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Associated Press Writer

Confetti flies over Tines Square in New York Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014 as the new year is celebrated.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — NASA officials say the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster “should never be trivialized” in response to a new song from Beyonce that features an audio sample recorded just after the craft exploded on takeoff in 1986, killing all seven crewmembers. The space agency issued the statement late Tuesday after the pop star began to receive criticism from Challenger families and others for using the short sample that includes the words “major malfunction” as an allusion to a failed relationship. “The Challenger accident is an important part of our history; a tragic reminder that space exploration is risky and should never be trivialized,” said the statement from Lauren B. Worley, NASA’s press secretary. “NASA works every day to honor the legacy of our fallen astronauts as we carry out our mission to reach for new heights and explore the universe.” NASA’s response came after Beyonce explained the use of the short snippet in a statement to ABC News Tuesday that stopped short of an apology. The sample appears at the beginning of her song “XO” from her new

self-titled album. Among those critical of the sample was June Scobee Rodgers, widow of Challenger commander Dick Scobee. She told ABC in a statement that she was disappointed and described the use of the sample as “emotionally difficult.” “My heart goes out to the families of those lost in the Challenger disaster,” Beyonce’s statement said. “The song ‘XO’ was recorded with the sincerest intention to help heal those who have lost loved ones and to remind us that unexpected things happen, so love and appreciate every minute that you have with those who mean the most to you.

The songwriters included the audio in tribute to the unselfish work of the Challenger crew with hope that they will never be forgotten.” Beyonce released her new self-titled “visual album” earlier this month that included 14 songs and 17 videos. Much of the initial discussion about the album had to do with its surprise release and platinum sales until the reaction to the Challenger sample began to circulate. “XO” is about a failing relationship and taking the time to appreciate what one has in the moment because life changes. Beyonce’s publicist did not return messages left Tuesday by The Associated Press.

‘Duck’ son Robertson makes nice in Fox interview

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NEW YORK (AP) — “Duck Dynasty” star Willie Robertson chose not to quack back. In one of his first chances to comment on the dust-up surrounding his outspoken father and reality TV co-star Phil Robertson, the younger Robertson had only kind words for the A&E cable TV network and New Year’s wishes for the nation in an appearance Tuesday night on Fox News’ “All-American New Year” special. “We’re just glad to be back to work, and A&E and us are fine,” Willie Robertson said in a live appearance with wife Korie from Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Fox hosts Bill Hemmer and Elizabeth Hasselbeck gave him several chances to address the firestorm surrounding the suspension of his father over anti-gay comments, but without quite ducking the question, Willie Robertson chose not to take the bait either. “We’re looking forward to getting back to making some funny shows. It’s a New Year so we’re ready to break in a New Year and start it all over again,” Robertson said. “We’re ready to move on, you know. I think we all learned a lot and we’re just ready to move on, and the family’s happy, and we’re ready to go. I’ve got to make sure my guys are back there

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FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2013 file photo, Beyonce performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens, in New Orleans.

Global fireworks party welcomes in 2014

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Agence France-Presse

NEW YORK - Times Square erupted in joy and a shower of multi-colored confetti as New York City’s famed glass ball eased down to mark the final seconds ushering in 2014.

AP Photo/A&E, Zach Dilgard

This undated image released by A&E shows Phil Robertson, flanked by his sons Jase Robertson, left, and Willie Robertson from the popular series “Duck Dynasty.” building duck calls.” Asked her thoughts on the suspension by Hasselbeck, Korie Robertson took the same conciliatory tone. “Hey,

I’m just glad the family’s all together, the best thing about the show is we get to do it as a family,” she said. “We’re all happy, happy, happy.”

In the latest scene of global New Year celebrations an estimated one million people, braving freezing temperatures and some of them camping out since morning for a good spot at the festivities, joined in a chorus to boom out the final countdown to 2014. None other than US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor -- a native New Yorker -- activated the mechanism that sent the Big Apple’s famed 5,500 kilo multicolor, flashy ball on its way down a pole to signal the end of one year and the start of another. Times Square blazed with neon lights above the jubilant crowd, many wearing blue top hots advertising a brand of skin cream. Parties in other cities further west were to follow. Three astronauts from the International Space Station appeared on a giant screen TV to wish the crowd a happy new year. The crowd withstood the sub-freezing cold thanks in part to lots of live entertainment including Melissa Etheridge singing

a version of the John Lennon song “Imagine.” “It’s really cold but there’s a lot of entertainment. It’s fun!,” said Sara, a New Jersey woman who arrived at the square at seven in the morning to get a front row spot. Elsewhere around the world, fireworks boomed and lit up the skies to welcome the new year. Some 2.3 million thronged Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach for a raucous celebration about 24 tonnes of fireworks. Europe joined in the party with a giant salvo in London, after Dubai attempted to break the work record for the biggest-ever fireworks show and Sydney got the ball rolling ahead of Asia with a dazzling display. In London, huge cheers went up as parliament’s clock tower chimed in 2014, as people packed the banks of the River Thames to watch the pyrotechnics at the London Eye observation wheel. About 50,000 took part in “the world’s first multi-sensory fireworks display”, when peach snow, edible banana confetti and orange-scented bubbles descended on a section of the crowd. In Dubai, the Middle East hub was attempting to break

the Guinness World Record by setting off more than 400,000 fireworks. The glittering display lasted around six minutes and spanned 100 kilometres (60 miles) of the coast, focusing on the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower at 830 metres high. People crowded in the streets below took pictures as the thundering display filled the skies. “It’s amazing,” said May Hinnawi, a 35-year-old Syrian. “I will tell my children and grand children I was here to see this event.” Kuwait set the record in 2011 with an hour-long blast of 77,282 fireworks. In Europe, Berliners partied at the Brandenburg Gate, while hundreds of thousands in Paris thronged the Champs Elysees. “Paris is wonderful tonight,” said Hu Lichu, a Chinese woman in her 60s who came with her husband. Thousands of cheering Spaniards in Madrid saw in 2014 by gobbling down twelve grapes -- one with each clock chime -- in a New Year tradition. One man was killed by fireworks in the Netherlands and another in France. Kiribati and Samoa in the Pacific were the first to see in the New Year at 1000 GMT Tuesday, in a wave of celebrations that will finish on the United States’ remote Howland and Baker Islands at 1200 GMT Wednesday. Continued on page 6