Here is today’s Daily Run Down.
Big News
- Evacuations and Market Shutdowns as U.S. Braces for Storm
- Shallow Waters and Storms Path May Worsen Surge
- East Coast Grinds to a Halt as Superstorm Nears
- Hurricane forces NYSE shutdown
- UPDATE 1-Seventeen people abandon ship in path of Hurricane Sandy – Reuters
- Cities cut police forces to save cash
- A ghostly New York City captured by MTA evacuation photos
- Hurricane Sandy causes evacuations closings throughout East Coast – Washington Post
- Sandy approaching northeast U.S.
- Photos Epic Sandy Slams U.S. East Coast
- A Stunning Map of Hurricane Sandys Winds
- Hurricane Sandy to make landfall early Monday evening NHC
- Hurricane Sandy Latest Updates
General News
- Arlington County Declares Emergency Activates Emergency Operations Center – Patch.com
- NJ residents leaving shore as hurricane approaches – myfoxny.com
- Trapped in lifts – 10 of your stories
- How do you stop online students cheating
- Empty New York
- Penguin Random House aims to attack digital emerging ebooks markets
- For Evacuees Panic or Nonchalance
- Massachusetts Shuts Down Another Compounder
- Hurricane disrupts UK passengers
- Argo climbs to US chart summit
- San Francisco win World Series
- U.S. sailor found dead at train station in Japan
- 10 Memorable Movie Storm Scenes
- VIDEO Nixon home movies screened
- As Hurricane Sandy devastates Cuba bloggers rise to the challenge
- Apple Closing 35-50 Stores Due To Hurricane Sandy
- How to become an NFL referee Start early.
- 14 Rescued from HMS Bounty Replica in Path of Hurricane 2 Missing
- Hurricane Sandy carries high winds big waves to Michigan – The Detroit News
- Anti-bullying program grows despite being accused of gay agenda
International
- Yemens Death to America rebels bring calm to northern Yemen
- Ukraines ruling party claims victory in election
- 10 Things to Do in New Delhi
- Has the Time Come for a Kabul Stock Exchange
- Labour calls for EU budget cut
- Why Hurricane Sandy Will Be Historic
- VIDEO The first street lights in Somalia
- Residents blocked from returning to captured Libyan town
- VIDEO Burst pipe spews huge water tower
- Shenzhen Apple Store Opening Its Doors November 3rd 2012
- Will the European dream continue
- Chile drops mandatory vote – and a few incumbent mayors
Politics
- Researchers break open voting machines in test of security
- Obama recruits door-to-door campaigners with election night offer
- Obama cancels Florida event returns to Washington to monitor storm
- Congress
- Stocks rise if Romney wins bonds if Obama does
- Clinton steps in for Obama in Florida as he spearheads drive for youth vote
- Hurricane Sandy highlights how Obama and Romney respond to disasters
Health
- Ed Miliband time to stop caricatures of mentally ill
- Lifelong Exercise Keeps Octogenarians Super Fit
- Flu Shots May Curb Heart Disease
- Carrots Gain Bigger Roles at Some Restaurants
Science/Space
- Could paintballs deflect an asteroid headed for Earth
- Why Is Hurricane Sandy So Big
- Doctors versus Big Pharma is it justifiable to judge research by its authors
- National ocean policy sparks partisan fight
- Shallow Waters and Unusual Path May Worsen the Surge
- Frankenstorm Full Moon Hurricane Sandys Impact Amplified by Lunar Event
- Hawaii dodges tsunami after quake
- Lifelong Exercise Keeps Octogenarians Super Fit
- Scientists Move Closer to a Long-Lasting Flu Vaccine
- Sneaky Cat Caught on Camera in Himalayas
- A Stunning Map of Hurricane Sandys Winds
- Antarcticas Lake Vostok reveals no signs of life initially Russians report
- Newly Found Lizard May Be Lost Soon
- Dramatic shark frenzy tears pig apart in hours
- Were Italian seismologists told what to say
- Alcoholism and Social Exclusion
- Wired Science Space Photo of the Day Young and Old Stars
Earnings
- Penguin Random House Ink Deal
- Penguin and Random House to merge
- Amazon sues former cloud sales chief over Google hiring
- Network gear maker Riverbed to buy software firm Opnet for $1bn
- PayPal Cutting 325 Employees as Part of Restructuring Plan
Historical
Tips and Tricks
- Eat Four Ways to Cook a Pumpkin No Matter How You Slice It
- Automatically Convert .iconset to .icns with Drag Drop
- 6 Start Menu Replacements for Windows 8
- Fold a Papercraft Monster to Decorate Your Desk for Halloween
- The danger of counterfeit iPhone/iPad USB adapters
Gaming
Gadgets
- PSA Nook Simple Touch and Simple Touch with Glowlight go on sale in the UK
- Office Depot and GameStop drops Nexus 7 16GB price to $199
- OLPC says Motorola Xooms could help educate illiterate children
- Bluetooth Gloves is a novel way of carrying a conversation
- Chromebook Review Not Bad
- Microsoft Surface exposes its guts to iFixit knows if youve been meddling with it
- 6 billion datapoints from 500 million devices reveal differences between smartphones and tablets
- Microsoft Surface Gets Teardown Ranks 4 Out Of 10 In Repairability
- Google and Samsung swing for the fences with 2560×1600 Nexus 10 tablet
- Philips selling colorful Wi-Fi lightbulbs exclusively through Apple
Law
- Supreme Court to consider copyrights resales
- Despite No One Wanting It To ITU Seeks To Butt In On Patent Issues Too
- Another NYPD Terrorist Investigation Turns Up Nothing But Privacy Invasions And Rights Erosion
Technology
- Bits Blog I.B.M. Reports Nanotube Chip Breakthrough
- Can you predict crime with tech – So we’re going Minority Report now, huh?
