Here is today’s Daily Run Down.
Big News
- Supreme Court to Rule on Patents for Self-Replicating Products
- Cancer patient gives birth to quadruplets
- Drought Persists Hits Wheat Growers Hard
General News
- The hidden value of marginal tax rates
- No giving away the news doesnt mean lower-quality journalism
- Report Conservatives text less than liberals
- Zumba instructor accused of prostitution
- New Jersey Remains Are Linked to Harlem Girl
- Nobel Betting on Bob Dylan
- Gunmen kill U.S. embassy security chief in Yemen
- Squirrel dinner prep maybe sparked Michigan fire
- Three dead in Miami parking garage collapse – CNN blog
- Debbie Reynolds taken to hospital
- James Camerons Avatar films run on clean energy +video
- Jobless claims drop by 30000
- Mortgage rates rise from last weeks record lows
- Wendys logo gets a makeover
International
- Will Syria shut down the Internet
- DoCoMo MasterCard to let Japanese make NFC payments abroad
- Pirate fishermen export to EU
- Chavez names new vice-president
- Forced evictions rising in China
- Ukraine takes aim against gay propaganda
- British fishermen attacked by French boats in the Channel
- Gunmen kill U.S. embassy security chief in Yemen
- Downgrade raises pressure on Madrid to accept bailout
- Plane interception angers Russia
- Greece unemployment hits record
- How much will technology boom change Kenya
- Four guilty in gang-rape trial that shocked France
- Amazon extending Kindle Owners Lending Library to the UK Germany and France this month
- IRA accused can be named – judge
- Gen. Dunford to head Afghan war wrap it up +video
Politics
- Report Conservatives text less than liberals
- Joe Biden primed to go on attack in crucial VP debate with Paul Ryan
- Obama says I had a bad night during Denver debate
- Romney shifts to more moderate stances on taxes immigration health care education
- Running mates ready for VP debate
- Florida billionaire tells employees Obama a threat to their jobs – Fucking idiot.
- Biden tries to recapture momentum
Obits
Health
- Grief and fear after meningitis death
- Bad news stresses women more
- Did Armstrong team trick drug tests
- Brees helps keep kids active
- CDC Tests may not detect fungus
Science/Space
- Dragon capsule reaches space station chocolate ripple ice cream intact
- Bizarre star spiral may provide glimpse into suns future
- Awesome sea-going crocodyliforms of the Mesozoic
- Flowery Flow A Fluid Dynamics
- Palm Oil Set to Grow Indonesias Climate Changing Emissions
- Jurassic Park Impossible Because of Stupid Laws of Physics
- Curved Glass Linked to Fast Beer Drinking
- Incredible Cosmic Spiral Helps Unravel Details of Stellar Evolution
- Rare Celestial Sight How to See the Zodiacal Light
- Penguins die in malaria outbreak
- Turtle passes waste through mouth
- Zoo Oxygen deprivation killed giant panda cub
- Rovio and CERN teaming up on education hopefully the Angry Birds help us this time
- Whats Armstrongs legacy now
- Sweeping X-Ray Imaging Survey Of Dying Stars Is Uncharted Territory
- Testing Mars and Moon soil for sheltering astronauts from radiation
- Extending Einsteins theory beyond light speed
- Stem Cells Show Early Promise for Rare Brain Disorder
- Pioneer I Launch
- The Mysterious Case of the Missing Noble Gas
- Wired Science Space Photo of the Day Planetary Nebulas
- Drought Persists Hits Wheat Growers Hard
- Hyped GM maize study faces growing scrutiny
- Black glass holds first Mars soil sample on Earth
Earnings
- In the face of strife SideCar cruises on with investors riding shotgun
- Nine Baffling Startup Names — Can You Guess What They Do
Historical
- Author Salman Rushdie used video games as escapism while hiding from the Iranian government
- Londons Forgotten Disasters The Denmark Street Fire
- £50m allocated for WWI centenary
- Border Patrol agents discover ancient artifacts in Arizona
- Pioneer I Launch
- Spot Where Julius Caesar Was Stabbed Discovered
Gaming
- Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts returns to gaming with Star Citizen online game universe
- Nintendo details the engineering that went into the Wii U
- I Hear That This is Going to Be a Killstreak Reward in Black Ops 2
Gadgets
- Lenovo product prez shrugs off the Microsoft Surface threat
- Vizio preps for Windows 8 all-in-one PCs get touchscreens notebooks get enhanced touchpads
- iFixit tears into the new iPod touch bemoans lack of repairability
Law
- Cisco and other US tech companies lobbied for Huawei investigation says Washington Post
- US federal appeals court reverses Galaxy Nexus sales ban
Patents
- Do it “on the Internet†get a patent sue an industry—it still works
- Supreme Court to Rule on Patents for Self-Replicating Products
- October 11 2012
