Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.

Big News

• NYC cop buys boots for homeless man photo goes viral

General News

• Dennys new Las Vegas restaurant puts weddings on the menu – Of course it would. Go out drinking, take somebody home, wake up, go to Denny’s, decide to get married.. Makes sense to me.
• What $2000 Means to Middle Class Families
• Charlie Browns Christmas Stocking
• New Jersey spruce survives Sandy lights up Rockefeller Center
• Media Decoder Blog CNN Makes It Official Zucker to Be New President – Zucker is the guy who was previously heading NBC.
• Adeles 21 passes 10m sales in the US
• German bestiality ban time the US changed some archaic sex laws | Jennifer Abel – I have to agree with this.
• NYC cop buys boots for homeless man photo goes viral
• Former President George H. W. Bush stable in hospital
• Jobless claims drop below 400k
• Fight Over Ferrys Status Prompts Earmark Queries
• Morgan Freeman Richard Branson take to YouTube to oppose the war on drugs
• Chevy Volt tops customer satisfaction survey again
• Pentagon Hires Outside Help to Train bin Laden Raid Pilots
• WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning gives evidence for first time

International

• North Korea pushing ahead with new nuclear reactor IAEA
• Burma riot police move in to break up copper mine protest
• Serb loses court battle in Israel
• Syrian internet goes dark in the midst of violent upheaval cause still unclear
• Kenyan Filmmaker Looking To Cuts Costs By Using Pirates As His Distributors
• Graves robbed in Benins capital
• Netflix Ireland UK score deals to carry previous seasons of key Warner-distributed shows

Politics

• The Strategy Behind Those Obama Campaign Emails
• Members Of The Republican Study Committee Do Twitter Q A Ignore Every Single Question About Fixing Copyright – Shocked? No, I’m not.

Health

• Basis Science reveals its health-tracking wristwatch and fitness web service
• Should women be able to buy birth control pills over-the-counter – Yes, next question?
• A Step Toward a Universal Cancer Blood Test

Science/Space

• A Tribute to Curiosity [Video]
• NASA Theres enough ice on Mercury to encase Washington D.C.
• Cane Toads Blue Whales Red Wolves and Other Updates from the Brink
• Pressure mounts for retraction of GM crop-cancer study
• Musicians Brains Sync Up During Duet
• New Clues Emerge in Puzzle of Grand Canyons Age
• Wired Science Space Photo of the Day Jets of Hercules
• Frozen Water and Organic Material Discovered on Mercury
• Climate change is happening now – a carbon price must follow | James E Hansen

Financial

• Barnes Noble reports Q2 2013 earnings digital content sales up 38% Nook unit rakes $160 million
• Confirmed LivingSocial Slashes 400 Jobs in Attempt at Profitability
• Board Room Blitz The Four Things That Could Happen at Groupon
• Cisco to buy network tool maker Cariden

Historical

• 19th-Century Shipwrecks Discovered Off Israels Coast
• VIDEO Napoleons coded threat to Kremlin

Gaming

• Black Ops 2 topples Halo 4 on Xbox Live
• Over 100000 petition for PC port of Grand Theft Auto 5 – 100,000 is quite a number. I know 41,000 was mentioned earlier this week. $100,000 at $60 per unit is $6 Million, that’s a chunk of change.
• 525K PlayStation 3 consoles 160K Vitas sold last week

Gadgets

• Basis fitness tracker finally goes on sale for $199 mobile apps still MIA
• Surface Pro tablet pricing starts at $899 Microsoft says
• Dell ships lightweight XPS 13 laptop with Ubuntu Linux
• Microsoft Surface Pro to have half the Surface RTs battery life
• T-Shirts Apparel Bring Back Firefly

Law

• FedEx driver fired over Russian accent lawsuit says
• Beastie Boys call for sampling lawsuit to be dismissed

Technology

• The Wii Us processor speeds are slower than Xbox 360 and PS 3 – I honestly wonder if this matters. The ultimate question becomes, what is the game play like? Is it smooth? I don’t know if these questions even really matter.
• Smart Helmets Could Flag Players At Trauma Risk
• Obsessed Building Enormous Snowmen With the Boss of Frost
• A look behind the technical curtain of Obamas fundraising platform

Internet

• Cloud entrepreneurs customers dont want to be milked like a cow
• Syria Has Disappeared From the Internet
• Pandora pleads for lower music royalties at congressional hearing
• ISPs once again push back six strikes anti-piracy policy this time into 2013
• Instagram and Street View mashup reveals whos smoking weed and where
• Its not a divorce but Zyngas amended contract with Facebook offers more flexibility

Mobile

• T-Mobile USA will reportedly announce imminent iPhone arrival next week
• AT T to sell rugged flip phone with push-to-talk Dec. 14 for $100
• Apple to sell unlocked iPhone 5 handsets beginning Thursday night
• Can You Ditch Your Smartphone Data Plan for Wi-Fi – No. I cannot. There are still times that I need data when I’m not near wifi.
• In annual ritual AT T declared worst wireless service

Software/Apps

• VLC launches Kickstarter campaign for a new Windows 8 app

Developer

• WordPress 3.5 Release Candidate 2

London/Britain

• VIDEO Teen detained for toddlers death
• Football fan murderer sentenced
• VIDEO Bollywood films shot in London
• Condemning British Press Report Urges a New Regulator – New York Times
• Train fire halts Eurostar traffic
• Your pictures Autumn
• PCs cleared over racist comments
• Jailed SAS soldier Danny Nightingale wins appeal

Personal

• Cable companies arent
• Facebook Cover Shenanigans
• XOXO Conference Videos Now Online
• Sacks For Sandy

Odd

• Animated breaking news alert scares Fox News host
• Guilty NM prankster returns stolen toilet paper

Funny

• 11/28/12 PHD comic Significance
• Guy Reproduces Peoples Profile Pictures Before Friending Them on Facebook
• Meanwhile at Walmart
• Id Say Thats Entirely Fair
• Fan Stopped Working on the HVAC
• When One Door Closes Another One Opens
• Define the Relationship
• An _ap For That
• Bryan is Busted

Chicagoland

• Two Sets of Sexy Santas Will Run for Charity This Saturday
• Muti a $2 million man for CSO
• Electric Trucks Coming to Town
• Pedestrian good Samaritan killed on I-57
• Illinois drivers licenses for illegal immigrants measure advances
• Indiana Man Has Second Thoughts On Romney Face Tattoo
• Grandmother accused of beating biting burning kids 5 and 6
• Wacker Drive to reopen Friday in phases
• Lawmaker from Chicago indicted on bank fraud charges

Total Number of stories: 102

Look for more stories tomorrow.