Here is this morning’s Daily Run Down.

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Big News

• You Had Me There For a Sec
• Youll Cheer for This Newspapers Response to Discrimination
• Credit card con artists steal over $200 million 18 arrested

Recalls

• Domega NY International Co. Ltd Issues an Alert on Undeclared Sulfites in Green Day Brand Dried Coconut

General News

• Should Apple Follow Netflixs Lead and Produce Its Own Movies and Shows – Yes, because we need somebody to take on the monopoly of the traditional media. Podcasts are a good start against radio, but there isn’t enough for television.
• Setback on tax preparer regulations

International

• Report Apple Loses Claim for iPhone Name in Brazil
• Vatican grateful to US press
• VIDEO Forces take last Mali rebel town
• German minister stripped of thesis
• Gangsters paradise prisoners make mockery of Venezuelas jails
• Quake strikes off Solomon Islands
• China promises rise in minimum wage

Politics

• House Republicans signal openness to some gun measures
• Obama to make first trip to Israel part of a potential new beginning with region
• Halvorson rips Bloomberg PAC for ads attacking her stance on guns

Obits

• Former U.S. Rep. Cardiss Collins dies

Health

• Steroids Offer Little Help for Tennis Elbow
• Obesity leads to lack of vitamin D

Science/Space

• Water Leaking Into Stratosphere Could Harm Ozone

Financial

• Nasdaq Talks Settlement in Facebook IPO
• Twitter snaps up Bluefin Labs to develop new TV experiences ad opportunities
• Liberty Global buys Virgin Media for $23.3 billion
• Zynga posts $209.4 million loss for 2012

Historical

• The Origins of the Olive Tree Revealed
• The Real Richard III

Gaming

• Take-Two doesnt expect its budgets to grow significantly with next-gen
• Star Wars Pinball bouncing onto everything this month
• Wii U ZombiU limited edition bundle invades Future Shop for $400

Reviews

• Microsoft Surface Pro review
• Microsoft Surface Pro review
• Surface Pro Hefty Tablet Is a Laptop Lightweight

Law

• EFF to defend against troll with

Patents

• Amazon wins broad patent to create marketplace for used digital content

Technology

• The Many Motivations Of Movie Piracy Notably Absent I Want Everything For Free
• CDW to offer enterprise Chromebook support
• Samsung starts $100 million venture fund for Silicon Valley startups
• Microsoft Surface with Windows 8 Pro Unboxing

Internet

• Up to 80 percent of time spent online at work is wasted according to study
• MIT admits to 3 separate attacks following death of Aaron Swartz – This is what any entity is up against when it comes to causes that many nerds can get behind.

Security

• Federal Reserve We were hacked critical operations not affected

London/Britain/UK

• British PMs party split as first gay marriage vote passes
• Warning over NHS doctors contracts

Personal

• Wear Your Macgasm Love On Your Sleeve. Free Wallpapers

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

• Site plagiarizes blog posts then files DMCA takedown on originals
• Pregnant federal guard accused of having sex with N.Y. cop killer

Funny

• Sharing a bed with someone
• Grocery Shopping at Whole Foods on a Sunday
• When my ex posts something funny on Facebook
• Lesson #1658 – Personal Rubicons
• February 05 2013
• Phone Heighteners
• Well Thats Unsettling
• We Are the Knights Who Say
• Dalek Just Wants to Love You
• Grandmas First iPhone
• XL = Extra Lovely
• BURN
• Problem
• Wrong Country… – Geography Fail!
• Budgeting is For Suckers
• Thanks Whiskey
• Whos a Pretty Princess
• Bush Not Even Once
• The Spell
• TomGun
• Everything the Light Touches…
• Tub Design WIN

Chicagoland

• Former U.S. Rep. Cardiss Collins dies
• Muslim Chicago
• Man robs Fox Lake branch bank
• 25-cent gym shoe tax could fund aid for dropouts
• Man Shot in Stomach in Humboldt Park
• Pearl Jam at Wrigley Field Tickets Go on Sale for Neighbors Wednesday
• Judge 3 experts on PTSD not needed in Hoffman Estates triple-murder trial
• First free-standing birth center in Illinois gets go-ahead

Total Number of stories: 76

Look for more news stories this evening.