Docker Fills Big Hole With Tutum Acquisition

 Docker announced today that it was purchasing Tutum, a cloud service focused on deploying and managing Docker containers in any environment, whether the cloud or on-premises. The company did not disclose the purchase price. Docker has always emphasized building, shipping and running containers — those discrete programming building blocks sometimes called micro-services. With… Read More

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The Only Global Warming Chart You Need from Now On

(Steven Hayward) When I make charts and graphs, I generally make it a practice to scale the vertical axis of a chart from zero (0) to the upper bound of the range. Compressing a chart's vertical axis can be grossly misleading. For example, the usual chart the climatistas display of ambient atmospheric carbon dioxide levels looks like this: Oooh—that looks scary! Look how fast CO2 is rising! We're galloping toward the all-important

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Donald Trump on Paul Ryan for speaker: 'If he's a unifying force, whatever it's going to take'

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that he could be open to Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin becoming the next House speaker if Mr. Ryan can be a unifying figure for the GOP, even though Mr. Ryan is what the billionaire businessman described as "weak" on illegal immigration.

Mr. ...

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Syria's Assad Flies To Moscow To Thank Russia's Putin For Air Strikes

'I wanted to express my huge gratitude to the whole leadership of the Russian Federation'

Via: The Daily Caller

In Celebration of 'Back to the Future' Day, Here's What Iconic 'Part II' Got Right on 2015 Predictions

Plus, watch the "special message from Doc Brown" on 2015.

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Couple Who Had Given Up on Having Children Only to Learn They Were Five Months Pregnant Now Sees Baby Born 16 Weeks Early

"Please keep us in your prayers."

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Sign Up To Volunteer At Disrupt London 2015

 Do you want to roll up your sleeves and get to work helping the TechCrunch Disrupt team put on the best startup show in Europe? If so, you should definitely sign up to be a Work Exchange Volunteer at Disrupt London 2015. We're thrilled to announce that we have now started accepting applications for the Work Exchange program at Disrupt London. Read More

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Donald Trump Says Paul Ryan Is 'Weak on Immigration'

"I like him very much as a person," GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump says on ABC about Rep. Paul Ryan, possible House speaker candidate. "Certainly he has been weak on immigration and I'm very strong on immigration." "Had we had strong immigration, you know my policies, you may not have had the World Trade Center coming down and the attack," Trump says. "Those people, some of them, were here illegally, they were here under very weak visas, and so, you know, I feel very,very strongly about

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South Dakota redesigns government accountability website

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The Bureau of Finance and Management has overhauled the state's government transparency website to help people access financial information more easily.

The governor's office says the bureau expects the update to make it easier to add more functionality in the future. The office says the website ...

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Syrian President Makes Surprise Visit to Moscow to Meet With Putin

"We thank you for standing by Syria's territorial integrity and its independence."

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Close Encounter: Russian Pilot Watches a U.S. Drone Make a Flyby Overhead

The two countries reached an agreement for "maintaining professional airmanship" this week.

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European Daily Deals Aggregator Bownty Closes €3.4M Series A

 Danish startup Bownty, which claims to be Europe's leading aggregator for deals on 'local experiences', has raised €3.4 million in Series A funding — money it plans to use to bed down in the existing markets it operates in. Read More

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Bush Proposes Moving Dept. of Interior to Western U.S. State

Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush proposes moving Interior Dept. HQ "closer to the lands it manages," topping list of changes to federal land management policy, campaign says in stmt. Denver, Salt Lake City, Reno suggested as sites for new HQ "Historically, presidents export a Secretary of the Interior from the West to Washington; It is time to import the Department from Washington to the West," stmt says NOTE: Bush in Nevada Wednesday to present land management policy

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Impostor faces sentencing in bizarre ID theft case

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - An immigrant living illegally in the United States for decades faces sentencing in an identity theft scheme so ingenious that prosecutors say a California court unwittingly changed the name of the U.S. citizen whose identity he assumed to his own real name.

Wednesday's hearing for 82-year-old ...

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Vatican Responds to Report That Pope Francis Has a Brain Tumor

"The pope is carrying out his activity with his usual high level of intensity…"

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PlayStation 4 Owners Finally Have A Proper Version Of Twitch's Streaming App

 Videogame streaming Twitch teased a more complete version of its app for Sony's PlayStation 4 at its TwitchCon event last month, and now the company has confirmed that the revamped app is live. Read More

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Mike Murphy: Rubio's Campaign is 'Cynical,' Kasich's Plays Close to the Line

Jeb Bush's super-PAC chief on campaign strategy and tactics—and, oh yes, on his competitors' shortcomings. Part two of a frank Q&A.

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Ted Strickland Spokesman in 2009: Strickland Has a Problem with Black Voters

A spokesman for Democrat Ted Strickland's Ohio Senate campaign once said that the former governor had "weak" standing with black voters.

The post Ted Strickland Spokesman in 2009: Strickland Has a Problem with Black Voters appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

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Police head to schools to get students to sign gun pledge

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Federal prosecutors are joining with state and local law enforcement to go to schools across South Carolina and talk to students about helping to stop gun violence.

The Wednesday visits are part of the U.S. Attorney's Office's annual Student Pledge Against Gun Violence.

Middle and high ...

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Hyperlocal Logistics Startup Opinio Lands $7M Series A To Launch In New Indian Cities

 Opinio is the latest hyperlocal delivery startup in India to score funding. The company announced today that it has raised a $7 million Series A from Delhivery, a logistics firm, Sands Capital, and Accel Partners. Read More

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Wisconsin Senate passes bill ending secret investigations

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Republican legislators have nearly finished their drive to scale back secret John Doe investigations, moving within one vote of sending to Gov. Scott Walker a bill barring prosecutors from using the process to probe political misconduct.

The proposal comes after prosecutors used the John Doe procedure ...

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Of Course There's No Place For Jim Webb In The Democratic Party

Webb dissents on issues that Democrats consider beyond dispute

Via: The Daily Caller

In Over 100 Years of Postseason Baseball, This Has Never Happened – Until Now

"Wow!"

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Singaporean On-Demand Grocery Startup Honestbee Gets $15M To Expand To Six New Asian Countries

 Honestbee just raised $15 million for its on-demand grocery delivery service, but it has loftier aspirations. Head of marketing Shane Chiang says the Singapore-based company launched as a "social impact business" to give employment to people who can't hold a regular job, such as stay-at-home parents, caregivers, and students. Honestbee's part-time shoppers collect… Read More

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NASA Supervisors Charged in Chinese Spy Case

"When the high level whistleblower came to us, we really couldn't get anybody within the administration or NASA to take this seriously," Former Rep. Frank Wolf

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NYPD Officer Shot in Head Dies, Becomes Fourth Cop Killed in New York City in 11 Months

"Four police officers murdered in 11 months, it is about as bad as it gets."

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Facebook Launches TechPrep To Grow The Pipeline By Empowering Black And Latino Parents

 Facebook is launching TechPrep, a new initiative in partnership with McKinsey & Company, to offer resources like tutorials, videos and games for parents to help their kids pursue careers in computer programming. Although TechPrep is generally a resource hub for learners, parents and guardians interested in careers in tech, Facebook is first focusing on communities where there are high… Read More

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