In some cases, applicants who didn't know their birthdays would choose the easiest date they could remember: January 1. In other cases, state departments around the world would assign January 1 to ...

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21): There is no point taking a business or money matter too seriously because the financial picture is going to change radically over the first week or so of the new year.

There’s a tradition among birders that the first bird you see on January 1st sets the tone for the next 12 months. Superstitious as the idea might be, it’s impossible not to take pride in ...