Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

• Im leaving the internet for a year
• Hulu Puts Gun To Own Head May Require Users To Show Proof Of Pay TV Subscription
• Australian billionaire plans to build a replica of the Titanic
• US forces join jungle search for Kony
• White House explains drone policy
• The Emanuel Administration at 1
• Microsoft seeks relevancy potential with B N deal
• $195 million Sea Shadow stealth ship for sale only $10000 deposit required
• UK Internet service providers ordered to block Pirate Bay file-sharing site
• Kids on the margins need unpacking of societal norms
• Leonardo da Vincis real body of work was anatomy claims new exhibition
• The Prybar GeForce GTX 690 Arrives
• Altruism in Animals Varies Based on Environment
• Google Wave reaches zero amplitude
• Engrish Funny Hurra Deutschland
• Intels NUC brings Core i3 and i5 power to tiny motherboards
• RIM not Samsung reportedly behind ‘Wake Up’ Apple protests
• Why did Obama issue controversial Osama bin Laden ad +video
• Down the Sinkhole Inside the Kelihos.B takedown
• Australian Parliament Wants To Know Why Are App Prices More Expensive In Australia
• Fifteen people on licence charges
• London 2012 Security measures
• VIDEO Olympic security plans unveiled
• Using FTP with an iPad
• Technology defies the law of diminishing returns
• OMGFacts There are 2598960 possible hands in a five-card poker game.
• IntriguingFacts In Alaska’s Matanuska Valley the long hours of sunlight are used by some farmers to grow giant vegetables.
• Roger Ebert The Greatest Films of All Time
• Screenshot Journal
• Is it So Bad for the CIO to Report to the CFO
• Unshelved on Monday April 30 2012
• Artist Lucian Freud leaves $156 million in will – paper
• Merkels old VW sold at auction second time lucky
• Obiwan Kenobi arrested on charge of hit-and-run
• Dentist pulls out all of her ex-boyfriend’s teeth after split
• Dont Ask Dont Poke Whats Next for House Proposal to Keep Employers From Demanding Your Facebook Password
• Tagg Pet Tracker Review
• Are Facebook Likes Protected By The First Amendment
• Verizon launches $80 prepaid plan with 1GB of data and unlimited talk / text plus a prepaid MiFi hotspot
• Google Wave is officially dead starting today
• SpaceX to webcast static rocket firing today in preparation for Dragon spacecraft launch
• Automatically send Gmail attachments to Google Drive with this custom script
• Release of exploit code puts Oracle Database users at risk of attack
• No Record Label But Amanda Palmer Raises Over $100k In Just Six Hours On Kickstarter
• iTunes Match reportedly going live in new European countries including Italy Austria and Greece
• Why Texas judge lifted ban on state funds for Planned Parenthood
• Can Smokers Be Banned from Government Jobs
• Why Cant the Post Office Ship Booze
• James Murdoch to face MPs criticism over phone hacking
• SportsWatch Brooklyn Nets show off new logo colors
• Dont believe the headlines. Wind farms do not cause global warming.
• Home rentals increase and so do prices
• Coke says not in talks to buy Monster Beverage
• US Senate race in Virginia shaping up as national battleground
• Bullied dolphin hides from tormentors near Huntington Beach +video
• David Cameron forced to answer Jeremy Hunt questions
• Bill Clinton 5 reasons he is helping Obama
• How a bizarre ocean current could create coral refuges
• Colorado DNA programs first success convicted murderer exonerated
• To get out of debt refinance and consolidate first
• For those with heart disease the benefit of fish oil supplements seems to be nil
• Three Cups of Tea a fraud Judge dismisses lawsuit against Greg Mortenson.
