Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.
Recalls
- UPDATED–Sprouters Northwest Expands Voluntary Recall to All Varieties of Sprouts Products Wheatgrass and Pea Shoots Because of Possible Health Risk
- BRP Recalls Ski-Doo Snowmobiles Due to Fire Hazard
- BlueStar Wall Ovens Recalled by Prizer Painter Stove Works Due to Fire Hazard
- Mutsy USA Recalls EVO Strollers Due to Strangulation Hazard
- Mutsy USA Recalls EVO Strollers Due to Strangulation Hazard
General News
- Former LAPD officer suspect in two murders
- Christie to doc Shut up about my weight
- New York City Rats Creep Inland After Storm
- No more bombs found in Alabama bunker
- A $54K-Per-Year School Is Deemed a Best Value College
- Immigration reform 101 Should illegal immigrants be offered citizenship path
- Star Wars Which characters are getting their own spin-off films – JarJar?
- Manhunt across L.A. for ex-cop
- Restored Payroll Tax Pinches Those With the Smallest Checks – It affects those who make a bit more too…
- HBO has 114M subscribers a new 2-year deal with George R.R. Martin no fear of Netflix
- Star Trek Actors Beams Hellos to Astronaut in Space Photos
- Star Trek Actors Beams Hellos to Astronaut in Space Photos
- WSJ Boeing readying battery tweaks for 787 Dreamliners
International
- VIDEO Work starts on Pompeii restoration
- Tunisia at a crossroads
- Teams assess tsunami-hit Solomons
- Russian alcohol crackdown topples monument to vodka
- India lowers growth forecast to 5%
- PNG woman burned alive for sorcery – WTF?
- Vodafone revenues hit in Europe
- Iran claims released footage is from downed U.S. drone
- British surgeons carry out first organ transplants in Gaza
- China cracks down on Tibetan burnings detains 70
- Russian jets breach Japan airspace – Oops.
- In aftermath of Swiss shooting echoes of U.S. gun-control debate
- Sweden suspends wild wolf cull
- EU budget plans too high – Cameron
- No volcanos fewer tower blocks – Ecuador lands a safer airport for Quito
- Ukraine rejects Gazprom gas bill
- Skeptics say Irans new stealth fighter is a plastic fake
- Want to be an ambassador in Paris Thatll be $1.1 million.
Politics
- Hagel Wouldnt Be First Enlisted Man as Pentagon Chief
- Why John Brennans Confirmation Hearing May Not Be High Drama
- Over 90 percent of Americans support gun background checks poll – Okay right wing nut bags, this means we need background checks.
- Do we want drone-architect John Brennan as CIA chief
- Obama adviser Joshua DuBois to leave Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships
- The dirty half-dozen Six Senate candidates who could foment GOP civil war
Obits
Health
Science/Space
- Hong Kong snake kings a dying breed
- Solar superstorms UK must brace itself say engineers
- Porpoise protection insufficient
- The 17-Million-Digit Prime Number
- How to Deflect Killer Asteroids With Spray Paint
- Magnetic Memories May Guide Salmon Home
- Three-legged robot uses exploding body to jump
- Light Show tricks meaning out of physics and biology
- Under the Sea The Importance of Sound to Ocean Life | Video
- Christianity May Alter Animal Life in Amazon
- 4.5 Billion Alien Earths May Populate Milky Way
Financial
- Sprint sold best-ever 2.2M iPhones in holiday quarter
- BlackBerry adds ex-Verizon Sony Ericsson chiefs to its board of directors
- Fujitsu to merge LSI chip business with Panasonic cut 5000 jobs
Historical
- Rare 1865 baseball card fetches $92K at Maine auction
- Envisioning the home of the 21st century in 1967
Gaming
- Women Out-Earn Men Online Gaming Study
- Rumor PS4 in Japan later this year will cost more than $400 – This is a rumor.]
- Rumor LittleBigPlanet 3 is in development at Sonic All-Stars dev Sumo Digital – Rumor.
- Activision making Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games
Gadgets
Reviews
Law
- US firm sues Armstrong for $12m
- Why Using Creative Commons Licensed Materials Is Not As Easy As It Looks
- Court Says Pfizer May Be Liable For Side Effects Of Drug Even Though Man Took Non-Pfizer Generic Version – WTF?
- Four workers sentenced in Samsung SK Hynix corporate theft affair
Technology
- Parcel sensor knows your delivery has been dropped
- Silicon Valley job growth returns to the dot-com days
- The NFL Could Have Avoided a Super Bowl Blackout Says Amazon Engineer
- Micron and TE Connectivity Offer New Ultrathin DRAM Solutions
- Four years in the Pirate Bay director Simon Klose on why file-sharing is still political
Internet
- GitHub Personalizes Gists for Easier Code Sharing
- New York Times posts ho-hum numbers slow digital growth [updated]
- Digital magazine sales still tiny overall but titles like Readers Digest see huge growth
- Instagrams Web Feed Keeps It Clean
- Google announces biggest change to AdWords in 5 years mobile is now baked in
- Microsoft attacks Gmail in revived Scroogled campaign
- Another Terrible Idea From Russia Using Whitelists To Control Access To The Internet – Terrible, Terrible idea.
- Putting Together A Database Of Bogus DMCA Takedowns
- NBC News closes EveryBlock pioneer of microlocal and data-driven news
Social
Mobile
Rumors
Software/Apps
- Skype For iPhone Gets Automatic Dropped Call Recovery And Emergency Call Redirection
- MyFord Mobile adds PlugShares location data C-Max and Fusion Energi compatibility
- Wunderlist 2 task app hits Android tablets comes to iPad soon
Security
Developer
London/Britain/UK
- Stabbing murder accused remanded
- Scots woman linked to canal killer
- Nick Clegg proud of £600 tax cut
- London Food Drink News 7 February
- Lakanal fire like blast furnace
- The 999 calls which led to murder
- VIDEO Police release CCTV of knife killer
- Police investigate death of elderly woman left without food or water
- Someone must answer for care death
- Work to start on 93 flood defences
- Scrapping GCSEs was a bridge too far admits Gove
- Second man charged over stab murder
- Premier League to limit spending
- EE promises UK 4G to 27 more towns by June 2013
- Doormen
Odd
- Australians win race to top of Empire State Building
- Camel OK after enclosure escape clipped by van
- Raccoons make home atop Wash. construction crane
Funny
Chicagoland
- When my friends and I order Jets Pizza
- When I realize how much Ive paid in IL taxes on my W2
- When the temperature high for the week is 32 degrees
- Chevrolet Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel debuts at Chicago Auto Show
- Quinn minimum wage hike could be tough sell
- U.S. vows to clean up lead-polluted lot near Pilsen school
- Postal unions angry customers unfazed about Saturday cut
- Rent a suite at OHare Plan advances
- Former Peterson attorney sues replacement Tribune
- West Chicago teachers end strike
- Plea Deal For Jesse Jackson Jr. Includes Significant Jail Time
- Waukegan High School teacher charged with child porn
- Times dates prices special events at the 105th Chicago Auto Show
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- Chicago Police Union Wants $3000 Stipend To Live Inside Chicago In New Contract – Hmm… not sure if I agree with this or not.
Total Number of stories: 129
Look for more stories tomorrow.