Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

Big News

• 25 Primate Species on Brink of Extinction
• 25 Primate Species on Brink of Extinction
• How a single DMCA notice took down 1.45 million education blogs
• Actually file-sharers buy more legal music than everyone else
• The Walking Dead Record-Setting Ratings for Season Three Premiere
• US meningitis investigation widens
• Microsoft Surface RT prices revealed 32GB model starts at $499 64GB model goes for $699

General News

• Deadly Tornado Outbreaks Linked to Climate Pattern
• What the Joint Tax Committee really said about tax reform
• Jessica Ridgeway abduction Getting a grip on the parenting overreaction
• Police release 21 names in Maine Zumba sex case – Seattle Post Intelligencer
• Michelle Obamas motorcade escorts injured in Ohio crash
• The Walking Dead Record-Setting Ratings for Season Three Premiere
• Supermarkets Find that Less Inventory Means More Money and Less Waste
• 9/11 Guantanamo hearings resume
• Body IDd as missing Fla. student
• Honda sells its millionth hybrid sits in Toyotas rear-view mirror for now
• Karadzic denies claims he masterminded killings – USA TODAY
• $41.8 Trillion
• Woody Guthries Star-Studded 100th Birthday Party
• Government waste report cites robosquirrels NFL tax breaks
• Johnny Depp will launch a publishing imprint
• Bin Laden drivers conviction reversed by U.S. court
• Ive never felt more hunted in my whole life
• The Worlds Cheapest Car Is Heading To The U.S.

International

• Poland Sticks to Plan to Build $15.8 Billion Nuclear Power Station
• Heavy Rains Raise Concerns for Ivory Coast Cocoa
• Syria rejects cluster bomb claims
• Sierra Leones dilemma Theres gold under those trees
• Nat Rothschild resigns from mining group Bumi
• VIDEO Violence escalates in Turkey-PKK conflict
• Libyan prison break 120 prisoners escape Tripoli jail
• Haitis amputees struggle but they are not dismissed as good-for-nothings
• Doctors and nurses forced to pick cotton
• VIDEO Feeding a family in India on $10
• Cambodia mourns ex-King Sihanouk
• Spain oil disaster case in court
• Korean IPTV service LG Uplus launches a Google TV-powered set-top box
• Foxconn Admits Employing 14-Year-Old Interns
• France smashes huge heroin ring
• Shot Pakistan teenager strong
• Picasso Matisse and Monet paintings stolen from Dutch museum
• Chinese uneasy about unfair society
• McDonalds sues Milan over eviction from Galleria

Politics

• Why did Mitt Romney cancel appearance on The View
• In Mass. Senate race Elizabeth Warren outspends rest of the country
• Congressman warns FTC Leave Google alone
• Report Sec. Clinton takes
• Wisconsin the land of persuadable voters
• U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice at center of storm over comments on attack in Benghazi
• Obamas do-or-die debate
• First 2 debates reveal 2 campaigns stripped to core arguments
• Ex-Sen. Arlen Specter funeral to be attended by VP Biden
• Obama team bullish on next debate
• With race tight celebrities make the pitch for Obama

Obits

• Worker dies in tuna plant oven

Health

• Sex Prostate Cancer Why Men May Feel a Loss of Manhood
• 13 Food Hacks for Better Skin and Hair
• Breast cancer cases in older women set to quadruple
• NASA Plans to Commercialize a Nasal Spray for Motion Sickness
• US meningitis investigation widens
• Pirate costumes seized due to high levels of lead
• Child visits fair dies of E. coli
• ADHD may have lingering effects
• How lack of sleep can make you fat
• Unhappy at Work Blame Your Boss

Science/Space

• Sex Prostate Cancer Why Men May Feel a Loss of Manhood
• Cell Phone Data Could Help Clip Malaria Spread
• The five most promising new cancer treatments
• Poland Sticks to Plan to Build $15.8 Billion Nuclear Power Station
• Beautiful Butterfly Wings Hold Sea Snails Toxin
• Most Alien Solar Systems Are Flatter Than Pancakes
• Bizarre alien Tatooine orbits two suns in four-star solar system
• VIDEO Baboons vs humans in Cape Town
• Cuddle Chemical Oxytocin Relieves Alcohol Withdrawal
• Mars Curiosity Rover to scoop up and analyze shiny Mars material
• Observation Deck What Looper Tells Us About Time Travel
• Watch this Natural Phenomena mixes nature and civilization in amazing time-lapse project
• Tatooine Times Two Amateur Astronomers Find Planet in Four-Star System
• Wired Science Space Photo of the Day Spinning Galaxy
• Austrian space diver no stranger to danger
• University of Tennessee study confirms solar wind as source for moon water
• Armchair astronomers find planet in four-star system
• Modern-Day Alchemy Has Iron Working Like Platinum
• Human Cadaver Brains May Provide New Stem Cells
• Bedsores no match for shocking underpants
• Imperiled Orangutans Need Key Forest Corridor
• Did Global Warming Really Stop in 1997
• Eye-contact detector found in the brain
• How the Power of Expectations Can Allow You to Bend Reality

