Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.

Big News

• MLK inscription to be removed
• Googles decision to block explicit images is a huge win for Bing Search.xxx
• 911 and 112 are the worlds standard emergency numbers ITU decides – So Britain’s doing it wrong… just like their driving (Don’t hate, I love Britain).
• Why more people didnt die in Clackamas mall shooting

Recalls

• Always Tired You May Have Sleep Apnea
• Top 5 most important product recalls in US history
• Honda recall 870000 minvans and SUVs for ignition defect

General News

• Crude Oil Inventories Up 843000 Barrels
• Peanut butter garlic bread back on school plates
• Rabbi Nuchem Rosenberg Doused Maybe With Bleach in Williamsburg
• Slain Navy SEAL remembered as a leader
• For Las Vegas Weddings 12/12/12 Is a Date With a Built-In Reminder
• Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Takes Center Stage in Battle Against Unions
• Americans Who Helped Free Kosovo Return as Entrepreneurs
• Lincoln receives 13 Critics nods
• Florida executes former cop
• Between the Lines of the NFL Bountygate Ruling
• Jenna Bush Hager pregnant George W. Bush to be first-time grandpa
• Downton Abbey insider Jessica Fellowes shares her behind-the-scenes take
• Dont hate the education hate the status quo
• Guatemala deporting McAfee to US – This is good news.
• Skier Lindsey Vonn vows to fight to race men – The guys will probably be against it because they’d lose.
• Snow Headed to Four Corners
• Exclusive Mars Rover Curiosity Featured in MAD Magazine
• New Jersey Man Pleads Not Guilty in 79 Death of Etan Patz
• Genes patents and big business at 23andMe are you the customer or the product
• NYC officials may delay widespread smartphone taxi hailing propose limited pilot instead
• Watch Live Star-Studded 12-12-12 Concert for Hurricane Sandy Relief
• Oregon mall shooting appears to be lone random rampage
• Software pioneer McAfee arrives in U.S. from Guatemala

International

• Spain arrests woman with cocaine breast implants – That’s one way of doing it.
• iPad Mini Launching In Russia On December 14
• Putin warns of foreign meddling
• Nelson Mandela making progress
• Left behind Russian-speaking minorities struggle in new Baltics
• Japanese dam project indecision delays illustrate ruling partys dilemma
• Africa papers carry Tyson spoof
• Mali names new PM after predecessor was placed under house arrest
• Assad troops fired Scud missiles at Syrian rebels says US
• Wikileaks Julian Assange to run for Australian senate under new political party
• Quebec officers in payments probe
• Hans Christian Andersen discovery
• Libya faces mental health crisis
• Finland Life beyond Nokia

Politics

• John Boehners unenviable job
• Republicans Tell F.C.C. Not to Give Away Airwaves – Of course they do.

Obits

• Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar dies

Health

• Another Sandy legacy Home mold
• Loneliness not living alone linked to dementia
• Sugar helps babies having jabs
• Dont Pee On It Zinc Emerges As New Jellyfish Sting Treatment – Ken Jennings already debunked the ‘pee on jellyfish sting’ theory in his book ‘Because I Said So.’
• Obesity rates fall in Philadelphia

Olympics

• Britons feel Paralympics effect

Science/Space

• Life search starts in polar lake
• Fish attracted to same-sex flirts
• Apocalypse Never NASA Eases Dec. 21 Fears
• Real-time satellite tracker shows precise location of North Koreas new satellite
• Chasing Ice 7.4 cubic km of ice crashing into the ocean
• Sharpening up Jupiter
• Fertile Gals Look Sound More Attractive Study
• 12/12/12 Why Today Is Tied to Doom
• Alan Alda Asks What Is Time – Anything Alan Alda says goes
• Italy Earthquake Case Forces Geologists to Rethink Risk
• Fast-Acting Depression Drug Eases Symptoms in Hours
• Astronomers locate a miniature quasar in Andromeda
• Record-Breaking Elephant Range Found
• 2011 Virginia Earthquake Traced From Sky
• More Snow Could Mean Less Ice for Antarctic
• Insecticide regulators ignoring risk to bees say MPs
• Hubble achieves deepest view yet

Financial

• Porsche breaks car sales record
• Costco profit soars 30 percent on high sales low prices
• Will 401k plans get worse
• Federal Reserve to keep rates near zero as part of US stimulus programme – The Guardian – Since It’s worked SO WELL thus far, why not keep that status quo.

