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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

• 7th Heaven Bakeries Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Egg Soy And Milk in Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

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

• Ban on iOS push mail stays but its patent likely invalid German court says

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

• AP returns to Twitter after hack — but where are its 2 million followers

Mobile

• Never-released webOS smartphone codenamed WindsorNot revealed

Rumors

• Report Amazon plans to release own set-top box by fall
• Is Amazon making a Kindle TV set-top box

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

• 3scale bags $4.2 million for API management

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.