Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.
Big News
- 25 End of the World Movies
- Netflix Wins Disney Movie Rights
- $1.5 Billion In Taxpayer Funds Go Directly To Movie Studios Each Year… And Very Few Jobs Created – I think this needs to be changed. I think we should just stop subsidizing them, they already make enough money. If they take Taxpayer funds they have to follow “NORMAL” accounting rules, not their own.
Recalls
- CONTINENTAL CARGO 12V543000
- CARGO MATE 12V543000
- RANCE ALUMINUM TRAILER 12V543000
- FORD 12V551000
- Gas Fireplace Inserts Recalled by Jotul North America Due to Electrical Shock and Burn Hazards
- Home Depot Recalls Homers All-Purpose Bucket Mug Due to Fire Hazard
- Stop Shop alerts customers to voluntary recall of
General News
- Why The Daily is counting its days
- You Dont Have to Be an Economist to Understand What $2000 Means to Middle-Class Families
- Tonight still suffering after Sandy
- When consensual sex is a crime
- Pixar lamp comes to life in New Zealand project
- Butterfly in the sky check out this amazing Reading Rainbow remix vid
- How Many Marines Does America Truly Need
- Shopper alert Will labor strike at L.A. ports mean bare shelves
- AARP lobbies against Medicare changes that could hurt its bottom line
- Elizabeth Warren gives campaign staff top jobs – Washington Post blog
- 2 Mexican nationals charged in death of Coast Guardsman
- Newark Mayor Cory Booker attempts to live on food stamps
- Homeless need more than shoes
- Homeless man is shoeless again
- Newspaper takes heat over haunting subway photo
- McDonalds Doubles Down on Dollar Menu
- NY Critics Praise Zero Dark Thirty
- The Godfather 40th Anniversary Celebration Is An Offer You Cant Refuse
- Consumers Contemplate Walmart Mortgages
- Colorado Hotel Transforms into Dino-Utopia
International
- iTunes Store finally opens in Russia India and South Africa
- Apple Just Added 56 Countries Worth of New iTunes Customers
- Vietnam condemns Chinas sea claims as
- Britain says EU not looking at Israel sanctions
- Typhoon hits south Philippines 40 dead or missing media
- Iran claims capture of US drone
- Lord Stern developing countries must make deeper emissions cuts
- Mali civilians vow to take up arms against Islamist extremists
- U.S. pushes to restart peace talks with Taliban
- Cyprus is poised for the second-largest bank bailout since 1970
- Which Europeans are fattest laziest and drink most in charts
- Amsterdam plans to relocate troublemakers to scum villages – That’s one way of doing it.
- Iraqs Latest Crisis Is a Standoff With Northern Kurds
- Whats the future of zoos rabies program in Africa
- Lions Face Shrinking Savannahs in Africa
Politics
Health
- Study on football brain damage
- Child loses 65 lbs to fight obesity
- Lifetime friendship is medicine for the soul
- Addiction counselor charged in DUI death
- Diet Helps Prevent Repeat Heart Attacks
Science/Space
- Mars Curiosity rover finds higher than anticipated amounts of water particles
- Nasa to send new rover to Mars
- Oldest Giant Panda Relative Found in Spain
- Self-Awareness with a Simple Brain
- Earliest Start To Flu Season in Nearly a Decade
- Ankylosaurus Facts About the Armored Lizard
- Black Swan Storms Extreme Cyclones Linked to Warming Seas
- Chinese astronauts may grow veg on Moon
- A new episode of active volcanism on Venus
- Space-Flown Spider Dies in Smithsonian
- New Buried Asteroid Impact Crater Discovered in Canada
Financial
Historical
- Damn Was Steve Jobs Prescient or What
- Please Buy This 1965 Mercedes-Benz EV and Give Us a Ride
- Drought May Have Killed Sumerian Language
Tips and Tricks
Gaming
- Groupon 4GB Xbox 360 bundle with Forza 4 Alan Wake for $200
- Microsoft Soho hiring producer to develop interactive TV experiences
- False
Gadgets
- Apple devices get colored up by Anostyle
- The PlayStation 3 not Xbox or Apple TV is the top device for Netflix streaming to living room TVs – That’s because it’s not that good of a gaming console?
- Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver Toothbrush
- Geek Toys Plants vs. Zombies Deluxe Plush
Law
- Father of 9-year-old girl accused of piracy compares copyright holders to the mafia
- Court Cases Challenge Border Searches of Laptops and Phones
- Verizons effort to end the FCCs data roaming requirements rejected by US appeals court – Good
Patents
- Court orders patents in Apple-HTC deal to be made public
- Motorolas Xbox ban rejected by US court
- Google AT T and Lockheed make Thomson Reuters patent-based top innovators list for the first time
Technology
- West meets east Silicon Valley accelerator to tackle the future of journalism
- Aruba Networks launches three Wi-Fi controllers that inspect apps
- Steve Ballmers Nightmare Is Coming True
- Inside the Raspberry Pi Factory
- BitTorrent Book Promotion Drives 40% Of Downloaders To Books Amazon Page
- Intel plans 10-watt Ivy Bridge processors for 2013 signaling longer battery life or thinner PCs
- Exploring the Relationship Between Spare Area and Performance Consistency in Modern SSDs
- Under Pressure
- CA to app devs get privacy policies or risk $2500-per-download fines
- You wont be adding an aftermarket SSD to your new iMac
- Ashton Kutcher as Steve jOBS premieres Jan 27 at Sundance
- B4 Texting 4 Ways 2 Say It Shorter
Internet
- Facebook hopes youll trade texting for Messenger – We’ll see… I still prefer to use Google Talk over Facebook Messenger.
