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Here is this morning’s Daily Run Down.

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General News

• IRS probe finds more screening lists
• Kenyans feel snubbed by Obama
• Teenagers 1988 Sexual-Abuse Conviction Was Justified Report Says
• Nadal Loses to 135th-Ranked Player in the First Round
• Indiana leopard Since when did leopards live in Indiana
• Sony Disney concoct blockbuster plan to fight movie piracy – I’d pay $5 for a movie to watch it at home, even a month after it hits the theater. That’s also the same amount I’m willing to pay to go and see a movie though.
• Cant Find North New York Pedestrian Maps Are Coming

International

• Where in the World Is Edward Snowden – It’s a new game! An Updated version of “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?”
• Iraq car bomb attacks kill at least 42 and injure many more
• German motorway shooter arrested
• Qatars Ruler Said to Plan Abdication and Transfer of Power to Son – Interesting… this is the second leader to abdicate in the past six months…. interesting
• Caroline Kennedy lights memorial flame in Ireland
• Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir
• Empty Seat Deepens a Mystery in Moscow
• Silvio Berlusconi Convicted in Sex-for-Hire Trial

Politics

• Generic Drug Companies Get Even More Immunity From The Roberts Five
• Senators demand NSA correct inaccurate claims over privacy protections
• WikiLeaks Defends NSA Whistleblower Condemns PRISM Digital Surveillance
• U.S. Senators to NSA That FISA fact sheet isnt totally factual
• Obamas hands-off approach to extraditing Snowden draws criticism
• Senate Endorses Proposal to Boost Border Security

Obits

• I Am Legend and Twilight Zone writer Richard Matheson dies at 87

Science/Space

• Tornado In A Tube To Generate Electricity | Video
• Rare Whale Spotted for First Time in 61 Years
• Whole Human Brain Mapped in 3-D
• Why the West Fertilizer Explosion Could Have Happened Anywhere
• A Secret Society of Cells Runs Your Brain
• Tropical storm Cosme Hurricane Cosme by Tuesday
• Bolts From the Blue The Beauty of Lightning

Financial

• Real-Life Star Trek Tricorder Project Raises $1 Million

Historical

• Ancient Odd Couple Discovered in Fossilized Burrow

Gaming

• Microsoft To Bring Age of Empires And Other Xbox And PC Games To iOS Android
• Sony vast majority of gamers dont want to buy games online – Wow, Sony is still doing this, even after Microsoft has switched its policies… poor form Sony, poor form indeed.
• Gran Turismo 6 pre-order extras GameStop-exclusive 15th Anniversary Edition detailed

Gadgets

• Homebrew 8-bit computer packs in 16 cores multitasks like a champ

Law

• 8 Supreme Court Decisions that Changed US Families
• Supreme Court makes it harder for workers to win discrimination lawsuits – I don’t like this….
• Supreme Court splits openly on worker protection suits

Technology

• A Look at Intel HD 5000 GPU Performance Compared to HD 4000
• Microsoft starts rolling out Blue previews of Windows Server SQL Server
• Apples hopes of barring knockoff Lightning cables purportedly dealt fatal blow

Internet

• Pink Floyd says no thanks to Pandoras 85% artist pay cut
• Gigabit Squared outlines Seattle fiber prices 1Gbps for $80 per month

Mobile

• Sony Music Unlimited for iOS gains offline mode 320 Kbps streams

Software/Apps

• LightScribe software for optical disc labels finally updated

London/Britain/UK

• Extra Extra
• The Non Wobbly Bridge
• Judge raises court martial concerns
• Mumford confirm Glastonbury return

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

• Texas Legislator Claims Rape Kits Are A Form Of Abortion
• Company Peddles Pork-Covered Bullets Designed To Kill An Islamist In Jihad – Huh>

Funny

• Can You Hear Me Now
• She Forgot the Rest of Her Pants at Home
• Part of what
• Even He Knows What Hes Done
• Hope This Isnt a Stick Shift as Well
• Lesson #1798 – The Streets

Chicagoland

• Porch Collapse 10 Years Later
• Ex-Bull Pippen involved in fight at Malibu restaurant
• RIP Ron May
• Gold Coast doorman chases off rapist I had to do something
• Extra Extra Nine Kids Two Adults Hospitalized After Van Collision
• Game 6 Blackhawks 3 Bruins 2 Blackhawks Defeat Bruins to Win Stanley Cup
• Stunning comeback gives Blackhawks the Cup – Chicago Tribune
• City Blackhawks start planning a victory rally
• Bus catches fire on the Edens Expressway
• Chicago Blackhawks Win Second Stanley Cup In Four Years
• When the Hawks win Chicago is all like

Total Number of stories: 68

Look for more news stories this evening.