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Tuesday 31st August 2010

by Wayne

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.

Look for more stories tomorrow. If an important story has been missed please leave a comment.

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