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Bush is back home this morning after being released from a houston hospital. A bush family spokesman said the 90yearold is grateful to the doctors and nurses at houstons Methodist Hospital for their superb care. The elder bush was hospitalized for about a week for treatment of shortness of breath. Meantime the nations current president is ringing in the new year from his vacation in hawaii. As part of the new years celebration, the white houses official photographer has released a collection of his favorite photos from this year. Abcs devin dwyer gives us a look. Reporter they are hidden moments behind the history in 2014. Inside the corridors of power. An ebola meeting on the white house patio. Weekend casual with jeans, even feet on the table in the oval office. This mob scene as democrats grab the president for attention. It was a tumultuous year for barack obama. Challenges even behind the scenes. Crises in ukraine, iraq and syria. Ferguson to the border. Ebola. And a political route that left republicans in power. Pensive moments like these captured by a man who lurks in mr. Obamas shadow. A paparazzo able to capture the moments other cameras arent allowed to see. Eruptions of laughter between friends and the first family. This climb aboard are a force one. And rare glimpses of the obamas as parents. A father a mother and a private moment with honest abe. Sousa captures the humor, too. The most famous ears in washington. Or mr. Obama getting bunny ears of a different kind. For all the political battles, a reminder the president in the white house is a human being. A kiss under the mistletoe. A hunger for those moments of peace and quiet which in 2015 will certainly be a rare find. Devin dwyer, abc news traveling with the president in honolulu. A great piece from devin dwyer. Beautiful pictures there. There are about 100 photos. All of them on the official white house website. Nice pics. It really does get to capture these moments we dont get to see. A shot like this whith the girls or just coming off air force one. You forget the other side of his life he leads. That he is a dad as well as the leader of the free world. He gets great access and takes beautiful photos. Hes been with the president since the start of the administration. From the year in politics to the year in sports. The highs and the lows and downright scandalous. Abcs Karen Travers will have the years rundown next. Youre watching world news tt2wutnr o4 bt q;[p tt2wutnr o4 a q w4 tt2wutnr o4 bm q e8 tt4wutnr o4 dztq 0yh tt4wutnr o4 entq ] tt4wutnr o4 gzt yzp tt4wutnr o4 hnt it< tt4wutnr o4 iztq d tt4wutnr o4 jntq 1m tt4wutnr o4 lzt x in the mood. It does. Just need some champagne. Not the cheap stuff. Korbel. Talking champagne choices. 2014 has been quite a year for the world of sports. The year of watershed moments and year of scandal. Abcs Karen Travers takes a look back at the year in sports that was. Reporter an historic year in sports on and off the field. The feelgood story of the year that little girl with long braids and a wicked fastball. 13yearold mone davis, of philadelphias haney dragons became the first to pitch a shutout in the Little League world series. Also michael sam became the first openly gay nfl player drafted by the st. Louis rams. Came to tell the world that im an openly proud, gay man. Reporter his time in the pros was short lived. Cut in the preseason and yet to play a regular season game. In new york capping off a seasonlong farewell yankees fans saluted their beloved captain, derek jeter. He retired after 20 seasons, five world series titles. His last game at home provided a storybook ending for a player everyone could root for. Ive lived a dream. Only thing ive ever wanted to be was a shortstop for the new york yankees. Reporter four years after he famously took his talents to south beach, prodigal son lebron james announced he was heading back home to cleveland. Im back reporter major Sports Events captured the attention of the entire world. The Winter Olympics and world kup. The u. S. Mens team beat expectations in brazil. A stellar performance by goal keeper tim howard. Germany went an to win its fourth world cup. A dark side to sports. Donald sterling made these racist comments. Associating with black people reporter which were caught an tape by tmz sports. This led to his lifetime ban from the nba by the new commissioner adam silver. Commissioner Roger Goodell under season all long for how the league handled do edd edd Domestic Violence incidents. After this video surfaced, the ravens rlgsed him and the nfl suspended him indefinitely. I let so many people down because of 30 seconds in my life i cant take back. That suspension was overturned by a judge in late november. Nascar driver tony stewart didnt Face Criminal Charges in the death of fellow driver kevin ward. Ward got out of his vehicle during a dirt track race and was struck and killed by stewarts car. I know what happened, and i know it was an accident. Seattle seahawks crushed Denver Broncos in the super bowl. San Antonio Spurs dominated lebron james and the heat in five games to win their fifth nba title. And the San Francisco giants rode mvp madison