To be a good Jeremiah it's all got to go wrong (Daily Telegraph)

By tradition the first task of a business columnist in early January is to concoct some exciting predictions for the next 12 months writes Jeff Randall.

Whitehaven News (The Whitehaven News)

CHATSWORTH Tennis Club held the first junior tennis tournament in North Cumbria for the summer season on its courts in St Aidan’s Road, Carlisle.

James Howard Kunstler: Forecast for 2009 (The Georgia Straight)

The big theme for 2009 economically will be contraction. The end of the cheap energy era will announce itself as the end of conventional “growth” and the shrinking back of activity, wealth, and populations.

Big names, great games make 2008 year to remember (The Brownsville Herald)

The lesson of 2008: the bigger the stage, the better the show. All through the year, the top names and most-hyped events lived up to their billing.

Updated 12/31: Calendar (The Doings Western Springs)

"West Side Story" will be shown at 1 p.m. Jan. 9 at La Grange Public Library, 10 W. Cossitt Ave. This film features Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno and George Chakiris.