Here is this morning’s Daily Run Down.
Big News
- iPhone manufacturer Foxconn may set up plants in the U.S.
- Loughner sentenced for AZ shootings
- Tax hike for wealthy wont kill growth CBO
- HSBC to probe criminal accounts
General News
- Loughner sentenced for AZ shootings
- Jobless claims drop by 8000
- Why Pentagon wont say how it would cut $55 billion starting Jan. 1
- Why Kids Still Should Learn Cursive
- Yale Names Insider Peter Salovey Its New President
- Northeast digs out from snow gas rationing expands
- Turnover on Senate panel will affect feds
- GWU reports overstating freshmen credentials
- Why its time for retailers to embrace showrooming
- Nate Silver Wears a Wizards Hat At Dinner
- Superstorm inspires first Doctors Without Borders U.S. relief effort
- Obamas trying to keep life normal as girls grow up
- New York City Long Island will ration gas +video
- Obama to visit Myanmar White House confirms Asia trip details +video
- Wahlberg to star in Transformers
- Did That $6 Billion in Campaign Spending At Least Help the Economy – It had to help some businesses, like local tv stations and restaurants that the campaigns visited.
International
- Iran fired on US drone over Gulf Pentagon – Reuters
- Architect of anti-Islam YouTube clip returns to jail
- Does legal marijuana in the US really mean trouble for Mexican drug cartels
- Woman accused of neo-Nazi deaths
- Colombian drug lord captured
- Olive harvesting in the West Bank
- Latvia set on euro membership
- Japan Seeks Tighter Pact With U.S. to Confront China
- China data shows economic recovery gaining pace
- VIDEO Thousands join Argentina protest
- UK finds European space program profitable ramps up investment
- Microsoft Canada claims HTC 8X Nokia Lumia 920 ship in earnest to Rogers on November 12th
Politics
- Election Night Replay
- How Obama won in a weak economy Voters didnt blame him
- Obamas second term The power of a new team
- 8 unsettled House races
- How Gay Marriage Broke Through the Voting Booth Barrier
- CBO Going over the fiscal cliff is bad but so is ignoring the national debt
- Obama meets with senior advisers as victory gives way to second-term challenges
- Congress Sees Rising Urgency on Fiscal Deal
- Mitt Romney thanks wealthy donors as Republican strategists search for blame
- David Axelrod putting money where his stache is
Obits
Health
- Suicide Risk Higher in Rich Areas
- Best and worst places to give birth
- Menstrual cycle affects asthma
- Study Pollen Counts To More Than Double By 2040
Science/Space
- What sets newly found super Earth apart Its simple as night and day.
- MIT scientists create chip implant powered by your ears
- Old data reveals Super-Earth lurking in a nearby stars habitable zone
- UK finds European space program profitable ramps up investment
- College Hookups Havent Replaced Relationships
- Wrens Teach Eggs To Sing
- Possible Dark Matter Signal Spotted
- Our Fire Planet
- Will we ever understand how our brains work – Maybe one day, but not any time soon. Possibly not in my lifetime.
- Study Pollen Counts To More Than Double By 2040
- Obama Bobblehead Launched Into Stratosphere Romney Too
- New carnivorous harp sponge discovered in deep sea
- 1000+ Satellites to be Launched in the Decade Ahead Over One-Third Commercial
- Comet collisions every 6 seconds explain 17-year-old stellar mystery
- Are Geeky Couples More Likely to Have Kids with Autism preview
Financial
- Priceline to buy Kayak Software for $1.8 billion
- Icahn Takes Some More of Take-Two
- Nvidia Earnings Up 17 Percent on Strong Demand
- Nvidia reports a third of its business is now non-PC doubles tablet shipments from a year ago
Historical
- 300-Year-Old Manual Reveals Early Attempts to Teach Deaf to Speak
- Iceman Mummy Finds His Closest Relatives
Tips and Tricks
Gaming
- Borderlands 2 on Mac Nov. 20
- Grand Theft Auto 4 PC drives its price down to $7.50 on Amazon
- 7 Navy SEALS who consulted on video game reprimanded – Why? That’s just dumb. It’s a Historical moment, and nobody wants to capture it for future generations? Strange.
- Video game retail sales fall 25 percent year-on-year in 11th straight month of decline – There aren’t that many compelling games. I’ve only purchased 3 or 4 in the last year.
- Xbox 360 USB data storage limit doubled to 32GB – This would be good. With games getting to be so large, it might be nice.
Gadgets
- Modbook Pro OS X tablet gets a pre-release upgrade – Only downside is that they are EXPENSIVE!