baumgarner. That may be the greatest catch ive ever seen. Reporter thats the year in sports. Karen travers, abc news washington. Karen travers knows her sports. She hit every single highlight. It was an eventful year. And i joined the wnba. If you were in the nba, youd only be five games behind the knicks right now. And i wouldnt have biceps like that. Nice gun show. Is one of those ageold questions that feminists and frankly the men who love them have increasingly been getting vocal about. Why is it decent for men to bear their breasts in public but not women . Why . Growing number of celebrity crusaders are demanding equality by bearing it all and taking to social media. Were up all nightline with sara haines. Reporter its the fight for the right to bear almost all. Celebrities going viral by going toms. Taking instagrams attack for bang images of nude breasts. Miley cyrus joining rihanna in the liberation breasts. Using the hashtag free the nipple. Topless men on instagram, no problem. Topless women, no way. Celebrities want attention and they also want to back a certain cause. This particular issue marries those two perfectly. Reporter instagrams policy restricts some nudes and partially nude photos. The site pulling offending pics. Ri hannah was so upset by what she thought were booby trapped rules she quit the site for months. Maybe the super bowl slipup was ahead of its time. Famous nipple pics were once seen as embarrassing wardrobe malfunctions. Now its all about making a statement. 2014 has been a year of going shear. Rihanna made her nipples her number one accessory at the Fashion Awards in november. Instagram sold two of handlers topless snaps earlier this year. That didnt stop the lates night comedienne from posting this mountaintop view friday. The site took it down but he defiantly posted another on less restrictive twitter. Perhaps her act tweet best sums it up on the breast controversy. Taking this don is sexist. I have every right to prove i have a better body than putin. For nightline, im sara haines in new york. What do you think . As a guy, there are few campaigns that i can get behind as much as that one. Im for it. Evaluate, yes. All right. What do you think . Im glad theres no scandalous pictures that rebecca put ofank you for calling Colonial PennLife Insurance company. Im glad i was able to help you today. 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Well have bomb detecting canines, heavily armed counterterrorism teams at many locations. What police and even gun shops are doing to make the holiday safe. Later, party in style. The best food and drink for your new years eve celebration courtesy of our favorite chief entertainment officer. Its wednesday new years eve, december 31st. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everybody. Im Kendis Gibson in for t. J. Holmes. Im reena ninan. Welcome to abc. Good to finally meet you. Good to meet you and good to be here on new years eve with you. I was asking what your new years eve plans are. You says to be with me. Weve got hay lot of breaking news. Lets get started whith the lead story. Slow progress at the crash scene of airasia jet. Recovery teams are slowly pulling bodies and debris from the water complicated by rough weather. All 162 people on board flight 8501 are believed dead. Abcs terry moran is there. Reporter search teams had scoured the tropical waters of the java sea for days and then suddenly in the bright sun, there it was. The debris field. Shards and shapes floating in the waves. Pieces of that lost plane. The wreckage found about six miles from the last point of contact from the plane in Shallow Water about 100 feet deep. And then hours later came the official confirmation. At the airport, body bags were loaded up while at sea, divers enter the water to recover the corpses. All this shown live on local tv traumatizing the families who saw the bloated, broken bodies of loved ones as they followed the news. Their grief was overpowered. One after another fainted. Medical teams doing their best to control the inconsolable. Here the moment a woman is told searchers have found bodies and debris. Back an the tarmac investigators gather everything item. A blue suitcase an oxygen tank. The wreckage of a tragedy. A morgue has been set up to identify the victims and get them back to their loved ones as soon as possible. At the same time investigators are searching for those black boxes which may hold the crucial data to answer the question everybody is asking. What happened . Terry moran, abc news surabaya indonesia. The investigation and the cause of the crash can now begin. The pilots lost communication with controllers was to ask permission to climb above stormy weather. But it was an experienced pilot even flying through the storm should not have been a problem. Theres speculation the plane broke up in midair. This might explain why we lost contact with this aircraft at 32,000 feet and there was no further communication, noing for thor radar hit. The question is what would have caused that . Was it a bomb . Structural failure . Adding to the theory this was more than just weather, the victims recovered were wearing no clothing. That would indicate they fell a long way after