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• Irving ISD Names New School Bus Provider

  15-02-2018 23:53
  
  The Irving Independent School District has selected a new bus provider to replace Dallas County Schools.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Man Arrested In Duncanville Pappadeaux Shooting

  15-02-2018 23:41
  DUNCANVILLE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Duncanville Police made an arrest in connection with the shooting at Pappadeaux Tuesday night.
  Roderick Lamond Rodgers, 31, of DeSoto, is charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon with both being second degree felonies.
  Roderick Lamond Rodgers
  Rodgers is in custody, but the bond has not been set. He waiting to go before a judge.
  According to police, there was some type of a disturbance inside just before 10 o’clock Monday nig
  
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• Study Evaluates Best Mobile Streaming Service

  15-02-2018 23:23
  
  Study shows how mobile phone service provider services stack up.
  
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• Man Breaks Into Humane Society, Takes Two Sick Dogs

  15-02-2018 22:47
  
  Authorities are still searching for one of two sick dogs taken from the Humane Society of North Texas.Photo Credit: Humane Society of North TexasThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Developers have built it, but will hyperscale hop on the DFW bandwagon?

  15-02-2018 22:16
  The development groups behind North Texas' biggest data center projects have begun to deliver space to the market, and developers are gearing up for the next Facebook-like tenant — but is that enough to land the next big hyperscale deal?
  
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• George Washington’s Hair Reportedly Found Inside College Library Book

  15-02-2018 22:06
  CBS Local — It’s not uncommon to find another person’s notes or letters left behind in a library book. For one New York college, the find was historic after a lock of the nation’s first president was discovered in an 18th-century almanac.
  Archivists at Union College in Schenectady found a copy of a leather-bound book, titled “Gaines Universal Register or American and British Kalendar for the year 1793,” while going through some of the college’s olde
  
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• Flower Mound Marcus HS Student Arrested For Bringing Gun To School

  15-02-2018 22:06
  FLOWER MOUND (CBSDFW) – A Flower Mound Marcus High School student was arrested Thursday after he was caught with a handgun.
  Flower Mound police say a 16-year-old was taken into custody after school resource officers were notified about the student possibly having a gun and pulled him out of class to search him.
  Officers discovered that the student did have a small caliber handgun in his possession but the weapon wasn’t loaded. However, police did add that the suspect was also in
  
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• Bitcoin Mining Hindering Search For Alien Life, Scientists Claim

  15-02-2018 21:54
  CBS Local — Scientists searching space for intelligent life already have a difficult job, but some are now saying their task is being made even tougher because of digital currencies like Bitcoin.
  “We’d like to use the latest GPUs (graphics processing units)… and we can’t get ’em,” Dr. Dan Werthimer told the BBC. The chief scientist of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or SETI Project, says the surging demand for GPUs from cryptocur
  
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• New data center player comes to DFW with plans for $1B campus

  15-02-2018 21:46
  The Denver, Colorado-based newcomer to the data center provider world has big plans to step up and gain market share as industry giants merge options.
  
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• Data centers top other project types in North Texas incentive dollars per job

  15-02-2018 21:45
  Data centers bring big investment to the municipalities and states they choose to call home, and because of that, the economic incentives attached to the deals sometimes exceed the expansion or relocation packages that governments offer to companies providing far more jobs than server farms do.
  
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• Dallas Mayor To Leaders On Gun Violence: “Lead Or Get The Hell Out Of The Way”

  15-02-2018 21:45
  DALLAS (KRLD) – Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings is upset with leadership in Washington and around the country, for not doing enough about gun violence.Rawlings says Wednesday’s shooting struck close to home, as his best friend’s son is a student at the school in Parkland, Florida. The boy lost one of his good friends in the shooting.
  In an often angry tone, Rawlings urged leaders in Washington to act to help end gun violence.
  “Our sense of outrage goes away. America needs to b
  
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• Ahead in North Texas: Flying taxis, bullet trains and hyperloops, oh my!

