Ringing in new year at Times Square

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Ringing in new year at Times Square

Ringing in new year at Times Square

Original Caption: Lionel Richie waves to the crowd while rehearsing for the New Year's Eve show in Times Square.

Emiko Katano, Kana Chiguchi, Naoko Miyata and Yumiko Shimizu, all from Nagoya, Japan, take part in the New Year's Eve festivities in New York's Times Square Wednesday night.

Souvenirs are displayed for sale in New York's Times Square as revelers begin to gather.

Dignitaries clap as the New Year's ball is raised surrounded by smoke. Next year "is going to be tough, the economy on the negative point," 30-year-old Anthony Carucci said Wednesday morning as he watched police set up barricades in Times Square. "Glad I still have my job."

The Jonas Brothers rehearse during the New Years Eve festivities in Times Square.

Atlanta's own Ludacris was part of the entertainment bill in Manhattan.

Cassandra Bonilla and her boyfriend Sergio Garcia, both from Windham, Conn., try to keep warm in the frosty night.

Sen. Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton dance at the start of the new year.

Crowds cheer as midnight arrives and the ball drops.

Members of The Veronicas Lisa, left, and Jess Origliasso appear onstage during a taping for a segment of MTV's New Year's Eve special at the MTV Times Square Studios.

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Original Caption: Lionel Richie waves to the crowd while rehearsing for the New Year's Eve show in Times Square.

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