• iPad 4G claims face UK scrutiny
• Jimmy Kimmel wows Washingtons Nerd Prom. Whats he get paid for that +video
• Terminal breast cancer leads woman to pick palliative care not aggressive therapy
• Opening day for Occupy Wall Street Act 2
• Exclusive CME readies round-the-clock grains trade sources
• Study says wind turbines raise surrounding area temperature but only at night
• Neutrinos could deliver millisecond advantage to cyborg Gordon Gekkos
• Extreme Close-Up Fading Star Shoots Searchlight Beams
• Are Lowering Clouds Countering Climate Change | Video
• Global Health Dont Slap Your Name on Everything If You Want to Get Things Done
• Obese People May Fail To Buckle Up
• Gene that plays key role in inheritance FANCM identified
• Rapid test strips detect bacterial contamination in swimming water
• Yellowstone super-eruption less super more frequent than thought
• The antibiotic amoxicillin-clavulanate before a meal may improve small bowel motility
• Twenty-four new species of lizards discovered on Caribbean islands are close to extinction
• Tree Crickets Song in Tune with the Temperature
• Humans Really Are Still Evolving Study Finds
• Is Global Warming Causing More Home Runs in Baseball
• Armpits belly buttons and chronic wounds The ABCs of our body bacteria
• Why bigger animals arent always faster
• Rogue stars ejected from the galaxy are found in intergalactic space
• On writing memory and forgetting Socrates and Hemingway take on Zeigarnik
• Female Pandas Insemination Live-Tweeted by National Zoo
• Four Medical Implants that Escaped FDA Scrutiny
• Formaldehyde exposure may affect fertility in men
• More Babies Born with Exposure to Addictive Drugs
• Parkinsons Personality Disease More Likely to Strike Cautious People
• Colorful Chicago weather Creates Colorful Sky
• DuPage election commission chairman resigns
• Man charged with stealing $212000 from Villa Park Islamic center
• Illinois inspector in hot water over gun violations
• Monday Afternoon Diversion Dog Meets Coyote
• Toddler dies a week after school bus-van crash in Naperville
• ‘899-year-old god’ gets probation for having stolen property
• The Beer Bistro Buys Small Bar Fullerton
• Fake Kickstarter project Mythic uncovered by internet users forced to shut down
• Go Plug Yourself
• FAIL Nation I Can’t Believe He Got Up and Walked Away FAIL
• Sears Product Security Systems
• It’s Math
• Hat Under Construction Please Come Back Soon
• Dating Fails Also She’s Probably Trying to Kill You. So There’s That.
• WIN More Exciting Than a Slide WIN
• Microsoft says tone on CISPA the same despite likely veto
• Alienware M14x M17x and M18x Now with Ivy Bridge and New GPUs
• Astronaut joins effort to profit from harvesting raw materials in space
• Scaling-up production of biopolymer microthreads
• About one baby born each hour addicted to opiate drugs in U.S.
• Molecule blocks pathway leading to Alzheimers disease
• Widow of man who freed exotic animals to get them back
• Opry owner Wisconsin company sue over Nashville floods
• Nonprofit gets wheels for needy military couple with a baby on the way
• Dealers wanting to sell Fords first all-electric car must Focus on the environment
• Teens should try out teaching
• Female Panda Recovering After Artificial Insemination
• Paul Millers final hours on the internet
• Man sues BMW alleging motorcycle seat gave him two-year erection
• BlackBerry Music Gateway hands-on video
• EPA official resigns over crucify flap
• Murdoch not fit boss say MPs
• Bartender for OS X cures menu bar clutter
• Incubators matter The average Y Combinator company is worth $45.2M
• Bill for councils sweet pensions coming due
• Aldermen getting generous pensions for their part-time jobs
• Former nursing student pleads not guilty in Oakland shooting rampage – Chicago Tribune
• Sega CEO Mike Hayes stepping down
• Malaysia introduces minimum wage
• Apple resists request to unseal Jobs deposition in Universal suit
• Time running out to visit Monroe statue
• Science fair winner publishes new study on butterfly foraging behavior
• Unknown function of transcriptional regulator of development and cancer reveaked Jarid2 may break the polycomb silence
• Not all altruism is alike says new study
• From decade to decade Whats the status of our groundwater quality
• Watch as a DIY 8-bit computer comes together learn something in the process
• Family settles with city over girls hit-run death
• Guest Lecture #20 – Zach Weiner
• Jambox Grows Up Gets Bigger
• Viral Video The Newsroom Is Reborn – Aaron Sorkin for the win!
