Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

Big News

• VIDEO Sandy brings New York to a standstill
• President Obama Urges Caution for Those in the Path of Hurricane Sandy
• Major Executive Changes at Apple
• Forstall Out Ive Up
• Why New York City Could See the Worst of Hurricane Sandy
• Sandy Shutters Broadway Movies Concerts
• Hurricane Sandy may lead to record-breaking flooding – Newsday
• Latest Storm Updates
• Nuclear Plant Shuts Down Unit as Storm Hits Coast
• NYSE to test new plan trading floor undamaged by storm
• Hurricane Sandy disrupts Northeast telecom networks
• 50 homes destroyed by New York fire amid superstorm – CNN
• Sandys Historic Damage Across the East Coast
• The Vergecast hurricane hangout Apples exodus Googles Nexus and Windows Phone 8
• All Three Branches Agree Big Brother Is the New Normal
• Yet Another Musician Discovers That Free Implemented Well Can Increase Fans Make You More Money
• Crew abandons movie ship three swept over side
• Obama says storm not yet over government to aid local authorities – Reuters
• Sandy kills 16 leaves 7.5 million without power
• Disney buys Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion
• Hurricane Sandy blasts Weather.com to record traffic yesterday 200M more pageviews than previous
• Teen charged in Ridgeways death
• New York Stock Exchange will reopen Wednesday

General News

• Best Explanation of The US Debt
• When disaster strikes Theres no app for that
• Shaking houses falling limbs more fear
• Sandy heads toward Cape May New Jersey National Hurricane Center
• Hurricane Sandy Latest Updates
• Hurricane Sandy surge could flood New York runways and subways
• Hurricane may test limits of homeowners insurance
• GameStop cancels Assassins Creed 3 midnight events in northeast
• ConEd cuts power to part of Lower Manhattan due to Sandy
• Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy Renewed Through 2015-16
• Economy may skirt direct hit from Hurricane Sandy
• Latest Storm Updates
• Hawaiis homeless candidate for Congress
• Hurricane Sandy Storm surge floods NYC tunnels cuts power to city
• Crew abandons movie ship
• Sandy amps up the anxiety of homebuying
• Possible levee break in New Jersey floods three towns
• Obama cancels third campaigning day to oversee storm response
• 2 NATO troops die in Afghan insider attack
• Guinness World Records 2013 Goes Augmented Reality
• Craftsman Recreates Vintage Trucks for Millionaires One at a Time
• Obama says storm not yet over government to aid local authorities – Reuters
• Second pharmacy loses license
• Teen charged in Ridgeways death
• New York Stock Exchange will reopen Wednesday

International

• Q A Where will Chinas innovators come from
• Bolivian radio man set on fire
• WWII bomb closes Japan airport
• Israel reckons with unraveling Gaza policy
• Swiss Bank UBS Announces Plan to Cut 10000 Jobs
• Poland has fracking tensions too

Politics

• FiveThirtyEight Oct. 28 In Swing States a Predictable Election
• How hurricane Sandy tests Obama Romney
• Hurricane Sandy a $4000 plane ticket and Mitt Romneys America
• Joss Whedons Viral Video Calls Romney Perfect Leader for Zombie Apocalypse
• Googles Voter Information Tool hopes to make Election Day a little easier

Health

• Meningitis outbreak spreads to 19 states with case in Rhode Island
• The day half my face went on strike
• Smoke-free laws are saving lives
• Does the flu shot curb heart disease – If so, I may start getting them

