Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.
Big News
- Postal Service to Cut Saturday Mail to Trim Costs
- Monopoly to reveal new token
- Monty Python members to reunite for sci-fi comedy Absolutely Anything
Recalls
- Progressive International Recalls Canning Jar Lifters Due to Laceration Hazard
- GoldCoast Salads Voluntarily Recalls Blue Crab Spread Due to Possible Health Risk
General News
- Credit fraud ring stole $200m
- North Korea Propaganda Video Imagines U.S. in Flames
- Las Vegas casino evacuated Will patrons be compensated
- Stand-alone Star Wars planned
- CIA drone base in Saudi revealed
- Hirsch Stepping Down as New Yorks Medical Examiner
- Is school reform making America less competitive
- CIA using Saudi base for drone assassinations in Yemen
- Five colleges misreported data to U.S. News raising concerns about rankings reputation
- Newly-discovered prime number is more than 17 million digits long
- Unused Office Space Is Like A Massive Untapped Natural Resource
- Live from J.J. Abrams and Gabe Newells DICE keynote
- Former Rep. Cardiss Collins 81 trailblazer legend in our state
International
- VIDEO China turns against official extravagance
- Five missing in India avalanche
- Spanish tourists in Acapulco raped at gunpoint
- Dozens dead in Pakistan storms
- France action in Mali is real war
- Ally of Irans Ahmadinejad freed from prison official
- Tunisian Premier Vows Change After Foe is Killed – Wall Street Journal
- Recording Rights Abuses in Northern Mali – Voice of America
- Let it snow please for Sochi Olympics
- In Haiti laws of physics meet a culture of magic
- Campaign against female genital mutilation gaining ground support results
- Tunisian Opposition Leader Killed Amid Tensions
- Banishing Drug Lords From Rio de Janeiros Favelas in Pre-Olympic Sweep
Obits
- Strom Thurmonds secret biracial daughter dies
- Last survivor of Glenn Miller Orchestra is dead
- British swimmer aiming for Rio Olympics dies after cardiac arrest
- Former Rep. Cardiss Collins 81 trailblazer legend in our state
Health
Science/Space
- Uncovering the dark side of the Universe
- Impending comet Ison caught on film
- Astronaut in Space Opens Hailing Frequencies for William Shatner Thursday
- Bats Host More Than 60 Human-Infecting Viruses
- Near-True Color Image of Snowman
- Odd Ability May Predict Healthy Body Image
- Closest Earth-like planet may be 13 light years away
- Bose-Einstein condensate created at room temperature
- Large Hadron Collider Is Set to Halt for Upgrades
- Large Hadron Collider Is Set to Halt for Upgrades
- Dinosaur Footprints Lifted from NASAs Backyard
- Stargazers Capture Stunning Running Man Nebula Photo
- 4.5 Billion Alien Earths May Populate Milky Way
Financial
Historical
- Picasso portrait sold for £28.6m
- Richard III Was he really that bad
- 35 Ancient Pyramids Discovered in Sudan Necropolis
- Half-Million-Year-Old Human Jawbone Found
- Richard III Mania Understanding a Kingly Obsession
Tips and Tricks
Gaming
- Monopoly to reveal new token
- Monopoly can haz new cat token Facebook voters replace the iron with a feline
- Portal the Movie Valve J.J. Abrams Team Up for Future Games Films
- How Valves Steam Box will reinvent the game console as you know it
- Grand Theft Auto Kirk Douglas and other pirated games from a Nairobi market
- Sniper Elite V2 takes aim at the Wii U for a spring release
Gadgets
- Amazon says the Kindle Fire HD offers a display that equals the iPads for $200 less
- Acer T232HL – Touch Comes to the Desktop
Law
- Trump sues Maher for $5 million for orangutan sex joke
- Nasdaq in settlement talks over Facebook IPO debacle
Technology
- Why did Microsoft deliver Surface RT before Pro and other pesky questions answered
- Cable companies comically profitable margins said to provide little incentive to invest in fiber
- Apple Announces 25 Billion Songs Sold on iTunes Store
- Thousands of PCs internet access cut
- Edinburgh researchers first to 3D-print with human embryonic stem cells
- Black Hornet Nano Unmanned Air Vehicle
- These 3D printed business cards will delight or annoy your new contacts
- Your Lost Bags Sent a Text Come Get Them
Internet
- Arizona Politician Parodied By Fake Twitter Accounts Pushes Bill To Make Online Impersonation A Felony – Parody is protected by the 1st Amendment. This will probably not fly.
- Facebook to point out behaviorally targeted ads
- Coming Soon to Yahoo Ads From Google
Social
Mobile
- New reports throw cold water on BlackBerry Z10 sell-outs
- BlackBerry Q10 could get delayed to June thanks to U.S. carriers
Rumors
Software/Apps
- How Well Know When Google Play Really Has Caught Up to the iOS App Store
- Vine Now Rated 17+
- Berlin-based e-reading app Readmill adds iPhone version
- Star Trek App Prepares Fans for Sequel
- KDE 4.10 released with leaner Air theme more love for mobile devices
Security
- Rupert Murdoch says Chinese hackers are still targeting Wall Street Journal
- Anger rises as Fed confirms Anonymous hack downplays US bank emergency system breach
- HTML holes exposed sensitive data for
Developer
London/Britain/UK
- Court contract handling a shambles
- How positive thinking toppled Pinochet
- Dog microchip date set for England
- Michael Gove reveals the surprising inspirations behind his reforms
- In pictures Landscape or carscape
- RBS fined $612 million for rate rigging
- IFS warns UK will borrow £64bn more than expected by 2015
- Temple Of Mithras Stays Boxed As Citys Big Dig Continues
- London should keep stamp duty
- London Beer Festival Round-Up February
- London taxi fares to rise by 1.7%
- Home secretary Theresa May overhauls extradition laws
- The gay marriage vote is a milestone for gay rights | Charlie Condou
Personal
Odd
- Documentary chronicles groups 32 years of toilet papering houses
- NY library book returned 55 years late with $100
- Conn. couple named longest married in US
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
Funny
Chicagoland
- Three killed after car flips in West Side crash
- Bond set for 3rd suspect in Aurora teens beating death
- Lyric actor injured in fire stunt expected to return home Thursday
- Surge in foreclosure auctions shows Chicago-area markets pain
- Smallest Park in the City Man on a Bench
- Metra responds to open train door during operation
- CTA to spend $2 billion for 846 new rail cars
- Quinn wants minimum wage hike assault weapons ban
- Chowdah Fest Tickets On Sale Now
- Illinois Same Sex Marriage Bill Clears State Senate Committee En Route To Valentines Day Vote
- Naperville smart meter foes criticize arrest of protesters
- Coyotes Spotted on University of Chicago Campus
- Jailhouse Rocked By Flu Now Under Quarantine
Total Number of stories: 127
Look for more stories tomorrow.