the cabin broke up. As the clues come in stay with abc news for complete coverage. Well take you back to indonesia for the latest in our next half hour. Going to keeper focus overseas and to london where a Terror Threat is forcing a chaenge of security tactics. Fears the famous royal guards to be targitted by isis militants has led to them being moved to positions behind locked gates. Shally those guards would be stationed at century boxes in front of royal residences. Weve seen their tactics which are incredibly penetrating and incredibly dangerous. Heavily armed police are standing watch providing protection for both the royals and those ceremonial guards. The challenge of striking a balance between access to the royals and security. New years eve comes with a special set of security concerns. Crowds drinking and in some places firing bullets into the air can be a toxic brew. And then the year about terrorists. Police departments say theyre ready. Heres abcs janohn ehrlichman. Reporter the countdown to 2015 surnd way with traditions like times square confetti drop and trial runs of the famous crystal ball tested and ready to go. With each new year comes a new set of concerns. In light of recent protests, crime, terrorism and bitter cold weather, communities are being proactive. At the crossroads of the world, new yorks Police Department saying more than a Million People celebrating will be in the safest place in new york city. In addition to officers assigned to traffic and security poifts we will have bomb detect kag nines, heavily armed kornt terrorism teams at many locations. Reporter in the event there are demonstrations, much like the ones in recent weeks when thousands took to the streets protesting the death of two black men by white Officers Police in major cities including boston and new york, saying theyre prepared. In the big easy they are posting signs encouraging people to walk in ground in hopes of discouraging crime there. And at least one gun shop owner says hes foregoing refusing to sell any bullets. I hope to raise awareness and diskorge the random shooting of firearms that seems to be prevalent new years eve. Reporter much the same in south florida. A one bullet kills the Party Campaign under way. The bullet is going to come don and hit somebody. Reporter John Ehrlichman abc news new york. Much of the country is experiencing bad weather to close out the year often with tragic results. In Northern California two people were killed by trees knocked over by strong winds. One woman died when a tree fell into her car. The other victim a man died when a tree crashed into his home. Wind gusts of more than 60 miles an hour have been reported up and down the state. An ice storm in northwest texas caused nearly 200 traffic accidents in a single day. No serious injuries. Many of the drivers were just going too fast for the icy conditions which will continue today. The blustery conditions extend from coast to coast. Accuweathers Justin Povick has our forecast. Good morning. Thanks. Over the southwest the concern is for heavier snows approaching. Wednesday into wednesday night. This will likely produce major travel delays. Also along interstate 10 with heavy snows toward flag staff. Even snow showers flying around las vegas. We could have a coating to an inch or two. Marge traffic delays along interstate 15 as well. Reena and kendis back to you. Justin thank you. Theres a new star at the san diego zoo. Hes not very big but hes pretty cute and bringing in the crowds. The new baby gorilla born last friday. Hes been hanging out with his mom, a 34yearold named jessica. Theyve been kth since he was born. And jessica has been bringing him to a glassed in viewing area where visitors can see her cradling and nursing the youngster. That area is lined with heaters and zookeepers will have access to it as long as the weather permits. Mama is pretty good at giving birth to baby boys. This is the fifth one. Fifth one. He has five older brothers. That would be the six one. Shes been busy but so has dad. Multiple dads. His name is paldon. Hes already the father of three other kids. Who knew. A whole lot of baby daddyes. Coming up who gets to toast the new year 16 times . Its a celebration out of this world. From gourmet snacks to amazing drinks how to put a gourmet touch on your new years eve celebration and prevent an accident with that champagne cork. You dont want to be that guy. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by airborne dual action. Important message for residents age 50 to 85. Write down this number now. Right now, people are receiving this free information kit for guaranteed acceptance Life Insurance with a rate lock through the Colonial Penn program. 