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

• White House rejects GOP plan Tax rates for top 2 percent must go up

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

• Dropbox Picks Dublin for Its Second Office
• Adobe turns 30 this week

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

• Designing Contracts for the XXI Century

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

• The Daily shutting down
• How About THAT For a First Date
• Gift From LEGO WIN

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.