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William Phillips, 60, is the accused perpetrator of the murder-suicide at Johnson Space Center last Friday. Phillips, a JSC employee who feared being fired after a poor performance review, smuggled a revolver into the building and barricaded himself with his hostage. The security team at the space center had reassessed their security procedures in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings prior to this incident. The reassessment found that no major changes were needed, but...
With all that went down this week, we thought we thought we'd cheer everyone up by giving everyone a double dose of dogs. It was a rollercoaster ride of emotions this week at DCist. Like the rest of country, we were floored by the news of so many dead coming out of Virginia Tech, and with so many of the victims and their relatives from the D.C. area, we felt it important to pay...
Our own Houston Dynamo is doing their part to help out those affected by the recent events on the Virginia Tech campus. The Dynamo have organized fund-raising efforts to assist the University in the wake of the school's recent tragedy. At the Dynamo's April 29th game vs. Chicago Fire (6:00 PM CT), a number of programs are in place to aid the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund. For every ticket purchased from a special Supergroup...