2015 arrives with old challenges, new possibilities - CBS News

After a turbulent year marred by terror woes, Ebola outbreaks and a horrific series of airline disasters, many could be forgiven for saying good riddance to 2014 and gratefully ringing in a new year. 16 Photos New Year's around the worldCities around the globe celebrate the New YearAcross the globe, revelers looking for a respite from the gloom converged on the beaches of Brazil, the shores of Sydney harbor and New York's Times Square to welcome...

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2015 starts with stampede in Shanghai, 'die in' in Boston - USA TODAY

AP 11:30 p.m. EST December 31, 2014 Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide A woman grieves in a hospital where some of the injured from the stampede were admitted, in Shanghai, China, Jan. 1, 2015. The stampede left 35 dead.(Photo: XING ZHE, EPA) Revelers converged on the beaches of Brazil, the skyscrapers of Dubai and New York's Times Square to say good riddance to a turbulent 2014 marred by terror woes, Ebola outbreaks and...

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Spectacular Drone Video Captures Sydney New Year's Fireworks - ABC News

<br />More ABC News Videos | ABC World News<br />Copy Sydney was among the first to celebrate New Year's 2015 and its spectacular fireworks display was caught on video for the first time by a drone at 1,000 feet.The eye-popping images take you inside what has become one of the world's most elaborate New Year's fireworks displays -- all taking place over Sydney Harbor."We are going to have drones flying around above the fireworks...

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WATCH LIVE: The Times Square New Year's Eve celebration - New York Daily News

Feel like watching the ball drop in Times Square on New Year's Eve, but don't want to deal with the 1 million people who will pack into urban corrals? Well, you'll be able to enjoy musical performances by American Authors and watch the countdown from the warm comfort of your own home all thanks to the Internet.There will be a live, commercial-free webcast of the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration on the night of Dec. 31.The New Year's Eve webcast...

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Stampede at Shanghai New Year's celebration kills 35 - CNN

NEW: Witness tells Xinhua people were scrambling for dollar-shaped couponsStampede breaks out at a New Year's celebration in ShanghaiAt least 35 people are killed, state media reportAuthorities are investigatingBeijing (CNN) -- At least 35 people were killed in a stampede at a New Year's celebration in Shanghai, China, state media reported.The stampede happened at about 11:35 p.m. Wednesday in a riverfront area known as the Bund, the state-run Xinhua...

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Toddler who shot mom 'unzipped' special purse gun pocket - Chicago Tribune

Concealed weapons are part of everyday life in Idaho, and that's unlikely to change in the Mountain West state despite a shocking accident in which a 2-year-old boy reached into his mother's purse, got ahold of her gun and shot her in the head inside a Wal-Mart.Veronica J. Rutledge, 29, was shopping Tuesday morning with her son and three nieces in Hayden, Idaho, when the small-caliber handgun discharged one time, killing her.Terry Rutledge, Veronica's...

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Spectacular Drone Video Captures Sydney New Year's Fireworks - ABC News

<br />More ABC News Videos | ABC World News<br />Copy Sydney was among the first to celebrate New Year's 2015 and its spectacular fireworks display was caught on video for the first time by a drone at 1,000 feet.The eye-popping images take you inside what has become one of the world's most elaborate New Year's fireworks displays -- all taking place over Sydney Harbor."We are going to have drones flying around above the fireworks...

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New Year's stampede in Shanghai: 35 dead, 43 injured - USA TODAY

Michael Winter, USA TODAY 7:53 p.m. EST December 31, 2014 Angry family members clash with security personnel in a hospital where some of the victims of a stampede by New Year's revellers were sent in Shanghai on Jan. 1, 2015. At least 35 people died in the stampede in Shanghai's historic riverfront. OUTSTR/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 536431435(Photo: STR, AFP/Getty Images) 450 CONNECT 4 LINKEDIN EMAILMORE New Year's revelers jammed along Shanghai's...

