We are surely seeing a new Obama emerge on the eve of his second term.

CNN: Obama 2.0: Smarter, tougher -- but wiser?

Smart, funny, fearless and brazen, he's the go-to kid in Bahman Ghobadi's "Turtles Can Fly, " a film of sometimes hallucinatory power set in Iraqi Kurdistan on the eve of the second Iraq war.

WSJ: Sinking Spirits

In EVE Online, and a few others such as Second Life, all 200, 000 players are in it together.

BBC: Taking democracy to the stars

It is capable of taking 200 transactions a second, which is similar to the amount a major bank handles on Christmas Eve.

BBC: Red Nose site proves popular

Vodafone told the BBC that at its peak New Year's Eve 2011 saw more than 12, 000 texts handled in a single second.

BBC: Mobile networks braced for 'busiest ever' New Year surge

On the eve of the February 28 Michigan primary, Romney delivered a speech promising a second tax cut on top of the Bush tax cuts to a top rate of 28%.

CNN: Romney caves to far right

Here, a streamlined version of that annual celebratory spread serves as the second of the chef's four Slow Food Fast contributions, just in time for New Year's Eve.

WSJ: Michael Anthony's Sirloin With Popovers and Winter Vegetables