Fireworks shoot from the Space Needle at midnight to mark the new year Tuesday in Seattle. At right is "Pacific Sun," a glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Ken Lambert)

Newly engaged Sonja Babic, 30, of Texas, and National Guardsman John Cebak, 27, of Kentucky, share a kiss in Times Square at midnight on New Years Day. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)