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The burgers and fries are replaced with tofu and lentils and chipotle pulled pork. Its called the corner. And you have to look carefully to find the mac cafe logo. The fast food giant is testing gourmet premium fair. White castle now has a veggie slider on the menu in this country. A patty made from carrots and zucchini peas and spinach. The veggie sliders have just as many calories as the beef versions but not quite as much fat. Of the three sauces sweet thai has far fewer calories than honey mustard, ranch. Id eat that. You would . Yeah. I eat seafood, but i dont understand why theyd have to do a veggie slider. Whats next like a fiber slider . Theres an idea. They say that carrots, onions, string beans, oetss and soybeans. Some complained about all the soybean stuff because its genetically modified. People dont like messing with it. Well see if it makes you lose weight if it helps. I doubt that. Quite a few of us found a brand new smartphone under the christmas tree. Dont be so quick to chuck that old phone. You can still teach it a few new tricks. Heres abcs becky worley. Reporter get a new phone for christmas . Yes. So thn the old phone gets stuffed in a drawer right . But hold on. This thing is still a really powerful device. Lets start with navigation. The hugway app lets you download a route map at home and then it projects directions on to your windshield. Next, keep tabs on your house remotely . This old phone still has wifi access and a pretty good camera. You can buy a 300 Security Camera or just use your old phone. Reporter the presence app fires up when theres motion and sends you alert with pictures and video. What about keeping tabs on your baby . The cloud baby monitor runs off any device with wifi in a camera including an iphone or old tablet. And you monitor it from your new phone. Think about the future. Lots of new devices are coming out for a smart home thats wifi connected from music systems to temperature controls to lighting. All these are controlled by your phone. Remember this thing has a huge hard drive. Great for a permanent music station. You can find similar apps that do many of the same things an android phones. So dont put your old phone out to pasture. Put it to work. Becky worley abc news oakland, california. Pretty cool. Wonder if it will work an my startech. My fancy clam phone. You have a fancy star tech clam phone . You know Im Old School with my glasses and rotary phone. I dont believe in star tech. You connect with the operator through that thing dont you . Its the only way i make calls these days. Counting don to 2015. If you are still scrambling for lastminute food and drink ideas for your party, t. J. Is next with some festive ideas. And ringing out the new year of the selfie. As it turns out, its not just an act of narcissism. How the selfie has redefined the very shaping of our modern culture. You are watching abcs world news now. We had to wait all year but the Biggest Party of the night is upon us. New years eve. If you are planning to have some folks over to the house, weve got the man frp the job. Americas chief entertaining officer, tim laird here to help us throw the party of the year. It has to include champagne, first and foremost. People get confused on which champagnes to pick. Well take you through that. Look for a good champagne but you dont have to spend a lot of money. Look for methochamp and wah. They are doing it the same way they do in france where the second fermentation takes place in the very bottle you buy. Everyone gets confused on the styles and tooips. The two most popular, one is extra dry, which is a little bit sweeter, even though it says extra dry, its a little confusing, but its a little sweeter than the traditional way, which is brut dryer than that. Those two are the most popular. I like them both. Korbel is a great value, especially having a lot of people over. This is 12, 15 . Yeah 12, 15 for a bottle. And then the other thing with champagne, the intimidation of opening that cork. People are afraid of flying corks. This is the fun stuff. A quick tip how to properly open champagne. We wont worry about any lights or chandeliers. Each cage has six half turns. One, two, three, four five and six. So anyway just a little champagne trivia. That should be the case no matter which bottle . Thats right. The most important is this is well child, four hours minimum. Everyone is trying to open upthose soda bottles and its warm. I dont care how slowly. Well child. Led. And the last tip is hold the cork and turn the bottle. A lot of people start pulling the cork. Turn the bottle hold the cork at a 45degree angle. What if we want the dramatic. Locker room spray where you shake it up. Probably not inside. Heres an easy champagne pnch. Two bottles of korbel. Then about eight ounces of cranberry juice. And then another eight ounces of i have a little chamborg raspberry liqueur. Garnish it with some raspberries. You cant get any easier. Thats the alcohol part. Why have to eat a little. What goes great with champagne is caviar. A caviar pie. Caviar pie . Caviar pie. Is that an expensive pie . I use the lump fish caviar. Not the beluga and very expensive ones. Starts out with a base of chopped eggs a little butter fat free yogurt or sour cream. The recipe is on the facebook of world news now. If you want that real easy. Champagne and caviar. We can just tell them its the expensive caviar. This looks fantastic. What i do is cook a whole beef tenderloin and set it out. If you have leftovers the next day, a lot of football watching for new years day you can make sandwiches. I like to make dip. Very simple. Very easy. A little sour cream. And then just add a