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Country while someone will die every 12 seconds. and tomorrow night on new years eve, a special role for supreme court justice sonia sotomayor as she becomes the first supreme court justice to lower the new years ball in times square. shell press the button to begin the 60-second descent of the sparkling ball to ring in 2014. when we come back, "making a difference" for thousands of kids who make a wish.

The louvre in paris. some question the authenticity and say more testing is needed. >> the boon fiest took off this morning with more than 500 balloons in the sky. balloonists from the niewts yoouts and 18 other countries are taking part in the nine-day event. coming up, cycling on the recover. the unusual new kind of commute.

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We have a report on why so many people across the countrys center have been reporting to us from where they live, out-of- nowhere meetings with wild animals, and most cases where they dont have them before. and ofn where theyre the last thing you would expect to see. nbcs janet shamlian has more. on where the wild things are ending up >> reporter: at chicagos wrigley field, in the middle of a busy bar neighborhood, two coyotes turned up unfazed by the crowd. >> it is the middle of rush hour, and...

Parish will now renew their request for improved levees. its a call that comes too late for families like hugh and ann french. they were rescued by boat through their second floor bedroom window. >> hes what were left with. >> reporter: you seem okay with that. >> im fine with it, yes. thats what we got insurance for. >> reporter: tonight, new orleans is under a dawn-to-dusk curfew and, scott, the governors office just announced authorities will punch a hole in that levee here in plaquemines par...

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A perfect moment in a cyclone of chaos. >> so how do you get a perpetual motion machine like a ring-tail lemur to stop long enough to take a photograph? you just offer him a little food. >> reporter: he sells his photographs to fund the project, working to create a connection between the animals and the people who can help protect them. >> when you learn about something and you respect it and you really want it to stay around, you work hard for it. >> this is where my heart is and this is what i...