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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • The Founder of Penthouse, Bob Guccione, has died.
  • A study has found that women give more to charities than men.
  • Toyota has recalled 1.53 Million vehicles due to brake fluid and fuel pump issues.
  • Oak Brook Police are looking to fire the son of Drew Peterson.
  • A Saudi prince has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
  • Clearwire LTE has passed 90Mbps in a test in Phoenix.
  • Ebay relies on Paypal for 37% of it’s revenue.
  • Microsoft has renamed Xbox Live Silver to Xbox Live Free.
  • Netflix has re-iterated that a streaming-only option could come this year.
  • Wired has an interesting article on how The Allies used math against German tanks.
  • Jammie Thomas’ third P2P trial looms while the RIAA is complaining about the cost.
  • 131 Years ago today, Edison finally worked out his electricity idea.
  • A new study shows that the brains of new Moms grow.
  • Microsoft is reporting 240 Million copies of Windows 7 have been sold in the first year.
  • Meteors from Halley’s Comet may show skywatchers a spectacle.
  • A tumor magnet hopes to help doctors spot cancer.
  • A New Wii Bundle will be available On November 7th, in Red.
  • A Moon crash has stirred up ice, silver and mercury.
  • The world’s Largest Pumpkin of 2010 has been weighed.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • The US Federal government has been forced to admit that it is legal to take pictures of federal buildings.
  • Apple’s Own website has outted a couple new products.
  • Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been hospitalized.
  • A federal judge has affirmed her decision on ‘Don’t ask, Don’t Tell’.
  • Republicans are complete idiots. See why.
  • In the ‘No Shit’ department, Binge Drinking and Pot may harm teen brains.
  • A huge alien planet has a large spot.
  • UFOs have supposedly been explained.
  • Intel is planning on spending up to $8 Billion on U.S. factory upgrades.
  • 30,000 Year old flour find suggests that ‘cavemen’ craved carbs.
  • Spots and Stripes tell of an odyssey for the Big cats.
  • Swiss archeologist have found a 5,000 year old door.
  • Chrysler is recalling about 27.000 vehicles for faulty power steering pressure hose.
  • 2 million strollers are being recalled by Graco.
  • New York courts are now enforcing new foreclosure rules.
  • Apple has unveiled some new items including a redesigned MacBook Air and iLife ’11..
  • Electronics arts has purchased Chillingo, the Angry Birds publisher.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Microsoft’s Chief Architect, Ray Ozzie, is stepping down.
  • How fitting, The Tribune Company CEO may be asked to step down.
  • Mexican Authorities have ceased 105 tons of Marijuana.
  • in 1469, Ferdinand of Aragon married Isabella of Castile which would ultimately unify Spain.
  • A Vatican paper has declared that Homer Simpson is Catholic.
  • A Study shows that Vitamin B12 may ward off Alzheimer’s.
  • For those nostalgic moments, you can purchase a lego USB drive.
  • Western Digital has begun shipping it’s 3TB hard drives.
  • Comcast has started migrating customers to DNSSec-enabled DNS servers.
  • A source is claiming that Brightcove, the video distribution platform, is preparing for an IPO in 2011.
  • Canadian Universities cannot discipline students for their comments on Facebook. A win for Freespeech.
  • On October 19, 1943 an aid for Tuberculosis is discovered.
  • In the ‘WTF:Why’ category, LED implants have been created.
  • It has been discovered that the Mayan ‘Long Calendar’ does not end in 2012.
  • HP has announced the Palm Pre 2 and Web OS 2.0.
  • Some Tylenol has been recalled due to a moldy smell.
  • Shots have been at the Pentagon.
  • Microsoft has unveiled Microsoft Office 365.
  • Actor Tom Bosley, father on Happy Days, has died at the age of 83.
  • A Gene may discourage drinkers from becoming alcoholics.
  • After some analysis, the Hagfish has opened a major gap in the Tree of Life.
  • You can now google the Dead Sea Scrolls.
  • Microsoft has delivered Windows Embedded Automotive 7.
  • Ancient turtle bones have been discovered in Antarctica.
  • One dumbass has inquired where the seperation of Church and State is within the Constitution.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Sprint says New York will get 4G on November 1st. This could alleviate some of the 3G issues.
  • The New ISAT test will allow more kids to pass. This is a failure of the Education system in the United States, and I’m ashamed to live in Illinois because of this.
  • There’s a new CPR treatment order, Chest compressions and then breaths.
  • Facebook has pulled an entire company off of their Apps platform causing 150 million people to be without some games.
  • A mexican borough has made the World’s largest enchilada.
  • A 95-year old New York City Man has received a medal for devising a rescue of more than 500 bomber crew members.
  • A disease that is afflicting bats is threatening to close Caves throughout America.
  • A distant Star Explosion has choked on it’s own dust.
  • Saturn’s moons have engaged in a paintball fight with each other.
  • The Netflix Native App for the Wii is now available.
  • The US Department of Justice is suing Michigan’s Blue Cross over Pricing deals.
  • The Haiti Earthquake earlier this year is offering surprising lessions about the Earth’s Surface.
  • An Ancient Shipwreck points to the site of a Major Roman Battle.
  • Happy 25th Birthday to the original Nintendo Entertainment System.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

Current News:

