Morning Edition Returns: Pickles and Polar Bears

Published December 30, 2002 at 7:00 PM HST

In Mount Olive, North Carolina, they relish the opportunity to ring in the New Year a bit earlier than most of the nation, and on Coney Island, it's a good time for a dip in the surf.

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