Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

Big News

• Romnesia
• Texas A M evacuates campus cancels classes after issuing alert over campus … – Fox News
• Obama accuses Republican rival of suffering – Well, he is correct. Romney has flip-flopped on his stance so many times, he makes an Olympic Gymnast look amateur.
• T-Mobile drops 200MB smartphone data plan 2GB now the new standard – Maybe the rest of the industry will follow. Provided prices are reduced.
• Apple Must Reveal Financial Data Says Judge in Samsung Case
• Office 365 University subscriptions will cost less than $2 a month
• The Haunts Kickstarter collapse Only two backers requested refunds
• NHL cancels 53 games amid dispute
• First Three Strikes Case In NZ Dropped After It Becomes Clear Accused Didnt File Share
• FTC Offers $50000 To Whoever Can Come Up With A Way To Stop Rachel From Cardholder Services
• Votes by Mail Are Less Likely to Be Counted
• And You Have -27 Years to Build a Time Machine
• Dont believe the hype – Silicon Valley is not the be-all end-all for tech companies

General News

• Millennial generation could kill the NFL
• Jerry Sanduskys lawyers seek new trial
• Baby Gabriels mom found guilty of imprisonment
• A middle school turns out chess champions in Brooklyn Castle
• Analysis Mortgage demand too much for U.S. banks who respond slowly
• Unemployment rate drops in D.C. Maryland holds steady in Virginia
• Man Asian Literary Prize loses funding
• Fire destroys State Fair of Texas icon Big Tex
• Dear Minnesota free online education is a good thing yeah really
• Is Minnesota cracking down on MOOCs
• US air staff sacked over security
• Developer Jerry Halpin pledges $5 million for joint GMU-Smithsonian venture
• Teslas Supercharger network goes live in six California towns encourages EV road trips
• Secret Service chief may have misled on scandal senator
• 9/11 trial Did US have improper influence Lawyer asks judge for help.
• Blaze destroys 52ft Texas cowboy
• Lance Armstrong dodges doping allegations at Livestrong anniversary celebration
• David Mitchell goodbye lonely nerd
• TSA may fire largest group of agents ever
• Police Tour Bus Crash in NW Arizona Leaves… – ABC News
• No Minnesota did not kick Coursera out of the state
• White House cybersecurity order will call for agencies to share threat intel with businesses

International

• A car bomb in Beirut Photos of Lebanon in shock
• Al Qaeda attack on Yemen army base kills 24
• Congo rape numbers rise dramatically
• Katatni elected as Egypts Muslim Brotherhood party chief
• Alps gunman shot cyclist first
• Polish city of Wroclaw comes to terms with its German past
• Lebanons great divide exposed by assassination of security chief
• New arrests over Dominican sect
• South Africa President Jacob Zuma Unveils $100 Billion Jobs Program
• Piracy in west Africa reaching dangerous proportions says watchdog
• Deadly attack on Kashmir military convoy
• VIDEO Royal wedding fever sweeps Luxembourg
• First Three Strikes Case In NZ Dropped After It Becomes Clear Accused Didnt File Share
• New Ruling In Sweden Suggests Ruling In Pirate Bay Case May Be Re-Examined For Bias

Politics

• Does Romney get women who work
• FiveThirtyEight Oct. 18 Obama Gains in Forecast on Resiliency in Swing State Polls
• Senate race What Senate race Why Virginians pay a big race little heed.
• Set aside debate over Romney tax math Is tax reform a good idea
• Obama fires up crowd in Virginia with Romnesia speech
• Independent interest groups report hefty fundraising for September
• Joe Biden is just being Joe and the edginess works for some

Obits

• Battery inventor Ovshinsky dies

Health

• 4 ways to rev up sex post-baby
• Boys hitting puberty earlier than ever
• Moderate weight loss alone doesnt lower heart disease risk in diabetics study shows

Science/Space

• Royal Society Runs Science Women Wiki Marathon
• Opportunity Is On The Move Around Matijevic Hill
• Birds fly west for winter not south
• Man with severe brain trauma saved by fish oil
• Forgotten women of science win recognition online
• Experts Egg freezing no longer experimental
• Communicating Science in the Developing World But How
• Jacobs supports Patriot Excalibur system
• Scientists identify likely origins of vertebrate air breathing
• Jelly-like atmospheric particles resist chemical aging
• Preventing infection on long flights
• Private Space Taxi Builders On Track to Launch Astronauts Soon
• Sea Ice off eastern Greenland
• How to Watch the Orionid Meteor Shower This Weekend
• Biological Teleporter Will Find Martian DNA Beam It Back to Earth
• How Big is the Moon
• Blooming in Bonn Germany

Earnings

• McDonalds sees profits decline
• Analyst calls AMD

Historical

• Polish city of Wroclaw comes to terms with its German past
• No evidence found of Al Qaeda role in Libya attack – Los Angeles Times
• Gaddafis last moments I saw the hand holding the gun and I saw it fire
• Sad 75 Year Old Explanation For Why Copyrights Are Bad… Locked Up Behind Paywall
• 30 Years Of The CD Of Digital Piracy And Of Music Industry Cluelessness

Tips and Tricks

• Localized Dorkbot malware variant spreading across Skype
• Game night offers a low-cost evening of laughs
• Birds fly west for winter not south
• The 5 Most Important Programming Languages For Bloggers – Okay, I’m covered. I know these already.
• Those Stripes Sure Look SHARP

Gaming

• Rock Band Weekly Chicago
• 007 Legends review Live and let this game die
• Electronic Arts CEO Consumers Wont Pay for Crap – No shit.

