Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.

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Recalls

• West Elm Recalls Floor Lamps Due to Injury and Shock Hazards

General News

• Natural Gas Use in Long-Haul Trucks Expected to Rise
• FBI faces Boston suspect questions
• Auburn to lay oaks to rest
• TV anchor fired after accidental profanity during first broadcast – I feel bad for the guy, but I understand why he got canned.
• Suspect says brother was mastermind

International

• Dead students family call for clampdown on slimming drug
• Times Square film honour for Mandela
• Liu Xiaobos wife at brothers trial
• Iran denies Canada terror plot link
• France approves gay marriage law
• Explosion outside French Embassy in Libya highlights security challenges
• Abu Qatada court rejects governments appeal bid
• Europe Retreat from austerity

Politics

• EPA wants State Dept. to rework analysis of Keystone XL pipeline
• Bush library event brings back 1000+ alums
• Jury out on George W. Bush
• Does an $8 million advertising campaign really make Obamacare into the Iraq War – With $720 Million per day for the Iraq War, that’s a whole 16 minutes of one day. I don’t think it’s a fair comparison.

Obits

• Richie Havens Guitarist and Singer Dies at 72
• Christina Amphlett Divinyls Singer Dies at 53

Health

• Cancer survivor turned cancer doctor
• Tetris video game fixes lazy eye
• Autistic pupil terrified by Psycho
• Does anger management actually work

Science/Space

• Obama Promotes Science Careers at White House Fair
• Understanding How the Brain Speaks Two Languages
• Dinosaur egg incubation research strengthens evolutionary link with birds
• Star search a non-profit group wants to send four people to Mars… forever – If they can survive the journey, they’ll need to set up shop and see if they can survive on mars.

Financial

• ARM Q1 Profits up 2.6 billion ARM-based chips shipped
• Harmonix suffers small number of layoffs gains BioShock 2 lead designer
• AT T posts in-line Q1 earnings results as growth slows
• Apple Q2 2013 Results
• DuPont profit doubles as drought boosts farm sales

Historical

• 100 years later a time capsule is opened
• Time Travel London Wrens Plans Realised
• In pictures WWII re-enactments

Tips and Tricks

• Blues Clues Enabling Kiosk Mode

Gaming

• Ratchet Clank movie coming in 2015
• Assassins Creed 3 Redemption DLC out today on PS3 360 PC May 16 on Wii U
• Super music bros World 1-2 is an all-star collection of gamings best musicians

Law

• Call of Duty-free PR managers sentenced for siphoning thousands

Patents

• Nokia wins ban on HTC One component

Technology

• Hackers Uncle Sam Wants You To Hack For The U.S. Government [Infographic]
• Hackers Get Retina iPad Display Running On A PC
• 5 reasons to hog power outlets when using a notebook
• First commercial white space service brings high-speed internet to rural California
• Intels Return to DRAM Haswell GT3e to Integrate 128MB eDRAM

Internet

• The Internet isnt as open as it used to be
• New York Times lifts paywall for video plans franchises
• Police scanner sites see surge in traffic after Boston
• Youre All The Weakest Link Bad Law Permits Bad Takedowns Which Google Handles Badly

Social

• What if Moores Law applied to humans as well
• Meet swatting the dangerous prank that could get someone killed – I say an appropriate penalty would be $1 Million fine and 10 years in prison. This is much worse than piracy and that carries stiffer penalties.

Rumors

• Netflix may change policies to prevent customers from sharing accounts

Software/Apps

• Look out Oracle SkySQL and MariaDB join forces
• Tumblr comes to Windows Phone with lock screen live tile enhancements

Security

• China accounts for 41 percent of global computer attack traffic

Developer

• First Firefox OS Developer Phones Sell Out
• Apple reportedly restricting use of special characters in app descriptions [u]

London/Britain/UK

• London Blend Talkhouse Coffee Portobello Road
• Bank Voted Most Hated Tube Station
• Wimbledon prize money up by 40%
• Thatcher Posters Banned From Tube Sort Of
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• Call for end to 16-year-olds in Army
• VIDEO Zero visibility in Scotland sandstorm

Personal

• Shapeways Manufacturing in the Cloud
• Wringing out a Washcloth in Space

Odd

• Oops New Yorks Suffolk County accidentally defaults on debt

Chicagoland

• Bulls injured center Joakim Noah limited to 20-25 minutes vs. Nets – Chicago Sun-Times
• Boeing billionaire Penny Pritzker among Obamas donors
• Quinn appoints 2 board members to Chicago State University
• Teen slain near Obama home Call my mama
• Floodwaters recede in some places but cleanup remains grim
• Alderman favors raising smoking age to 21 mayor hesitant
• Blackhawks Keith takes issue with female reporter
• Shedd Aquarium And WGN Launch Baby Beluga Live Webcam

Total Number of stories: 78

Look for more stories tomorrow.