Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

General News

• What Girl Scout Cookies Teach Kids About Money – It teaches them that almost everybody will pay for over-priced goods. That’s what it teaches.
• Exclusive U.S. Scales Back Military Exercise with Israel
• Shooting at a New Jersey Supermarket Leaves 3 Dead
• Funeral held for Neil Armstrong
• Low-calorie diet may not help you live longer if youre a monkey
• Special Prosecutor to Investigate Vito Lopez in Sexual Harassment Case
• Bernanke says Fed ready to act but short on specifics
• Virus risk for 10000 US campers
• Birds hold funerals for dead
• Students of Harvard Cheating Scandal Say Group Work Was Accepted
• Does Obama need to step in to protect power grids from cyberattack
• Missoula Journal Sex Charges Cast a Pall on a Montana College Town
• Arizona sheriff probe cancelled
• Impasse between union employers could shut down some major U.S. ports in Oct.
• George Orwells ‘Diaries
• Minn. officers on leave after video shows suspect being kicked
• Teenager Dies After Sticking Head Through Bus Hatch and Striking Underpass – Sad… very sad….
• Penn State Football Beginning Again Amid Hopes for Normalcy
• Ice Picks Are Still Used as Weapons
• Fan dies after fall at football game – CNN International
• Arizona Sheriff Arpaio cleared of financial improprieties
• Woman dies fighting for coverage
• Proud Penn State Fans Show Strength Support Before Season Opener

Technology

• Exclusive Walmart tests iPhone app checkout feature
• Intel experiments with oil immersion to keep servers cool
• Congressional Reps Question Feds Over Botched Domain Seizures
• As Feds Drop Bogus Domain Seizure Cases Another Site Admin Held Without Bail And About To Be Deported
• Walmart testing ‘Scan Go iPhone feature for self-checkout
• Touchdown for cord-cutters DirecTV offers ‘NFL Sunday Ticket on PlayStation 3 again
• California passes bills to create open-source digital library for college textbooks
• President Obamas Ask Me Anything on Reddit needed 60 dedicated servers
• Apple launches new app infringement tool wants developers to work directly with each other
• Hands on with Windows RT finally
• Apple Genius Bar staffers will now recommend swapping that 3GS for a new iPhone

Funny

• The World as Seen by an ‘Object-Oriented Programmer [Comic]
• Lesson #1500 – Chalkboards
• 08/31/12 PHD comic Summer To Do
• September 01 2012
• Stand in the Place That You Work Comic
• Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Take Their Turns On Clint Eastwoods Chair
• I Love This Game
• WIN Avoiding the Easy Joke WIN
• My Mom Stayed Up All Night Eating Doritos and Sewing My Dress
• I use Skype and “share screen” to work with clients so they can see changes as they are…
• After 12 PREACH
• FAIL Nation Kearning FAIL
• School of Fail Its Lonely Out There in Space
• WIN Clever Sign WIN
• Dating Fails Any Way You Want It
• Parenting Fails Shut Up and Take My Money

International

• Philippines 7.6 earthquake One dead tsunami alert lifted
• Armenia breaks ties with Hungary
• In rebel-held Free Syria regime planes still terrorize
• Obama marks Iraq pullout anniversary – CBS News
• Fire-hit Venezuela plant reopens
• Unemployment rate remains above 11 percent in euro zone
• Rage by Miners Points to Shift in South Africa
• Dozens dead in Guinea capsize
• Fido turns on LTE network in Toronto Vancouver and other Canadian cities

Chicagoland

• Chicago hotel shuts fountain spa after fatal Legionnaires outbreak
• 2 caught trying to escape Cook County Jail
• Teacher contract talks continue in Geneva D304
• Sheriff says fraudulent dentist had patients no license
• Drew Peterson defense will again ask judge to throw out the case
• New baby zebra named Kito after 2400 votes
• Judge again denies directed verdict for Drew Peterson
• WTTW Airs Captivating 1981 Documentary The Last Pullman Car for Labor Day
• Emanuel McCarthy ask feds for help on South Side
• SIU student hospitalized after fall from 4th floor dorm window
• Aurora man charged with possession of child pornography
• 3rd death tied to Chicago Legionnaires outbreak
• Makers of flame retardants sever ties with group
• Judge Rejects Drew Peterson Defenses Final Motion To Dismiss Trial
• Police warn University Village residents of strong-arm robberies
• Isaacs remnants hitting Northern Illinois
• Chicago Coal Plants Quietly Burn Their Last Lumps

