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New Year in NYC Chinatown: Culture, shopping, food (AP via Yahoo! News)

The Year of the Ox begins Jan. 26 and stores all over Chinatown are selling bright red decorations to mark the new year. But while it's easy to pick up cheap souvenirs at shops around the neighborhood, it's also worth spending a day seeking out the unfamiliar. You can sample new dishes, listen to a two-stringed fiddle called an erhu, or even visit a Buddhist temple.

Report: Phillies' Romero suspended 50 games (Miami Herald)

Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher J.C. Romero has reportedly tested positive for a banned substance and will be suspended 50 games.

In need of a new job? Begin with a new you (The Argus Leader)

Things are rough all over, especially on the job front. A scary economy means many of us are sprucing up our resumes, handing out our business cards and making plans - just in case. So, we've put together your guide to getting hired, with a few stories of folks who turned disaster into destiny by starting brand-new careers.

Lauderhill man fatally struck by car in Coral Springs (Miami Herald)

A Lauderhill man was killed as he was tried to walk across Coral Ridge Drive, Coral Springs police reported Saturday. Marc H. Rubin, 47, died at the scene after a vehicle struck him as he was attempting to walk across Coral Ridge Drive just south of Sample Road at about 6 p.m. Friday.

Pete Tittl: L.A. Pizza Veloz gives city more great Italian -- and at crazy-good prices (The Bakersfield Californian)

I do love a good Italian restaurant, and no city can have too many of them. Of course I'm not in the business so I can say stuff like that, but Italian is one of the great cuisines in the world and we've had our share of great ones. Into this mix comes another refugee from Beverly Hills, which also spawned Uricchio's, an Italian great located downtown. Reader Connie Brandt told me that the owner ...