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Daily Run Down 07/04/2013: Evening Edition
Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.
Recalls
Social Issues/Human Interest
General News
- Texas anti-abortion bill advances
- 50 Cent charged with violence against ex-girlfriend
- Ohio sinkhole swallows car driver climbs ladder – WZTV
- Coney Island hot dog contest signals normalcy after Sandy
- Five things everybody should know about July 4th
- 119 Years of Infant Royals on Camera
- When is a coup not a coup Obama faces tricky call in Egypt
- Zach Morris KITT and Punky Brewster to star in grody 80s comics
- Southern California and Endangered Abalone Populations
- US man eats record 69 hot dogs
International
- U.S. spying allegations could delay E.U. trade talks
- VIDEO Planes abandoned at Athens ghost airport
- Six Children Are Killed by Hidden Bombs in Afghanistan
- Mandela family tree
Politics
- Happy Fourth Good luck paying for that parade.
- Happy Birthday George Orwell heres your surveillance society
- BREAKING Privacy Advocates To File Supreme Court Petition Challenging NSA Surveillance Program
Obits
Health
Science/Space
Financial
- Prudential enters uncharted legal realm by appealing regulatory label
- Boxee Cloud DVR shutting down July 10th in wake of Samsung acquisition – This is one of the problems of acquisitions…
- Higher gas mileage may not lead to lower costs at the pump
Historical
- The gay Americans who married in 1971
- Images Ancient Carving of Roman God
- Picture Archive Fourth of July
- Horrors of World War I brought to life in vivid 3D GIFs
- Was Paul Revere an Alarmist
- Gettysburg marks 150th anniversary – USA TODAY
Gaming
Law
Technology
- Five things every TechNet subscriber needs to do before time runs out
- Programming is FUNdamental A closer look at Code.orgs star-studded computer science campaign
Mobile
Rumors
Software/Apps
- Canabalt HD for Android adds new levels two-player competition and a female runner
- Essential Anatomy 2 adds more systems iPhone support just in time for back to school
- Photo app lets you swipe to view a scene from any angle
London/Britain/UK
- UK-funded mosquito nets under-used
- Under-24s urged to register to vote
- Military funeral for Drummer Rigby
- Restraint death inquest jury out
- Clegg MPs must show pay restraint while public sector wages are held down – I don’t think that MPs should get a pay raise if pubic sector workers aren’t getting a raise.
- Tom Watson resigns from shadow cabinet
- Londons Forgotten Disasters Collision Over Northwood
- Extra Extra
- Man 25 charged over arcade raid
Funny
- No Jack No Problem I Saw a Construction Zone Nearby
- What a Clothes Horse
- July 04 2013
- 07/03/13 PHD comic PFF
- NSA Independence Day Comic
- Spoiling Spoilers for Everyone
- So Disappointed
- Thats Why
Chicagoland
- Police Missing pair could have 2-year-old with them
- Hot Dogs Vs. Hamburgers Survey Says Theres A New Fourth of July Favorite
- Cab stolen after driver stabbed in Aurora
Total Number of stories: 61
Look for more stories tomorrow.
Daily Run Down 07/02/2013: Evening Edition
Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.
Recalls
Social Issues/Human Interest
- How Levar Burton Tries To Avoid Police Mistreatment For Driving While Black
- 15 Examples Of Anti-Gay Discrimination Conservatives Want To Preserve
- NY Times Explains Climate Change Drives Record Wildfires But Fails To Explain What Drives Climate Change
- ESPN Documentary Chronicles Venus Williams Fight For Equal Pay At Wimbledon
General News
- As Bay Area Strike Idles Trains Commuters Scramble
- 600 Long Island Rail Road Retirees to Lose Disability Pay in U.S. Inquiry
- Lost firefighters
- Live Nation offers tickets to Buffett fans stuck in muddy lawn
- J.K. Rowlings Pottermore.com loses CEO as Redmayne heads back to HarperCollins
- July 2 News Deadly Arizona Wildfire Still Zero Percent Contained As Region Bakes In Record Heat
International
Politics
- Why Against Long Odds Pro-Choice Protesters Continue To Fight In Texas
- North Carolina Prepares To Suppress Black Voters Now That The Voting Rights Act Lost Its Teeth
Obits
Health
Science/Space
- Cold War Radioactivity Can Date Illegal Elephant Ivory
- Science says royal baby will be a …
- Lightning and the body
- Nations to Designate Antarctic Marine Protected Areas
- Strong Earthquake Strikes Indonesia
- Whats the Worst Meal in the US
- Fireball rocket crash adds to Russias space woes
- 200-Year-Old Fish Caught Off Alaska
- Flowers have been at funerals for 13000 years
- Earth is steadily leaking plasma out into the universe
- If your sperm have no taste you may end up sterile
Financial
Historical
Gaming
- Get ready for more PS4 trash talk Ballmer taking over as Xbox One chief – Oh shit, maybe I should cancel my Xbox One Pre-order now…….