little horseradish. This is one of those things you can add as much horseradish as you like. And then a little salt and pepper. Stir that up. Our ending right there. A little dip for the beef tenderloin which is delicious. This is a good party. This is the party. Americas chief entertaining officer. For those recipes and more partying tips out there, head to our Facebook Page at wnnfans. Com. Dont go anywhere folks. Going to be right back. Cheers. King fifty million votes, your superstar is. Thats why theres delsym. Delsym helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours with an advanced time release formula for all day or all night relief. Up to twice as long as other cough liquids. So the only sounds youll hear are the ones you want to hear. Bianca cheering delsym. Silence is relief. And now for a limited time try delsym for free, with mail in rebate. Important message for residents age 50 to 85. Write down this number now. Right now, people are receiving this free information kit for guaranteed acceptance Life Insurance with a rate lock through the Colonial Penn program. 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I do want to wish everybody a happy, healthy prosperous 2015. We get the privilege of celebrating new years up here. Well enjoy our 16 new yearss eve celebrations on board the space station. Its going to be a party up there. Thats barry who is on board the International Space station. So because they are spinning all up there for a little while now, theyll get to celebrate new years 16 times. Thats exhausting. Thats a hangover. How do you open the cork right, and get it in the cup. Should be interesting. Stiking with your astronaut theme. Some incredible pictures taken from the International Space station. A lot of them had to do with weather. The northern lights. Around 220 miles above earth to hurricane gonzalo which hit bermuda back in october or so. Look how gorgeous that looks. If you can believe it theres been an astronaut on the International Space station every day since october of 2000. Wow. And the images are pretty incredible. What you should do is probably follow some of those astronauts on twitter. You see some fascinating photos and video. Back here antera firma, everybody wants to lose weight for new years. Theres now a new diet called the viking diet. Pretty straightforward. It is they use twigs, fresh fish and wine. Twigs . Yes. So hope you like herring and veggies and wine. The writer with vogue magazine lost four pounds in two weeks. And a moose. You can eat a moose. I dont know. It is similar to the paleo diet. Just has a different name. Of course it works. Who wants to eat moose and herring all day . Ill take the wine part. But everyone loves wedding cake right . This may be the biggest wedding cake ever. Six tons of wedding cake. Made in new england, usa. That was the biggest one in 2004. This is trending on twitter. This is a filipino couple. This is this morning on world news now difficult search. The challenges for crews looking for bodies and wreckage after the airasia crash. The rough weather this morning and the tremendous grief for families. Extreme weather. Winters blast from coast to coast. From fierce winds in the west to snow and ice in the middle of the country. The deep freeze on new years eve. Avalanche anxiety. How a quickthinking couple managed to escape from a wall of falling ice and snow. The jawdropping series of events. Later in the skinny, Kim Kardashians decision. What shes absolutely refusing to do to keep her youth and avoid looking older. Its wednesday new years eve, december 31st. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning on this new years eve. Im reena ninan. Im Kendis Gibson in for t. J. Holmes. Its great bringing in the new years eve with you. Its almost new years in samoa. Oh, in samoa, is that right . Coconut drop at 5 00 a. M. Eastern time. If i would have known i would have brought a coconut drink in. Were going to get started with some serious news. Were following the latest from overseas. Our top story, the investigation into the crash of the airasia jet. The search area is now narrowing after more bodies and debris recovered. But the rough weather is slowing those efforts. Experts say there are already signs of a midair breakup. Abcs joohee cho begins our coverage from indonesia. Reporter so far at least seven bodies have been retrieved. One female body was still in Flight Attendant uniform. 17 helicopters, dozens of divers at the site hoping for Better Weather conditions. Our own uss sampson from the 7th fleet has also joined the operation since yesterday. The vessel equipped with sonar detecting system and search and rescue helicopters. Meanwhile, airasia is collecting dna samples from the families here in surabaya in order to match the bodies as they come in later in the day. Some were found without clothes which leads to a question as to what really caused that plane to crash. Experts say it could have been an inflight explosion or some say it could have been a wind blast. Answers will come once those black boxes are retrieved. Thank you joohee. Well know more about what happened to flight 8501 as the jets black box are recovered. But the debris already found is