- Crays Jaguar supercomputer upgraded with NVIDIA Tesla GPUs renamed Titan
- Amazon Attacks iPad Mini on Homepage With Quote From Gizmodo
- Energy Department kicks off its giant Titan supercomputer with thousands of Nvidia and AMD chips
- U.S. gov. 20-petaflop supercomputer guns for worlds fastest
Internet
- Survey Most companies still not capitalizing on social media – My company isn’t either. We have a facebook page, but that’s it.
- The 25 Worst Passwords of 2012
Mobile
- The Microsoft Windows Phone 8 event happens tomorrow get your liveblog here
- Nokia Lumia 822 officially announced for Verizon Wireless
- Windows Phone 8 system launches
Software/Apps
- Microsofts Sinofsky responds to complaint over Office 2013 on Surface RT
- Microsoft adds WP8 app to Windows Store just in time for launch
- With Successful Windows 8 and Surface Launches Microsoft Turns to Windows Phone 8
- Roku update adds cross-provider search over Netflix Amazon Hulu HBO Vudu and Crackle – Definitely a good update…
- Android 4.2s Photo Sphere camera takes on iPhones panorama mode
- Google blows Apples iTunes Match out of the digital music water … in Europe first
- The version of Jelly Bean youve been waiting for arrives
- Going to work with Windows 8 Enterprise
- Microsoft announces Windows Phone 8
- Windows Phone Marketplace now home to 120000 apps
- Single Image Management for Virtual Desktop Collections in Windows Server 2012
- Microsoft announces new one-click Skype application coming soon to Windows Phone 8
Security
- Anonymous warns of attack on Zynga
- Pentagon to open network to iOS Android devices
- Malware hijacks your email sends death threats
Developer
London/Britain
- Coal resurgence threatens climate change targets
- Muslims launch poppy appeal
- British Museum cleaners on strike
- Monday Miscellanea
- Bust NHS trust set to learn fate
- Stolen Olympic medal replicas
- British schoolboy missing on storm-hit French island
- British schoolboy missing on storm-hit French island
- Find Out About Changes Happening At London Bridge
- Fashion Map The Look Of London
- James Bond Street
- Ash dieback 100000 trees felled
Personal
Odd
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
Funny
- The Horror
- Congress
- October 29 2012
- Caffeinated Giraffe WIN
- Im Too Cool for This
- Fits Like a Glove
- Yar I Fixed It
- A Bunch of Coke Heads
- Shutting Down the Creepers
- The 90s Called They Want Their Gas Cap Back
- Beep… Beep… BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
- What Have I Done…
- Stealing the Show
- Dont Know What to Do With Your Old Phones
- All of My Old Friends Showed Up
- PayPal cans 470 workers to delight customers and get stronger yeah really
Chicagoland
- Man charged with shooting at Humboldt Park building
- Prosecutors Woman bites finger off of man in attack
- Pastor of church destroyed in fire vows to return stronger
- Researchers break open voting machines in test of security
- Chicago cops wound two in separate police-involved shootings
- South Side blaze leaves 20 displaced including 6 children
- CPD Takes Off its CAPS
- Chicagos 2012 Murder Total Ties 2011 Numbers
- 500 flights canceled in Chicago as Sandy aims for East Coast
- Cop recalls getting shot 12 times at Wis. temple
Total Number of stories: 167
Look for more stories tomorrow.