After his team was eliminated in the Rose Bowl quarterfinal Jan. 1 last season, Dan Lanning wants the layoff between playoff games shortened.

The Ducks' season did end on New Year's Day this past year in an embarassing lopsided loss to the eventual champion Buckeyes. Though he made it clear that a prolonged layoff between the Big Ten ...

Starting Jan. 1, grocery stores and many other retailers in Delaware will be prohibited from providing thin plastic bags to customers at the checkout counter. Randall Chase/AP.

In common usage, January 1 was still the first day of the year, as regular non-clergy, non-royal folks didn’t see a need to change it. Change of Date.

January 1 is a common birthday in Pakistan and Afghanistan because 1/1 is an easy date for people to remember in cultures that don't follow Western standards of time. In America and much of the ...

S ome things are taken to be so self-evident that they are beyond question: the sun rises in the east and New Year’s Day always falls on January 1. Except it hasn’t always. For while it may ...

January 1st—New Year’s Day—is a special day for many notable figures in entertainment, and we’re celebrating their birthdays today! One of the most iconic birthdays on January 1 is none ...

Jan. 1 is a surprisingly common birthday for immigrant Americans, while being a relatively uncommon birthday for babies born in the United States.

January 1 is an important day in the Church's liturgy. There is a lot that we commemorate on this day!. What we are celebrating, and why we are celebrating it now, can be a little confusing.. Here ...