  15-02-2018 21:42
  Dallas to Houston in 90 minutes. Dallas to Austin in just 20. Dallas to Frisco without a single slowdown or stop in a flying taxi.North Texas is on the cutting edge of some futuristic transportation projects that could forever change the way people get around the region and state. In fact, one of the companies working on one of the projects boldly states on its web site that its goal is to "reinvent transportation to eliminate the barriers of distance and time.”The new transportation modes
  
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• Sex Toys In Amazon Packages Being Sent To Random People, Reports Say

  15-02-2018 21:18
  CBS Local — Amazon has a mystery on its hands after dozens of packages were mailed to random people in the U.S. and Canada, some of the unwanted boxes containing a collection of various sex toys.
  “At first I believed it to be a mistake,” a woman named Nikki told The Daily Beast. When the packages kept coming however, Nikki says she knew something was wrong. “The weird part about it is if this were a prank or a hacker sending things to women on the internet, it’d be
  
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• Dozens Of Dog Food Brands Recalled After Euthanasia Drug Found

  15-02-2018 21:11
  CBS Local — After an investigation reportedly uncovered a drug used for euthanizing animals inside various brands of dog food, a massive recall has been issued by multiple companies.
  The J.M. Smucker Company issued a voluntary recall of several types of their “Gravy Train,” “Kibbles ‘N Bits,” and “Skippy” wet dog food products. In a memo to retailers, obtained by TruthAboutPetFood.com, J.M. Smucker said the move was being made “beca
  
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• Owner of la Madeline sells off two more brands to focus on French food offerings

  15-02-2018 20:42
  Le Duff America, the Dallas-based owner of la Madeline Bakery & Café, is selling two other restaurant brands as it focuses on its French food offerings.Timothy’s World Coffee and mmmuffins, both Canadian-based chains, will sell to a wholly-owned subsidiary MTY Food Group Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the acquisition is expected to be completed in April.Timothy’s, which has 30 Canadian and two U.S. locations, and mmmuffins, which has four Canadian stores, w
  
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• Mother Of Woman Who Gouged Out Her Own Eyes Speaks, Sets Up GoFundMe For Daughter

  15-02-2018 20:37
  CBS Local — The mother of a South Carolina woman who gouged out her own eyeballs says her daughter was under the influence of drugs during the horrific incident.
  Katy Tompkins, who identified the woman as her 20-year-old daughter Kaylee Muthart, told reporters her child was still recovering and is now adjusting to being permanently blind. “She is very strong, a very strong girl and she’s told me she wants to help people, and warn them to never ever touch a drug,”&nbs
  
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• Dad Who Fled To Mexico With Son Gets 50 Years For Texas Death

  15-02-2018 20:25
  DENTON (AP) — A man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend at a North Texas business and fleeing to Mexico with their 4-year-old son has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.
  A Denton County jury on Monday convicted 27-year-old Ricardo Alfonso Lara-Martinez of murder in the December 2014 death of Maria Isabel Romero Medina. Her beaten and strangled body was discovered at a Denton insurance and tax office where she worked.
  Prosecutors believe Lara-Martinez, who was sentenced Tuesday, and th
  
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• Delivery app Favor agrees to buyout by H-E-B

  15-02-2018 20:23
  Delivery app Favor is being acquired by H-E-B Grocery Co., a San Antonio-based grocery chain.Austin-based startup Favor, which operates legally as NeighborFavor Inc., has carved out a lucrative niche in the hyper-competitive realm of on-demand delivery. But with mergers and consolidations roiling the sector, Favor is taking shelter as a subsidiary of one of the most recognizable companies in the state.H-E-B announced the acquisition Thursday, saying it would incorporate "best-in-class consumer-f
  
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• Student’s Cellphone Video Captures School Shooting

  15-02-2018 20:21 via nbcdfw.com
  
  A Florida high school student captured the sounds of gunfire erupting nearby while hiding in a classroom.
  
