Here is this morning’s Daily Run Down.
Big News
- Notre Dames Teo embroiled in girlfriend hoax
- Vauxhall helicopter crash leaves two dead latest news from London
- Manti Teo A linebacker a made-up girlfriend and a national hoax – CNN – I think there should be some criminal prosecution for this stunt.
General News
- Theft of $400000 in diamonds reported in Florida
- Reclaimed Wastewater Turns Ski Slopes Yellow
- Controversy Child charged as adult
- U.S. Sees Hazy Threat From Mali Militants
International
- U.S. Confirms Americans Taken After Algeria Attack
- Russian crime boss gunned down in Moscow
- Abductions in North Africa Is France the Real Target
- Briton reported killed in kidnap raid in Algeria
- Native Canadians day of action
- Mexican athlete shot in bar dies
- Pakistan in Kashmir talks offer
Politics
- Obama Congress should fund research into the effects violent video games have on young minds – This I can get behind. Research it and see what effect it has before making laws or placing blame.
- Rep. Issa Promises Investigation Into Aaron Swartz Case
Health
Science/Space
- Hawaiian Lava Lake Hits New Record High
- DARPA program hides care packages at the bottom of the ocean floor
- Climate change alters ecosystems from Walden Pond to The Shack
Financial
Historical
- For Amusement Only the life and death of the American arcade
- A tour through the instruction manuals of yesterdays toys and technology
- Healthy hotels rise in ancient therapies expected in 2013
Tips and Tricks
Gaming
Gadgets
Technology
- Robocallers stand out in a troll through Chinese cell phone records
- Dear HBO Disney Netflix Et Al Fragmenting Online TV Lets Piracy Keep Its Biggest Advantage
- Preserving your video game legacy in the days before credit rolls
- Worlds most industrious lazy man outsources all of his work to China
- VMware CTO leaving for VC firm to focus on infrastructure startups
- Facebooks Ever-Evolving Campus Welcome Sign
- AMD redesigns server motherboard to be more modular and open
- I Can See Clearly Now Thanks to a Window-Washing Robot
- Microsofts Surface Pro still on track for release… some time
- FCC adds spectrum to Wi-Fi–but you likely need a new router to use it
Internet
- Google says never ass-ume proves Street View car avoided hit-and-run with donkey
- 1.4 million Americans reportedly ditched Facebook in December
Mobile
- Holiday-quarter iPhone shipments said to crush estimates at 52 million
- FaceTime over 3G now available to all AT%20T iPhone users with tiered data plans
- LG looks to sell 75 million handsets in 2013 and expand beyond Android
- Sprint offering Total Equipment insurance for iPhone on January 25th
- AT%20T staves off net neutrality complaint by giving another inch but its not fooling anyone
Rumors
Software/Apps
- Bring back the Windows 8 Start menu say 1.5 million Pokki downloaders
- A Way to Share Photos Files And Money in Black %20 White
- Facebook starts turning on free voice calls for iPhone users in the US
- Microsoft launches HelpBridge app for sending quick emergency messages or aid in a disaster
Security
- $5000 will buy you access to another new critical Java vulnerability Updated
- OKCupids new blind date app not so blind thanks to data leak
Developer
London/Britain/UK
- Rockers Folly
- Body found in ferry teen search
- Bogus Mayfair property tycoon convicted of £750m fraud
- Custom House
- Killed wife happy for 25 years
- Crane driver lucky he was late
- Ice hits train electric supplies
- Girl 14 burned by sex gang – WTF?
Odd
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
- Missouri lawmaker latest to propose – So I can tax stupid people then, right? Or I can tax breathing. If So, I’d be rich… SWEET!
Funny
- Unshelved on Wednesday January 16 2013
- Developer outsources work to China so he can watch cat videos and gets caught
- Strange New Trend
- Im Seeing Several Things Wrong Here…
- Salad Cup WIN
- That Should Keep Her Occupied
- Just Buy a New One Already
- Clean Up in Aisle Four
- DAMN YOU TO HELL
- Didnt See That Coming
- Two Jeeps for the Price of One
- Tow Time
- Drinkanomics
- Pitiful License Plate WIN
- I LOVE This Song
- Heyoooo
- Mom Likes to Keep Up With the Kids These Days
- Things Physics Professors Do With Their Children
- Its a Guy Thing
Chicagoland
- Cops Release Sketch of Suspect in Fatal Shooting of Gage Park Shop Owner
- Airplane Turbulence Leaves Three with Head Injuries on Flight to OHare
- State loans city $15 million to replace crumbing pipes – The State of Illinois has $15 Million?
- Price hikes at Art Institute Science %20 Industry get first-round OK
- A Decade of School Closures
- RTA attempts to lift lid on alleged tax schemes
- The Publican Teams up With Victory Brewing to Release Hundred Horse
- Pols Back Obama on Gun Control But Laws Wont Have Much Impact on Chicago
Total Number of stories: 89
Look for more news stories this evening.