• Washington Post only wants Digg’s human assets
• Fresh attacks target symbols of Syrian state power
• Blind Chinese activist makes dramatic escape from house arrest
• Jim Lowell Sell Europe buy Japan
• Search for India ferry survivors
• On anniversary of Bin Ladens death Romney says he would have given the order
• DHS inspector general to investigate Secret Service scandal in Colombia
• Australian Billionaire to Create Titanic Replica
• Five things wrong with Indias economy
• Australia in shock 0.5% rate cut
• Student loans equal $35000. Pay em off or save
• VIDEO Freedom Tower is NYCs tallest
• Judge to rule on future of DSK suit
• Bin Laden’s last stand In final months terrorist leader worried about his legacy
• Mexico passes law to compensate victims of crime
• Man drowns in car while crossing flooded river near Newbury
• Test to predict breast cancer
• Heathrow queue times misleading
• Antarctic lake mission key tests
• Mourning Family Reflects on Its Past After Accident
• Should people accept that pressure is a fact of life
• Last founder of Sandinistas dies
• Duran Duran to play Olympic gig
• Seven arrested on suspicion of exporting qat to fund terrorism
• In pictures May Day 2012
• Day in pictures 1 May 2012
• Jobs scarce on Occupation Road
• Londoners unaware of Thames RNLI
• Next train – Circle line
• Voters outside London no voice
• Freud show to open until midnight
• Washington Post reportedly hiring Digg staff leaving the sites future uncertain
• Apple pushes developers to prepare for Mountain Lions Gatekeeper security feature
• Accidentally deleted copy of The Avengers leads to postponed press screening
• A Tiny TARDIS All Your Own
• May 1 1851 Alls Fair in Love War Machinery and Appliances
• Conquering LED efficiency droop
• Prenatal exposure to insecticide chlorpyrifos linked to alterations in brain structure and cognition
• Jewel-like Nanowires Pretty As Well As Efficient
• China launches two navigation satellites
• New GM Crops Could Make Superweeds Even Stronger
• Will obese kids in poverty be left behind
• New condo ‘vacation rental’ ordinance to be introduced next week
• Catepillar presses on as picket line forms outside Joliet plant
• May 01 2012
• Autocowrecks This Conspiracy Goes All the Way to the Top
• WIN Shaun of the Dead Legos WIN – One Word: SWEET!
• Facebook adds life saving organ donor feature to Timeline
• Call of Duty Black Ops 2 revealed on official UK site
• #getpaidnotplayed
• Atheists More Motivated by Compassion than the Faithful
• Norwegian swimming champion dead
• U.K. Report Condemns News Corp.
• Insert Coin Genie turns any camera into a world-class time lapse rig
• IE continues desktop rebound Safari dominates mobile
• Jury Deliberates Oracle-Google Trial the World Waits
• Photo
• Cubifys 3D printer up for pre-order wants to make you make trinkets
• Thames Water Hosepipe Ban To Stay
• Parenting Fails So THAT’S Why I Get So Aroused Watching This Movie
• Occupy protesters plan noon rally downtown
• AOL joins Microsoft as sponsor of Outercurve Foundation
• Social network pressure
• One in seven thinks end of world is coming – poll – Technically, the world is coming to an end. Will it end by the Mayan Calendar, maybe. But the world is ending at some point in the future.
