'Auld Lang Syne': New Year's song has a convoluted history

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich wipes a tear from his eye as he speaks about his mother during a Moms Matter campaign stop at Java Joe's in Des Moines on Friday, December. 30, 2011. (David Purdy/The Des Moines

Marc Myers on The News Hub has a guide to some of the best New Year's Eve concerts around the country, from BB King in Macon, Ga., to Patti Smith in New York. A sampling of modern-day Guy (and gal) Lombardos who will take the stage New Year's Eve,

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Police officers stand guard as people start to fill up New York's Times Square on Friday ahead of the New Year's Eve ball drop tonight. The crowd can swell to 1 million people packing 17 blocks of Manhattan. / SPENCER PLATT/Getty Images By Tom Hays