Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.

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Big News

• Cyprus bailout deal reached
• Who wants to break up big banks The Senate apparently – If they’re “too big to fail” then we need to break them up. It’s that simple.

General News

• March Madness 2013 Florida Gulf Coast Becomes First No.15 Seed to Reach … – FanSided
• UCLA fires coach Ben Howland after tumultuous tenure – USA TODAY
• Search for Brown student continues
• Girl hikes through rough terrain to get help for dad after crash
• New Florida sinkhole in same Florida town
• No post-Sandy reopening in sight for Ellis Island
• Watch Brad Pitt defend the earth from CGI zombies in World War Z trailer
• Minnie Mouse makeover features designer dress
• Colorado Extends Insurance Nondiscrimination Protections To LGBT Community
• Florida Gulf Coast University redefines Cinderella
• Somali national held aboard Navy ship pleaded guilty U.S. officials say

International

• Hong Kong maids lose residency case
• Cypruss devastating rescue
• Two dead as asylum boat capsizes – The Australian
• Zambias ex-President Banda arrested
• Zambias ex-President Banda arrested
• Boris Berezovskys body taken for postmortem
• Jordan closes main border crossing with Syria
• One in five French bottled waters contain drugs or pesticides
• 18000 Chinese Students Take Out Loans To Buy Apple Products

Politics

• Wonkbook What we learned from the Senate Democrats budget
• Republican lawmaker wants to let Congress telecommute – I still think that they should be in the office for a minimum of 8 hours per day, with 4 of those hours being “open office” hours with constituents.
• Obama demands Congress finish the job on immigration reform – Washington Post

Obits

• Bodybuilding fitness pioneer Joe Weider dies
• Anthony Lewis Who Transformed Coverage of the Supreme Court Dies at 85

Health

• Amniotic fluid may heal babies
• Many Babies Fed Solid Food Too Soon C.D.C. Finds
• Bill And Melinda Gates Offer $1 Million To Fund The Next Generation Condom
• Without Medicaid Expansion Low-Income Tennesseans Resort To Health Care Lottery For Coverage

Science/Space

• Antibiotic Misuse Creates Bacterial Superbugs [Infographic]
• Endangered giraffe born in Connecticut center
• Japan finds rich rare earth deposits on seabed study
• Want to Make an Alligator Angrier Than Normal Make It Use a Treadmill
• Communication with Mars to go silent for a month
• Large reserve of rare earth metals crucial for electronics found in Japan
• Antimatters Magnetic Charge Revealed
• A Doctor Hacks His iPhone to Detect a Parasite That Plagues Billions
• Sauna Visits May Lower Sperm Count
• Ancient Death Toll of Birds Confirmed in New Study

Financial

• Dell Confirms Buyout Offers From Blackstone and Icahn Says Both May Be Superior
• iTunes is more than earning its keep
• Hon Hai/Foxconn posts record $1.2 billion in Q4 profits
• Bernanke defends low interest rates

Gaming

• Ouya to bolster launch games with NES SNES N64 emulation
• Fuse dated for May 28

Gadgets

• CyanogenMod founder leaves Samsung praises the Galaxy S 4 on his way out
• Geek Toys Retro Video Game Cartridge Pillow Set

Law

• Why the Supreme Court Is Likely to Rule for Gay Marriage – If they do rule in favor of Gay Marriage, then this would be one of the good things that they would rule on.
• Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge To Affirmative Action Ban
• Sega Offers Half-Hearted Non-Apology For Massive Youtube Takedown Promises Not To Do It Again With Caveats
• North Dakota Seeks Abortion Ban for Fetal Abnormalities

Technology

• A close-up look at Lamborghinis Tegra infotainment system video
• Microsoft working to bring natural language speech input to Excel

Internet

• Amazon Prime is getting an original Zombieland TV show
• Google Discontinues Site-Blocking Service – One word to explain how I feel about this: SHIT!
• Blip to publishers were going to monetize your videos whether you like it or not

Social

• Mississippi School District Agrees Stop Suspending Kids For Dress Code Violations

Mobile

• HTC finally kills its useless Quietly Brilliant tagline
• Unlocking your cell phone is no crime

Software/Apps

• More options coming for Mac- and iOS-native RSS clients – If they don’t include a share to URL option, I won’t look at them.
• Yahoo acquires news summarization app Summly — will be integrated in Yahoos mobile side
• Ubuntu Linux 13.04 Raring Ringtail hits beta 1
• Internet Explorer 11 user agent makes browser look like Firefox thumbs nose at legacy CSS hacks
• Microsoft rolling out some Windows 8 core app updates this week. What about the rest
• Google updates Google+ mobile apps adds photo filters to iPhone

Developer

• Facebook updates developers on local currency pricing

London/Britain/UK

• Abbey memorial for steam pioneer
• Tube map creator gets blue plaque
• Mini-Drones Form Star Trek Logo Over London
• Breaking News Fire At Newington Library And Cuming Museum
• Social housing residency test introduced by David Cameron – BBC News
• Cold weather could stay until late April say forecasters – If they’re using the European model (which is more accurate),, then I would believe this.

Personal

• We are Manning

Odd

• North Korean leader Kim sings militarys praises oungum-style
• Sochi organisers store snow just in case
• Belgiums chocolate stamps offer lick with a kick
• Sheriffs deputy wrestles alligator away from middle school

Funny

• Lesson #1706 – Airline Instructions
• March 25 2013
• Is it the Chassis
• That Play Was FABULOUS – WTF?
• Get the Message
• Cant Beat Jollibees
• Make Sure You Dont Crush Your Hand – This would have been so handy when I was younger. Instead we used a brick or our feet.
• MOAR WINE
• Now THATS a Pencil Skirt
• The Quickest Route from West Philly to Bel Air
• Draw Something Stupid

Chicagoland

• Woodstock man held in Craigslist sex assaults
• Chicago mans death ruled a homicide 20 years after shooting
• 17-year-old killed in Calumet City shooting
• Cop who found Koschman files assaulted woman in Michigan
• Chicago bans Persepolis graphic novel from seventh-grade classrooms – Another book for Banned Book Week!
• IIT Celebrates 75th Anniversary Of Mies Arriving In Chicago
• Northerly Island to host up to 8 major summer concerts
• 2 wounded near UIC campus

Total Number of stories: 99

Look for more stories tomorrow.