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** FILE ** Actor Patrick Stewart receives a knighthood on Queen Elizabeth II's New Year honors list. Mr. Stewart is best known for his performances in "Star Trek: The Next Generation." (Associated Press)

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Despite the month's religious roots, Muharram today is "more of a cultural holiday," said Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, director of outreach at the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Virginia.. "Think of it as a new year, as a new beginning to make resolutions." (ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)

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** FILE ** Dick Clark brings in the New Year from New York's Times Square on "New Year's Rockin' Eve" in this undated photo. (AP Photo/ABC, Donna Svennevik)