- Halo Warthog gets rainbow colors in Seattle Pride parade
- Grand Theft Auto 5 is two discs on 360 requires install on both consoles
- Call of Duty Black Ops 2 enacts Vengeance on Xbox Live
Gadgets
- Telescopic contact lenses magnify sight 2.8 times turn wearer into cyborg
- Ball End Hex Wrenches
- Samsung Curved OLED TV introduced in South Korea
- Codlo turns your rice cooker into a sous-vide slow cooking system
Reviews
Law
- Pals of mom in pot case help in $500000 bail
- Panel to Review Up to 50 Trial Convictions Involving a Discredited Brooklyn Detective
- Media Hypocrisy When DC Insiders Leak Govt Talking Points About NSA No One Has A Cow
Technology
- Alcatel-Lucent gives DSL networks a gigabit boost
- Microsoft Kills TechNet Subscriptions
- Asus announces pre-orders for its $3499 4K monitor – WHy not $1,000 per k? Not that I’ll be buying one any time soon.
- Windows 8.1 and VS2013 bring GPU computing updates to Direct3D and C++ AMP
- Cops shouldnt have easy access to 220+ days of cell location data lawyers say
Internet
- W3C Chief To Prevent Parts Of The Web From Being Walled Off We Need To Wall It Off Ourselves – Huh>
- .NYC New York will be first city in the country with its own top-level domain
- Gigabit Internet and phone service for $48 a month It really exists
- PSA Download your Google Reader data by July 15th
Mobile
- Low power Wi-Fi signals might give future smartphones X-ray vision
- Apples Back to School promotion gifts $100 and $50 iTunes vouchers now includes iPhone
- Motorola taps into American patriotism to advertise the upcoming Moto X
- Former Nokia head of sales takes his expertise to Huawei updated
Software/Apps
Security
London/Britain/UK
- VIDEO Drones making oil rigs and pylons safer
- London fire visible from Heathrow
- Concerns over M4 congestion scheme
- Vinyl Lending Library Coming To Stoke Newington
- VIDEO Boris Johnson may stand as mayor again
- TfL to run mainline rail services
Personal
Odd
Funny
- July 02 2013
- 07/01/13 PHD comic Holinight
- What We Put up an Umbrella to Protect it What More Do You Want
- Holding a Hose Aint Nobody Got Time for That
- What Happens When You Call an Electrician on a Friday
- Bride Pride
- Ahh the Transition from Childhood to Adulthood
- Tired of Heating the Whole Pizza at Once
- What Happened
- The Investment
WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT CHARLIE
- Celebs Who Serenade Tyrants Then Apologize – Nobody cares, move on.
Chicagoland
- Cops release sketch of man who grabbed woman on Northwest Side
- Gains in Chicago area home prices still lag nations
- Woman hospitalized after bike crash in Rolling Meadows
- Blackhawks Stanley Cup Banner from 1961 Up for Auction
- Why Watch Dogs is set in Chicago – They could’ve set it in London, which is the most monitored city in the world…
Total Number of stories: 82
Look for more stories tomorrow.
Daily Run Down 06/28/2013: Morning Edition
Here is this morning’s Daily Run Down.
Social Issues/Human Interest
General News
- Obama says U.S. wont negotiate for Snowdens return as Ecuador ends trade ties
- FCC Frees 10MHz of H-block bandwidth for public auction
- Bible signed by Einstein fetches $68500 at auction
- Washington zoo still puzzled by red pandas Houdini-like escape
International
- Obama to Suspend Trade Privileges With Bangladesh
- The Supremes summer Hello Prague Innsbruck Paris . . .
- In pictures Uttarakhand after the floods
- One dead as Egypt simmers ahead of rallies
- Cambodia Election Campaign Little Change
- Bangladesh anger at US trade move
Politics
- Police Are Using License Plate Readers To Track Your Cars Movements – Shock? No, absolutely not.
