Here is this morning’s Daily Run Down.

Big News

• Big Movies Big Bill Netflix Pays Up for a Disney Exclusive
• North Star Closer to Earth Than Thought
• Disney opens its vault for Netflix
• Boeing 787 in emergency landing as inspections ordered

Recalls

• Price Chopper Supermarkets Recalls Central Market Classic Cinnamon Coffee Cake Purchased At Mountain Road Store In Worcester MA
• NOVA BUS 12V549000

General News

• California Eyeing Drone Surveillance – As California goes, so does the rest of the country.
• Redbox Instant wont be ready until next year after all
• San Francisco tells nudists to get dressed
• New Yorkers indicted for keeping pet alligator in apartment
• Los Angeles port hit by strike
• Time-lapse video shows dozens of planes landing at airport in 25 seconds
• Chef Alton Brown on adapting the recipe to the social media age
• Your stories of weird sleep behaviour
• New York City Suspect held in subway death
• Rhode Island Judge Has Stake in Pension Case Outcome
• Agencies lag on transparency report says – No shit.
• Tesco to review US chain future

International

• Canadian Copyright Law Caps Statutory Damages At $5000 Just As File Sharing Lawsuits Make Their Unwelcome Return – This is the way to do it.
• U.S. fails to win early limit on Net controls at global gathering – This is good news.
• Egypts protesters reach a landmark but Morsis resignation not guaranteed
• Covert US-Iran war bubbles over with claims of drone capture
• Egypts Mursi leaves palace as police battle protesters
• Apple launches iTunes Store in 56 new countries
• Razed temple highlights Pakistan Hindu woes
• Why al-Qaeda finds no recruits in India
• VIDEO Bangkok crowds celebrate Kings Day

Politics

• Obama calls Republicans fiscal cliff offer out of balance as deadline nears
• Obamas top speechwriter has his eyes on the White House exit signs

Obits

• Oldest person dies in US at 116

Health

• Kate Middleton Is Pregnant and Has Hyperemesis Gravidarum What Is It
• Coating on Buffered Aspirin May Hide Its Heart-Protective Effects
• More very early babies surviving
• Publicly shaming kids Does it do more harm than good

Science/Space

• Scientists working to predict next supervolcanic eruption
• Talking Brains and Immortality With Ray Kurzweil and Juan Enriquez Video
• American Gut
• Writing Messages With Water
• When is a baby too premature to save
• French Sperm Sinking Not Swimming Study Finds – Too much wine perhaps?
• Cigarette Butts in Nests Deter Bird Parasites – Interesting.
• New radio telescope could save world billions
• How Concussions Lead to Brain Injuries
• 3 more dead dolphins wash up along the Gulf Coast – Sad… very sad….
• Women can tell a cheating man just by looking at them – study
• Sperm Trajectories Evolving Humans and a Tomato Tapestry The Best Scientific Figures of 2012

Financial

• Pandoras stock down 18% in after-hours trading on atrocious earnings
• Facebook expanding NYC base with design team
• VMware EMC spin out cloud units in big new joint venture
• Yahoo acquires video chat firm OnTheAir

Historical

• Mayor Bloomberg calls upon techies to reinvent New York Citys payphones
• New contender for oldest dinosaur

Tips and Tricks

• LinkedIn Avoid These Key Words
• Weathering a winter pregnancy

Gaming

• Cut the Rope dev Zeptolab unleashes Pudding Monsters on iOS Android Dec. 20
• Play Portal on a TI calculator with this handy download

Gadgets

• Windows 8 expected to help ultrabook shipments increase to 21 million in 2012
• Toshibas 10-inch Excite 10 SE tablet sells for $349.99 comes with Jelly Bean

Reviews

• Threeview Call of Duty Black Ops II reviewed by a critic an analyst and an academic
• Far Cry 3 review Open-world gameplay–heavy heavy emphasis on

Law

• Canadian Copyright Law Caps Statutory Damages At $5000 Just As File Sharing Lawsuits Make Their Unwelcome Return
• Senators Push for Bill to Advance Online Poker
• Appeals court rules Verizon must offer data roaming agreements to competitors

Technology

• Microsoft unlocks Socl a puzzling social network that looks a lot like Pinterest
• Best practices for resource overprovisioning. Oxymoron or real thing
• AMD committed to CPU upgrade path

Internet

• Apple app store having issues Cant update apps cant download new Gmail for iPhone
• Google mulled adding home phone service in Kansas City fiber packages backed away due to regulations
• Social media rankings perceptive or pointless
• Why The ITUs Plans To Divert Money To Lazy Telcos Will Slow Internet Buildout Not Increase It

Mobile

• Qualcomm adds two new China-bound SoCs to its Snapdragon S4 lineup

Rumors

• NASA to launch new Mars rover in 2020 taking a significant step toward a human visit – But that’s so far away….
• Rumor Microsoft preparing three new Surface tablets for 2013 release

Software/Apps

• Open-source MariaDB a MySQL fork challenges Oracle
• Foursquare refreshes iOS app for streamlined exploring speedier check-ins

Security

• Research shows tweeting through text message is a surefire way to get your account hijacked

London/Britain

• Walking Overground South 3
• Tesco signals retreat from its US chain Fresh %20 Easy
• Legacy of Londons Great Smog
• Pregnant duchess feeling better
• First Snowfall Leads To Some Delays
• London Book And Poetry Events 5-11 December
• Deadline day for £64m lotto prize
• Ireland considers more austerity
• Editors meet over press watchdog – Why would they need to meet unless they are looking to hide something. Which means that they need the watchdogs.

Personal

• Foldify
• Sperm Trajectories Evolving Humans and a Tomato Tapestry The Best Scientific Figures of 2012

Odd

• Harvard recognizes group promoting safe kinky sex

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

• New DVR will use camera and microphone to target advertisements based on recordings of users – Umm…. is this even legal? Sure, they’ll state it in their Terms of Service, but it should be clearly stated right on the box. and mentioned 100 times during a call when a customer wants to order one.
• 18th-century French chateau razed by mistake

Funny

• Because Ironing Was Clearly the Biggest Concern
• THEYVE ORGANIZED
• 10 Points
• CLASSIC Job Opportunity WIN
• December 05 2012
• Location
• 12/05/12 PHD comic Mild Affirmation

Chicagoland

• Pop-Up Blogio
• Officials investigate cops shooting of dog on North Side
• Tuesday Afternoon Diversion Pulp Fiction with Irish Accents
• Man Sues Boy Scouts For Failing To Protect Him From Molester
• Green Bay Packers Legend Bart Starr Stable After Collapsing On Stage
• Mayor Defends Attempt to Set Aside Code of Silence Verdict
• Woodlawn Woman Found Shot to Death Near Her Home
• Emanuel Protected Bike Lanes On Dearborn A Good Thing

Total Number of stories: 106

Look for more news stories this evening.