Hundreds of spectators will fill the streets of downtown Miami to see a gigantic smiling orange rise to the top of the Intercontinental Hotel. Read More
Whether looking for the live music and crowd of a bar, a romantic evening at a quiet restaurant or a way to give back while ringing in the New Year, downtown Midland is offering locals plenty of options when choosing where to stand when the clock strikes midnight Dec. 31. Read More
Revelers bidding adieu to 2009 can go to one party, check out one event or see one performance. Read More
POKER, for age 55 and older. 1:30-4 p.m. Thursdays and Tuesdays, Loudoun County Senior Center at Cascades, 21060 Whitfield Pl., Sterling. $1; center members, free. 703-430-2397. Read More
Police in Dayton have released the name of a man who was arrested in connection with a bank robbery. Read More
SOME call it destiny, others call it luck... but there is nothing better than the word enterprising to best describe Mr Nallakaruppan - yes, that's his full name - who owns nine 7-Eleven convenience stores in Singapore and is looking to add to that number. Read More
VENEZUELAN authorities confirmed on Friday that nine people who had earlier been reported missing were killed after a fire broke out on a Greek-flagged ship. Read More
ITALIAN Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi called for an end to hatred and extremism in a television interview on Friday following the Christmas assault on Pope Benedict XVI. Read More
British troops in Afghanistan are getting an extra hour of free talk time to ring home over the Christmas period, at the end of a year which has seen 106 of their colleagues killed there. Read More
THE Archbishop of Canterbury has warned that children are being forced to grow up too quickly and are being driven into "misery and exploitation" by modern society. Read More
Unapologetic about their less than pioneering place in the emo pop scene, Maryland quintet Downtown Singapore closely followed ... Read the full Downtown Singapore bio.