Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.

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Big News

• Two children among four missing off coast of San Francisco

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

• Former Surgeon General Koop dies

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

• Valve boss awarded Bafta fellowship

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

• An update to Twitter for Windows Phone

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

• Learn To Code

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.