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Here is this morning’s Daily Run Down.

CES 2013

• Casios newest G-Shock Bluetooth watch coming to the US this summer hands-on
• LG Display brings amazing super high-def mobile displays to CES
• Lenovos 5.5-inch IdeaPhone K900 is powered by a dual-core Intel Atom processor
• Panasonic reveals ToughPad FZ-G1 the worlds thinnest and lightest rugged Windows 8 tablet
• 3D Systems CubeX Trio prints impressive models hands-on
• Nvidia CEO confirms there will be more Shield consoles in the future
• The best watches of CES 2013
• Lego Mindstorms EV3 hands-on an incredible toy right out of the box video
• Intels new low-power processors are high-power marketing hype
• The Pebble smartwatch keeps it simple hands-on
• Samsung announces 8-core Exynos 5 Octa mobile processor
• LG crams Netflix Vudu and other video-on-demand services into a sound bar hands-on
• Panasonics bone conduction headphones pump sound directly into your skull hands-on
• Impeccas Bamboo keyboards and mice are surprisingly comfortable hands-on
• Synaptics tablet prototype with rear touchpad can tell which hand youre using to hold it
• iBitz fitness tracker encourages kids to exercise by caring for a virtual pet hands-on
• Belkins wireless Wemo light switch can be controlled with your smartphone hands-on
• BlueAnts Q3 Bluetooth headset hands-on
• Improv Electronics Boogie Board Sync hands-on video
• Panasonic launches two new Toughpads offers a choice of Windows or Android
• eFuns aPen Touch8 makes non-touch laptops extremely friendly with Windows 8 hands-on
• Hands-on with Archos TV Connect video
• OCZ demos Vector SSD in even speedier PCI Express form for the pros
• Microsoft and Samsung demos Xbox display fills room with images
• Matias updates the Tactile Pro to version 4 announces Mini Tactile Pro keyboard we go hands-on video
• Hands-on with Alliance for Wireless Powers charging pad prototypes
• Robotex Avatar for Home and Office eyes-on
• Liquipod takes smartphone waterproofing on the road

Big News

• New York ferry crash at least 50 injured after boat hits Manhattan pier
• Monopoly replacing one of its iconic tokens via Facebook vote – Not sure I want to vote for any. It requires installing a Facebook app, which I don’t want to do.
• Netflix confirms 14 new episodes of Arrested Development this May

Recalls

• Recall – Product Recall Because of Possible Listeria Monocytogenes Risk

General News

• No Players Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
• My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin
• Happier Workers Greater Profits – No shit.
• Boeing top engineer says hes confident 787 is safe
• How Washington DC became the capital of bike-sharing in the US
• Steve Ballmer-led group to buy Sacramento Kings bring basketball back to Seattle
• CBS Super Bowl second screen stream to include alternate cameras DVR functionality

International

• North Korea Google Exec Sees Limited Internet Access
• Russia probes deadly zorb accident – AFP
• Berlusconi accuses judges of feminist bias over divorce deal
• British forces to be equipped with Glock pistols for protection in Afghanistan
• Mass donor organ fraud shakes Germany
• Irish Newspapers Budge Slightly Now Say Links Dont Require Payment But Snippets…
• Abu Ghraib scandal continuing to create repercussions for contractors
• Singapore goes green with Lunar New Year red packets

Politics

• Obama to nominate Lew as Treasury chief on Thursday
• If used car salesman ran Congress

Obits

• James M. Buchanan Economic Scholar Dies at 93
• Alasdair Milne former BBC director general dies aged 82

Health

• Athletic Texas teen dies after flu

Science/Space

• Plesiosaurs and the repeated invasion of freshwater habitats late-surviving relicts or evolutionary novelties
• 2012 was hottest on record in the US warm everywhere else
• Stephen Hawking as man and machine
• Potentially Dangerous Asteroid Apophis Bigger Than Thought See It Online Tonight
• How Big Would a Coin Made of $1 Trillion Worth of Platinum Be

Financial

• FTSE 100 hits pre-financial crisis levels
• Nasdaq CEO says would definitely consider Euronext

Historical

• Richard Nixon at 100 His 52 TIME Covers
• Learn how to fly a U-2 spy plane with the CIAs declassified manual

Gadgets

• Amazon updates the discontinued Kindle Touch with Whispersync for Voice and time-to-read
• Plenty of Portable Power
• Home %20 Office Cracked Up Mug
• Home %20 Office Cracked Up Kitchen Colander

Law

• 10 weird criminal sentences
• Drunk driving Supreme Court considers whether forced blood tests are OK
• That didnt take long AIG decides not to sue US over bailout terms
• DOJ and USPTO look to limit standards-based patents

Patents

• Google drops key patent claims against Microsoft

Technology

• New Lego robot has bricks for bones an iPhone for a brain
• Despite Financial Destruction Greece Not Favoring Open Source Software
• Adobe almost does something amazing by accident
• Nanoscale antennas etched in chip provide precise control of light
• $17000 Linux-powered rifle brings
• Dell unveils Latitude 10
• Wireless mesh networks at 65MPH–linking cars to prevent crashes
• Major League Baseball dumps landlines for dugout-to-bullpen cellphones – This is progress
• The Batmobile is real Audis self-driving car picks you up on command
• Intel explains misleading 7W Ivy Bridge marketing says its just honesty
• Samsung broadens search for chip buyers after Apple withdrawal

Internet

• Photos of Tweet Locations Bring 140 Characters to Life
• Can one man really tweet the entire history of reported US drone strikes
• Netflix confirms 14 new episodes of Arrested Development this May
• Internet co-creator says U.S. broadband competition has evaporated – This is quite true. I only have ONE ISP in my area for broadband. DSL doesn’t count as “broadband” in my book.

Mobile

• Church Site Blocked By Mobile Networks Classified Under Alcohol
• Sprint to add FM tuners to its Android and Windows Phone devices – Why?
• In the eyes of the law is an iMessage a text or an email – Good question.
• T-Mobile CEO says iPhone and end of subsidies coming in three to four months
• Google Maps web version returns for Windows Phone users

Software/Apps

• Peter Gabriel and Roboprofessor create MusicTiles iOS remix app

London/Britain/UK

• Washout year may have hit nutrition and taste of UK fruit and veg
• News International payout to Cherie Blair and 129 others for phone hacking
• Met to move 800 detectives from Scotland Yard to community policing
• City hall union flag lowered again
• UK soldier killed in shooting named
• UK Border Agency Spends Christmas Sending Texts Telling Legal Immigrants To Leave The Country – WHAT THE FUCK????

Odd

• Owners try to ID items stolen in NY burglaries
• Not Santa German fire brigade rescue naked man from chimney

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

• UK still has 13000 monochrome TVs – WHAT THE FUCK???? This is just plain fucking WRONG

Funny

• Me walking into @walgreens when I have the Flu
• When my boyfriend touches me in the Winter
• If You Cant Duct It

Chicagoland

• Man Allegedly Rapes Woman While Her Boyfriend is in the Bathroom
• Cops AK-47 Ammo Found in Home of Man Who Pulled Gun on Landlord
• When I find out one of the La Pasaditas closed
• When Steves Deli is closed
• Me and my friends at The Green Mill
• Me trying to catch the #72 bus
• Me walking into Flash Taco at 3AM

Total Number of stories: 110

Look for more news stories this evening.