Earnings

• MetroPCS shareholders revolt over T-Mobile deal
• Yahoo appoints Google exec as COO
• Clearwire Spikes on Prospects After Sprint-SoftBank Deal
• Amazon to Hire 50000 Elves to Help Out Santa This Christmas
• ZTE to report net loss due to third-quarter slump share price drops
• Cisco looking to buy Citrix ADCs
• Coca-Colas revenue misses Wall Street expectations
• Citis CEO Pandit exits abruptly after board clash – Reuters

Historical

• Body Found in Search for Richard III Almost Destroyed in 1800s
• Ancient Egypt City Aligned With Sun on Kings Birthday
• Generals 1962 Memo Addresses Nuclear Combat on Cuba

Tips and Tricks

• TUAW Bookshelf Learning Unix for OS X Mountain Lion
• Brownie bonanza 12 recipes of goodness
• Email killing your teamwork Perhaps document management is the fix infographic

Gaming

• Star Command transmits 13-minute playthrough hopefully launching this year
• No subscription needed Call of Duty Elite is going free 
• Steam Greenlight adds 21 more games
• Ubisoft developer says Wii U GamePad response time is crazy fast – This is definitely a good thing.
• How SimCity deals with disasters
• First DayZ standalone screens take a trip to the country
• PSA Xbox 360 Fall Dashboard update rolling out today
• Doom 3 BFG Edition launch trailer sends us back to hell

Gadgets

• Amphibious all-terrain vehicle coming soon to the U.S. market
• The Retina MacBook Pro Does Meet EPEAT Standards After All
• Bus Home WIN
• ASUS Padfone 2 images leak out ahead of October 16th announcement
• Sphero gets an improved multifunction Drive app we go hands-on
• Samsungs Ultra Touch Windows 8 ultrabook to start at $809.99
• Microsoft building up 5 million Surface tablets for holiday shopping
• Microsoft Surface RT prices revealed 32GB model starts at $499 64GB model goes for $699
• Microsoft Surface Pricing and Availability
• An inside look at Microsofts Surface RT
• Beats introduces Executive noise-cancelling headphones available today for $299.95
• Logitech Bluetooth Illuminated Keyboard K810

Law

• Big Tobacco lawyers target food industry
• How a single DMCA notice took down 1.45 million education blogs
• Zynga sues former CityVille exec accusing him of stealing game ideas

Patents

• Google nabs design patent for left-eyed Google Glass frees southpaws from tyranny

Technology

• Build mechanical horses Audis and pistols on GrabCAD
• Head-mounted displays are still amazing and still expensive
• Apple sends out invitations for iPad mini event
• Haverhill Mass. water treatment plant uses iPads to monitor systems
• Communicating without memory in a quantum system
• Schiller e-mail iPod touch
• HootSuite Command Center take a little Bond add social throw in enterprise shaken not stirred
• Moores Law The Rule That Really Matters in Tech

Internet

• Facebook removes two-factor authentication mobile numbers from search
• UrbanSitter finds you a babysitter through your social network
• Gangnam Style should go away
• Amanda Palmer Unleashes The Voice Of The People About Health Insurance Via Twitter
• Reddit Trolling Doxxing Free Speech Anonymity Whoo Boy Is This Stuff Complicated
• Reddit user banned then restored as mods struggle with stories critical of the site
• How a single DMCA notice took down 1.45 million education blogs
• Rackspace launches open PHP Java SDKs for OpenStack

Mobile

• Americans paying too much for LTE GSM Association suggests so – Yes, we are paying too much.
• Nokia Lumia 820 920 for AT T swing through the FCC
• Clearwire Spikes on Prospects After Sprint-SoftBank Deal