Gadgets

• Microsoft Surface pre-orderers in Canada UK report release date pushed back to November 2nd
• Pac-Man IR Racers
• How the non-existent Sony Nexus X fooled the tech world
• Exclusive 32GB Nexus 7 spotted purchased at Staples

Law

• Jihadi terror suspect could face tough odds in court
• Apple Must Reveal Financial Data Says Judge in Samsung Case
• Judge blocks Arizona law that bars funding to Planned Parenthood
• First Three Strikes Case In NZ Dropped After It Becomes Clear Accused Didnt File Share

Technology

• FTC offers $50000 prize for stopping illegal robocalls we could have used this a few months ago
• Why AMD needs to kick into high gear — or be left behind by Intel and ARM
• Apple breaks ground on mammoth Oregon data center
• Sony bucks Ultra High-Definition name to use 4K UHD instead
• Dont believe the hype – Silicon Valley is not the be-all end-all for tech companies

Internet

• Facebook We Werent Moving Fast Enough in Mobile
• Forget hook-ups There is more money to be made in the market for true love – I just wish it would find me.

Mobile

• Whos in worse shape RIM or Nokia – That’s a good question.
• T-Mobile schedules new product event on October 29th
• T-Mobile drops 200MB smartphone data plan 2GB now the new standard
• Samsung Galaxy S III Android 4.1 update rolling out to UK carriers
• Motorola confirms which phones wont get Jelly Bean will get $100 upgrade discount instead

Software/Apps

• Mat Honan on Windows 8
• Evernote for Android gets new offline notebooks widgets and more
• Office 365 University subscriptions will cost less than $2 a month
• Engage Star Chart updates its incredible Windows 8 app for launch day
• Windows 8s Arbitrary App Certification Rules Could Block Skyrim And Other Huge Games
• Skitch for OS X regains menu bar icon keyboard shortcuts with latest update
• Microsoft teases Metro version of Skype for Windows 8 release
• Microsoft already updating Office RT Preview to final version
• French comics iTunes listing teases upcoming iBooks 3.0 update

Security

• Localized Dorkbot malware variant spreading across Skype
• iPhone hacker Comex leaves Apple likely wont crack iOS 6
• Ars asks Is using Java on a desktop worth the security risks – No.

Developer

• Microsoft Raising the Roof Ahead of Windows Developer Conference

London/Britain

• Osborne has insulted a million young people says TUC leader in waiting
• 12 hurt in Cardiff hit-and-runs
• Mitchell resigns over police row
• Andrew Mitchell resigns following allegations he called police plebs
• Female executives failing to get foothold in top firms survey shows
• One dead 12 hurt in hit-and-runs
• Caffeine cutting pair jailed
• VIDEO MBE better than winning lottery
• St Johns Gate
• Gary McKinnons mother Janis Sharp When Im in a corner I fight
• Man charged over M5 crash deaths
• Police officer killed by train
• Thousands march at anti-cuts demo
• Wales fire kills woman and two children
• Museum cleaners vote for strike
• VIDEO Jail for robbery of 91-year-old
• Two men charged over car thefts

Personal

• Speaking of James Bond and Reading the Words in URLs
• Me when someone brings Doughnut Vault into the office
• Agency problems

Odd

• Star Trek fans tie the knot at
• Polands narrowest building opens

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

• Skeleton of French man found in bed after 15 years
• KNex Pinball WIN
• Saint Peter

Funny

• Not My Type
• When my crush makes me laugh
• October 20 2012
• Lesson #1549 – Coffee Lovers
• No Givesies Backsies
• Stop Thief
• KNex Pinball WIN
• Silly Dog Duckface is for Teenage Girls
• What Up Pythagoras
• NOBODY
• Browser No Browsing
• Seriously Though Where is the Chloroform
• The Faucet That Dreamt It Was a Showerhead
• It Was a Better Time
• Tweeting with JetBlue
• What Pregnancy Feels Like
• Gruesome Costume WIN
• The Newest Villain
• You Shouldve Bought a FastPass
• Shes Gone Now.
• The More You Know
• Youd Be Surprised…
• Now What
• Theyre Gettin Tighter – Good question.
• Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia
• Rollin Hatin Etc.
• At Least It Fits the Color

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT CHARLIE

• Animal Practice is canceled – which NBC show is taking its slot

Chicagoland

• Me on Stage at the
• Me when my parents decide to visit Chicago
• Me jogging on Lake Shore Drive
• Man in custody after barricading himself in Gurnee home
• Road near I-55 in Joliet area closed after refinery leak
• Walsh backtracks slightly on abortion comments
• Amtrak train hits 111 mph in Illinois test run
• Zagat Releases First Mixology Survey Creativity Is An Annoying Trend
• Wheeling police Man tried to meet 14-year-old girl for sex
• Walking the Art Block
• Midday News Links Gurnee Schools On Lockdown During Barricade Situation
• Naperville police Seven members of international fraud group arrested
• Plans for hotel near McCormick Place resurface
• 2 convicted in death of 8-year-old
• Former doctors group executive charged with stealing more than $500K
• Northern Illinois County Pushes For Conceal And Carry Ordinance
• Alderman flip-flops on Chick-fil-A
• Aurora man gets 6 years for drug violations
• Chief judge in Kane County named to seat on appellate court
• Shooting victim had switched schools to avoid bullies

Total Number of stories: 198

Look for more stories tomorrow.