- BREAKING Senate Passes Historic Immigration Reform
- NSA Leak Vindicates AT%20T Whistleblower
- New leak shows NSA harvests To From and BCC lines of e-mail data
- Who Bill Gates is giving money to now in education
Health
Science/Space
- Alaska Volcano Erupts with New Intensity Disrupts Local Flights
- Do 3 Habitable Super-Earths Really Orbit a Nearby Star
- Applause Can Be Contagious
- VIDEO Mouse cloned from one blood drop
- Voyager 1 finds that edge of solar system isnt as defined as scientists once thought
- Is Age the Main Factor in Nelson Mandelas Lung Infection
- Old wheat new genetic engineering may protect crop from deadly pest
Gaming
Gadgets
Law
- Google suing U.S. IRS for $83.5M tax refund
- Pilots Want To Know Why The DHS/CBP Are Searching Their Planes Without Warrants
- Sending A Dick Pic As Your Response To A Lawsuit Not An Effective Legal Strategy – Did Anthony Weiner do this?
Technology
- Microsoft developer directions One Windows core doesnt mean one store
- Bring Your Own Device BYOD – New Windows Server 2012 R2 Device Access and Information Protection
- US military will spend $23 billion on cyber defense create its own secure 4G network
Internet
- Microsoft helps Netflix ditch Silverlight for HTML5
- Google Street View adds abandoned Japanese island that inspired Skyfall
Mobile
- T-Mobile holding a press event July 10th promises boldest moves yet
- Wearable computers predicted to kill smartphones – We will see if this is the case. In the short-term I don’t think it is likely to occur, however, in the long term, it is entirely possible.
Rumors
Software/Apps
London/Britain/UK
- Explosive threat to airport plans
- Things To Do In London Today Friday 28 June 2013
- Why You Really Should Stand Clear Of The Doors
- VIDEO Snow leopard cub shown to public
Funny
- Bottled Lightening
- A Statue of Stupidity – There are just so many things wrong with this….
- Scare-Ware Comic
- Calvin Coolidge
- Henry Fielding
- Habitable Zone
- Lesson #1801 Recitation #104 – Worlds End
Chicagoland
- First Wrigley Field renovation hearing underway
- Double Amputee Rep. Tammy Duckworth Rips IRS Contractor For Receiving VA Disability For Prep School Sports Injury – They should be ripped into for that one.
- McCormick neighbors concerned over data center
- George Lucas-Mellody Hobson Wedding Party Prep Awes Hyde Parkers
- Chicagos new arena location location location
- Blackhawks faithful plot their pilgrimages
Total Number of stories: 55
Look for more news stories this evening.
Daily Run Down 06/24/2013: Morning Edition
Here is this morning’s Daily Run Down.
Big News
Social Issues/Human Interest
General News
- VIDEO Im sure my kids never would do this
- Daredevil Wallenda walks gorge near Grand Canyon – USA TODAY
- Carey refuses to support Kick-Ass 2
- Zoo Photos Capture Caged Animals Melancholy
International
- Lebanese soldiers die in clashes
- In pictures Indonesia fires
- VIDEO Canada floods leave three dead
- Taliban Flag Is Gone in Qatar but Talks Remain in Doubt
- VIDEO Giant panda twins born in China
Politics
Obits
Health
- Andrew Lansley denies claims health department dismissed CQC concerns
- Employers Test Plans That Cap Health Costs
- Antidepressants risk to babies
Science/Space
Financial
- Sprints Clearwire Acquisition Whos Going to Make What
- Why you should write down every expense
- Google confirms Waze acquisition being investigated by US FTC
- Vodafone agrees $10 billion Kabel Deutschland deal
Historical
Gaming
- Sega breaks out something called Project 575 with new trailers
- Garrys Mod creator launches Rust in free alpha think DayZ STALKER
- Ellen Page accuses The Last of Us developers of ripping off her likeness
Reviews
Law
Technology
- Microsoft Pumps $700 Million into Iowa Data Center
- Michael Dells rationale behind going private
- N.S.A. Leak Puts Focus on System Administrators
London/Britain/UK
Funny
Chicagoland
- Severe thunderstorms could hit area
- Blackhawks optimistic Toews will play in Game 6
- Man 56 missing from Joliet in need of medication
- Man held on $250K after bus driver hit by hot coffee
- Suspect shot 2 flee after robbery attempt in Oak Brook Mall
Total Number of stories: 43
Look for more news stories this evening.