providing some clues. Our coverage continues with abcs david kerley. Reporter a suitcase, an oxygen tank and uninflated emergency slide. These pieces of the airbus a320 and those floating on the java sea all clues to why this aircraft crashed. What do they tell us . So far the bodies found did not have life vests. That could indicate the jet broke apart at altitude. The crew didnt have time to communicate trouble or passengers didnt have time to put them on. Do those pieces of metal wreckage have burn marks suggesting fire or explosion . The way the metal is pulled apart, its edges can indicate whether it was impact with water or other forces that tore the pieces. Once you have the debris, you look at it all. Fire stands out. Explosion stands out. Was it ripped apart or was Something Else going on here . This debris field also tells a story. If it is relatively small that would suggest the jetliner was mostly intact when it hit the water. A much wider field could mean a breakup at altitude and the pieces scattering as they fell into the java sea. This debris field is also an arrow pointing to where the wreckage has settled to the bottom and where they should find those allimportant black boxes. David kerley, abc news, new york. Stay with abc news every step of the way as investigators uncover more clues. Look for updates online at abcnews. Com and later on america this morning and Good Morning America. Turning our focus to canada now. Disturbing violence in edmonton. Police are investigating nine deaths linked to the same gunman. First, one body was found monday evening. A few hours later at a second location, seven more victims, including children. Then at a third location, the suspected shooter was found dead apparently a suicide. And our thoughts go out to the community as we all come to terms with the senseless mass murder of eight people. Four female adults, two male adults and two young children, one male and one female. The police chief went on to say the deaths were, quote, tragic incidents of Domestic Violence. Its the worst mass killing edmonton has seen since at least 1956. Thats when six people were murdered. In idaho, a heartbreaking and deadly accident at a walmart. A young mother shot and killed by her 2yearold son while shopping with her children. The boy was sitting in a shopping cart, pulled the loaded handgun from his mothers purse and pulled the trigger. She died at the scene. The family was visiting from out of town. Especially here it is around the holidays just after christmas, right before the new year. Tragic. Tragic accident. The Sheriffs Office says the Surveillance Video confirms the details of the accident. Walmart closed the store and brought in grief counselors. An icy blast is moving across the country as 2014 ends, often bringing with it extreme weather and tragedy. Its colder than usual in practically every part of the country. Abcs John Ehrlichman has the latest. Reporter from 40mileanhour winds in utah to the california cold where rose paraders may experience the lowest temperatures since 1952. States nationwide are prepping for chilly weather. Winter storm warnings from denver to the vegas strip where it hasnt snowed since 2008. In kansas, the combination of wind and cold wreaking havoc on the roads. In Northern California, falling trees killing two people. In georgia, a town recovering after being hit by a reported tornado. We were just trying to get up under vehicles to avoid it because the top of the building was just flying off. All you could see was roof just being peeled apart. Reporter the storm activity in the southwest could cause travel delays this weekend both in the midwest and along the east coast. John ehrlichman, abc news, los angeles. Heres a look at your weather. Snow showers are likely in some parts of new england and around the great lakes. Showers in south florida and southern texas. Heavy snow possible in Higher Elevations of arizona and utah. And lighter snow in the high deserts of california and nevada. 16 in minneapolis. 20s in salt lake city, denver and chicago. 30s in portland, memphis and boston. 40s in dallas and atlanta. 59 in los angeles. And 80 in miami. Thats where id like to be, miami. News from the world of sports starting with the Domestic Abuse case against u. S. Womens soccer team goalie hope solo. She was in court near seattle yesterday asking a judge to dismiss that case. Solo is charged with assaulting her halfsister and nephew at a party in june. Her attorney claims witnesses have been uncooperative during depositions. The judge ordered more questioning to take place on friday. If solos dismissal motion is turned down, her trial would start january 20th. Meantime, this incident from the Lions Packers game is going to cost detroit lineman Ndamukong Suh did i pronounce that right . Close. Cam newton just calls him donkey kong suie. 70 grand. But it wont mean a onegame suspension anymore. Suh won an appeal yesterday in which that suspension was changed to the hefty fine. That means hell play in sundays wild card playoff game against dallas. Thats going to be tough. Im embarrassed to say that jack, our producer, told me the pronunciation. And i still got it wrong. Its tough when you see it in the