- Microsoft sues Motorola in Germany again claims Google Maps violates patent update Google involved
Technology
- Lenovo ousts HP as top PC maker
- Judge Says Fair Use Protects Universities in Book-Scanning Project
- Physicists devise test to see if were living in The Matrix
- Cisco and other US tech companies lobbied for Huawei investigation says Washington Post
- Corsair Neutron SSDs Fast as the Force but SandForce-free
- Apple hires away former star Samsung chip designer
Internet
- Google must work harder to avoid European search charges
- Monetizing BitTorrent helps Australian newspaper keep down video costs
- The typical Twitter user is a young woman with an iPhone and 208 followers
- YouTube is experimenting with auto-generated video channels exclusive
- YouTube adds new channels
- Google mobile web revamp brings hidden sidebar feels all too familiar
- Googles biggest ever Street View update doubles special collections refreshes 250000 miles of roads
- Skyfire gets another $10M to ease network data strain
- How this 2-man startup plans to take on Sharepoint and Asana
Mobile
- RAZR HD LTE now available in Canada as US consumers await Verizon launch
- MLB Baseball fans taking to iOS 6 Passbook like ducks to water
- Google Play makes trial subscriptions available for in-app purchases
- Verizons 2G and 3G CDMA networks will go dark by 2021
- Sprint confirms it is in talks with Japanese carrier Softbank
- Verizon will launch the DROID RAZR HD and DROID RAZR MAXX HD on October 18th
Software/Apps
- Up close BlackBerry 10 on Dev Alpha B
- Google debuts Reseller API for Google Apps Drive and Vault
- RockMelt social browser comes to the iPad offers up news stories tailored to your interests
- Google adds page admin support to Google+ apps but it kind of sucks
Security
- German Govt Inadvertently Reveals Police Monitor Gmail Skype Facebook Use Snooping Malware
- Phony version of Bad Piggies installs malware 82000 victims so far
- Firefox 16 pulled offline following security flaw find
- Google pays hacker Pinkie Pie $60K for cracking Chrome
- Attack code for Firefox 16 privacy vulnerability now available online
Chicagoland
- Basement damaged in Crystal Lake fire
- Woman fends off robber I think they were trying to kill me
- 1100 Illinois inmates got unemployment while in jail last year
- Chicago Taxicab Companies Passengers Sue Uber
- Striking Warehouse Workers Go Back To Work Walmart Retail Employees Walk Out
- Chicago Water Taxi offering free rides to celebrate anniversary
- Otter rescued from 1989 oil spill dies at Shedd
- Judge extends order barring Gov. Quinn from closing prisons
- State senator not guilty of trespassing property damage
- When there is a long line at Big Star
- Me approaching my crush at Inn Joy
- What I imagine dancing is like in Wrigleyville
- when its 37 degrees in October
- Me trying to flirt at Studio Paris when Im not showing any cleavage
- Tribune/WGN poll Obama remains well ahead in Illinois
- Naperville library increases tax levy 8%
- $38k for Dinner
- Suspect in Chicago car-bomb plot pleads not guilty
- From Jane Addams to Oscare Wilde
- The bribe wasnt big enough so conviction overturned appeals court rules
London/Britain
- Leaked documents reveal plan to lengthen public sector working hours
- Kickstarter UK will launch on October 31st
- Whole life prison term challenged
- Terror suspects face kidnap probe
- Win Tickets To The BFI London Film Festival Nintendo Gala
- Londons Forgotten Disasters The Denmark Street Fire
- Penguins die in malaria outbreak
- Bomber Command
- Facebook accused of taking UK for a ride over taxes
- Megan teacher to appear in court
- PM sets out WWI centenary plan
- BAE warns on US spending outlook
- The murky allure of the Loch Ness monster
- Welsh restaurant sorry for serving booze to child
- Spoof London Underground Stickers
- Willy Wonka cast in new musical
Personal
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
Funny
- October 10 2012
- Undoing
- Lesson #1540 – Failed Pick-Up Lines
- Last Time I Checked…
- Cant Stop Us Now
- Waterfall Swing WIN
- SQUIRTLE SQUIRTLE
- Emergency FAIL
- Itsa Me Drunk Mario
- Smart Cookie
- SCUSE ME WHILE I SLAP THIS GUY
- Library Pyramid WIN
- IWND
- Good Guy Astrophysicists
- October 11 2012
- Whoops Florida governor gives phone sex number for meningitis hotline
- Violin WIN
- You Refuse We Re-Fuse – That’s an HP Laserjet 4200 or 4300. We have two 4200′s at work.
- Get Around Round Round I Get Around
- This Cars Ready for Halloween
- Everyones Doing It
- I Hear That This is Going to Be a Killstreak Reward in Black Ops 2
- Siberia Unsurprisingly Chilly
- BURN
Total Number of stories: 182
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