Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.
Big News
Recalls
- One World Technologies Recalls Ryobi Cordless Tool Battery Pack Due to Fire and Burn Hazards
- Dynacraft Recalls Hello Kitty City Motor Scooters Due to Fall Hazard Sold Exclusively at Toys R Us
- Dynacraft Recalls Monster High City Motor Scooters Due to Fall Hazard Sold Exclusively at Walmart
- Dog Food Recall Underscores Toxic Danger in Drought-Hit Corn
General News
- Sotomayor chides prosecutor for racially charged question
- In Oklahoma tiny airport attracts federal money but few planes
- Company had no permit for Kansas City work before restaurant blast
- Gotham New York Reclaims Storm-Damaged Homes So People Can Stay
- Snowy mess spreads to Midwest
- New York to Stem Civil-Rights Suits Is Now Reluctant to Settle
- MacFarlane boosts Oscars ratings – There were many critics though. I don’t know if it was MacFarlane who managed to boost the ratings of the Oscars.
- Montgomery school board approves budget that includes $18.6 million in raises for 2014
- Lost Rudyard Kipling poems published
- Snowstorm closes Kansas City airport cuts power to 40000
- Bully victim I didnt feel the pain
- Multilingual dictionary keeps humans in the loop
International
- 2 Everest climbs put Nepalese woman in record book
- Iran world powers see little chance of breakthrough in new nuclear talks
- Raul Castro promises an end of an era in Cuba
- Cardinal right to resign post
- Iceland porn ban Can a wired country go porn-free
- Gaza rocket fired into south Israel
- Egypt balloon crash kills 19 mostly foreign tourists
- Sri Lanka Tamils raped in custody
- Frozen burger sales plunge 43% after horsemeat scandal
- Pope did not ask Keith OBrien to stand down says English cardinal
- Interpol Targets Illegal Fishing Seafood Fraud
- China takes steps to clean up cancer villages
Politics
- Did Democrats Get Lucky in the Electoral College
- Supreme Court lets ban stand on direct corporate campaign donations
- President Obama vs. GOP in a sequester showdown
- Scott Walker GOP would be wise to nominate governor in 2016
- Mapping out a budget for Hagel
- Will John Kerry Shape or Be Shaped By Obamas Strategy
- Wonkbook Congress is doing nothing about the sequester – Congress doesn’t do much ever.
- The Daily Show on the sequestration bucket list VIDEO
Obits
Health
- Pass the olive oil please
- Sleeping less than six hours a night skews activity of hundreds of genes
- Because male breast cancer is rare many cases arent caught till later stages
- Vitamin D Calcium May Not Prevent Postmenopausal Fractures
Science/Space
- Sleeping less than six hours a night skews activity of hundreds of genes
- Some cancer screenings can confuse patients rather than clarify their health
- Bad sleep dramatically alters body
- Global Warming May Cause Extremes by Slowing
- What Otters Penis Shrinkage Could Mean for Humans
- US science to be open to all – I don’t believe they’ll be getting the data from the research though, just the papers.
- Fun Facts About Wolverines
- Why Pain Can Feel Good
- Warmer Oceans Will Bleach Coral Reefs More Often
- Lake-Effect Snow May Need Mountain Effects Too
- Record-Setting Snowfall Seen from Space
- Iron and Zinc May Prevent PMS
Financial
- Yahoo Orders Home Workers Back to the Office
- Markets rocked by Italian political stalemate
- JP Morgan to cut up to 19000 jobs
Historical
- How we made Blue Peter
- What will Benedict do now
- Benedict to become pope emeritus after resignation
- What Color Were Dinosaurs – Instant Egghead
Gaming
Law
- Apple Offers iTunes Credits to Settle In-App Purchase Suit
- Maybe Youll Get the Pay TV You Want After All Cablevision Sues Viacom to Break Up the Bundle
Technology
- Toshiba shows off Lytro chips that convert phones to light-field cameras
- Intel baking Apache Hadoop into silicon for big data security uses
- Stretchable Batteries Could Power Cyborg Future
- The Pirate Bay leaves Sweden for friendlier waters
- How Minority Report has distorted our vision of interface design
Social
Software/Apps
- Twitter for Firefox OS
- Now Available Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7
- Torvalds strongly objects to Windows 8 secure boot keys in the Linux kernel
- Salesforce doubles down on mobile launches Service Cloud Mobile
- Upcoming iOS update fixes exploit used by evasi0n jailbreak
- Chrome could soon end the frustration of hunting for noisy browser tabs – A much needed feature.
- Popular Android Twitter Client Hits Token Limit – Yeah, Way to go Twitter.
Developer
London/Britain/UK
- Things To Do In London Today Tuesday 26 February 2013
- Legal bid over arrests of teenagers
- Five-year-old killed in road crash
- Interactive Photo Battersea Power Station Control Room A
- Rail fiasco to cost at least £50m
- Banks must do more to rebuild trust says Mark Carney – The same thing needs to happen in the US as well.
- Rape victim pressured by police to drop claim against man who later killed – WTF?
- Federal-worker union begins final stand against sequester
- Train death cricketer high on drugs
- Oxford University accused of bias against ethnic minority applicants
- Britons die in Egypt balloon crash
Personal
- App.nets new direction
- White House Offers Republicans Deal For 80% Of Their Demands To Avoid Sequester Republicans Refuse It
- Why A One-Room West Virginia Library Runs a $20000 Cisco Router – This is why we do not buy Cisco equipment.
- i am the everygirl.
Odd
- Zoos bald eagle captured after 3 days on the lam
- Ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman on peace mission to North Korea
Funny
- Lesson #1679 – Birthday Greetings
- February 26 2013
- This is How Beer Was Meant to Be Consumed
- Unaccompanied Katie
- Id Prefer That You Didnt
- Not the Most Flattering of Outfits
- Use the Facebook Luke
- What to Do if Your Coworker Wants More Privacy
- 2 Birds 1 Kid
- That Ought to Hold It Up
- Its Not a Trap I Promise
- Tip Top Type
- Our Hero Has Lost His Touch
- A Tight Squeeze
- What Did You Want a Frappuccino
Chicagoland
- 4 questions for Election Day in Illinois 2nd District
- FBI 4 men attempt bank robbery in Alsip
- Art Institute Endowment Among Most Valuable In Nation
- Illinois Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Regulate Drones
- Cardinal George New pope must govern … as a pastor
- Blackhawks win in overtime extend streak to 19
- Porch collapses on 2 firefighters battling extra-alarm blaze
Total Number of stories: 117
Look for more stories tomorrow.