Personal

• Its Not Just Phones
• Senior Vice President of None of Your God Damn Business Thats What

Science/Space

• Are humans born fair
• Gray wolf back from near extinction
• Catch the last blue moon until 2015
• Mars Methane – Could It Mean Life | Video
• Sour Science Do Sour Taste Preferences Change with Age
• NASA wraps up mock asteroid mission
• Chickpeas Undergo a Revolution
• Blood Mystery Solved
• Trapped Antarctic Methane Could Escape Worsen Warming
• Animal Consciousness
• New Geranium Gives Allergy Sufferers Nothing to Sniff About
• Wet Animals Shake Dry at Tuned Frequencies
• Bio-Retina Could Be Boon for the Blind

Big News

• Funeral held for Neil Armstrong
• Chicago hotel shuts fountain spa after fatal Legionnaires outbreak
• Touchdown for cord-cutters DirecTV offers ‘NFL Sunday Ticket on PlayStation 3 again
• California passes bills to create open-source digital library for college textbooks
• Chicago Coal Plants Quietly Burn Their Last Lumps

Health

• Virus risk for 10000 US campers
• State fair Pigs mightve given people flu
• Vitamin D may increase IVF success – depending on race
• Why Are Trace Chemicals Showing Up in Umbilical Cord Blood

Gaming

• Donkey Kong Wall Shelves [DIY Project Inspiration]
• Xbox Live games coming to Windows 8 on October 26
• Rovio picks up another Battlefield alum
• Valve launches Steam Greenlight to pick cream of indie game crop

Software/Apps

• Apple Feels Reporting Drone Strikes Objectionable And Crude And Rejects App
• Amazons app store sees massive growth but its no Google Play
• Grooveshark once again kicked out of Google Play store
• MLB.coms At Bat app now offers voice-controls with Ford Sync integration
• NBC rebrands Olympics app as NBC Sports Live Extra promises streams for a wider athletic universe
• Welcome Home to Windows Phone offers app recommendations to switchers
• Mozilla pulls Firefox Home from the iOS App Store posts source code to GitHub

Gadgets

• Donkey Kong Wall Shelves [DIY Project Inspiration]
• Unofficial Kindle Photos Surface
• Brain-Controlled Quadcopter Drone Takes Flight in China

Politics

• Judge Restores 3 Early Voting Days in Ohio
• Pentagon Threatens Legal Action Against SEAL Author Matt Bissonnette
• In the Line of Fire Clint Eastwoods Train Wreck
• Where was tax reform at the GOP convention
• Ex-Navy SEAL pushes back on Pentagon warning over Bin Laden book – Los Angeles Times
• Rep. Rob Andrews may have violated House rules ethics report says
• As Mass. governor Romney took tougher line on welfare pushed to require more … – Washington Post
• SEC uses JOBS Act to set up new roadblocks to crowdfunding
• Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Take Their Turns On Clint Eastwoods Chair
• Clint Eastwood vs. Chair Best Tweets from His RNC Speech

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

• Behold the chocolate eclair hot dog
• Police NH woman arrested 4 times in 26 hours

Mobile

• How an LTE iPhone could lead to an AT T exodus
• China poised to overtake the United States as worlds top smartphone market – Does this really surprise anybody? If it does, look at population statistics… China has 1/7 of the World’s Population, or 14.3%.
• More Samsung Galaxy Stellar details spill September 6th launch appears likely

Security

• Critical bug in newest Java gives attackers complete control of PCs – There are a couple of updates for Java available. Java 6 Update 35 and Java 7 Update 7. Both close this hole.

Historical

• Medieval well discovered beneath couples living room
• Marilyn Monroes Persona Belongs To The Public Estate Cant Retroactively Move Her To California

London/Britain

• VIDEO Police raids target slum landlords
• NHS rationing is putting health at risk says doctors leader
• Sex register appeals introduced
• Card-charge clampdown going ahead
• Two arrested over toddler death
• Tower Bridge Captured In Disorientating Panorama
• London Puzzles Gimme Shelter

Earnings

• Facebook stock in May $38. Now $18.

Tips and Tricks

• Change the Default Number of Rows of Tiles on the Windows 8 UI Metro Screen

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT CHARLIE

• Jersey Shore canceled Have we seen the last of Snooki

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