Historical

• Last issue of Nintendo Power available now founders look back
• Browse Through Radio Shacks 1983 Computer Catalog [Scanned Image Set]
• Humans Said Cheese 7500 Years Ago
• Ancient Copy of Ten Commandments Goes Digital
• A look back at BMWs 40-year history with electric cars
• Torvalds Kicks Original Linux PC Into Dustbin of History
• Hans Christian Andersen discovery

Tips and Tricks

• Secure Yourself by Using Two-Step Verification on These 16 Web Services

Gaming

• Last issue of Nintendo Power available now founders look back
• Free Duke Nukem 3D in GOG holiday sale
• Xbox Black Ops 2 season pass holders get Nuketown Zombies today [update Trailer]
• Nintendo Still Loves DRM The Internet Not So Much
• Nintendo Land could have featured Star Fox Excitebite 1080 Snowboarding games – It should’ve featured ExciteBike….
• Buy every North American SNES game for $25000 – Wish I had the cash to buy them.
• Assassins Creed 3 is fastest selling Ubisoft game

Gadgets

• Christmas Captured with LEGO Star Wars
• Logitech Announces New Wireless Keyboard And Trackpad For Mac And iOS
• Sorry but e-readers arent dead
• Shutup and take my money A Doctor Who TARDIS desktop PC
• Leak suggests Samsung ATIV S to launch in Canada with Bell on December 14th
• Outback Battery Heated Mittens
• FCC gives Samsungs Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE edition the nod US LTE not included
• Kid-Friendly Kindle Environment
• Microsoft employees start collecting their free Surface RTs

Reviews

• Django Unchained – first look review
• Barnes Noble Nook HD+ review a high-def 9-inch tablet at an entry-level price

Law

• Jammie Thomas Asks Supreme Court How Much Is Too Much For Copyright Infringement – Here’s my thought. Force them to pay $1.29 for each song the current price they charge for their shitty songs.
• U.S. Senator Promising Legislative Action Allowing In-Air Use of Electronic Devices if FAA Doesnt Act

Patents

• Current Mac startup chime receives trademark from USPTO

Technology

• Scientists develop eco battery powered by root-extracted dye
• Leaked chart appears to spill beans on Intels Haswell desktop CPU range
• Intel Launches
• Musician Mike Doughty Offers Unique Copy Of His New Song Personalized To Each Buyer For $543.09
• Jet engine cooling tech adapted for silent ultrabooks
• How Industrial Design and Weird Swag Helped MailChimp Find Success

Internet

• One in 10 say health-related websites saved their lives
• Facebook helps FBI smash global 11 million-strong botnet
• Buying And Renting Movies Now Available In 42 New iTunes Stores
• Backupify Has Google Apps Back With New Enterprise Update
• VMware competitor CloudVelocity gets $5M to migrate apps to public clouds
• Netflix may have ordered more episodes of Arrested Development
• Pinterest quietly sneaks in support for Twitter Cards
• Eric Schmidt says Google Fiber isnt just an experiment company trying to decide where to expand next – Aurora, Illinois would be a good place.
• MetaFilter founder Reddits creepy stuff shows how hard it is to run an open community – Reddit is just for trolls.
• Google+ Is Totally Nerdy Just Ask Google
• Flickr Revamps Site Navigation and Explore Page
• Tumble is down for the count today

Mobile

• Nokia Lumia 620 820 and 920 made official for China go up for pre-order video
• Gyft and its guilt-free gift cards now available on Android
• Apple offers free Lightning to Micro USB adapter in China – I would’ve liked to have gotten one for free. I just paid $20 for mine….
• RadioShack Offers $50 iPhone 5 And 4S Discounts

Rumors

• Apples plan to improve its Maps application may include buying TomTom
• Marc Andreessen FoxConn Execs Say Apple TV Is Coming

Software/Apps

• New Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services Showcase Videos
• Flickr for iPhone 2.0 – Flickr is still around, huh?
• Yahoo jumps on Instagram bandwagon adds filters to Flickr iPhone app
• Unlike Instagram Flickr latches on to Twitter
• Google says it wont build apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone until people start using them
• Shazam for iOS gets a new UI shares our lack of music knowledge with Google+
• In bringing Office to iOS Microsoft is playing a dangerous game
• Google unveils a gorgeous new version of Currents a Flipboard competitor — but it crashes on iPhone
• Google Set to Release iOS Maps App Tonight
• New app brings Google Now functionality to the iPhone