- Why There Will be a Second iPad mini with Retina Display
- Video Idiot Walmart Employees Laughing As They Smash iPads In The Stock Room
- A $13 ARM Single-Board Computer
- Gadgets Doctor Who Designer TARDIS Watch
- T-Shirts Apparel Star Wars R2D2 Bathrobe
- T-Shirts Apparel Star Wars Stormtrooper Bathrobe
Law
- Private Bradley Manning Offers Partial Plea in WikiLeaks Case – He shouldn’t be prosecuted regardless.
- How lawsuit against Classmates.com ended in paltry $3.93 payouts – Yeah, I got my $3.93 check. It may not seem like much (and it isn’t), but hey, it’s free money.
- 15-year-old offender cant lose right to use social media court rules
- Jury says journalist arrested while videotaping police is not guilty
Patents
Technology
- Windows 8 is a one way street for consumer PC users
- Microsoft demos speech translator
- MIT scientists create chip implant powered by your ears
- Bits Blog The Obama Campaigns Technology Is a Force Multiplier
- AMD shutters key Linux support lab in Germany as part of company-wide layoffs
Internet
- With 3.8B monthly page views Reddit revitalizes its Gold subscriptions to pay the bills
- Gadgetwise Blog Q A The Many Flavors of Android
Mobile
- Android co-founder thinks carriers should add more bloat to their smartphones
- Samsung Galaxy S III takes global sales lead
- AT Ts flip-flop on FaceTime over cellular should scare you
- AT T offering $100 off tablets if users sign up for two-year data contract – I wouldn’t sign a 2-year contract for a tablet. I buy a new one every year, wouldn’t make sense for me.
- Remember how AT T swore it needed T-Mobile to expand LTE Funny story.
Software/Apps
- Finland tightens its grip on the global iOS app market with Angry Birds Star Wars launch
- Googles new Chrome Beta 24 is 26% faster than last years browser
- Pulse News iOS Android apps get a big refresh
- Evernote 5.0 for iPhone and iPad available now with drastically improved user interface
- Apple Store shoppers can send Passbook-compatible gift cards
- Apple working to make Bonjour compatible with enterprise networks
- British Airways planning to add support for Apples Passbook
Security
- Twitter A few hacked accounts many reset passwords
- Exclusive SEC left computers vulnerable to cyber attacks – sources
- Twitter resets unknown number of passwords after apparent security breach update
Developer
London/Britain
- Rare bumblebee spotted in London
- Lord Mayor banker to be sworn in
- London Met student numbers fall
- Coalition of thinkers vow to fight marketisation of universities
- Mistaken identity led to top Tory abuse claim
- NHS complaints on the increase
- Night at the Museum
- Worry at electric rail disruption
- Parliament Tours Could Raise £3m Per Year
- Minister Ash killer here to stay
- Bid to postpone 3p fuel duty rise
- Man guilty of Jessie J gig murder
- Corrie star Bill Tarmey dies aged 71
- Wheelie bin murder jury retires
Personal
- The Magazine Issue 3 and a new hire
- Apples Design Problems Arent Skeuomorphic
- Me During Ladies Night
Funny
- November 09 2012
- Frequentists vs. Bayesians
- Cinders Ciriously
- More Misheard Lyrics
- More Misheard Lyrics
- Chicken Coop WIN
- THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANTED
- Thanks Mum
- It Happened Again
- On Second Thought…
- Go Home Brtin
- I Think So Too
- Chemistry 101 Queen of Elements
- Mouse Trap FAIL
- GENIUS
- Drunkenness Not Required
- Nice Murret
- Skittle Sorter WIN
- If You Cheat on Your Wife Youre Gonna Haba Bad Time
Chicagoland
- Lake Shore Drive in December
- When girls go to @sprinkles for cupcakes
- Court hearing for woman charged with Naperville murders
- Prosecution seeks mental exam for suspect in Naperville stabbings
- 10 Illinois counties say they want concealed carry
- Carlton Fisk could lose license after DUI arrest
- Emanuels 2013 Budget Passes Committee
- Groupon lays off 80 sales workers
- CTA Maintenance Unions Agree To Labor Deal
- Man gets hand caught in meat grinder
- When I see girls arguing over a guy on Hubbard St
- How I feel on my way to work with a box of Glazed Infused for my coworkers
- Me trying to get back into a bar that just closed to find my phone
- When my friends call me out for having a crush
- Me buying produce at self-checkout
- Me on my way to Hot Dougs
- Felon charged in Radio Shack holdups
- Hanks replaces Towers as Sauk Village mayor
- Vets coming home could get $1000-a-year scholarships to City Colleges
- Police fatally shoot 2 men in separate incidents
- CTA Orange Line train derails near Midway 2 injured
- Car hits kills 68-year-old Skokie bicyclist
- Obamas emotional thank-you to staff
Total Number of stories: 170
Look for more stories tomorrow.