• 10 or More Things We Hope to See in iOS 6
• RIM Launches Blackberry 10
• GuyKawasaki Where you pay Amazon taxes http//t.co/stIOsq5M
• Call of Duty Black Ops 2 What we know thus far
• Nato grapples with rogue elements in Afghan ranks
• How accurate were Leonardos anatomy drawings
• Freedom Tower rising from ashes
• Boy Scout resignation over lesbian mothers removal in Ohio
• Judge rejects immunity for Strauss-Kahn in civil suit
• New arrests over rape victim name
• U.S. factories rack up best growth in 10 months
• 5 held in plot to blow up Cleveland bridge
• LZ Hope and change is dead
• Obama nerd prom jokes Did he go too far
• Drink-driving midwife had gin and tonic in her car
• Jailed US man cleared of murder
• Chesapeake to replace McClendon as chairman
• Bucket list baby dies
• Golden Retriever guards owner’s bicycle then hops aboard for a ride
• Machinists walk off the job at Caterpillars Joliet plant
• Sexist Tweets Unfunny Anytime
• Facebook IPO Docs Could Get Approval This Week Followed by Road Show With Zuckerberg No Guarantee on Tie
• Intel’s tiny prototype computer will fit in your hand run Quake
• Logitech iPad case and keyboard charges itself with solar power
• Expanding an optical lattice to accelerate particles
• Hubble space telescope catches close-up of a fading star
• Treyarchs futuristic Black Ops sequel leaked for Nov. 13 release
• Carbon storage capacity theres plenty but fracking may be wrecking some
• Matters of the Brain Why Men and Women Are So Different
• Children with juvenile arthritis have higher rates of bacterial infection
• A 100-gigbit highway for science
• Gene involved in sperm-to-egg binding is key to fertility in mammals
• Why the Urge to Pee Ruins Sleep for Some
• Fuzzy Dinosaur Discovery Provokes Frustration
• Some Dinosaurs Were Dealt a Slow Death
• Di Matteo backs Blues experience
• Tube passenger admits racist rant
• Space History Photo 1942 Wind Tunnel Test
• Warming Ocean Current Might Create Coral Refuges
• Cross-platform malware exploits Java to attack PCs and Macs
• US Army Wants Wireless Battery Charging Everywhere
• Chicago aldermen consider tax on pop other sugary drinks
• He’s Ready to Hit Up the Clubs
• Dating Fails Think Long and Hard About This One.
• After 12 The Stealth Rum Solution
• Music FAILS Family Planning
• Pencil This In Chicago Chefs Table Extraordinary Recipes from the Windy City Signing
• ‘Bullied’ dolphin hiding from pushy pod officials say
• Judge Tells Apple He’s Had His Fill Of Frivolous Filings
• Fannie docs Cuts to mortgages would help taxpayer
• Skype replaces P2P supernodes with Linux boxes hosted by Microsoft
• How to leave the internet without going unplugged
• Web TV startup Revision3 may sell to Discovery Channel for $40M sources say
• Police Say Intoxicated Woman Bit Her Dog And Her Mom
• Ten Cities + Ten Free Concerts / Chicago = +PLUS Fest
• RIM offers developers $10000 incentive for certified apps
• Apple plans Saskatchewan store Houston shop hit by bullets
• Apple may not market 4G iPad in the UK
• Student keeps rights to falling bear pic
• HP reclaims top spot in PC sales market as a whole climbs 21 percent
• Judge Woman can retract guilty plea in 03 attack on ex-husband his wife
• Is this More or Less Fashionable than Wearing a Shoe
• Instagram reaches 50 million users across iOS and Android
• How illusions trick the brain Rotating Snakes appear to dance
• Were dinosaurs undergoing long-term decline before mass extinction
• Mozillas Data Center No Cloud Here Open Rules
• Supreme Court Gives George Ryan Hope For Early Release
• A 3D-printed punch card reader the first step to a working printed computer
• New York City imposes new social media rules for teachers
• Oil prices drive Delta Air Lines to buy its own refinery. Will that work
• Photo
• Barnes Nobles Nook e-readers getting NFC says CEO
• Caroline Pidgeon calls for greater transparency on Tube overcharging
• WIN 10000 Cupcake Mosaic WIN
• Nokia Lumia 800 mod adds wireless charging
• Risks of mixing drugs and herbal supplements What doctors and patients need to know
• Simple way to remove mud from drinking water
• Spitting Woman Interrupts News Report

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