Tiny independent television station KDOC in Orange County is hoping the worst part of the year came at the beginning, after its first-ever live New Year's Eve broadcast, First Night 2013 hosted by Jamie Kennedy, turned into an epic disaster.
Some people imbibe a little too much champagne on New Year's Eve and forget the night's previous events. So in the interest of helping those people piece together their night, we compiled a little news roundup of events from around the world.
Discovered: Scientists hazard their latest guesses about what we'll experience in the new year, showing us previews of rising sea levels, soaring temperatures, and a close encounter with a supercomet.
Because the only thing better than Times Square is Times Square littered with bright pieces of paper.
Just in time for the first holiday of 2013, here are all, or at least a few, of your most pressing New Year's Eve questions, and some answers, for the night ahead. You're welcome.
At an unnamed bar somewhere in the middle of Anytown, America, in the late hours of December 31, 2012, a group of New Year's Resolutions were deep in conversation.
The world's biggest party night is less than a week away, meaning if you don't have great plans by now, you're screwed. Or not! Here are some things to remember before you start worrying too much about next Monday evening.
We are firmly, if temporarily, ensconced in that weird, limbo-esque time that exists between Christmas and New Year's Eve. Here are some things to do while we wait for 2013.
Discovered: Bigger babies don't mean fatter kids, why a month-long drinking detox won't save your liver, the in vitro fertilization twin phenomenon, and glaucoma risk factors.
This is a bit macabre, but the ratings for ABC's annual "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" are at their highest in years when the world is predicted to end.
New Year's Eve is usually celebrated with drinks, chinese food, noise makers and confetti and sealed with a kiss at midnight, but some celebrate differently, like by kissing Lady Gaga, clashing with cops, burning cars in Hollywood and stripping on CNN. Welcome to 2012.
A 2010 pairing: well-wishing from the Oval Office, and a foul-mouthed outburst to test the FCC
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Parsing the portents of a rare astronomical event
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