Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.
Big News
- 04/24/13 PHD comic The Shared Office Printer
- Ancient Aleppo minaret destroyed
- Dartmouth College Cancels Classes After Sexual Assault Protesters Receive Rape Threats
Recalls
General News
- Boston Marathon bombing Is American jihadism on the rise
- Petraeus to Join CUNY as Visiting Professor – New York Times
- Boston suspect My brother was mastermind
- Texas blast left 100-foot-wide crater
- Pot-puffing pilot Will he fly again
- Tamerlan Tsarnaev got Mass. welfare benefits – Boston Herald
- Accountable Care Helping Hospitals Keep Medical Costs Down
- Site of Boston Marathon blasts reopens
- Greek Yogurt Jumps the Shark
- Mark Wahlberg to Alexandria students Stay in school
- Some plane crashes have a Happy End
- Man suspected in Northridge kidnapping caught at Mexico rehab center – Los Angeles Times
- New Wave of Airline Fees At Least $200 to Change Flight
- Nissan Leaf electric taxis launch in New York
- Obamas tattoo plan for the girls Mommy and me will get the same exact tattoo
International
- UK and Jordan sign Abu Qatada treaty
- LulzSec arrest in Australia
- Deadly clashes in Chinas Xinjiang
- Kerry Pakistan-Afghanistan meetings end on a good track
- Syrian army seizes strategic town near capital
- Could a program tracking identities of 1.3 billion Indians be the secret to ending poverty
- Over 80 reportedly killed in Bangladesh garment building collapse +video
- Bolivia-Chile land dispute has deep roots
Politics
- Senator comes out during emotional marriage debate
- Joe Biden being Joe Biden – You have to love Joe.
- Rhode Island moves toward approval of same-sex marriage
- Feds spend at least $890000 on fees for empty accounts – WTF?
- Elizabeth Colbert Busch to appear on South Carolina ballot twice – Huh?
- Trump ad slamming wind farms is banned – Good
- South Dakota Pays For Lawmakers ALEC Membership – WTF?
- After Boston Rubio Entertains The Idea Of Not Granting Visas To Muslim Students – The Republican party is very, very racist.
- After US drone attack Yemeni journalist tells senators about the terror of targeted strikes
- Why Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Cannot Be Held As An Enemy Combatant
- Retail Workers Protest Part-Time Work And Erratic Schedules – I can understand the erratic schedules, but not necessarily the part-time work thing. If they want full time and there’s enough work, I don’t see it being an issue.
- How Even A Terrorist Can Buy Explosive Powders Without A Background Check
- Five things to know about Ron Wyden before he takes over the Finance Committee
Obits
- MASH actor Allan Arbus dies at 95 – I always liked Dr. Freedman on M*A*S*H.
Health
- Chinas bird flu outbreak 3 good signs 3 bad signs and 3 very bad signs
- STUDY 9/11 First Responders Have Higher Rates Of Cancer Than The General Population – Shock? No, absolutely not.
- Will the H7N9 Avian Flu Spread to People Outside Mainland China
- How Rehtaeh Parsons Story Is Helping Other Victims Speak Up About Sexual Assault
- Stroke Risk Why Health Habits Matter in Children Teens
Science/Space
- Earliest satellite ice maps produced
- 6.4 earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea No tsunami alert issued
- Bacteria churn out first ever petrol-like biofuel
- New Fairy Insect Is Mind-Blowingly Small
- Optical tweezers clear blocked blood vessels
- Chemical Imaging Gives Insight Into Early Earth
- Hubble Telescope Looks to the Future After 23 Years in Space
- Consciousness After Death Strange Tales From the Frontiers of Resuscitation Medicine – Fascinating read.
- Wired Space Photo of the Day A Changing Nebula
- Slow Is Scary If France Quits Nuclear State Research Institute
- Genetically Engineered Salmon Company Expects U.S. Regulatory OK in 2013
- Metals Recycling Needs Bigger Role in Product Design
- Penises on Mars Grow Up Internet
- Partial Lunar Eclipse Occurs Thursday Watch It Live Online
- Ohio Manufacturers Fight To Keep The Energy Efficiency Standards The GOP Is Trying To Weaken
- Keeling Curve Website Wants You To Know When CO2 Levels Hit 400 Parts Per Million
- Baby Sea Turtles Inspire Flippered Robot
- Rare Meteorite Grains May be from Supernova That Sparked Solar System
- Where Do Hawaiis Great White Sharks Come From
- Historical Climate Study Reveals Humans Role in Current Warming
- Gumball Science
Financial
- Apple Reports Second Quarter Results
- Barclays first quarter profits fall 25%
- Nintendo profits revived by weak yen
- IRS issued billions in improper refunds report says
- Daimler and VW hit by sales falls
- Angies List is killing it revenue members growth — and stock price — all up
- Blue money Federal Reserve says redesigned $100 bill will enter circulation October 8th
- Apple supercharges R D with extra $500 million spent in last six months
Historical
- Warhol photos lost for 30 years
- George W. Bushs presidency in 24 charts
- Stone Age migration may have shaped todays Europeans
- George W. Bush wasnt dumb but he was still a bad president
Gaming
- Microsoft To Announce Next Xbox On May 21 – NEXT XBOX!!!!!!
