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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Hours before Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Rockettes were set to usher in the new year, Times Square was teeming Monday with revelers wearing plastic "2013" glasses and snapping photos.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Big Apple is a bigger-than-ever tourist draw, welcoming a record 52 million visitors this year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Monday.

MONTPELIER, Vt. - At the Lakefront Express Mart in Island Pond, owner Bob Dexter said Monday he's hopeful for a winter of plentiful snow, good snowmobiling and strong business.

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar rang in 2013 with its first public New Year's Eve countdown and a grand fireworks display, a celebration unprecedented in the former military-ruled country.

KEALAKEKUA, Hawaii - For ukulele dealer Brian Kiernan, Kona coffee is as good as hard currency — and that says a lot about its status on the Big Island of Hawaii.

CANBERRA, Australia - Sydney's skyline erupted with tons of exploding fireworks as revelers cheered in the new year from the city's crammed harbour in the world's first major celebration for 2013.

SAN DIEGO - It's been almost 60 years since James McEachin returned home with a bullet still lodged in his chest, finding an America indifferent toward the troops who fought in Korea. Now he will get the homecoming parade he had expected.

ALBANY, N.Y. - The upstate New York village that bills itself as the birthplace of the U.S.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - When revelers pack Times Square for the annual New Year's eve celebration on Monday night, police will observe a tradition of their own: giving them lots of company.

NEW ORLEANS - Top New Orleans chefs will be cooking up some of their finest fare in a salute to one of their own — the city's queen of Creole cuisine, Leah Chase. Chefs John Besh, John Currence, Susan Spicer and John Folse will be cooking at a Jan.