Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.
Big News
- Michigan passes anti-union law – Fucking idiots.
Recalls
- MERCEDES 12V557000
- MERCEDES 12V557000
- Wing Enterprises Recalls Switch-it Stepladder/Stepstools Due to Fall Hazard Sold exclusively at Home Depot
- Fu San Machinery Recalls Low Lead Ball Valves Installed in Flammable Gas Lines Due to Fire and Explosion Hazards
General News
- Its official Governor makes marijuana legal in Colorado
- Hillary Clintons Middle East trip canceled due to ill health
- Man fatally shot on New York City street
- Should NYC Mayor Bloomberg Buy the Financial Times
- Danny Boyle rules out Bond movie
- Viewpoint Are Americans Becoming More European
- Why George Zimmerman wants his GPS tracker removed
- Weak exports imports signal tepid economic growth
- The Cycle of Teen Dating Violence
- New laws will make Michigan 24th
- FCC Boss Tired Of Having To Put His iPad Away For Takeoff Tells FAA To Fix It
- US 8th graders fail to score in global top 10 for math and science – No Shock there either.
International
- Police attacked as protests intensify in Northern Ireland
- Ikea monkey headed to sanctuary
- Lives shattered by Typhoon Bopha
- Afghan Army Still Needs Support Pentagon Says
- Defiance and resolve in war-torn Damascus
- Jaguar considers new Saudi plant
- DJs broke Do No Harm rule
- Lady Gaga upsets Russian conservatives with gay support message
- Nelson Mandela responding to treatment for lung infection
- Turkey weighs pivotal oil deal with Kurdistan
- Syrian refugees number 509000
- North Korea extends window plans for rocket launch +video
- Syrian chemical weapons threat not escalating says Panetta
- Study Income inequality skyrockets in China now among worlds highest
- Mom in Argentina rescues hundreds of sex slaves
- More arrests in linesman killing
- Italys Monti says Grandsons nickname is
- Motorolas retreat continues sells factories in China and Brazil to Flextronics for $75 million
Politics
Obits
- Galina Vishnevskaya Soprano and Dissident Dies at 86
- Canoe expert and conservationist Ralph Frese dies at 86
- NTSB confirms Jenni Rivera died in Mexican plane crash
Health
- Health report Were living longer but less healthy
- Harsh cancer treatment successful
- HIV as cancer treatment
- Warning over magnetic tongue stud
- Whos living past 100 in the U.S. Mostly white women
Science/Space
- On Mars Opportunity Rover Continues to Cover New Ground
- Honey bees genetic code unlocked
- Stephen Hawkings £1.8m physics prize win proves time is money
- Google Maps and NASA invite you to peer into the Black Marble
- Prickly porcupine quills may hold clues for medical technology
- First photo of rare wild New Guinea singing dog in 23 years
- How hacking a mosquitos heart could eradicate malaria
- Superstorm Sandy Settles Long-Standing Argument Over the Value of Dunes
- Bedroom TVs Linked to Childhood Obesity
Financial
- DealBook Delta Takes 49% Stake in Virgin Atlantic for $360 Million
- Thats a Wrap AIG Rescue Ends US Profit Hits $22.7B – Businessweek
- Former Yahoo Microsoft exec Blake Irving named CEO of Go Daddy update
- 23andMe Raises $50 Million in New Funding Adding Yuri Milner as Investor
- Comcast adopts NBC peacock as part of new logo
- Amazon to collect sales tax from Massachusetts residents starting next fall
Historical
- Did chimp from 1970s experiment die of a broken heart
- Video Testing A 19th-Century Tube Carriage
- Pictures World War II-era Fighter Raised From Lake Michigan
- Oldest Pharaoh Carvings Discovered in Egypt
Tips and Tricks
Gaming
- Wii Homebrew Channel now functions on Wii U
- SimCity and the power to build with friends trailer
- Digital London The Capital In Video Games Part 1
- Xbox 360 to get 40 new entertainment apps on Xbox Live
Gadgets
- Lego-powered M M sorter pleases your palates imagination video
- Wire Wrapper Tool
- No more HDMI flickering woes for latest Mac mini
- Microsoft issues Surface RT updates to address Wi-Fi issues
Reviews
Law
- Mozilla Helped To Stop SOPA In January Now Its Worried About WCIT
- National Security Bosses Still Claiming It Would Violate National Security To Tell You If They Violate Your Privacy – Fucking idiots.
- Lester Chambers Screwed Over For Decades By The Recording Industry Goes Direct Via Kickstarter – This type of shit needs to stop. I think the Recording Industry should be investigated for unfair business practices.
Patents
- The Only Thing Worse Than the Patent Wars You Are Reading About Are the Ones You Arent Reading About
- FTC to place limits on Googles use of standards patents
Technology
- Japanese team targets 24Tbps optical fiber by 2014 – Leaving the US in the dust, again.