Software/Apps

• Apple to use Passbook at retail stores
• Localscope for iPhone adds integrated reminders and geotagging
• Foursquare opens its local recommendation engine to all prepares to take on Yelp and Google
• Advertising Microsoft Surface
• A closer look at the Windows 8 post-RTM update process
• Adobe Reader for iOS and Android updated with cloud storage support
• Google revamps Developer Console for Google Play eases tracking Android app ratings over time
• Google integrates Drive into search results with expanded field trial
• Citrix lets users access PCs and Macs from Kindle Fire
• Rdio launches beta test of redesigned Android app
• Study says half as many companies plan to adopt Windows 8 compared to Windows 7
• Latest Pokki beta includes a Windows 8 Start menu replacement and options to avoid Metro

Security

• Solar panel control systems vulnerable to hacks feds warn
• Facebooks Anti-Virus Marketplace turns focus to URL blacklist system
• Kaspersky Labs builds new OS to combat Stuxnet major exploits

Chicagoland

• Missing mom daughters were living out of SUV police
• Candidates son apologizes for Obama Kenya comments
• Baseball bat murder suspect fit to stand trial judge
• Obamas say they are voting early
• Powdery substance causes 2-hour lockdown at Kane County court
• Plumber who worked undercover pleads guilty to tax evasion
• StreetWise + Fruit + Jobs = Neighbor Carts
• Midday News Links Six Suburban High School Soccer Players Accused Of Hazing
• Colliding trends drive presidential race into virtual tie
• Chicago cop who pleaded guilty in disability scam still on force
• Three hurt in Tinley Park accident
• Bus-only lanes part of plan for CTA express buses on Ashland Western
• Hackers hit Plainfield School District 202 website
• West suburban church ready to forgive thief who stole trailer
• Voters blame politicians not unions for pension mess
• Victim struck on Interstate 55 identified
• 2 teens hit by SUV outside North Side high school
• Teachers in North Shore District 112 strike after talks fail
• Brown Line halted after beer bottle thrown at train operator
• Police Man shot in Addison after firing at cops
• Lawyers to replace Fitzgerald all were federal prosecutors
• County Assessor Berrios rejects inspector generals subpoena
• Closures caused by bridge issue to affect Skyway Ryan until tomorrow
• Man shot in Gold Coast neighborhood
• Witness I heard little kids crying
• Tavis Smiley Fires Back At WBEZs Malatia Over Smiley West Cancellation
• Around Town Deciduous
• Daley sells Central Station town home to daughter
• Endangered gorilla born at Lincoln Park Zoo

London/Britain

• Rebekah Brooks severance deal worth about £7m
• More Brits using emergency food
• In-car smoke breaks toxic limit
• Guardian hires first digital strategy director to grow online business
• Britain to close Basra consulate
• Plan to import Irish wind power
• Fatal fire girl still critical
• Jack and Jane
• Hit-and-run cyclist left critical
• Proposed London Constituency Changes Revealed
• Poppy Wrapped Tubes Announcements for Remembrance Day
• Aliens Invade South London
• London For Families Explored In New Map
• Scotland should raise two-thirds of its own taxes says former Lib Dem leader
• Attorney general blocks disclosure of Prince Charles letters to ministers
• Britain Refuses to Extradite Computer Hacker Sought in U.S.
• Firefighters asked to leave jobs

Personal

• Actually file-sharers buy more legal music than everyone else
• Crossing the Channel

Odd

• Psychic Devastates Dead Students Family
• Worker dies in tuna plant oven
• Shotgun wedding Jeweler offers rifles with rings

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

• Des Plaines man charged with sexually assaulting girl 13
• Girl sticks head out of train window narrowly missing oncoming train VIDEO
• Creativity a mental illness

Funny

• Lesson #1545 – Outlooks On Life
• Brain Pains
• When Youre in a Hurry and Still Need to Do Your Makeup…
• You Can Fix Any Problem With Office Supplies
• Im Helping
• Weeeeeeeeeeee
• Now To Find Me a Husband
• Gary You Have No Idea What Fantasy Football is Do You
• You Can Count on Red Bull to Fail
• What have you learned class
• Channeling Jesse
• Comma Killers
• License Plate WIN
• Look Who Showed Up to Class Today
• October 16 2012
• Toaster PC
• Rainbow Waffles WIN
• Crusing Along The Atlantic Road Norway
• Jeanealogy
• Its a Helicopter Its a Truck Its a Van Its a Wheelbarrow
• You Wont Create Sparks and Blow Up Your Engine They Said
• Armored Cruck
• NOT THAT DIRECTION OH GOD

Total Number of stories: 242

Look for more stories tomorrow.