prompter rolling at you. Cam newton, look at that video. He just says donkey kong sue. That works. And a texas a m football assistant who hit a couple of opponents with cheap shots on tuesday is no longer part of the aggie football program. Michael richardson was dismissed from the team after being seen Striking West Virginia players during their liberty bowl matchup. Richardson apologized for the incidents calling them uncalled for. Next to a strange scene in chicago. The wall of a salt Storage Facility collapsed spilling tons of the stuff on to cars at the dealership next door. The manager there says as many as 11 cars were buried most of them belonging to service customers. Only three or four were new. The Fire Department says the Storage Facility had exceeded capacity stressing the wall. And remember this awesome sight . A sinkhole that swallowed up eight rare cars at the National Corvette museum last february. This week the work of filling it up is finally under way. Construction crews are pouring gravel into the hole. The two Remote Control bobcats that were lowered to the bottom are leveling it out. The repair work is expected to last until july. A Health Headline this morning. Another reason not to binge drink for new years or any time for that matter. A new study says binge drinking in youth, healthy adults significantly disrupts the immune system. Researchers found 20 minutes after reaching peak intoxication, a drinkers immune system is revved up, but in the hours that follow its compromised becoming less active than when the drinker is sober. Thank you for sharing that on new years eve. We could have told about could have waited until the first. Could have waited until tomorrow morning at this point to do that. The bottom line is moderation, right . Yes, just keep it going. Thats the kendis way, huh . Exactly. Right about now tomorrow. Exactly. All right. Moving on to a new entry in the dumb criminal file. One of our last for this year in fact. It involves a guy who tried to rob the pizza shop near pittsburgh. 29yearold eric fry attempted the holdup on saturday. He walked into the place, handed the cashier a note. It was written on toilet paper. Okay. It said, i have a gun. Give me 300. The cops arrived while fry was still inside. They went to his home and found a roll of toilet paper with the imprint of the note on it. Busted. And the pen he used to write the note was also there next to the roll of toilet paper. Come on, man. If youre going to do that. Look at that. Coming up in the skinny, celebrities wearing very little on holiday vacations. Were sharing the pictures. And later, face time. Millions of us snapped a selfie this year. The popular trend exploding, but who started it all . Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by vista print. Heres news i didnt realize. No need to warm up your car before you drive off in cold weather. Experts say excessive idling is actually bad for vehicles. It not only wastes gas but also causes buildup on spark plugs. Older cars did need to warm up but not modern vehicles with fuel injectors. The engine will warm up faster when its driven. Youre still cold when you get in there. Another hazard of winter is snow and when theres a lot of it in one place, it can be downright deadly. This morning were seeing dramatic pictures of the moment one couples walk through the wilderness turned into a fight for their lives. Heres clayton sandell. Reporter that sound you hear is an avalanche. I thought i was in serious trouble. I thought when i heard the sound. Reporter colby dotson and his girlfriend were on a weekend hike to these ice caves two hours from tacoma, washington. When the mountainside suddenly comes roaring toward them. It was closer and closer. All i did was look the opposite direction and started to run. Reporter they make it to safety but turn just in time to see people inside that cave right below all that snow. We were scared those people were either hurt or going to be hurt. Reporter everybody made it out okay, but they are incredibly lucky. In the u. S. Last winter, 35 people died in avalanches. A slide can carry thick layers of heavy snow, even rocks and trees up to 80 miles per hour. Dotson says hes lucky he didnt need a rescue, this time. Definitely an experience that dropped your jaw. Reporter clayton sandell, abc news, denver. Clearly it can happen anywhere, but a lot of those happen when you are out skiing or snowboarding. Its something that im always aware of. And apparently most avalanches when you are skiing or snowboarding actually take place because of your fault. You trigger it. I didnt realize this, but they say an avalanche is not like this white fluffy powdery snow. Its hard as a rock. Thats why its so difficult to ever dig yourself out of Something Like that. Absolutely dangerous. We are told by the experts when there is an avalanche, move sideways as opposed to trying to go down from there. Similar to when you get a riptide in the ocean. Move sideways. Good point. All right. When we come back, kim kardashian. In her own words, why she does not like to smile. Im going to keep frowning. And Ryan Seacrest reveals a secret about what he does behind the wheel. Thats all ahead in the