Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

Big News

• No Nexus for you Google cancels Monday Android event
• 7.7 magnitude quake hits Canadas British Columbia
• ComEd Red Cross headed to East for hurricane relief
• Storm closes New York transport
• Public transit to close shelters open as Sandy looms – Newsday
• New York Times and Wall Street Journal drop paywalls ahead of Hurricane Sandy
• My List Of Hurricane Sandy Weather Resources

General News

• How the 2014 elections tip prospects for a grand bargain on US deficits
• VIDEO Nanny prime suspect in US killings
• Yes your gas mileage may vary. Its ok.
• Accusations against generals cast dark shadow over Army
• Storm threat to key US poll week
• Hawaii tsunami warning lifted after 100000 flee to higher ground – Reuters
• Huge Hurricane Sandy bears down on East Coast
• Two Brown Bears Rescued from Decrepit Zoo
• Can the Military Afford a Pivot to the Pacific
• Motorist wounded in latest Michigan random shooting

International

• Hezbollah straddles tenuous line between Syria and Lebanon
• Kurds seek UK genocide backing
• Bombs kill 23 in Baghdad Shiite neighborhood police
• Indonesia makes 11 terror arrests
• Berlusconi threatens Rome cabinet
• Satellite pictures suggest Sudanese weapons factory hit by air strike
• Ukrainian President Yanukovichs party set to win poll
• Thousands join new Spain protest
• The cost of being
• A declining Japan loses its once-hopeful champions
• Ukraine in key parliament polls
• Two Tibetan cousins set themselves on fire in China
• 7.7 magnitude quake hits Canadas British Columbia
• VIDEO Peru market clashes erupt again
• Suicide bomber kills eight injures 100 in Nigerian church
• Syria airforce bombs cities truce
• China halts project amid protests
• Greece holds bank leak reporter
• Another church bombed sending tremors along Nigerias religious dividing line
• Israeli strike targets Gaza as rockets land in Israel
• Panama scraps Colon land sale law

Politics

• Florida residents find long lines as early voting begins on lengthy ballot
• For Obama a Tricky Balance of Campaigning and Storm
• Campaigning in Florida Romney hits Obama on defense cuts – NBCNews.com
• Tracking Voters Clicks Online to Try to Sway Them
• Sen. Rubios Daughter Injured in Accident – Wall Street Journal
• Lincoln to the Rescue
• House elections spell a Republican story and victory
• Obama clings to slim lead in Virginia according to poll
• Obama cancels stops in Virginia Colorado because of storm
• Union members campaign for Obama on frontline of US election in Ohio

Obits

• R B singer struck and killed by car

Health

• Six new cases reported in meningitis outbreak
• Quitting Smoking Lengthens Womens Lives

Science/Space

• Hurricane Sandy how utilities are planning for power outages
• What Does It Take to Make a
• Hurricane Sandy Photos of a Frankenstorm
• Huge Zombie Alien Planet Rises from the Dead
• NASA Building Deep-Space Habitat From Spare ISS Parts
• Payload preparations begin for Arianespaces next Soyuz flight from French Guiana
• Sharpening up Jupiter
• Youll Never Guess What This Is Mysterious Microscope Photos
• 7.7 magnitude quake hits Canadas British Columbia
• David Attenborough force of nature
• Wired Science Space Photo of the Day Colorful Bubble
• Cheap colour test picks up HIV
• Hurricane Sandy Expands Gets More Intense | Video  
• America could be facing a year of lacking weather coverage due to aging satellites
• Hurricane Sandy Could Leave 10 Million in the Dark
• Hurricane Sandy May Unleash Historic Floods in NYC

Earnings

• Amazon Grabs Top Sony Music Exec
• Check Out Apples New Palo Alto Retail Store

Tips and Tricks

• DIY how to make your own mini or jumbo tablet sleeve
• Windows 8 primer how to navigate Microsofts new operating system
• Winter is coming. Eight ways to prepare your home. – Yes, Winter is Coming… as say the Characters of ‘Game of Thrones’
• Sublime Text 2 and Markdown Tips Tricks and Links
• President Obama Discusses Hurricane Sandy

Gaming

• Evil Controllers kickstarting a Li-Ion powered 360 controller
• GOG.com Adds 12 Pay What You Want Mac Titles
• StarCraft-themed Risk set begins shipping
• Developers are hesitating with investments in Windows Phone 8 games
• Steam for Linux beta now open for applicants