Security

• Internet Explorer can track your mouse anywhere on the screen and Microsoft wont fix it
• Homeland Security Pays San Francisco To Buy Surveillance Equipment That Records Video AND Audio On City Buses – So wait, I paid the Government to pay San Francisco to buy equipment to spy on me, should I be in San Francisco? Okay, just checking. Still stupid, but alright.
• Smart TV Exploit Means Hackers Can Watch You Watch TV – Which means they’ll be watching Netflix, my DVDs or Amazon prime. Something they could already do anyway.
• How Aaron Barr correctly identified Commander X
• X-37B US launches super-secret orbiting robotic plane

Developer

• The New Mobile Book Is Finally Here
• New Simulator Showcases Mozillas Coming Firefox OS

London/Britain

• Dont rush maths report urges
• Flights disrupted by freezing fog
• Pat Finucane murder new report to be published
• VIDEO Spice Girls at musical premiere
• Big decline in UK unemployment
• No end to April hunt say police
• Times editor James Harding resigns
• London bus fares go contactless
• Nurse left suicide note Aussie radio sets up $525000 fund +video
• Jimmy Savile accused of 31 rapes as police warn of more child abuse arrests
• Downing Street and Daily Telegraph at war over Maria Miller allegations
• Christmas payday loans to rise
• Santas Lap London Boroughs Silhouette Map
• Just an Aeon
• David Cameron admits shocking levels of collusion in Pat Finucane murder
• NHS spending watchdog questions claims of £5.8bn savings
• Britons feel Paralympics effect

Personal

• Unprofessional All the Flavor You Can Handle
• My master plan for revolutionizing the future of publishing and saving tablet-native journalism

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

• Gaza perfume sales soar with rocket name
• Restaurant Gives Customers a 50 Percent Discount After Calling Them
• Texan carves pentagram into sons back on

Funny

• December 12 2012
• Honest
• Lesson #1603 – Remarkable Dates
• Steven Swears
• Thats How They Brew Tea in Poland
• Blood of the Lamb B***h
• How Did She Start the Car
• Aww Man I Gotta Rein Myself In
• Have You Been Feeding Your Son Paint Chips
• Snow-Dog WIN – Fantastic!
• Should I Ask My Teacher My Question
• Love is Contagious
• Dino-mite
• Trollin Oldies
• The Redneck Cuckoo Clock
• No Suit for You
• Does Big Foot Poop in the Woods
• Saving the World One Party at a Time
• My Christmas List
• My mom trying to take a photo with an iPhone
• When I run into my ex
• What Your Photo Filters Say About You Comic
• I Dont Know How He Does It
• You Dont Say
• You Had Me At
• Street Performer WIN

Chicagoland

• Cardinal George Doctors couldnt find any evidence of cancer
• Hazmat Spill Closes Downtown Street
• Teen sues over alleged punch racial epithet from cop
• Mayor blasted for replacing OHare janitors – I think he should go and clean bathrooms in The Air Traffic controller’s area for a month, see how he likes it.
• Teen charged with shooting near Chicago police headquarters
• Motorcyclist killed in Lincoln Square Crash
• About 90000 in Illinois set to lose unemployment benefits
• Fatal copter crash spotlights hazards
• Planned Parenthood sues over medication abortions
• In Janesville a dress code for teachers
• Subway Gives Back After Police Solve February Murder
• CITYS KING OF THE JANITORS
• State Sen. Trotter Still Plans Run for Jackson Jr.s Seat
• Former head pleads guilty to stealing from waste organization
• Evanston slaying blamed on feud between families
• Des Plaines man suspected in dozens of vehicle break-ins
• New York in Chicago
• Me in the winter to my friends living in Los Angeles
• When my friends recommend a restaurant in Wrigleyville
• Me at Big Star
• When the CTA heat lamp goes off
• When I have a great night out in the South Loop
• The first time I walked into Mad River
• When I watch my order being made at Portillos
• Kelly Kraft leads first meeting as head of sports authority
• South Side Jewel Store Still Selling Twinkies
• Joggers Unfazed by Lakefront Robberies
• Metra service resumes after pedestrian fatally struck in Rogers Park
• 12-12-12 Newlyweds Share First Meal at New Burger Joint
• Gun control advocates file suit against Internet gun sales
• US OKs Elgin-OHare extension bypass toll road

Total Number of stories: 223

Look for more stories tomorrow.