skinny. Announcer world news now continues afte tt2wut3nu 4 bt q ap tt2wut3nu 4 a q6m4 tt2wut3nu 4 bm q f8 tt4wut3nu 4 dztq p tt4wut3nu 4 entq p90 tt4wut3nu 4 gzt ih tt4wut3nu 4 hnt y0 tt4wut3nu 4 iztq 3ye tt4wut3nu 4 jntq < tt4wut3nu 4 lzt 9d skinny so skinny time for the skinny. And topping our headline this morning, a new revelation from kim kardashian. Our last skinny of the year. As if we didnt know enough about her already, kim k. Has broken her silence behind that nearly ubiquitous mona lisa sort of smile in nearly all of her selfies. The reality star now spilled an instagram she doesnt smile too often because it causes wrinkles. Interesting. She also doesnt like dimples also if you saw her paper magazine photo, youll know what i mean. Okay. Next up, who is smiling for the cameras is celebs on vacay. Christie brinkley and daughter were seen all smiles. They instagrammed out this photo stripped down to their bikinis in the caribbean. They rang in alexis birthday. Also leann rimes took to instagram sharing this sexy snap from her vacation in mexico with her hubby eddie cibriani. Looking good there. Yeah. Next, taylor swift is again making headlines for what shes doing for others. For the third year in a row. Swift has been named most charitable celebrity by the Advocacy Group do something. Org. Rounding out the list of laverne cox and beyonce. Back in october, swift announced all proceeds from welcome to new york would be given to new york public schools. Thats a great cause. And shes been very charitable to the romance life for so many men over the years. Its fitting shes doing well. Oh, boy. Speaking of taylor swift, she performs tonight in times square on the big show hosted by Ryan Seacrest. Looking forward to that. The tv host appeared yesterday on Good Morning America and revealed one of his deepest, darkest secrets about what he does behind the wheel while listening to her music. Blank space, i crank that up. Sing it. I have to put the windows up in my car when i git to an intersection because im singing out loud. When its green i can put them back down. Ryan seacrest and blank spaces . Hes like one of those starbucks people as taylor says. Starbucks people . Because they think shes insane. Ive clearly listened to the song way too much. I have not listened to it enough. Dick clarks new years rockin eve with Ryan Seacrest will air tonight starting at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Topping our list of celebrity birthdays, actor Anthony Hopkins turns 77. Ben kingsley turns 71. Val kilmer, 55. And psy, 37 years old. Happy birthday to everyone. He suggested i try new crest sensistop strips. [ male announcer ] just apply to the gumline of sensitive teeth for a quick 10 minutes. 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Total effects from olay. Your best beautiful. It is being called such a global phenomenon that many are calling and naming this year after it. 2014 being referred to the year of the selfie. But are we giving ourselves a little too much face time . Heres abcs david wright. Reporter selfies were already a thing by the time ellen set out to break the internet. But this starstudded image from oscar night 2014 set a new standard. Popes and president s, a beatle and a billionaire. The queen herself got in on the fun. On twitter, the word selfie mentioned 92 million times. The Oxford English dictionary defines selfie as a photo one has taken of ones self, typically with a smartphone. Any background will do. Move over bradley. Fun fact the first selfie from 1839, a guy named Robert Cornelius sat still for a full minute to take this. And theres this Throwback Thursday from 60 years ago posted this year by colin powell. This years Selfie Technology improved dramatically. We had selfies from space. Selfies from other species. Say cheese. And selfies that must have seemed like a good idea at the time. Selfies are not worth risking your life for. At its best the selfie is not just an act of narcissism. Its who we are, where we are and who were with. A moment in time you just cant wait to share. David wright, abc news, new york. Thats a cute photo. Do you think the selfie stick is cheating . No. I think anything that helps get that. Anything that helps make it better . Should we take a selfie . Yeah why not . And then bid adieu to this in 2014. No more selfies after this. There you go. How is that for instant shot. Look at that. I believe that 2015, mark my words, will be the year of the photo bomb. Weve had a lot of photo bombing. People forgot about it. Exactly. Lets bring it back. A comeback. The photo bomb. Yeah. Well see if it works out that way. The selfie year. Now the photo bomber. 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More pieces to the puzzle in the airasia plane crash. The significant find floating in the sea overnight. What clue does it hold . Extreme weather, driving snow trapping drivers in california overnight. Bitter cold over most of the country just in time for the new years celebrations. Sleeping on the job. An accused burglar gets busted because he decided to get some zs. And new years eve, the security concerns the big performances and the preparations under way to ring in 2015. And we say good wednesday