Gadgets

• Amazon $199 Kindle Fire HD had biggest day since launch after iPad mini event
• Geek Kids LEGO Bricks More Deluxe Brick Box
• T-Shirts Apparel Officially Licensed Star Trek Socks
• Amazon sees Kindle Fire HD sales peak after iPad mini reveal

Law

• Antitrust Clearance for Sale of SSL Received by Loral and MDA

Technology

• iOS 6 Untethered Jailbreak Okay For iPhone A Lot Less So For the iPad
• First look at Apples new Palo Alto retail store
• Silicon Valley with a side of hummus How startups are building the new Middle East
• Internet Explorer and Firefox teams celebrate new versions with cake-giving tradition
• US Navy tests first 11-meter missile-firing sea drone video
• The concept art behind the futuristic cities of Cloud Atlas
• Steve Jobss yacht makes its first appearance video
• Microsoft Surface microSD Expansion
• Steve Jobs Yacht Venus Launched in the Netherlands – Hmm… iMacs on the ship… am I surprised, no.
• IBM prepares for end of process shrinks with carbon nanotube transistors

Internet

• LONDONS TWITTER LANGUAGES.
• The Internet Archive is now home to 10 petabytes of data
• Tapiture Like Pinterest for Dudes

Mobile

• Nokia Lumia 822 and HTC 8X show up in Verizon colors get pegged for November 8th release

Software/Apps

• Windows 8 Feature Focus Live Tiles
• Windows 8 is here and the OpenForum has something to say about it
• Draw Something launches on Windows Phone exclusive to Lumia devices for two months
• Ubuntu lands on Nexus 7 slates with Canonicals one-click installer
• App Store Developers Can Now Sell Wares in 8 New Currencies
• More apps are available at launch for Microsoft Surface than seen for iOS and Android

Security

• Bulgarian blogger buys data for 1.1 million Facebook users for $5
• French Euromillions site hacked

Developer

• Why does Clean Code suggest avoiding protected variables

London/Britain

• Soaring cost of childcare stops parents seeking work
• LONDONS TWITTER LANGUAGES.
• The old foreshore
• More forest sites infected as ash disease takes hold
• Bullying most common problem for young children says ChildLine
• More violence after riots push
• VIDEO Changing one of the oldest clocks
• Londonist Behind The Lens Marc Fairhurst
• Memo From London European Union Exit Concerns Grow for Britain
• Tributes to storm death Briton
• Murdered womans ashes stolen by burglar
• Prisoners to launch legal action on voting rights
• Childcare hits second earners
• Nick Clegg to announce powers to boost local growth for 20 more cities
• Almost five million British workers paid less than the living wage
• Man sectioned after stab death

Personal

• Watch this double time-lapse combines night and day in New York
• My List Of Hurricane Sandy Weather Resources

Odd

• 2000 sheep led through streets of Spains capital

Funny

• Seven Hours One Photo
• I Cant Heeeeeear You
• Mint Condition
• Viral Video Tom Hanks
• October 28 2012
• Truth in Advertising
• Cat Gate
• Wait Nope There Was a Java Update Right There
• Thats Not a Bra Its a Lie
• Aziz Gives Out Marriage Advice
• Mama Mia
• Who Dunnit
• Power Protection – Funny, but it does make it blend into the surrounds.
• Lesson #1558 – Poorly Conceived Costume Ideas
• Halloween Prank WIN
• I Think Thats Racist
• When People Say They Have a Soul-Sucking Job They Mean It
• Pizza Time

Chicagoland

• Around Town Chill
• Teen held on $200000 bond on charges of shooting two boys playing football
• Hit-and-run victim dies week after being hit on skateboard
• Man dies after accidentally firing his gun in home
• Suburban candidates push early voting – I know there are a lot of early voters in Dupage, Kendall, Kane, and Will counties… it was busy at the local polling place today.
• Man dies week after being hit by car while skateboarding
• Conservative SuperPAC Pulls Back Funding For Rep. Joe Walsh Ads – Wow, that’s just bad. Even Republicans don’t support Joe Walsh…
• CTA Robberies Down Thefts Up
• Man charged in 2011 slaying outside South Side gas station
• Two teens charged with break-in at Chicago Police Department stable
• Sandy promises to make waves in Chicagoland too
• Goulds field goal rallies Bears to 23-22 win over Panthers
• 1 seriously injured in Far South Side fire
• Chicagoans powerful vote referendum on city buying electricity
• 3 dead 13 wounded in shootings since Friday night
• Around Town Ghost Signs
• Michelle Obama avoids storm will be in Chicago two nights

Total Number of stories: 161

Look for more stories tomorrow.