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Times Square revelers mark end of difficult decade (AP)

Christina Buckless of Baltimore, Md. takes photos of her friends while celebrating New Year's Eve on Times Square Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP – For all those reflecting glumly on the last 10 years of terror attacks, war and recession, Gail Guay has some advice: “Don’t look back.”


Black golf pioneer Powell dies (AP)

AP – Bill Powell, the first African American to build, own and operate a golf course, died Thursday. He was 93.

NKorea calls for end of hostile relations with US (AP)

South Korean conservative activists burn a North Korean flag during a rally, denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's policy at the Imjingak Pavilion, near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) of Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. North Korea called for an end of hostile relations with the United States in a New Year's message Friday and said it was committed to making the Korean peninsula nuclear-free through negotiations. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)AP – North Korea called for an end of hostile relations with the United States in a New Year’s message Friday and said it was committed to making the Korean peninsula nuclear-free through negotiations.


Bicentennial Anxiety: Why Mexicans Are Wary of 2010 (Time.com)

File photo shows the sun shining through the door of a Mayan temple in the Mexican state of Yucatan. Experts are studying the first Mayan hieroglyphic script dealing with the life of a high priest, his blood sacrifices and acts of penance, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) said.(AFP/File/Luis Perez)Time.com – The populace is anxious about the bicentennial of the founding of the country because really bad things seem to happen every 100 years


Iran’s opposition leader defiant after new threats (AP)

FILE - In this June 12, 2009 file photo, opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi holds his inked finger and identity card as he prepares to cast his vote in the Iranian presidential elections at the Ershad mosque, on the outskirts of Tehran, Iran. Amid the pro-government fervor, Iran's official news agency reported Wednsday Dec. 30, 2009 that the top two opposition leaders, Mousavi and mehdi Karroubi have fled the capital, Tehran. But a close relative of one of the men, Karroubi, told The Associated Press the report by the IRNA news agency was wrong and that Karroubi and the other leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi, were both at their homes in Tehran. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)AP – Iran’s opposition leader on Friday pledged to remain defiant in the face of new threats — including calls by hard-liners for his execution — and said he was ready to sacrifice his life in defense of the people’s right to protest peacefully against the government.


Police: Bank rob suspect was on ‘Deadliest Catch’ (AP)

Joshua Tel Warner, 23, is shown in a driver's license photo provided Dec. 31, 2009 by police in Eugene, Ore. Police say Warner was arrested in East Peoria, Ill., on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009 on a warrant charging him with three bank robberies in Eugene, Ore. Eugene police say he is the same Josh Warner who appears as a fisherman in the Discovery Channel show 'Deadliest Catch.'' (AP Photo/Eugene, Ore., Police)AP – Police say a man who appeared in the Discovery Channel show “Deadliest Catch” is wanted for three bank robberies in Oregon and has been arrested in Illinois.


Signs of movement seen in stalled Mideast process

RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli and Palestinian officials suggested on Wednesday progress had been made toward resuming negotiations following Egyptian-Israeli talks on a year-long deadlock in the Middle East peace process.

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