Jammed Beijing to cut new car registration by 2/3 China’s capital announced Thursday that it will sharply limit new vehicle registrations to try to ease massive traffic jams that are rapidly turning Beijing’s streets into parking lots. Read more on AP via Yahoo! News

Retailer to open in Dublin Plans to hire 50 to sell to outdoor enthusiasts Read more on Pleasanton Weekly

Christmas season a holiday to die for The soundtrack for many a North American Christmas isn’t Bing Crosby but rather the scream of ambulance sirens, with a new study finding the holidays are risk factors for death. Read more on Canada.com

Briefs Sounds of the season Read more on Memphis Commercial Appeal

15 Books You Should Have Read in 2010 Image by Jane Mount, Courtesy 20x 200 Yes, we read Freedom this year and yes, it was good.  As Esquire put it, it “was one great slab of a book, at a time when most books have given up on greatness.” But there were other books in [...]

Yuletide Fear: Europe cuts back amid Xmas gloom By The Associated Press Greeks dodge riots to do their Christmas shopping. Italians planning holiday feasts quietly stuff freezers. And the needy in Ireland are literally selling the family silver. Read more on FOX 12 Idaho

FanSnap Expands Fast and Easy Ticket Search to Bing Sports Fans Can Now Use Bing to Quickly Compare and Purchase Tickets From Across the Web Read more on Marketwire

Detroit, Midwest leaders visit European cities on rebound Detroit and other Rust Belt cities hoping to reverse decades of decline are finding new inspiration in unexpected places — the older industrial cities of Europe. In recent weeks, leaders from Detroit, Flint, Cleveland and other Midwest cities have traveled to Europe as part of a “Cities [...]

Suburbs to consider fight for water dept. Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson and others are ramping up efforts to increase suburban oversight of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, following an indictment Wednesday alleging former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick used the agency to dole out millions of dollars in contracts to a friend. Read [...]

Justin Bieber’s World Cup iPad: 2010 in keywords The end of the calendar year is a time to reflect on our experiences of the last twelve months, and to look ahead to what the next twelve have in store. Read more on BetaNews