2 Three hundred seventy-two cars were set on fire during new year celebrations in Paris this year, Reuters reported. Police described the night as “relatively calm.” Last year, Parisians set 730 vehicles ablaze.
2 Michigan hockey goalie Billy Sauer was named the RBC Financial Group CCHA player of December, as well as the CCHA’s Goaltender of the Week.
3 The San Francisco Zoo reopened yesterday, nine days after a Siberian tiger mauled three teenagers. 17-year-old Carlos Sousa Jr. died after a tiger jumped out of its pen and attacked Sousa. Visitors created a memorial for both Sousa and the tiger yesterday.