Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

General News

• NFL player kills himself at his former high school – Sad…
• Author admits faking Dylan quotes – Whatever happened to Journalistic integrity?
• Meet Favre high school coach
• Author Maeve Binchy dies aged 72
• Man injured off Massachusetts shore authorities suspect shark bite
• US singer Tony Martin dies at 98
• Former official says NSA chief lied about not keeping profiles on Americans
• Penn State faces 1st post-Paterno season
• Copeland using new prosthetics
• NYC penthouse listed for $100 million
• Report NFL player texted sports writer before suicide
• JCPenneys Simple Pricing Sure Can Be Complicated
• Military pension age could rise

Technology

• Want Gigabit Internet You Dont Have to Move to Kansas City.
• GM cars get WiFi for pedestrian safety
• TV should switch to internet peers suggest – Wow, what a novel concept…
• Early Google Fiber adopter shares thoughts on Googles new 1Gbps Internet service
• Google Fiber already has 20% of Kansas City neighborhoods begging for service
• DealBook Go Daddy Chief to Step Down as a K.K.R. Executive Steps In
• Researchers prove your grandmother right modern music is louder and all the same
• RIM rumored to lay off 3000 employees on August 13th
• Windows 7 Enterprise Deployments Glass Half Full or Glass Half Empty
• Amazon Locker Delivery expanding now available in New York London DC Seattle and more
• Google Gets Its Social Ad Start-Up by Buying Wildfire

Funny/Odd

• Unshelved on Monday July 30 2012
• July 31 2012
• Lesson #1469 – Names
• lexipodolski
• NY couple 85 to remarry after 48-year divorce
• WIN Unfair Olympic Advantage WIN
• School of Fail I NEED BRAINS
• Not So Good Bye
• Dating Fails She Never Let Me Wear My Hat
• Now Youre Just A Country…
• Monday Thru Friday Lol How Does I Math Part Deux
• WIN Sweet Grinds WIN
• Unshelved on Tuesday July 31 2012
• After 12 Cant Have That Watered Down Crap

International

• VIDEO Pussy Riot band in court
• Second blackout in India leaves 670 million without power
• Thousands trapped in Syria city
• Berlin museum dung heaps are reminder of Nazi past
• Imprisoned Dutch tourist becomes North Korean elections columnist for a day

Chicagoland

• Cops Woman assaulted in vacant lot
• RIP Shelby Harris
• Caterpillar Posts Record Second Quarter Profits While Workers Continue Strike In Joliet
• Frontier Airlines flight diverted from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale
• Oak Park Man Returns Eagle Scout Medal To Protest Orgs Ban On Homosexuals
• Feds want Lake County YMCA to pay back almost $1M in Head Start money
• Joliet PD shoot 2 men in less than 24 hours
• Girl dies days after being pulled from water at North Avenue Beach
• Judge rejects guilty plea by woman accused in violent bank robbery – Huh? If she did it, why reject the guilty plea? Strange….
• Rahm Emanuel No regrets on my Chick fil-A comments
• Beggars Pizza co-owner dies at 55
• Opening statements today in trial of ex-cop Drew Peterson
• Man with saggy pants booted from plane after dispute
• Gov. Pat Quinn to propose ban on assault weapons in Illinois
• Delta US Airways join OHare security pre-screening program
• Illinois DNR rejects permit for planned coal mine

Personal

• The silver lining in the #nbcfail cloud
• Twitter snuffs an Olympics critic smart play or censorship – Uh oh… censorship…. not good…
• Ruth Horowitz 1928-2012
• jeffjarvis If we cannot rely on Twitter to protect our free speech then it is no platform at all. #twitterfail #nbcfail. Prove me wrong please.
• alanataylor Can you imagine if NBC was broadcasting the World Cup Id… Id… Ugh nvm dont want to get arrested or have account deactivated.
• Avoid security risks with iTunes Connect scraping services

Science/Space

• $100K Space Prize Goes to Company Making Inflatable Satellite Parts
• Mars rover hardest NASA robotic mission ever attempted says NASA
• Apollo landing flags still fluttering in lunar breeze +video
• Genetic tests could explain why some children and teens die unexpectedly
• Mars exploration Is it worth the money
• History Says Praise Drugs Addiction Sufferers Are Just Pretending
• Insect-like robot can walk leap on water
• Avalanches on Iapetus are some of the longest in the Solar System
• The birth of experimental psychology How do we measure beginnings
• Bird flu has jumped to baby seals scientists discover
• Revealing the Psychology of Playing Card Magic
• Why Some People Can Recall Lifes Every Moment
• Rare mountain tornado photographed at 12000 feet VIDEO
• East Africas Forests Shrink Especially Near Parks
• Male Birth Control Plans Begin to Gel
• 9 Theoretical Physicists Win Massive New Cash Award

Big News

• Go Daddy CEO Steps Down – Wow, I wonder why he stepped down.
• Twitter suspends British journalist critical of NBCs Olympics coverage – This act by Twitter SERIOUSLY makes me question its viability in the market, and whether or not I wish to continue to use the platform. I don’t see any ‘Hate Speech’ in what the guy tweeted, criticism, yes, hate speech, no.
• NBC hater Guy Adams Twitter account re-instated
• Legend of Zelda prototype cartridge goes to auction $150000 proves your loyalty to Hyrule video

