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We'll track it all on cnn money. >> thanks so much. the ball dropping in times square, america's new year's tradition but you probably have some new year's rituals and superstitions of your own. maybe some of which have been passed down through the family. i asked you to send them to me and you did via twitter and facebook. it's supposed to be good luck for a man to be the first to walk through your day on new year's day and black-eyed peas are supposed to be lucky if you put a few dry ones in your purse and melody writes "it's supposed to be bad luck to wash clothes on new year's day. it's sa...

2012 with our epic new year's eve countdown. hosted by anderson cooper and kathie griffin at 11:00 p.m. that's eastern. we are getting all our players in place. we are standing live in times square with the ball dropping at midnight, and john zarella in the beautiful florida keys. let's start with aysha, is it getting crazy there? >> it is getting totally crazy here. guys, make some noise! a little louder. a little louder! just a small taste here. you know, as you say, we are still some hours away from midnight, but times square is filling up rapidly for the ultimate street party, because that...

candidates are today. front-runner mitt romney has two stops after arriving from new hampshire this afternoon. newt gingrich, rick perry and michele bachmann each have two events as well. rick santorum who just surged in the polls puts in the drive time with five stops throughout the state of iowa. one face missing from that map of iowa, ron paul. he says he'll ring in the new year at home in texas. two fresh faces you will see in iowa, cnn's political editor paul steinhauser and political director mark preston. they are both out at our forward operating base in des moines. paul, i...

Damage will this do to the work that's been done in the future of the occupation? >> no, the big question is where is the perp? the reporter managed to find someone who questions the motives of the victim. >> somebody probably brought her here and hanging out with her one day and just to say she was raped. >> you know he calls himself a feminist. the reporters hammer home the real point of this story. >> so again, the question, how much damage will this ugly allegation do? >> so this allegation does put a cloud over the group's activities. it runs out on friday. >> a cloud. that's what they ar...

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