Here is this morning’s Daily Run Down.

Big News

• Lego will officially produce Back to the Future DeLorean time machine set
• Newtown Did the media go too far – FUCK YES. INTERVIEWING TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN IS A FUCKING LOWLIFE THING TO DO. YOU SHOULD ALL BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES. PERIOD. NEXT CASE.
• Vote on Boehners Plan B delayed
• Midwest blizzard leaves some stranded
• House GOP Puts Off Vote on Tax Bill
• Milk Prices Could Double as Farm Bill Stalls
• Obama steps up gun control effort – Los Angeles Times
• How to Track Santa on Christmas Eve

Recalls

• Voluntary Product Recall Initiated by Qualitest Pharmaceuticals Impacts Three Lots of Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen Tablets USP 10 mg/500 mg Repackaged and Distributed by Mylan Institutional

General News

• Forget the Mayan Apocalypse 6 Real Threats Facing the US
• $1200 a Pound Truffles Suffer in Heat
• Postal service is fighting for its life
• Werner Herzog Ive made bigger films than Jack Reacher
• Madoffs younger brother sentenced to 10 years for role in fraud
• A Message from President Obama about Your Petition on Reducing Gun Violence
• Maya

International

• Putin not that preoccupied with fate of Syrias Assad
• In India a Hindu nationalist rebuilds image with Muslim votes
• In Finland our ambassador brings the muscle
• As foreign workers flow to Germany tensions on both sides
• VIDEO Spains controversial rubber balls
• Dozens killed in Kenya clashes
• Dozens die in Ukraine cold snap

Politics

• For Scott Brown a Third Round in the Battle Against Partisan Gravity
• Full steam ahead How economy might look if cliff deal is struck. – The GOP couldn’t come up with anything. Let’s see how it goes next week.
• Vote on Boehners Plan B delayed
• Boehner forced to withdraw fiscal cliff bill after Republican revolt

Health

• Unwrapping The Dangers Of Heavy Metals In Toys
• 1 in 5 kids have mental illness
• New HIV infections among African-American women declines

Science/Space

• New NASA Spacesuit Looks like Buzz Lightyears
• Dec 21 The Winter Solstice Explained
• Baktun 13
• How life emerged from deep-sea rocks
• Eclipse Chaser A Firsthand Account of a Total Solar Eclipse
• Mystery Sheen Recurs Near Deepwater Horizon Oil Well
• Did learning to fly give bats super-immunity
• Mysterious Attacks Leave Livestock Earless in Kentucky
• Why Russias Cold Snap Is So Deadly
• Anti-aging formula developed in Hong Kong with red grape compound as key ingredient
• The Wildest Alien Planets of 2012
• Extinct Mega-Piranha Could Outbite Historys Largest Shark
• Virgin Galactics SpaceShipTwo Passes Key Flight Test
• Dec. 21 The Winter Solstice Explained

Financial

• China the Frontrunner to Buy Exxon
• One Less Groupon Clone J.P. Morgan Chase Acquires Bloomspot.

Historical

• VIDEO Recording of Christmas Day 1902 found
• Art Review Inventing Abstraction 1910-1925 at MoMA

Tips and Tricks

• The Science of Finding the Perfect Christmas Gift

Gaming

• Wii U TVii to support TiVo in January hoping to support other DVRs
• Friday Fun Snowball Siege

Gadgets

• Polaroid CEO Android-powered interchangeable-lens camera will launch at CES
• HTC to produce two Microsoft Windows RT tablets for release in 2013

Reviews

• Batman Arkham City Game of the Year Edition for Mac Review
• App Review 1Password for iOS keeps your digital life safe

Law

• RIAA Lawyers Trying To Rewrite History Of Copyright Clause Through Shoddy Scholarship And Selective Quotation
• Japanese Police Arrest 2Channel Founder Because Users Talk About Illegal Stuff Occasionally – So we’re inching closer to Minority Report… GREAT!

Patents

• Former top patent judge system works – FUCK!

Technology

• Apple Kills The POP Charger A Kickstarter Project
• US Air Force looks to ESPN for tips on analyzing drone footage – I actually laughed out loud for this one. Although, ESPN does know how to do footage analysis
• Video Adam Savage of MythBusters explains his vast collection of Blade Runner prop guns
• Instagram reverts terms of service after public outcry makes them arguably worse
• MIT demos new form of magnetism that could lead to quantum communication storage

Internet

• Senator introduces bill to regulate data caps – UNLIMITED…. ALWAYS!
• Study Almost 50% of top Pinterest pins link to webpages that dont exist – This is no shock at all.
• Hulu asking media partners for another $200M for more original programming
• Best Buys CinemaNow opens home disc-to-digital program makes cloud copies of DVDs for a fee

Mobile

• Verizon launches LTE in 29 additional markets inches closer to 500 overall markets
• T-Mobiles iPhone-compatible HSPA+ network now available in NYC Boston and other cities

Rumors

• Disney to Unveil New

Software/Apps

• Spotify app now available on Roku players in US and UK – Another app that won’t make it onto my Roku.
• Archos Video Player app comes to all recent Android devices
• Microsoft phasing out its Expression design tool suite

London/Britain/UK

• VIDEO Woman waited months to be housed
• Victory for the tabloids Online porn to be filtered by default in UK
• Julian Assange open to talks to end extradition row
• Floods set to continue to Christmas
• MoD pays out millions to Iraqi torture victims
• Stonehenge marks winter solstice
• Insurance rules to alter prices
• Rail woe hits Christmas getaway
• Magic helps in paralysis therapy
• VIDEO Recording of Christmas Day 1902 found
• Law relaxed on digital copying – Okay, The US Needs to get on this STAT!
• UK economy grew less than thought
• Amazon launches Kindle Singles in the UK

Personal

• The Magazine Issue 6
• Turn In At Hotel LEGO – I WANT TO GO!

Odd

• Judge La. woman can flip finger in holiday lights

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

• Reproduction without sex a liberating future – That wouldn’t be as much fun. Stupid Scientists.
• Jobs family yacht seized in Amsterdam over 3M euro dispute with designer

Funny

• Lesson #1611 – Gift Giving
• Video Cat walks down refrigerator
• Red Hat to buy cloud management startup ManageIQ for $104M cash
• That Awkward Moment…
• What Theres No Dennys in This Town
• You Must Be New Around Here
• What the HELL Did You Do Last Night
• The Grinch is Coming…
• How They Tow Cars in Russia
• The Jokes on These Girls… I Cant Even Read
• It Would Still Be Better Than Bieber
• Stop the Planet Ill Get Off Here… – I don’t want to live on this planet anymore.
• I Feel Like Foursquare is Trying to Tell Me Something
• Unicorn Horn WIN
• December 21 2012
• Instagram

Chicagoland

• Do This Stone Brewing Vertical Epic Ale Tap Takeover At Jerrys Sandwiches
• Prosecutors Charge 17-year-old Girl with Murder in Botched Robbery Death
• Firefighters battle extra-alarm fire on Far South Side 1 injured
• Fetus found in trash can on Far South Side – WTF?
• One person injured in extra-alarm fire on Far South Side
• Popular Metal-Themed Burger Joint Kumas Corner to Open Second Location
• Storm knocks out power cancels flights at OHare Midway
• Bank robber caught 2 days after bed sheet jailbreak
• FBI mole can enjoy his Christmas
• Considering run for governor Bill Daley criticizes states leadership
• Police Man made lewd gestures in Walmarts lingerie section
• Woman Dies After Falling at Bryn Mawr Red Line Station

Total Number of stories: 119

Look for more news stories this evening.