Health

• Womens brains may age prematurely possibly because of stress
• Pelvic thrust your way to fitness
• Smiling May Reduce Stress
• Belittling kids harmful as beating – I can attest to this actually being the case. Feel free to ask me about how much it has affected my life.
• US Adults Are Getting Sicker
• Womens Risk of Reproductive Disease Linked to Environmental Estrogens

Gaming

• Rumor Media from MW3s September DLC drop leaked
• How the new Game Genie lets you hack your PS3 saves
• Legend of Zelda prototype cartridge goes to auction $150000 proves your loyalty to Hyrule video

Olympics

• Shelter
• London Olympics US catches China in total medal count
• Olympic Security The Machinery Guarding London
• Olympics Swiss soccer player sent home for racist tweet
• Teen Meilutyte wins historic gold
• London 2012 fencing First gold medal won by Ukraine
• Your Olympic athlete body match
• dsilverman To be clear @SamuelLJackson is tweeting NBCs tape delayed coverage. Almost makes up for NBCs lameness.
• China swimming star denies doping
• Olympic Doping Suspicions Spark Angry Chinese Response
• Hancock sets record to win gold
• The emotions of the Olympics in real time
• U.S. womens gymnastics team in first place after vault
• Ye Shiwen Furor over unbelievable gold brings cold war to London Olympics +video
• Queens granddaughter Zara Phillips earns Olympic silver

Software/Apps

• Oracle releases MySQL migration tools for SQL Server Windows users
• Is GNOME “Staring into the abyss”
• Mac users left wondering if OS X Snow Leopards retired – If Apple’s previous way of doing this is any indication, then Yes, OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is retired.
• Mountain Lion Downloads Top Three Million
• Spotify finally brings streaming radio to Android devices
• Did Twitter ban a journalist for #NBCFail
• Hulu Plus Now Available on Apple TV
• Box Raises $125 Million Growth Round Led by General Atlantic
• Watch out Instapaper Facebook is adding its own “save for later” feature
• Hulu Plus Arrives on Apple TV
• Real actors read Yelp reviews adding to unlikely dramatic reading genre
• Outlook.com + SkyDrive Microsoft Reimagines Cloud Storage
• Outlook.com People Microsoft Reimagines Contacts
• Developer Quits OAuth 2.0 Spec Calls it “A Bad Protocol”
• Obama for America iOS app launches in preparation for election season
• PSA Apple to shut down iWork.com beta today iCloud patiently awaits you
• Amazon updates Cloud Player with 256 Kbps matched files faster import direct delivery
• New Yahoo Mail terms of service blocking access to site for some – This has actually been an issue for a few weeks… we’ve had a few patrons who have had issues with this.
• Pandora channel gets refresh version 3.0 arrives on Roku
• Our approach to Trust Safety and private information

Gadgets

• T-Mobile gets the Galaxy Note at last launches August 8th starting at $199.99
• ASUS Tablet 810 with Windows 8 transforms its way past the FCC
• Next generation of HD television
• Verizon to stop blocking tethering apps settles with FCC for $1.25 million
• 26000 developers sign up for PC motion-controlling gadget Leap
• Jony Ive Apple nearly shelved the iPhone due to fundamental problems

Politics

• DNC moves to include gay marriage in platform
• Colorado shooting If not gun control then bullet control lawmakers say
• Arizona 20-week abortion ban upheld by US judge
• Congresss watchdog on retirement issues
• Obama for America iOS app launches in preparation for election season
• Mitt Romney to Announce Vice Presidential Pick via iPhone App Obama Campaign Releases New App

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

• Feds Calif. man attempts to smuggle meth as candy – Really? Really?
• College rampage threat 5 days after the Colorado shooting leads to arrest – Really, what the fuck is wrong with our society…
• Not Wise French T-Shirt Company Tries To Trademark Anonymous Logo

Historical

• Air Force officer creates database of every U.S. bomb dropped since World War I – Interesting idea…
• Colossal human sculpture unearthed in Turkey
• Princes Tomb Images from a Mayan Excavation
• Eating Habits of Longest Dinosaur Revealed
• Jony Ive Apple nearly shelved the iPhone due to fundamental problems

London/Britain

• Welcome to plane spotting paradise
• Arrest over Daley Twitter abuse
• Thomas Heatherwick Londons Greatest Modern Designer
• Heathrow rail staff face ballot
• Broadcast TV online to free up mobile spectrum says UKs House of Lords
• British boy dies in fall from hotel in Kuala Lumpur
• Queens granddaughter Zara Phillips earns Olympic silver

Earnings

• Man Utd prices shares at $16 each
• Honda profits increase four-fold
• Best Buy founder building executive team ahead of buyout
• Caterpillar Posts Record Second Quarter Profits While Workers Continue Strike In Joliet
• Sega Sammy sees losses in gaming sector StarHorse3 sales continue unabated

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