New Year's Resolutions History

New Year's Resolutions History---New Year's traditions, The tradition of making a resolution on New Year's Day and trying to stick with it for a whole year has been done for centuries. Here's how modern promises to lose weight, quit smoking and work harder have evolved from humble beginnings.

2,000 BCE: Babylonians return borrowed items

The ancient Babylonians celebrated New Year's March 23 and marked the day by returning something borrowed from neighbors the previous year. It was the first time in history a New Year's resolution was made as far as historians have discovered.

New Year's Celebrations Around The World

New Year's Celebrations Around The World---New Year 2013 Celebrations start around the world Celebrations have started around the world as 2013 is welcomed in. When you think of New Year's Eve, you might think of revelers wearing number-shaped glasses while sipping champagne, singing "Auld Lang Syne" and puckering up to their mates.  But around the world, people have other (some surprising!) ways of ringing in the New Year.

Clone Perfect Christmas Tree

Clone Perfect Christmas Tree---German scientists are working to create the perfect Christmas tree.

They are searching a way to ensure that the sensitive saplings of the popular Nordmann fir species grow into impressive specimens, News.com.au reported.

The fir is native to the Caucasus, but is often cultivated on massive plantations in Germany.

Stranger Picks Up Family's $211 Bill

Stranger Picks Up Family's $211 Bill---A stranger in the Christmas spirit picked up an Iowa family’s $211 grocery bill at Walmart last week, causing the family’s matriarch to cry tears of joy at the register for the "angel of Christmas."

The Modlins recounted the experience to Des Moines news station KCCI on Wednesday, of having a stranger pick up the tab on the $211 bill.

The family’s matriach, Ruby Modlin, said she and her family were grocering shopping at the Walmart in Altoona, Iowa, when she spotted the man who would later foot the family’s $211 bill.

Notable Deaths Of 2012

Notable Deaths Of 2012---Those we lost in 2012:List of notable deaths in 2012. Names are listed under the date of death. This year we lost icons and mavericks, celebrities and sports figures. The list includes the first man to walk on the moon, a fearsome NFL defensive player and a voice of an angel. To read about notables who passed away in 2012.

Splits of 2012: Biggest divorces/splits of the year

Splits of 2012: Biggest divorces/splits of the year---This year, we saw some new couples get together (hello, Haylor!), but we also saw a bunch of them split. The stories behind Hollywood's biggest breakups of 2012.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes

Katie shocked the world when she filed for divorce in June. But perhaps no one was more surprised than her hubby of five years, Tom, who never saw it coming. Suri cruise primary custody, Katie Holmes' dad helped plan tom cruise split, Tom Cruise Katie Holmes.

Top Health Stories Of 2012

Top Health Stories Of 2012---2012's top health stories: Review NYC's Big Gulp ban, Robin Roberts' transplant & other events that made news. This year, the world of health saw sorrow (the tragic death of Whitney Houston), outrage (the Lance Armstrong doping scandal), hope (Giuliana Rancic becoming a mom via surrogate), and a lot of "Oh, no they didn't"s (the man in the cockroach-eating contest who unfortunately died, well, choking on cockroaches). The biggest, wildest health stories of 2012: