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Daily Run Down 07/09/2012

Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

General News

  • Feds Georgia banker missing so is $17 million
  • Colorado governor lifts statewide fire ban
  • Why single-sex education is spreading across the US
  • Comedy Central Establishes Merchandising Division
  • Theyre Still Swinging for the Rooftops in East Harlem
  • The worst masters degree – Library Science… shock… working in a library this does not surprise me at all. I get paid about 33% less than what I would in the ‘real world’. And I don’t even have a Masters in Library Science.
  • California to start construction of San Francisco to LA high-speed railway
  • DealBook Campbell Soup to Buy Bolthouse Farms for $1.55 Billion
  • Why Obama wants to keep Bush tax cuts for another year – If the Republicans don’t keep it, what kind of signal will that be that they’re not going to support their own party’s tax cut?
  • Rogue waves sweep teen kayakers into Pacific Ocean
  • Food Stamps More Benefit to Big Food Than to the Poor
  • Seventeen magazine promises to stop manipulating photos of models
  • Should young adult books have age ratings
  • TED Books launches iOS store with subscriptions

    Technology

  • UK Judge says Galaxy Tab not as cool as iPad awards Samsung win in design suit
  • Bing Fund taking shape to help Microsoft search for the next big thing in online services
  • Microsoft Windows 8 to RTM in Early August GA in Late October
  • RIP Verizon grandfathered unlimited data plans
  • Microsoft acquires multitouch company Perceptive Pixel
  • Palo Alto Networks closer to IPO sets price range at $34-$37 a share
  • iOS 6 beta hints Apple Maps could come to Mac OS X – Couldn’t the fact that Apple uses “maps.apple.com”, which used to redirect to google maps, be any indication? I guess not.

    Funny

  • When I get asked to Host a Match Making Event with @Redeyechicagos @ErnestWilkins
  • Me when Purple Cow Ice Creamery finally OPENED this weekend
  • When my friend is kissing a hottie at a bar and I have to entertain myself the rest of the night
  • When USPS delivers a package to me without any issues
  • Me walking into Flat Iron at 3 am
  • United States of X Shapes Edition
  • Lesson #1447 – Self-Realization
  • July 09 2012
  • Photo
  • The Wheels on the Bus Go “Oh My God”
  • After 12 Do You Think Ill Need Medication
  • School of Fail Youre Still Grounded.
  • Dating Fails Hooray Another Month Another Bullet Dodged
  • Oversize Loads Road Jenga
  • Poorly Dressed Can I Have that Sweater Thanks.

    International

  • Russian oligarchs in court battle
  • Russian floods kill 150 and leave thousands homeless
  • Indias Viagra fungus gold rush
  • Eleven taken ill in chemical leak
  • Heathrow passport control queues unacceptable says BAA – I agree. It took me an hour and a half to get through the Passport line after getting off of the plane when I went to London.

    Chicagoland

  • When I get asked to Host a Match Making Event with @Redeyechicagos @ErnestWilkins
  • When I hear a Chicago start-up secured its first round of funding
  • Gymnast Li to get Olympic send-off in Aurora
  • Lockport woman dies in alleged drunk driving accident police say
  • Day care owner convicted of shaking baby to death gets fall hearing
  • Heat-related death toll spikes to 18
  • Fisherman Catches Testicle-Eating Fish In Illinois Lake
  • Eliot Ness collection up for auction
  • Fireworks blamed for 10-acre brush fire
  • Durbin Jackson must give medical update `soon – Learn from Bartlett… Learn from Bartlett.

    Personal

  • Big news in Hyperlocaland

    Science/Space

  • Adolescent Angst 5 Facts About the Teen Brain
  • Arsenic Life Claim Refuted by 2 New Studies
  • Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Fills a Cosmic Void
  • Opossum protein makes them immune to nearly all poisons could have benefits for humans
  • Arsenic Life Claim Refuted by 2 New Studies
  • Physics Shows Batmans Cape Is Suicide Machine
  • Fiery Image Shows Life and Death of Stars in Vela C
  • Half a heartbeat changes our response to scary images
  • Sun Erupts with Strongest Summer Solar Flare Yet
  • Fukushima nuclear accident down to human factors
  • Arsenic Life Claim Refuted by 2 New Studies

    Big News

  • Heathrow passport control queues unacceptable says BAA – I agree. It took me an hour and a half to get through the Passport line after getting off of the plane when I went to London.
  • Seventeen magazine promises to stop manipulating photos of models
  • Microsoft Windows 8 to RTM in Early August GA in Late October
  • Fukushima nuclear accident down to human factors

    Health

  • Women report worse health than men in many areas
  • Opossum protein makes them immune to nearly all poisons could have benefits for humans

    Gaming

    Olympics

  • Rail staff accept Olympics deal
  • Olympic towpath diversion
  • Legal bid over Olympics missiles
  • Viewpoint Junk food and Olympics

    Total Number of stories: 97

    Look for more stories tomorrow.

    • Daily Run Down: 03-27-2010

    Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

    • Valve software is looking for Mac beta testers.
    • Apple has sold out of their first 10 days of iPads.
    • Beta blockers may reduce the spread of cancer.
    • A drunk attempted to revive a dead opossum.
    • Apple has acquired the iPad trademark from Fujitsu.

    Look for more stories tomorrow.