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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Two men have been arrested on a flight from Chicago to Amsterdam after some ‘suspicious items’ were found in their checked luggage.
  • There are two finalists for Illinois Lottery management.
  • Mexico has fired 10% of it’s federal police force.
  • Roku has dropped prices on three media players; they now start at $59.99.
  • Viewsonic’s 7″ ViewPad is official with Android 2.2.
  • New York landlords are now required to tell tenants about bedbugs.
  • Fidel Castro, in a rare interview, stated that he was ‘at death’s door’.
  • AutoCAD has returned to the Mac.
  • Heaps of fossils from the evolutionary ‘Big Bang’ have been discovered in the Canadian Rockies.
  • US Food and Drug Administration investigators have found two egg farms failed to follow their own safety procedures.
  • Chinese officials are going to hear a case where a potential school teacher was denied a job because he is HIV positive.
  • US Federal officials are suggesting grade letters for vehicle efficiency.
  • Borders has upped the ante for Amazon and Barnes & Noble with a $99 e-reader.
  • TweetPhoto has renamed itself to Plixi and adds location-based services.
  • The Magna Carta is getting some new preservation gas.
  • A Tube of plasma has been able to create solar eruptions in the lab.
  • Tesla Motors has paid a fine for lacking emissions certificate of conformity, despite none of their cars producing emissions.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Intel is reportedly going to purchase Infineon’s Wireless Operations for $1.4 Billion.
  • Speculation is that YouTube is hoping to get Hollywood to agree to a Pay-per-View service.
  • A Court has ruled TechCrunch and Joojoo were business partners.
  • AMD has killed the ATI brand and is now going to use AMD.
  • A Titanic expedition has produced some new crisp images.
  • The US Department of Justice is focusing on how Comcast’s purchase of NBC Universal could affect Internet Video.
  • The Large Hadron Collider is pushing petabytes of data.
  • Nintendo of America is going to drop the price of the DSi and DSi XL starting September 12th.
  • Smoking Rates are linked to Education and Cigarette Taxes.
  • In 1954, Dwight D. Eisenhower signs Atomic Energy Act.
  • Xbox Live Gold prices are increasing in the US, UK, and Canada beginning November 1st.
  • Astronaut William Lenoir, who flew the first operational shuttle mission in 1982, has died at the age of 71.
  • A toilet owned by John Lennon has sold for $14,740 at auction.
  • NASA has teamed up with Flickr to share Historic photos online..
  • Microsoft has enabled ActiveSync on all live.com email addresses.
  • A Maine Climber has been found in a melting Canadian glacier after 21 years.
  • Updated Car stickers are now going to include environmental information.
  • A new predatory Dinosaur has been found in Romania.
  • The Next Oxford English Dictionary may become all digital.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

Current News

  • The Chicago White Sox have retired Frank Thomas’ Number 35.
  • There is now a 64GB Flash Drive that is the size of a postage stamp.
  • China is going to mine the Yellow Sea floor
  • Giant Rings around Galaxies have Astronomers a bit  perplexed.
  • Due to a downpour in Phoenix has caused a 69-car pile up.

Historical News

  • In 1632, English Philosopher John Locke was born.
  • In 1786, Shay’s Rebellion begins due to High Taxes.
  • In 1898, The Goodyear company was founded
  • In 1923, English Director Richard Attenborough was born.
  • In 1949, the Soviet Atomic Bomb project tests it’s first bomb.
  • In 1968, Ulysses S. Grant III, died.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Clearwire is reportedly going to offer a pay-as-you go service.
  • The United, Continental mega-merger has been approved by the Justic Department.
  • Fidel Castro is claiming that Osama Bin Laden is a CIA Agent.
  • Bankrupt Mexicana Airlines has suspended travel.
  • Google has backed out of JavaOne, due to Oracle Lawsuit.
  • A Mock Astronaut will be launched by a Private Danish Rocketeer.
  • NASA is going to study Hurricanes by flying directly into them.

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Here is today’s Daily Run down.

  • A Prehistoric man found naturally mummified may have had a funeral ceremony.
  • USA Today is going to reorganize.
  • Ford is recalling 575,000 Winstar Vans in the US and Canada.
  • 20 Des Plains, Illinois liquore sellers have been caught in a sting by teens.
  • Scientists have the genetic code for Wheat.
  • Exchange’s ActiveSync technology is reportedly making it’s way to Hotmail on Monday.
  • Facebook is going to cease supporting Internet Explorer 6.
  • A Baby Tiger was found stuffed in a bag in Bangkok.

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