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Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.

Social Issues/Human Interest

• Marriage Equality Opponents Claim Banning Same-Sex Marriage Bans Nothing
• Nearly one in five receiving food stamps
• Do kids today shy away from challenging books

General News

• Colorado fires growing thousands evacuated
• Medical helicopter crash kills 1
• US general says Taliban talks needed
• Ohio kidnapping and rape suspect Ariel Castro due in court
• Dobbin explosion Home destroyed in Texas +video
• Ashton Kutchers Jobs to open nationwide on August 16th following a four-month delay
• US Navy drops all-caps communication requirement
• C.I.A. Deputy Director Morell Steps Down
• Superman comic book fetches $175000 at auction
• West Texas Denied FEMA Aid To Rebuild After Fertilizer Plant Explosion
• Sales of Orwells 1984 spike after NSA surveillance revelations
• This Is What 47000 Hand-Painted Stars Look Like
• Shia LaBeouf Government Surveillance Whistleblower – I thought about this movie when I first saw the stories about the NSA.

International

• Oldest man in history dies in Japan
• Mandela still in serious but stable condition in hospital
• EU to USA WTF is PRISM
• Rain hits NZ chase against Australia
• Abu Qatada Jordan approves treaty to allow UK deportation of radical cleric
• Pope Is Quoted as Acknowledging a Vatican Gay Lobby
• In Nepal Exiled Each Month
• Some 300 Cambodian Nike workers fired after protests
• Facebook switches on first EU datacenter in Sweden
• Greeks strike over media closure

Politics

• Biden unplugged on behalf of Markeys Senate bid
• Scott Walker Endorses Mandating Transvaginal Ultrasounds And Shutting Down Abortion Clinics
• Did The Director Of National Intelligence Mislead Congress One Senator Seems To Think So
• Small Businesses Declare Their Support For Paid Sick And Family Leave
• NSA leakers girlfriend blogged about
• Icelandic lawmaker Asylum for NSA leaker far from a sure thing
• Senator Wyden Calls For Hearings Over Intelligence Officials Lying To Congress

Obits

• Source 4 dead in reported murder-suicide near Darien

Health

• Short walks may cut diabetes risk

Science/Space

• Birdsong phone apps harming birds
• Babies Have Sympathy for Bully Victims Study Suggests
• Ancient Kangaroo Teeth Reveal Australias Tropical Past
• Making Babies After Death Its Possible But is it Ethical

Financial

• Chicago exchange to pay SEC penalty Dole CEO makes bid to go private
• Yahoo acquires iOS photo app maker GhostBird Software for Flickr
• Is marriage – and joint tax filing — outdated

Historical

• Amelia Earhart Her plane was found in 2010 says lawsuit

Gaming

• Mario Kart 8 preview a total disregard for gravity
• Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare preview rooting for more
• EA denies lobbying for Xbox One used game restrictions calls Online Pass program a mistake – Uh huh… okay

Gadgets

• Serenading Pool Gondolier
• iFixit finds a plethora of minor tweaks inside the 2013 MacBook Air

Law

• Apple Tim Cook and Others Sued Over Alleged NSA/PRISM Privacy Violations
• Hacker who led Anonymous-sponsored hacks against police agrees to plea deal

Technology

• Apple Bumps Warranties In France Belgium And Germany To Two Year Protection
• Facebook opens data center filled entirely with servers it designed

Internet

• How Google Transfers Data to NSA
• Pandora just bought an old school radio station in South Dakota
• Google Fiber might really just be a ploy… to lower your cable TV bill
• Use em or lose em Yahoo will reset inactive user IDs this summer – WOOHOO! Maybe I can get one that I want.
• WSJ Clearwire to endorse Dishs offer push back vote on Sprint deal updated
• How big cable uses its muscles to prevent online competition

Social Networking

• Facebook adds hashtag support starting today
• Twitter Principal Designer Josh Brewer to Depart

Mobile

• R.I.P. Symbian

Rumors

• Time Warner Cable reportedly paying producers to keep TV off the web

Security

• Tech firms eye security transparency

London/Britain/UK

• Scot reported kidnapped in Indonesia
• Hospitals have spent £2m on gagging orders for staff figures show
• VIDEO London police clash with G8 protesters
• Prison guards held in payments probe
• Explore The History Of Cycling In London
• Girl tells of teacher classroom kiss
• See A Tube Map Made From LEGO
• Why signs can mean fines for drivers
• Lego Tube Maps – 150th London Underground Birthday Celebrations
• Clegg Lib Dems have let women down

Funny

• My friends and I walking out of the Underground at 3AM
• Council of 300 – Youtube does seem to have a weird way of counting views for the first couple of days.
• June 12 2013
• Lesson #1785 – Liquor
• DISMISSED
• Im Not So Sure About That
• Thank God He Didnt Go Commando
• I Feel Ya Booby
• Maybe Shes a Transformer
• Love that tune…
• Photobomb

Chicagoland

• Dancing at The Mid
• When I show up at Antique Taco on a Monday
• Cook Countys top watchdog suing Berrios for ignoring subpoena
• U. of C. to link up with marine lab
• Skokie superfan has been to 2152 consecutive Hawks games
• Art Institute Lions Decked out in Blackhawks Helmets
• Prosecutors Autistic boy killed because of deteriorating emotional condition
• Rahm Offers to Regift L.A. Winnings in Cup Bet With Boston Mayor
• The Opposite of Apartment Finder
• Potholes Pigeons Pregnancy Tests
• DuPage County chairman wants to pitch Cubs on moving west

Total Number of stories: 95

Look for more stories tomorrow.