Science/Space

• Once extinct in the wild Tanzanian toads make a comeback
• Mars Odyssey Record-Breaking Mission to Mars
• Famous Star Has Planet After All | Video
• Space History Photo Pathfinder Aircraft in Flight
• Frankenstorm from Space Hurricane Sandy Satellite Photos
• Huge Zombie Alien Planet Rises from the Dead
• Hurricane Sandy Actually a Bride of Frankenstorm NASA
• Frankenstorm Full Moon Hurricane Sandys Impact Amplified by Lunar Event
• Virgin Galactic Eyes WhiteKnightTwo for Zero-G Parabolic Flights
• Hurricane Sandy Is Even More Impressive From Space
• NASAs Huge New SLS Rocket Could Power Missions Far Beyond Mars
• Why Sandys storm surge will pack an unusually strong punch in NYC
• Storm Photographers Deftly Set the Stage as Sandy Approaches
• Climate models get smarter but uncertainty just wont go away
• NASA Preps Drone Hurricane Hunters But Misses Sandy
• In Billions of Years Aliens Will Find These Photos in a Dead Satellite
• New York City Floods as Sandy Slams into Eastern U.S.
• Weather or Climate What Caused Hurricane Sandy
• Brain stimulation gives tics to those without Tourettes
• Hurricane Sandy Status Data
• Zombie Science
• U.S. Nuclear Plants Brace for Hurricane Sandy Impact
• Loss of attraction Were running out of magnets
• Stress and Depression May Halt Contraception Use
• Record 100000 entangled photons detected
• Jurassic Turtle Graveyard Found in China

Financial

• JCPenney Holiday Deal or No Deal
• Forstall Out Ive Up
• Penguin and Random House merger to create biggest book publisher ever seen
• Ford union action not ruled out
• Ford union action not ruled out
• BP dividend increase cheered by investors
• Apples Scott Forstalls fatal mistake was not signing iOS 6 Maps apology letter sources
• Bob Mansfield Return to Apple for Two More Years
• Disney buys Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion
• Activision Publishing layoffs at Minneapolis office

Tips and Tricks

• Cant save PDF files from Safari with Mountain Lion Heres the fix

Gaming

• Some Medal of Honor Warfighter achievements not unlocking properly
• Grand Theft Auto V reportedly pegged for spring 2013 release on Xbox 360 and PS3
• Grand Theft Auto 5 receives Spring 2013 release window in official promo material
• Call of Duty and Guitar Hero servers affected by Hurricane Sandy
• Game Publisher Stardock Apologizes To Its Customers For Releasing A Subpar Game… By Giving Them Its Latest Game Free

Gadgets

• Microsoft Launches Windows Phone 8
• Microsoft has no interest in releasing a Surface mini anytime soon
• Google now pitching Chromebook laptops to consumers. Will they want them
• Organize Your Spices
• Google Announces New Nexus Handset Tablets
• Intel debuts its first 20-nanometer flash solid-state drive
• iPad 4 benchmark leaks into the wild shows 1.4GHz processor
• Sony goes Red-hunting with PMW-F55 and PMW-F5 pro CineAlta 4K Super 35mm sensor camcorders

Law

• FTC launches inquiry into Google
• Why DC And Silicon Valley Dont Mix Well
• All Three Branches Agree Big Brother Is the New Normal
• Supreme Court Justices Worry About Parade Of Horribles If They Agree You Dont Own What You Bought
• Supreme Court Puzzles How There Can Be Oversight Concerning Warrantless Wiretapping If No One Can Sue
• Supreme Court to Decide if Drug Dogs Pass Constitutional Smell Test

Patents

• Nokia patent may be keeping multiple accounts off of Android 4.2 phones

Technology

• AMD unveils plans for 64-bit ARM processors for servers
• Nikon photo competition presents microscopic views of life by scientists
• Intel working on 48-core chip for smartphones tablets
• Intel debuts its first 20-nanometer flash solid-state drive
• Profiles in Science Peter G. Neumann Rethinking the Computer at 80
• ARMs Cortex-A50 chips promise 3x performance of current superphones by 2014 throw in 64-bit for good measure
• Hollywood Still Resisting The Idea That Cheaper Better Films Is The Way To Beat TV

Internet

• Google map tracks Hurricane Sandy provides Red Cross shelter listings
• Sandy takes out Gawker Huffpo other sites
• Google officially lands deal with Warner Music Group
• Paywall startup Tinypass adds metered subscriptions for small publishers
• Google maps Sandy flooding power outages

