Updated: 9:38 AM 2012 brought some amazing memories but 2013 is going to be even better.

Posted: 10:30 AM Safety NYE celebration tips brought to you by our wonderful local law enforcement!

Posted: 9:52 AM The Austin police officer who helped stop Charles Whitman's 1966 sniper rampage from atop the University of Texas tower has died.

Updated: 9:48 AM Police searched for a woman who killed a man by pushing him in front of a subway train and released surveillance video Friday of her running away from the station.

Posted: 9:27 AM Judging by the overwhelming response at Wednesday's annual gun buyback program in Los Angeles, it seems Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's decision to bump the event forward five months in the wake of the tragic mass shooting in Connecticut was a smart one.

Posted: 9:45 AM The biggest trend in fashion for the new year might just be that there isn't anything especially trendy.

Updated: 11:50 AM (CBS News) Earlier this week, the Gannett-owned The Journal News, a newspaper covering three counties in the Hudson Valley, published an interactive map revealing the names of addresses of thousands of people who are licensed to own a handgun in New York's Westchester and Rockland counties.

Updated: 4:23 PM The holidays have passed but New Years is upon us. You know what that means… parties, the annual ball drop, sparkly outfits, an abundance of champagne and midnight kisses.

Updated: 2:05 PM I don't know about y'all, but anytime there's an excuse to get dressed up in a sexy, glamorous outfit I'll take it! The newest excuse, a new year is upon us!

Posted: 10:33 AM A new national study has found modest declines in obesity among 2- to 4-year-olds from poor families, a dip that researchers say may indicate that the obesity epidemic has passed its peak among this group.

Updated: 11:48 AM Starbucks Corp. will use its ubiquitous coffee cups to tell U.S. lawmakers to come up with a deal to avoid going over the "fiscal cliff" and triggering automatic tax hikes and spending cuts.

Updated: 10:34 AM "What if there had been room at the inn?" So many people have asked this question that I don't know who to attribute it to.

Posted: 10:24 AM Here's your "day of" checklist to make sure everything is ready for your party!

Updated: 10:18 AM Considering that tomorrow is Christmas, I thought that I would spread some holiday cheer with my version of the holiday hit, “The Twelve Days of Christmas”. Enjoy and happy holidays!!

Posted: 9:44 AM Newsweek released the cover for its last-ever print issue on Sunday morning.

Posted: 9:31 AM Come Donner! Come Blitzen! Come North American Aerospace Defense Command!

Posted: 9:14 AM As Christmas approaches, children around the world have Santa on the brain.

Posted: 9:39 AM President Obama plans to nominate Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts as secretary of state, a senior administration official said, succeeding Hillary Rodham Clinton and putting in place the first member of his second-term national security team.

Updated: 9:39 AM President Obama responded Friday to petitioners calling for more gun control, asking them for help in forging policies to help prevent shootings like the one that killed 20 children and six adults a week ago at an elementary school in Connecticut.

Posted: 9:26 AM House Speaker John Boehner was trying to show some muscle in his negotiations with President Obama on a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, which threatens to inflict financial pain on virtually every American household in the new year.

Updated: 4:25 PM Now on the eighth day of Christmas Parties, it's time to get together your party favors!

Posted: 1:06 PM Read carefully.

Updated: 12:43 PM Though the Mayans never really predicted that the world would end on Friday, some New Agers are convinced that humanity's demise is indeed imminent. Or at least that it's a good excuse for a party.

Posted: 12:29 PM Gov. Rick Perry has asked Texans to join him in a moment of silence Friday in memory of the 26 victims of the Connecticut school shootings.

Updated: 2:56 PM Here’s to the last Thirsty Thursday before Christmas!