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New Year's stampede in Shanghai: 35 dead, 42 injured - USA TODAY

AP 6:17 p.m. EST December 31, 2014 Angry family members clash with security personnel in a hospital where some of the victims of a stampede by New Year's revellers were sent in Shanghai on Jan. 1, 2015. At least 35 people died in the stampede in Shanghai's historic riverfront. OUTSTR/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 536431435(Photo: STR, AFP/Getty Images) 303 CONNECT 1 LINKEDIN EMAILMORE SHANGHAI (AP) — Thirty-five people died in a stampede during...

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Suicide note of transgender Ohio teen inspires call to help others - Reuters

By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas Wed Dec 31, 2014 5:16pm EST AUSTIN, Texas Dec 31 (Reuters) - A transgender Ohio teen walked in front of an oncoming truck and was crushed to death on Sunday morning, leaving behind a suicide note that has resonated around the world and led to calls for a federal law to protect other transgender adolescents. Leelah Alcorn, born with the name Joshua, was 17 years old and said she had been forced to undergo conversion...

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Boy, 2, Accidentally Shoots and Kills Mom at Idaho Walmart - NBCNews.com

The family of a woman who was fatally shot by her two-year-old son in an Idaho Walmart Tuesday said she was a responsible gun owner and a "wonderful mother" who was "taken much too soon."Veronica Rutledge, 29, was killed after her son was able to grab a concealed handgun in her purse during a shopping trip at the store in Hayden, a town about 40 miles east of Spokane, authorities said."A tragic, tragic accident," Kootenai sheriff's Lt. Stu Miller...

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35 killed in New Year's celebration stampede in Shanghai - CNN

Stampede breaks out at a New Year's celebration in ShanghaiAt least 35 people are killed, state media reportAuthorities are investigatingBeijing (CNN) -- At least 35 people were killed in a stampede at a New Year's celebration in Shanghai, China, state media reported.The stampede happened around 11:35 p.m. Wednesday in a riverfront area known as the Bund, the state-run Xinhua news agency said. At least 42 people were injured, Xinhua reported.Reports...

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Abbas signs onto International Criminal Court after UN loss - Reuters

By Noah BrowningRAMALLAH, West Bank Wed Dec 31, 2014 4:50pm EST Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas listens to a question during a media briefing at the Union Building in Pretoria November 26, 2014.Credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed on to 20 international agreements on Wednesday, including the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a day after a bid for independence...

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Idaho Woman Shot by Son at Walmart Remembered as Scientist, Loving Mom - ABC News

<br />More ABC News Videos | ABC World News<br />Copy The young woman who was accidentally shot and killed by her 2-year-old son with her own gun is remembered as a loving mom and a scientist who was a star student at her rural high school in Idaho.Veronica Rutledge, who police say died after her toddler removed a concealed handgun from her purse at Walmart and shot her, worked at the Idaho National Laboratory. She was also a...

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NSW Police thank revellers for partying safely despite fireworks accidents and ... - ABC Online

Posted January 01, 2015 08:31:07 Police and paramedics have praised the behaviour of New Year's Eve revellers across New South Wales, despite 31 arrests and two fireworks accidents that left people critically hurt.NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Mick Fuller said incidents and arrests in Sydney were "significantly down" on last year."We saw well over a million people come into the city and jam into the best seats in the house quite early during...

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How Often Kids Kill - The Atlantic

A 2-year-old accidentally shot his mother Tuesday in Idaho, but no one knows how common such deaths are.A man shows a girl how to hold an airsoft gun during the NRA Youth Day at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Houston, Texas on May 5, 2013. (Adrees Latif/Reuters/The Atlantic)It isn't often that a shooting death captures national attention these days. As projects over the last two years by Slate and Joe Nocera demonstrated, there...

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Liberman: The only ones guilty of war crimes here are the Palestinians - Jerusalem Post

Netanyahu: The Palestinians have more to fear from the ICC than Israel Israeli Navy arrests three Gaza fisherman Abbas signs Rome Statute, paving way for possible war crimes probe against Israel at ICC Meretz MK Horowitz announces he won't run in upcoming election Bosnian indicted over recruiting militants for Syria and Iraq East Jerusalem resident arrested for allegedly threatening life of Likud MK US-led forces launch 10 air strikes in...

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