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• Executives from Lockheed Martin, Bell and GM weigh in on why manufacturing thrives in DFW

  15-02-2018 19:51
  Dallas-Fort Worth is one of, if not the, hottest markets in the country for manufacturing.The region added 8,800 manufacturing jobs in 2017 — tied for No. 1 in the country with Houston — which translated to a 3.3 percent increase in employment.
  "We all hear it, but DFW is a booming economy," said Carmen Becker, president and CEO of Denton-based Tetra Pak USA & Canada. "And the growth in manufacturing has played a big role in that boom."We asked large companies with majo
  
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• Coach Who Died Shielding Students In Shooting Called A Hero

  15-02-2018 19:45
  PARKLAND, FLORIDA (AP) – The high school football program tweeted that assistant coach Aaron Feis died while selflessly shielding students. The tweet ended: “He died a hero and he will forever be in our hearts and memories.”
  It is with Great sadness that our Football Family has learned about the death of Aaron Feis. He was our Assistant Football Coach and security guard. He selflessly shielded students from the shooter when he was shot. He died a hero and he will forever be in
  
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• Militia Says School Shooting Suspect Was Member

  15-02-2018 19:27
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — An orphaned 19-year-old who participated in paramilitary drills with a white nationalist group was charged with murder Thursday in the deaths of 17 people who were fatally shot at a huge Florida high school in the nation’s deadliest school attack in five years.
  (Credit: Broward County)
  Nikolas Cruz legally purchased the AR-15 rifle used in the assault at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.
  As the criminal ca
  
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• Tarleton begins construction on 80-acre campus in Fort Worth's growing Chisholm Trail corridor (Video)

  15-02-2018 19:14
  Years after unveiling plans to build an 80-acre campus in Fort Worth's growing Chisholm Trail Parkway corridor, Tarleton State University officials plan to begin construction by the end of the month on the first $41 million academic building on planned a multi-building campus.
  This is a watershed moment for the university, which is part of the Texas A&M University System, to help it boost its North Texas enrollment, said Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp.
  "This state-of-t
  
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• BNSF Railway to spend $375M in Texas this year

  15-02-2018 19:03
  BNSF Railway Company will spend $375 million in Texas track maintenance and expansion this year, the company announced Thursday morning.Projects like resurfacing 1,400 miles of track and replacing 40 miles of rail and 450,000 ties will account for half of the capital spending. The rest will be spent on expansion projects, according to the Fort Worth-based railroad, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A)."Texas has more miles of rail than any&
  
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• Chemicals Found In Non-Stick Pans Linked To Weight Gain, Report Says

  15-02-2018 18:52
  CBS Local – Non-stick cookware was created to make cooking easier, but a new study claims chemicals in your pots and pans may also be making some people fatter.
  According to a report in PLOS Medicine, perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are reportedly found in non-stick cookware, stain-resistant carpeting, and some fast food wrappers. Scientists say that the chemicals — which were already suspected of causing high cholesterol and possibly cancer — have been linked to ra
  
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• Grandmother Stops Another School Shooting Day Before Florida Massacre

  15-02-2018 18:51
  CBS Local — One day before 17 people were killed in a Florida school shooting, a grandmother helped to stop another massacre in Washington state.
  According to police in Everett, Washington, the grandmother of Joshua Alexander O’Connor called 911 after finding disturbing journal entries that described how the 18-year-old was planning to attack his high school.
  “Officers were also told the grandson had a rifle stored in a guitar case. As officers reviewed copies of the journal, t
  
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• Century-Old Home Moved to Denton Historical Park

  15-02-2018 18:44
  
  A piece of North Texas history is on the move to a historical park in Denton.
  
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• Appeals Court Declares Trump Travel Ban Unconstitutional

  15-02-2018 18:38
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban on travelers from six largely Muslim countries is unconstitutional because it discriminates against Muslims because of their religion, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
  In a 9-4 vote, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond said it examined statements made by Trump and other administration officials, as well as the ban itself, and concluded that it is “unconstitutionally tainted with animus tow
  
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• Chief Hall Passes Texas Law Enforcement Test

  15-02-2018 18:23
  
  Chief U. Renee Hall announced that she passed her Texas Commission on Law Enforcement test Thursday afternoon in a tweet.Photo Credit: NBC 5 NewsThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Apollo joins Texas fracking sand rush in deal for Fort Worth company

  15-02-2018 18:02
  As drillers are getting back to work, sand used for the hydraulic fracturing of wells is growing in demand and attracting a new wave of investments.
  
