Here is today’s Daily Run Down.
- Tracking the Response to Isaac
- Prosecutors Photo shows Amish beard-cutting attack
- Watch out for the junk bond boom
- Harvard Accuses 125 Students of Cheating
- Bayou Blackout 900000 Without Power After Isaac
- Bradley Manning trial date set for February 2013
- Pentagon threatens Seal over Osama bin Laden killing book
- 50 Cents manager is found dead
- Colorado shooting charity responds to criticism from victims families
- Jury finds Florida teen guilty of impersonating a physician assistant
- Stallone son died of heart attack
- Al Jazeera Bets Heavily on Soccer on U.S. TV
- Blue moon Two chances to see this rare event
- Dolphins spotted in San Francisco
- Federal workers rack up nearly $8m in travel costs
- Amazon Publishing buys 1000 titles from defunct Dorchester
- What to expect at next weeks Kindle event A rumor roundup
- Frys pays $2.3M to settle sex text claims
- Will Hurricanes Ever Reach Category 6
- Sony and DirecTV again offering NFL Sunday Ticket on PlayStation 3 priced at $299.95
- Why cant we just admit that journalists are human
General News
Funny
- Pundit Kitchen The RNC Drinking Game
- FAIL Nation Rolling With Your Bros FAIL
- WIN Toaster WIN
- August 31 2012
- Fastest-Growing
International
- Uzbekistan key to Afghan war drawdown to ban foreign military bases
- Tokyo court gives win to Samsung
- Brazil cuts interest rates again
- VIDEO Russian oligarch legal battle
- In pictures Wheelchair basketball in Afghanistan
- Clinton to Cook Islands US cares more than China
- Quake of 7.9 magnitude strikes off Philippines USGS
- Tsunami Warning Issued for Philippines
- Netflix CEO Reed Hastings response to HBO Nordic Its on
- Russian Companies Design Space Tour Plane
- Why Philippines Earthquake Tsunami Warning Was Cancelled
- China Now Using a Cruise Ship to Haul Troops and Tanks
Chicagoland
- Wheeling man accused of child sex assault
- Prosecution rests in Drew Peterson murder trial
- State police plan Labor Day traffic crackdown
- What Do Chicagoans Think Of Mitt Romney
- Teachers union sets strike date
- Circle Interchange may get $375 million makeover
- Me after dinner at Balena
- Me trying to find a 1-bedroom in Wicker Park
Personal
Science/Space
- Spineless animals under threat
- Does Sitting Too Close to the TV Really Ruin Your Eyesight
- Distortion-Free Photos Possible With Flat Lens
- Piano Tuning May Change the Brain
- Blood Test May Reveal Menopause Age
- Mars Rover Curiosity Begins 1st Long Martian Drive
- 1000 English Ants to Receive Radio Tags
- Before-and-After Photos Curiositys Laser Burns Holes in Martian Rock
- Genome Brings Ancient Girl to Life
- Seafloor Gas Seep Rediscovered Off East Coast
- Wired Science Space Photo of the Day Big Stars in Carina
Big News
Health
Gaming
- First wave of Xbox games for Windows 8 unveiled
- Modern Warfare 3 DLCs final assault on Xbox 360 next week plus PS3 gets stuff too
Software/Apps
- Apples Mountain Lion clears 10% bar now runs 1 in 10 Macs
- Google Now updated with support for movie showtimes public alerts and sports
- Latest Firefox Beta Offers Powerful New Tools for Web Developers
- Open webOS now available to developers in beta
Law
- $69 million ebook settlement reached with three publishers Apple remains in suit
- Songwriter Wins Copyright Case In Spite Of Herself
- Songwriter Wins Copyright Case In Spite Of Herself
Gadgets
- Withings introduces WS-30 Wireless Scale and Health Companion app
- Cassette to iPod Converter will digitize your tapes
Politics
- RNC 2012 Mitt Romney speech to GOP convention Full Text
- Clint Eastwood Marco Rubio introduce Romney to RNC stage – Newsday
- Mitt Romneys acceptance speech – RNC as it happened
- Republican National Convention winners and losers – VOXXI
- Clint Eastwoods baffling RNC speech leads @InvisibleObama Twitter to hit 20K followers in 40 minutes
- Romney will promise to restore America – He’ll only go back to the time of the Robber Barrons.
- Obama administration divided over designating Haqqani network as terrorist group
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
- 400-pound gorilla statue returned to Pa. woman
- Brandon Well Done Sir
- Dating Fails His Own Worst Enemy
Mobile
- 50GB free Dropbox service confirmed for Samsung Galaxy Note II and Galaxy Camera
- Nokia Lumia 820 prototype images leak show off white model with 335MB RAM
- Sprint tears apart rivals shared capped data plans in new ad
Historical
London/Britain
- Transport for London razes homeless womans shelter
- Life as a nurse in a deadly city
- Hacker steals police force data
- Three jailed for £10m Ponzi fraud
- Britain had coldest August evening for almost 40 years on Thursday
- Contrasting roles for Harry and William in post-Diana royals brand
- Extra Extra
Patents
Total Number of stories: 96
Look for more stories tomorrow.