  • Angry Birds for Android has been downloaded more than 1 million times in one day.
  • Sony’s Google TV will arrive tomorrow.
  • Cablevision customers have lost Fox due to a fee dispute.
  • Barbara Bilingsley, TV’s June Cleaver, has died at the age of 94.
  • Pope Benedict XVI has canonized Australia’s first Saint, Mary MacKillop.
  • Hilton Chicago Hotel workers are on strike for three days.
  • Frozen Vegetables are being recalled due to glass fragments.
  • The Plastic chemical, BPA, has been been deemed toxic in Canda.
  • The Business Software Alliance is pressuring Europe to kill open standards.
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Historical News:

  • In 1091, An F4 Tornado strikes London.
  • In 1610, French King, Louis XIII is crowned.
  • In 1777, British Troops are defeated at the Battle of Saratoga.
  • In 1781, General Cornwallis offers his surrender.
  • In 1814, the London Beer Flood occurred.
  • In 1915, Arthur Miller, American Playwright, is born.
  • In 1918, Rita Hayworth is born.
  • In 1931, Al Capone is convicted of Tax Evasion.
  • In 1956, The first Nuclear Power station is opened.
  • In 1958, Alan Jackson, Country Music Artist, is born.
  • In 1959, Richard Roeper, American Film Critic, is born.
  • In 1962, Mike Judge, American cartoonist, is born.
  • In 1979, Mother Theresa is awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.
  • In 2009. Vic Mizzy, composer of Green Acres and Addams Family themes, died.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Google is recommending changing your password twice a year.
  • Going in through the eye socket for brain surgery may elminate scars.
  • Maggie Daley, wife of current Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, has been hospitalized in Washington.
  • The Michigan Avenue Bridge in Chicago has been offically renamed the Dusable Bridge.
  • The Swiss have dug the world’s largest tunnel.
  • President Obama is urging Congress to end taxes for companies that create jobs overseas.
  • The U.S. is marking the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War with a historical collection.
  • A former Music Industry executive is stating that album prices should be drastically cheaper.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Seagate, the hard drive manufacturer, is going to take the company private.
  • The first female Metra Engineer is going to retire after 40 years.
  • Berlin has an exhibition on Hitler.
  • A Rhode Island hospital ‘accidentally‘ left a drill bit in patient’s head.
  • Sure-footed Bighorn sheep have decided to take a stroll on the face of Buffalo Bill’s dam.
  • Research has found that online invoices are paid twice as fast.
  • A New discovery has put a spin on the Universe’s most powerful magnets.
  • 110 years ago, the Boston Symphony Hall opens it’s inaugural concert.
  • Russia is going to build a nuclear power plant in Venezuela.
  • GM is recalling Chevy Impalas due to a seat belt issue.
  • The Large Hadron Collider has begun to edge out rivals.
  • An Anarctic Ice sheet has preserved an Invisible Mountain Range.
  • A study believes that cancer is man-made.
  • More evidence that the Cell phone companies are screwing consumers.
  • Dead and Cold Stars may limit Dark matter.
  • A new fish species has been found 4.5 Miles into the ocean depths.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Instead of cutting people off entirely, T-mobile will throttle heavy-data users.
  • Verizon will begin selling iPad Wifi + Mifi on October 28th.
  • Implants may help heroin addicts.
  • The Human Genome is still full of mysteries.
  • A Netflix Native Application for the Playstation 3 will be available on October 18th.
  • Georgia has clamped down on Illegal Immigrants in colleges.
  • Dolby High Definition audio will eventually be added to Netflix.
  • 25 Years ago today, the programming language C++ was published.
  • Herbel weight loss drugs are loaded with illicit drugs.
  • Some New Yorkers are claiming to see a UFO over Manhattan.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Jimmy John’s is suing a Chicago Street Deli for trademark infringement.
  • Microsoft has detailed it’s Fall Dashboard Update.
  • Renovations of the World War I memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. have begun.
  • Dark Matter stars could solve some cosmic mysteries.
  • A Flower’s Stripes actually serve as a Bee’s landing strip.
  • Greenpeace believes that Wind could supply a fifth of the World’s Energy.
  • Record Labels have failed to get the ‘three-strikes’ law passed in Ireland.
  • Medal of Honor, the reboot of the Franchise, is now available.
  • Bonobo Females are handier with tools than Males.
  • Giant flying dinosaurs could fly 10,000 miles non-stop.
  • In a ‘WTF’ are you thinking moment, American P2P are now threatening each other.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • A plant in Central Illinois has burned and is considered a ‘total loss’.
  • Microsoft is launching Windows Phone 7 today.
  • Zune Software version 4.7 is now available for PC.
  • Hitachi has developed a 6Gbps 10000 RPM 2.5 Mobile hard drive.
  • TDK has developed a 1TB optical DVD.
  • There were a total of nine Windows Phone 7 devices announced.
  • A newly found carnivore is already threatened with extinction.
  • Adobe is going to unveil Acrobat 10 on October 18th.
  • Being Deaf can enhance sight.
  • A New Cat-sized carnivore has been found in Madagascar.
  • Connecticut’s Maritime Museum is now home for three exotic lobsters.
  • Virgin Galactic’s VSS Enterprise has completed it’s first solo glide flight.
  • Stem Cell research is being aimed at spinal cord treatment.
  • Corn prices have risen due to tighter supplies.

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