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• Trump Cites Mental Health In Shooting, No Mention Of Guns

  15-02-2018 17:35
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump struck a solemn tone Thursday after the deadly school shooting in Florida, describing a “scene of terrible violence, hatred and evil” and promising to “tackle the difficult issue of mental health,” but avoiding any mention of guns.
  Taking up the now-familiar ritual of public consolation after terrible violence, Trump spoke from the White House Diplomatic Room. In a slow, deliberate style, he sought to reassure a troubled
  
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• Texas, U.S. Retail Gasoline Prices Drop Nickel This Week

  15-02-2018 17:22
  COPPELL (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Texas and nationwide retail gasoline prices have declined a nickel this week.
  AAA Texas on Thursday reported the average price at the pump statewide was $2.30 per gallon. Motorists across the country are paying an average $2.55 per gallon.
  The association survey found Midland has the most expensive gasoline in Texas this week at an average $2.54 per gallon. The cheapest gasoline in Texas is in the Dallas and Fort Worth-Arlington areas where drivers are paying an a
  
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• Dallas firm buys office buildings, mulls massive redevelopment for Austin's Domain

  15-02-2018 17:14
  TIER RET Inc. has formed a partnership with Endeavor Real Estate Group to purchase two office buildings, expand the borders of the Domain and potentially add 1 million square feet of office space in Austin's "second downtown."
  
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• Authorities Say $500K Of Pot Found In Sleeping Woman’s Car

  15-02-2018 17:06
  CHADRON, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a woman was arrested after an estimated $500,000 worth of marijuana was found in her car at a northwest Nebraska convenience store.
  Chadron Police Chief Tim Lordino says two officers were sent to the Chadron store Wednesday to check a driver asleep in a car next to one of the gas pumps. Lordino says one of the officers spotted what he believed was a methamphetamine pipe and soon gained the woman’s permission to search. He discovered what he suspec
  
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• Weatherford Teacher's Death Puts Focus on Antivirals

  15-02-2018 16:24
  
  A Weatherford teacher's husband said his wife didn't immediately fill her prescription for an antiviral drug after deeming the $116 insurance co-pay too high.Photo Credit: Weatherford Independent School District/NBC 5 News
  
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• US Mortgage Rates Climb To A Nearly 4-Year Peak

  15-02-2018 16:14
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Long-term U.S. mortgage rates jumped this week to their highest level in nearly four years, a sign that the prospect of higher inflation is steadily increasing the cost of borrowing to buy a home.
  (credit: David McNew/Getty Images)
  Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average rate on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages rose to 4.38 percent this week, up from 4.32 percent last week and the highest since April 2014.
  The rate on 15-year, fixed-rate loans rose to 3.84 percent from 3
  
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• 1 Injured in Dallas Shooting

  15-02-2018 16:11
  
  One person was injured and three persons of interest were arrested after a shooting in Dallas Thursday morning.
  
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• 2 Injured After Semi-Truck Crashes Into DART Train

  15-02-2018 15:32
  
  Two people were injured after a semi-truck driver ran a red light and hit a DART train in downtown Dallas.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• FBI: Partygoer Stole Museum Statue’s Left Thumb After Selfie

  15-02-2018 15:30
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal authorities say a Delaware man snapped a selfie before stealing part of a $4.5 million statue at a Philadelphia museum.
  According to an arrest affidavit filed Friday, 24-year-old Michael Rohana was attending an Ugly Sweater Party at the Franklin Institute December 21 when he entered the “Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor” exhibit.Authorities say Rohana stepped up onto a platform and took photos next to a statue known as “The Cavalryman,&
  
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• Disability Advocates Fear Bill Could Hurt Civil Right

  15-02-2018 15:30
  
  Lawmakers will take up legislation today that could change the way businesses have to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
  
