Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.

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Big News

• Explosions Near Finish Line of Boston Marathon | Video
• FAA orders inspection of more than 1000 Boeing 737s
• Marathon runner from Chicago I looked up and I saw debris flying
• Shooting Suspect Holed up in Dallas House – ABC News
• At least 2 dead scores hurt by Boston Marathon blasts – USA TODAY
• Floridas Sun Sentinel wins Pulitzer for Public Service
• Boston Marathon tragedy 2 dead at least 28 injured in back-to-back blasts
• Obama Individuals Responsible For The Boston Bombing Will Feel The Full Weight Of Justice
• Explosions At The Boston Marathon
• Explosions during Boston Marathon leave at least 100 injured two dead updating

Recalls

• Winn-Dixie Issues Voluntary Recall On Winn-Dixie Organic 100% Apple Juice

General News

• A Runway 5K at J.F.K. Airport
• N.Y. school district apologizes for teachers Nazi Germany assignment
• Search may resume for man missing in Washington avalanche
• Tugboat sinks in Calif. Coast Guard rescues four
• States drop GED At $120 a pop some say test is just too expensive
• Bomb squad finds more explosives in home where man died in blast – Los Angeles Times
• Parents not told of baby study risk
• US nuns criticised in Vatican report
• Why this is the worst economic recovery on record
• Thinking of Boston
• Federal tax returns due today
• New York Times Wins 4 Pulitzer Prizes
• Map How 35 countries compare on child poverty the U.S. is ranked 34th
• Floridas Sun Sentinel wins Pulitzer for Public Service

International

• Exclusive Lion Air crash pilot felt jet
• Chad troops start Mali pullout
• Indian state must share rare lions
• VIDEO Curtain call for Nigerian theatre
• Italys Monti Bersani seek agreement over new president
• Spotify expanding into new markets now live in Hong Kong Mexico Malaysia and more
• Anonymous hackers bring down North Korean websites for a second time

Politics

• Obamas tax rate is 18.4 percent. Is that too low for a millionaire
• Marco Rubio 7 Morning Shows 0 Admissions of His Presidential Ambitions
• Why Todays GOP Will Never Win Over Minority Voters

Obits

• John Galardi dies leaves Wienerschnitzel hot dog chain legacy

Health

• Exercise and strokes What is safe
• H7N9 bird flu poised to spread
• Making HIV tests visible to the naked eye
• Lard may not be as bad for your health as the fats detractors say
• New York Launches Investigation Into Private Prison Health Care Company Linked To Nine Deaths

Science/Space

• Antarctic ice melting at record rate study shows
• Scientists use dead kidney to grow bioengineered one then implant it in a rat
• How to Power the World without Fossil Fuels
• U.S. Pledges Climate Deals with China and Japan
• Controversy Over Planet-Naming Contest Heats Up
• Supernova left its mark in ancient bacteria
• Want to Slow Sea Level Rise Curb 4 Pollutants
• Dads Can Recognize Their Babys Cry Too New Research Suggests | Video – I don’t see how they couldn’t before.
• Sharks Dive Deep Under Full Moon
• Can Evolution Beat Climate Change
• Young Blue Stars Shine in Cosmic Photo
• Many Neuroscience Studies May Be Based on Bad Statistics
• Newfound Comet Likely Wont Hit Mars Next Year
• Science as Art Nanoscale Materials Imitate Everything From Flowers to Frost
• How NASA brought the monstrous F-1
• In Germany a building that aims to run on algae
• Long-term weather forecasts are a long way from accurate
• Birds killed by same sticky agent
• Colorado Looks To Raise Renewable Energy Standard To 25 Percent For Rural Electric Co-Ops
• Canada Speeds Up Desertification With Tar Sands Exits U.N. Convention Aimed At Addressing Problem

Financial

• Gold slumps to two-year low below $1400 per ounce
• Life Tech in $13.6 billion buyout by Thermo Fisher

Gaming

• NHL 14 out Sept. 10 in North America Sept. 13 in Europe
• XCOM FPS site taken down videos removed
• Skyrim concludes production minor updates to occur as needed – No more arrows to the knee then, huh?

Gadgets

• Microplane Professional Extra Coarse Grater
• Electric Shark Saw
• Galaxy S 4 pre-orders live in Canada today $199 on a three-year commitment

Reviews

• Dell U3014 LCD Review

Law

• Ohio moves to protect foster children – Dayton Daily News
• Supreme Court declines to hear gun rights case – Reuters
• Justices decline NY case restricting guns in public – USA TODAY
• Judge holds self in contempt for his smartphone – The Daily Citizen – Okay….
• Police Search For Mugger For 3 Weeks Internet Finds Him In An Hour
• US Govt Tops Itself In Waiting Years Before Responding To FOIA Requests With Nothing – I think there should be a limit in terms of time that the Government has to answer. As I think about it, there might be.
• White House Petition Launched To Recast Copyright For The Digital Age – SIGN THE PETITION.

Technology

• Why a Dish takeover of Sprint would be fascinating
• Stanford for everybody Professor launches startup to make elite education available to all
• Cancer victims face restored with 3D-printed prosthesis
• Boston Marathon bombings How tech is helping
• FCC Chairman Genachowski takes fellowship at Aspen Institute to advise on telecom policy
• Microsoft touts energy savings from new smart campus technology

Internet

• TurboTax goes offline before tax day – Welcome to the cloud.
• YouTube adds tape mode to celebrate 57 years of noisy recordings – How long before we have an entire movie that is “enhanced” in ‘tape mode’.
• Internet Archive expands software museum invites you to dig in
• Japanese internet provider offers twice the speed of Google Fiber for less money – Yes, that’s Japan though, not the United States.

Mobile

• Crazy for spectrum Verizon offers $1.5 billion to lease Clearwires airwaves
• T-Mobile leak hints at an HTC One launch on April 24th

Rumors

• 2013 is officially the year of smartwatch rumors as Microsoft chatter begins
• Microsoft working on a smartwatch says WSJ

Software/Apps

• Windows 8 Tip Add RSS Feeds to the News App
• Xen becomes a Linux Foundation project
• Pinterest now available for Barnes Nobles Nook lineup
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 hits public beta adds Smart Previews and Advanced Healing Brush
• Skype for Windows Phone 8 drops the beta tag Messenger notifications enabled by default
• Linux Foundation takes over Xen enlists Amazon in war to rule the cloud
• YouTube adds support for live streaming on iOS with latest update

Security

• WordPress hit by massive botnet Worse to come experts warn

London/Britain/UK

• Benefits cap trial begins in London
• Minimum wage to rise but 1% hike for young falls behind inflation
• British Asians to protest against caste discrimination outside parliament
• Teens sentenced for homeless murder
• Photographs Of The Untouched Corners Of The World Genesis at Natural History Museum
• Exiles sign Dorrian from Exeter
• London Marathon to review security
• Nesting falcons claim UK cell tower Vodafone surrenders
• Police watchdogs Hillsborough inquiry must be fast and thorough
• Lady Thatcher funeral arrangements under fire as Big Ben is silenced

Funny

• Silence
• April 15 2013

Chicagoland

• Man Smothered Baby Daughter While Girlfriend Watched Prosecutors – WTF?
• Wrigley rehab deal includes video screen more night games
• Registration for Chicago Park District summer camp starts online Monday
• CPS School Closings Mom Uses Raise Your Hand to Slap Back at District
• $15000 reward for Bully Bandit after 11th bank hit
• Joe Walsh Ted Nugent Compare Gun Regulation To Segregation

Total Number of stories: 117

Look for more stories tomorrow.