker lesson in journalismism

(Newser) - Beyoncé spent her New Year’s Eve performing for Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's son—although Seif al-Islam's PR firm will have you know it wasn't him, as originally reported. “She actually performed for Col. Gadhafi’s other shithead son, Hannibal,” writes Adrian Chen on Gawker , before running down...

CNN Dumps Kathy Griffin
 CNN Dumps Kathy Griffin 



...OR MAYBE IT DOESN'T
Jan 5, 2010 2:30 PM CST

CNN Dumps Kathy Griffin

Griffin's New Year's Eve F-bomb faux pas won't get her invited back

(Newser) - After dropping the F-bomb, asking for a “bump” of cocaine, and theorizing on Anderson Cooper’s masturbation habits on New Year’s Eve, Kathy Griffin has finally gotten herself banned from CNN...or has she? “She was a total embarrassment,” a CNN insider tells PopEater . “Even...

Bow Wow Drinks, Drives, Tweets
 Bow Wow Drinks, 
 Drives, Tweets 
CHRIS BROWN ALONG FOR RIDE
Jan 4, 2010 8:04 AM CST

Bow Wow Drinks, Drives, Tweets

Rapper broadcasts bad behavior on Twitter

(Newser) - Bow Wow, you know you’ve hit a low point when Chris Brown is giving you advice. The rapper and Brown spent New Year’s Eve together—and Bow Wow allegedly got drunk, insisted on driving his Lamborghini, then Tweeted about it all the while. “Chris seemed like he...

JLo's Skintight Catsuit Grabs Eyes, Headlines
 JLo's Skintight 
 Catsuit Grabs 
 Eyes, Headlines  
happy nude year
Jan 1, 2010 10:36 AM CST

JLo's Skintight Catsuit Grabs Eyes, Headlines

Singer's New Year's Eve getup is the talk of Times Square

(Newser) - Jennifer Lopez stole the show at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve by performing in an outfit that provided just a bit more cover than Baby New Year's get-up. The entertainer's crystal-studded catsuit left almost nothing to the imagination as she high-kicked, writhed, and even crawled around on the rain-slicked...

Kathy Griffin Drops F-Bomb on CNN
 Kathy Griffin Drops 
 F-Bomb on CNN 
this sounds familiar
Jan 1, 2010 9:07 AM CST

Kathy Griffin Drops F-Bomb on CNN

Does it even matter anymore? wonders Rachel Sklar

(Newser) - Just wouldn't be New Year's Eve without Kathy Griffin hanging out with Anderson Cooper and saying something on live TV that makes him and the censors squirm. This year, she pretends to fumble over the name of Balloon Boy Falcon Heene. "Fal — f---in? Falcon? How do you say...

World Rings In 2010
  World Rings In 2010 
happy new year
Jan 1, 2010 5:18 AM CST

World Rings In 2010

Hundreds of thousands descend on Times Square

(Newser) - From Sydney to Times Square, the world rang in 2010 with the usual pomp and funny glasses. See the AP photos for a sampling.

NH Gay Couples to Ring In 2010 With Weddings

Some 40 pairs have applied as state legalizes same-sex marraige

(Newser) - Jeffry Burr and Neil Blair are just hours from their wedding, but there are no typical prenuptial jitters. After all, this is the third time they've exchanged vows. First they had their emotional—but legally meaningless—2006 commitment ceremony, then a civil commitment ceremony in 2008. Now, thanks to a...

What You'll Get at Your $650 Dinner Tonight
 What You'll Get 
 at Your $650 
 Dinner Tonight 
NEW YEAR'S EVE
Dec 31, 2009 12:41 PM CST

What You'll Get at Your $650 Dinner Tonight

Fancy restaurants still charging a bundle for New Year's Eve

(Newser) - Despite the still-grim economy and a recent British survey finding 80% of people plan to spend New Year’s Eve at home…one New York restaurant is still charging $650 for tonight’s prix fixe menu. Salon takes a look at what going extravagant might get you tonight:
  • Aureole, New
...

Sydney Starts Off 2010 With a Bang

Australian city gets drop on New Zealand with early display

(Newser) - Sydney welcomed 2010 a little early this year, with a 9pm fireworks display over the harbor for the family crowd. That hour in Australia happens to fall at midnight in Auckland, New Zealand, which usually lays claim to the first big celebration of the New Year, but appears to have...

US Warns of Bali Terror Attack Tonight

Authorities warn Western tourists to stay alert

(Newser) - Terrorists may be planning a New Year's Eve attack on the Indonesian island of Bali, Indonesian and US Embassy officials warned today. In an Embassy email to US citizens, the island's governor said, "There is an indication of an attack to Bali tonight." Tourism authorities in the popular...

This New Year's Eve, A Blue Moon

2nd full moon of month will grace last night of the year

(Newser) - New Year's revelers will experience an event that happens once in a blue moon. That's because there will be a blue moon—the occurrence of two full moons in the same month. Blue moons aren't actually all that rare: they happen about every 2.5 years. But there hasn't been...

LiLo and Ronson Duke It Out in Miami Hotel

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson kicked off the New Year with a blistering back-alley clash and a hotel brawl, the New York Post reports. A homeless man eating a sandwich watched them go nuclear behind a Miami club. "When I storm off, you are supposed to follow me!"...

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