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• Bahamas Resort Searching For New CFO: Chief Flamingo Officer

  15-02-2018 15:20
  CBS Local — A resort in the Bahamas is looking for a new CFO. For Baha Mar that doesn’t stand for chief financial officer; they’re searching for a “chief flamingo officer.”
  The new Caribbean vacation destination has started a global search for a qualified bird lover to watch over and take care of the resort’s flock of flamingos. While the lucky candidate will likely be staying in the 1,000-acre resort’s employee housing area, the national bird of the&nbs
  
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• President Trump To Speak About Florida School Shooting

  15-02-2018 15:15
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House says President Donald Trump will address the nation about the Florida school shooting at 11 a.m. EST.
  Trump also issued a proclamation Thursday honoring victims of the shooting at the Parkland, Florida, high school where 17 were killed.
  NEW: President Trump orders U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff at all public buildings and grounds in honor of Parkland, Florida, school shooting victims https://t.co/a1MXsLNIPw pic.twitter.com/uQC1qHugBc
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• First Blood Test To Help Diagnose Brain Injuries Gets OK In U.S.

  15-02-2018 14:36
  CHICAGO (AP) — The first blood test to help doctors diagnose traumatic brain injuries has won U.S. government approval.
  The move means Banyan Biomarkers can commercialize its test, giving the company an early lead in the biotech industry’s race to find a way to diagnose concussions.
  The test doesn’t detect concussions and the approval won’t immediately change how patients with suspected concussions or other brain trauma are treated. But Wednesday’s green light by th
  
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• Students: Florida Shooting Suspect Harassed Peers, Bragged About Gun

  15-02-2018 14:24
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Students and neighbors describe the suspect in the deadly rampage at a Florida high school as a troubled teenager who threatened and harassed peers, talked about killing animals, posed with guns in disturbing photos on social media, and bragged about target practice in his backyard with a pellet gun.
  (Credit: Broward County)
  Nikolas Cruz, 19, was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder Thursday morning after being questioned for hours by state and federal author
  
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• New Texas Group Opposes Bipartisan Efforts To End Cash Bail

  15-02-2018 14:16
  AUSTIN (AP) — A new Texas nonprofit promoting crime victims’ rights is opposing bipartisan efforts to end cash bail systems that have gained traction across the country — hitting back at one of the few issues that unified powerful advocates on both the right and left.
  Formally kicking off Thursday, the Texas Alliance for Safe Communities said it wants to strengthen public safety and curb violent crime by pushing in the Republican-controlled Legislature and beyond for criminal j
  
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• Don Carter, Mavericks Co-Founder, Dies at Age 84

  15-02-2018 13:32
  
  Donald Carter, the Dallas Mavericks' co-founder and first majority owner in franchise history, died Wednesday night at the age of 84.Photo Credit: The Dallas Morning NewsThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• American Airlines flight attendants worry iSolve will create problems, not solutions

  15-02-2018 13:25
  American Airlines flight attendants — already trying to avoid creating any ugly viral incidents on board flights — have new reason to fret as their jobs grow more complicated and stressful.They now are starting to worry that the iSolve software recently introduced to help compensate passengers on board flights for any problems experienced in the air could lead to more tense situations.As was made clear in a eight-page special briefing memo distributed to American Airlines (NASDAQ: AA
  
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• Garland's city-owned power is key for attracting data centers

  15-02-2018 13:22
  Two giants of the data center industry recently decided to call Garland, Texas, home. And the municipality's city-owned electrical provider is a big reason why.
  
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• Report: Walgreens considering bid to buy Frisco's largest private employer

  15-02-2018 13:20
  Retail pharmacy chain operator Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. is considering making a bid to acquire Pennsylvania-based wholesale pharmaceutical distributor AmerisourceBergen, according to reports.AmerisourceBergen and Walgreens are already business partners through a $400 billion, 10-year distribution deal first signed in 2013. That agreement, which was later extended, included stock options. Walgreens has exercised its options and currently owns a 26 percent equity stake in AmerisourceBergen.Th
  
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