- Internet co-creator urges action against UN attempts to regulate the web
- Twitter makes nice with developers with a timeline of upcoming changes
- Last.fm Founders Are Back to Help Find Interesting Web Content
- Netflix Wins Disney Movie Rights
Mobile
- iOS users generate twice as much Web traffic as Android users
- Microsoft says Windows Phone app downloads have more than doubled since WP8 launch
- Facebook Messenger for Android now accessible with only a name and phone number
- Jelly Bean now available for AT T Galaxy S III owners
- A Third Mobile Platform Theres No Room for One.
Software/Apps
- Theres life in iTunes yet – global expansion is good news for labels
- Facebook just realized it made a horrible mistake
- Google updates Gmail for iOS to support multiple accounts deliver autocomplete suggestions
- Windows Phone Design Part 2 Windows Design Language
- More cross-platform and cloud support ahead for Microsoft Dynamics ERP CRM
- Evernote launches full-fledged notes service for businesses
- What Comes After Cut the Rope Pudding Monsters.
- New WebKit builds offer scrolling relief for retina MacBook Pros
- YouTube app updated for iOS now optimized for iPad and iPhone 5 complete with AirPlay streaming
Security
- Swiss spy agency warns CIA MI6 over massive secret data theft
- Livescribe Writes Fix for Security Flaw With Its Wi-Fi Digital Pen
Developer
- Google I/O 2013 scheduled to kick off on May 15th registration will open early next year
- Adobe launches new cloud-based game development tools
London/Britain
- UK literary agency partners exclusively with Amazon to break authors into US
- Taxes are an obligation not a moral choice
- Man jailed for naked stunt on London statue
- Abu Qatada appeal launched by home secretary
- New Bank of England head will have too much power warns insider
- Boy or girl Kates royal offspring likely to reign – eventually
- Scouts and guides consider adopting atheist oaths
- Nurses told to focus on compassionate care
- Public spending by UK government department 2011-12 an interactive guide
- Household spending at record high fuelled by rising petrol prices
- UK pledges £133m more for Africa to tackle climate change
- UK newspaper The Times offering subsidized Nexus 7 tablet with its digital subscription
- British forces accused of killing four teenagers in Afghan operation
- Walking Overground South 2
- Winehouse home sells for £1.98m
- Naked statue climb man sentenced
Personal
Odd
- College offering puppy room for stressed out students
- Flight attendant quits over Facebook coffee threat
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
- NC inmates allege they were abused with hot sauce
- NJ students sickened by Bob Marley drink at school
- Will Oregon Zoos prized baby elephant end up in a traveling show – This is just fucked up. Period, End of FUCKING STORY!
Funny
- Lesson #1594 – Real Life Fairy Tales
- December 04 2012
- Talk About OEM Vender Crapware Overkill [Humorous Image]
- DMCA Fun Movie Studios Issue Takedowns Over Their Authorized Films
- Im Here
- School Of Hard Rock
- Porn+
- DMX Kills it With His Rap Rendition of
- Risk Board WIN
- Airport Leak at Laguardia
- Lace Up Your Shoes
- False
- No Fire Extinguisher Available Guess What
- I Love Me Some Advent
- Girl Adventures – Yup, I can relate.
- Real Talk
- Stuck in a Bad Place FAIL
- How to Confuse an Idiot…
- Thats One Way to Make Kids Pay Attention
- A Guide to Every Grocery Store in Existence
- Handy Manly Man
- For The Skyler In Your Life FAIL
- Very Funny Guys…
- Dont Stop Me Now
Chicagoland
- Free Doughnuts Friday
- Thats the Way the Calendar Crumbles
- Oh Babys Restaurant hopes to cash in with Twinkie Buzz
- County Commissioner Beavers vows to testify in tax-fraud trial
- County Commissioner Beavers vows to testify in tax-fraud trial
- Dad to school-closing panel I trust you No farther than I can throw you
- Bird man of Aurora pleads not guilty to animal hoarding
- 11 Shot Overnight In Chicago Including Off-Duty Corrections Officer
- NIU fans pumped for Orange Bowl
- More than 1000 teachers on strike in District 300
- Mooseheart cries foul at losing basketball players from Sudan
- Lawsuit Boy Scouts failed to protect boy from molester
Total Number of stories: 176
Look for more stories tomorrow.