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Feds Swarm Small Town

Homeland Security agents, backed by police SWAT teams, armored vehicles and a Black Hawk helicopter staged a bizarre unannounced show of force in front of a school in a small Illinois town, scenes which will exacerbate concerns about the increasing …

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Nevada Cattle Rancher Triumps During Standoff with Feds

A Nevada cattle rancher appears to have won his week-long battle with the federal government over a controversial cattle roundup that had led to the arrest of several protesters. Cliven Bundy went head to head with the Bureau of Land Management over …

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So Much for Gun Free School Zones

Murrysville, PA – At least 20-people, mostly students have been slashed and stabbed at the Franklin Regional High School here. The bloody scenario played out for a solid five minutes before an unarmed, contract security guard along with a …

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Microsoft Is Testing Azure IoT Platform From The Stratosphere March 9, 2016
Microsoft is attempting to pull off a rare feat that may be hard for its competitors to emulate. The team at Microsoft Research is deploying a balloon in the stratosphere loaded with sensors and cameras, which is connected to the Azure IoT platform. The balloon will send real-time telemetry along […]
Janakiram MSV, Contributor
Intuit Announces Sale Of QuickBase Low-Code Platform March 8, 2016
Low-code platforms like QuickBase empower a wide range of people with little to no programming skills – known as ‘citizen developers’ – to build enterprise-class applications that run on mobile, desktop, or web. Such applications can meet the needs of the business quickly and efficiently, and can be an important part of how transformed IT […]
Jason Bloomberg, Contributor

All Hail Justin Verlander as Astros Force a ALCS Game Seven October 21, 2017
Game Six looked eerily like most every other game of the ALCS for the Houston Astros. The hitters just couldn’t connect with the pitches. The starting pitcher was throwing an outstanding game, but the fear was it would all be wasted by the failure of the offense and by an...
It's a Swing and a Miss for HGO's Production of <em>La Traviata</em> Alas October 21, 2017
The happiest I felt all evening at Houston Grand Opera's resurrected season was after the show. As the audience filed out of the George R. Brown Convention Center, now re-purposed as an impromptu opera house after Hurricane Harvey's devastation of home base Wortham Theater Center, an usher gleefully announced that...
After Judge's Ruling, Neighbors Tell White Oak Music Hall "It's Too Loud" October 20, 2017
Near Northside neighbors living near White Oak Music Hall called for the removal of the controversial music venue after a judge ruled that the venue could have four more outdoor shows from now to December. Gathered outside White Oak, a group of neighbors ranging from babies to senior citizens said Thursday...