- Microsoft Confirms It Will Reveal the Next Xbox on May 21
- Nintendo Wii U sales in dire straits being outsold by original Wii
- Satoru Iwata to assume Nintendo of America CEO role
- Call of Duty Ghosts listed at multiple retailers for PS3 Xbox 360
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles emerge from the shadows to show off some fighting
- An indie developers strategy to sell games insult fans and raise prices – I have to agree with him. If you can’t handle paying what they ask, then steal it and shut up.
- Zynga to shut four more weak games including The Ville
Gadgets
- Juice Chargers keep your devices powered
- CoAction Hero board comes with its own OS simplifies desktop coding video
- Sony launches new digital binoculars that record what you see
Law
- Lance Armstrong sued by US government
- Regulators to rein in bank payday lending
- Minor Marijuana Possession Does Not Warrant Automatic Deportation Supreme Court Rules
- Federal court clears way for execution of mentally disabled Georgia man
Patents
Technology
- Want the most reliable Windows PC Buy a Mac or maybe a Dell
- Microsoft licenses second huge handset maker in a week Chinas ZTE
- Google joins the FIDO Alliance supports its two-factor authentication standard
- AMD launches a screaming-fast graphics card with 8.6B transistors
- Apple Has
- The first completely 3D-printed handgun is weeks away
- FCC-backed bill would subsidize broadband for low-income homes – And this should be done.
- Tankcraft Building a DARPA tank online for fun and profit
Internet
- Web censorship the net is closing in
- Tim Cook Face Time on Sale For a Good Cause
- City of Provo actually has to pay for Google to take over its struggling fiber network
Social
Mobile
Rumors
Software/Apps
- Tumblr turns toward user-driven discovery with improved sharing Pocket and Instapaper support
- BBC iPlayer radio app finally starts broadcasting on Android and Kindle devices video
- Forrester says workplace browser diversity is robust IE at 40% Chrome at 28% Firefox at 25%
- An iPad Dog-Whisperer And Other Crazy Pet Apps
Security
- Caught in the System Ex-Hacker Is Stalked by His Past
- Schwab website recovers after second day of cyber attacks
Developer
London/Britain/UK
- From Hammersmith
- A Glimpse At The Future Of BBC Television Centre
- Heavyweight A Love Letter To London
- Teens held over Pimlico stabbing
- Away From It All Photo Challenge Deadline Extended
- Bristol cyclist deaths disqualified driver admits killing perfect couple
- Human extinction warning from Oxford
- Virgin bill goes viral on Facebook
- Englands libel laws reformed in a victory for science campaigners
- Starr faces fresh sex offence claims
Personal
- What the Tech 162 A TV Dreamland – I’m all for this TV Utopia.
- Crazy DDR Gameplay
Odd
- Huge elephant bird egg gets $101813 at UK auction
- Obama threatens
- Have A Coffee With Apple CEO Tim Cook For Just $50000
- Man survives Boston Texas
- 72000 Ladybugs Released in Mall of America
- Stoopid Tall bike is over 14 feet tall
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
- $1100 on Prom Yup. Heres Why
- NBCs New Reality Show The Million Second Quiz Will Run 24 Hours A Day Truman Show-Style – Why would they agree to this? I’m glad I don’t watch TV.
Funny
- Time Machines
- April 24 2013
- 04/24/13 PHD comic The Shared Office Printer – So True… So True…
- When my friends want to keep partying and Im tired and see a taco stand
- Getting work done when its sunny out
Chicagoland
- My mom on the Red Line
- Illinois shootings Police ID suspect in slayings of 5 family members – Chicago Tribune
- Mayor of Illinois town says five dead in shooting suspect in custody
- Million-dollar nickel rolling to auction
- Illinois Senate OKs 70 mph highway speed limit – So now people will be going 90 miles per hour on highways… great.
- Runaway horse gets mixed up in I-80 stampede
- Daley giving last $540000 in campaign fund to charity
- Furlough could delay fall opening of OHares runway
- Walking Out for Higher Wages
- Protests held at Chicago school headquarters
Total Number of stories: 152
Look for more stories tomorrow.