- Intel talks up work on 22nm SoCs with Tri-Gate tech geared for mobile devices
- Intels Atom S1200 lays claim to title of worlds first 6-watt server-class processor
- Executives predict a broad chip industry rebound in 2013
- Neverware hopes to save cash-strapped schools millions by making old PCs run like new – Look at Libraries as well.
Internet
- Customers blast Amazon for Surface RT price gouging
- YouTube pushes new UI for tablets via its mobile website Android app
- Netflix Google Fiber is most consistently fast ISP in America – This isn’t a shock really.
- UK internet monitoring bill set to be rewritten after privacy complaints
Mobile
- ZTE to show high-end handset at CES
- Microsoft delivers first over-the-air update for Windows Phone 8
- Ting begins bring your Sprint phone program lures you to the contract-free side
Software/Apps
- Adobe Adds Support For Retina Display To Photoshop And Illustrator CS6
- Apple And Microsoft Clash Over Revenue Sharing For SkyDrive iOS App
- List of iOS/OS X Emoji
- Apple Fixes Maps Error In Australia That Left Motorists Stranded
- WordPress 3.5 Elvin is Available
- Microsoft fixes critical Windows 8 IE10 flaws for Patch Tuesday
- How to Do a Full Shutdown in Windows 8 Without Disabling Hybrid Boot
- Redesign Brings Some Gmail Smarts to Yahoo Mail
- Linux 3.7 arrives ARM developers rejoice
- SkyDrive + Xbox 360
- Google reveals how sync bugs helped sink Chrome
- Microsoft refuses to pay Apple a commission on SkyDrive iOS app
- Google eyes Evernote challenge with Drive features
- SkyDrive Xbox app launches today over 40 new apps coming soon
- Apple fixes data bug stranding Aussies but what about the rest of us
Security
- Nokia Engineer Shows How to Pirate Games From the Windows 8 Store
- Nokia engineer shows how to pirate games from the Windows 8 store
London/Britain
- Plans target bogus whiplash cases
- Eminem to play Reading and Leeds
- VIDEO The motorcycle that doesnt fall over
- Baby boy delivered 1000ft in air
- Tory backlash against same-sex marriage
- Census almost one in eight people in England and Wales born abroad
- No 10 to redraft web snoop plan
- Northern Rock loans blunder costs taxpayer £270m
- Digital London The Capital In Video Games Part 1
- Three men arrested in Libor inquiry
- Air Pollution Causing 6-9% Of Deaths In London
- VIDEO The changing face of London
- PSA Virgin Media extends London Underground WiFi again aims for 120 stations by early 2013
- UK internet monitoring bill set to be rewritten after privacy complaints
- Serial killer a murder addict police say
Personal
Odd
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
- An insurer decides it overpaid for a surgery bills the patient more than $9000
- Sen. Mark Warner to JMU student Good luck on exams
Funny
- December 11 2012
- Lesson #1602 – Christmas Crime
- Taxidermy Sleigh FAIL
- Super Awesome Just Frickin Dandy
- If I Were a Bettingman Id Say Im Not the Only One
- Photo
- Is That a Real Lord Voldemort Tank
- A TUTORIAL
- Youre Not Invited
- Thatve Isll Driven the Grammar Nazis Crazy
- Its Like a John Deere for the Indoors
- Cars WIN
- DONT DO IT
- Princess Pathetic
- The American Horror Story Drinking Extravaganza
Chicagoland
- Google Chicago Unveils Cafe 312 a Locally-Stocked Corporate Dining Hall
- Volunteer Firefighter Charged With Arson Girlfriend Says
- Fare hikes bus route cuts focus of CTA budget hearing
- Pilot in fatal copter crash was turning back because of weather
- Canoe expert and conservationist Ralph Frese dies at 86
- Teachers union to fight school closings with video coloring book
- Chicago breaks record with 281 snow-free days. White Christmas Keep dreaming.
- Teen shot on school bus in Englewood after CPS baskeball game
- Off-duty officer carjacked on South Side police
- Ba Le Banh Mi Sandwich Shop Opens Loop Location
- City Proposes Landmark Status for Vacant Church in Ukrainian Village
- CTA Discontinues 2 Popular Bus Routes
- South Side Third-Grader Launches Toy Drive for Hurricane Sandy Victims
- Toby Keith to perform at Illinois State Fair
- RIP Susan Stursberg
- Naperville-area school locked down as police search for burglary suspect
- Last call for Twinkies Chicago shoppers buy up last shipment
- Ald. Sandi Jackson says she wont resign unless something catastrophic happens
- DePaul Study Calls For Major Investment To Modernize CTA Metra
Total Number of stories: 162
Look for more stories tomorrow.