Mobile

• Sprint sits out Windows Phone 8 launch in the United States after tepid WP7 reaction
• Joe Belfiore on Windows Phone were not done until weve checked all the boxes
• Nokia Lumia 920 ships first to Rogers makes Canadians the worlds vanguards for $100 update still very exclusive

Software/Apps

• Microtropolis is hunkering down.
• More than half of U.S. consumers havent even heard of Windows 8 according to study
• Windows Phone 8 Rooms give every group its private space
• Microsoft touts 4M Windows 8 upgrades
• BUILD 2012 Day 1 Keynote Live Blog
• Google updates Search app with new Google Now features for Android 4.1
• First look Pandora 4.0 the new mobile frontier
• Chrome Remote Desktop comes out of beta adds real-time audio feed for Windows users
• Microsoft talks up Dropbox Twitter ESPN and PayPal for Window 8
• iTunes 11 Delayed To November
• Twitter to release official Windows 8 app in the coming months
• Apple delaying iTunes 11 until the end of November

Security

• Phishing email hijacks Windows 8 launch
• Georgia turns the tables on Russian hacker
• Q3 malware costs advertisers $900000 every day

Developer

• Microsoft releases Windows Phone 8 SDK

London/Britain

• Rzeszowski sentenced to 30 years
• A Grand Building
• Police election ballot shambles
• Storm Sandy cancels flights to US
• Hitachi buys right to build next generation of British nuclear plants
• VIDEO Heathrow Airport makes profit
• Arrests over internet bank scam
• No 10 Christmas tree to be chosen
• Two die after collapsing at sauna
• VIDEO Blackwall Tunnel charge planned

Personal

• Forstall Out Ive Up
• Out Come the Knives
• Whither Phil Schiller
• Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Star Wars Episode 7 Set for 2015

Odd

• Nevada town named states most bearded community
• Wild boar attacks and injures 4 people in Berlin

Funny

• Me trying to take a candid iPhone photo w my crush
• October 30 2012
• Move it Troopers We Need to Get that Memory Installed Now [Wallpaper]
• What If…
• I Cant Wait to Get Back to Hell
• Riverfront Property in Serbia
• Grandmas Got Questions…
• Amen.
• Sandy
• Your Move Vegans…
• The Truth Hurts
• These Suds Are a Dud
• Harry Potter Pick-Up Lines Feel Strange
• Ancient Appliens
• So Smart
• Rugrats
• WHARRRRS THE NON-DAIRY CREAMERRRRRRR
• I Like Every Bone on Her Body

Chicagoland

• Chicago Aldermans Maywood
• Properly Sauced Draculas Mary At Hash House A Go Go
• 435 Dead
• U of C city unveil program to help students from city
• Elmer Fudd Bandit hits 5th bank on Northwest Side
• Its Been A Good Year For Time-Lapse Videos Of Chicago
• Lil Reese Apologizes For Videotaped Assault Of Young Woman
• State Rep. Arroyo Denies Making
• Intermittent closures during resurfacing this week for ramp from I-88 to I-290
• Childrens museum announces 90-year lease with Navy Pier
• Fire Department West Pullman West Humboldt Park shootings wound 2
• Lawsuit filed by CTU others seeks to overturn pension law
• Vernon Hills officials reach tentative deal that will keep YMCA open
• Storm Sandy winds arrive in Chicago
• Under fire Brodsky withdraws as attorney for Drew Peterson
• Emanuel on Prentice I support the decision to rebuild on the site
• Trail camera captures cougar photo
• Police official says she sought felony charges in beating
• Suburban Man Arrested For Threatening To Kill Daughters Coach
• Lisle man accused of death rape threats over volleyball game substitution
• Former North Chicago chief accused of stealing seized drug money

Total Number of stories: 206

Look for more stories tomorrow.