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The company's beers will continue to be available for pickup at the Midtown brewery for a limited time and in select retail outlets afterward.

The community-focused discussion will take place February 17 and is open to the public.

NSO Group -- the embattled, extremely controversial Israeli phone malware developer -- finally has some good news to report. It may have a white knight riding to its rescue -- a somewhat unknown American venture capital firm that could help it pay its bills and possibly even rehabilitate its image.

Integrity Partners, which according to its website deals with investments in the fields of mobility and digital infrastructure, is managed by partners Chris Gaertner, Elad Yoran, Pat Wilkinson and Thomas Morgan.

According to the document of intentions, they will establish a company called Integrity Labs that would acquire control of NSO. It would also stream $300 million to the firm, in order to rebuild the company.

It's not all good news, at least not at the outset. The VC firm had pledged to lobby the US government on NSO's behalf to get the recent blacklist lifted, which means NSO would once again be able to purchase US tech solely for the purpose of developing exploits to use against that tech. If Integrity Partners has any interest in remaining true to its name, it should probably backburner this effort until it has engaged in some reputation rehabilitation.

Fortunately, it appears the VC firm is also interested in getting NSO back on the right track. Following neverending reports of NSO exploits being used to target journalists, political opponents, ex-wives, dissidents, and religious leaders, the government of Israel drastically reduced the number of countries NSO could sell to.

Integrity Labs aims to limit that list even further.

Instead of the current 37 clients, the company will reduce its sales to only five clients: the Five Eyes Anglosphere intelligence alliance of New Zealand, the United States, Australia, Great Britain and Canada. The company would initially focus on defensive cyber products as part of its rebranding effort.

With these restrictions in place -- and the United States on the preferred customer list -- it should be pretty easy to get the blacklist lifted. It's not that none of these countries would ever abuse malware to engage in domestic surveillance, but it's a far better list of potential clients than the one NSO had compiled over the last several years, which included a number of known habitual human rights abusers.

But there are still reasons to be concerned. Much of what happens to NSO after this acquisition occurs will still be shrouded in secrecy. There may be a claimed focus on defensive tech, but offensive exploits have always been NSO's main money makers and it will be much more difficult to remain profitable without this revenue stream.

Then there's the chance NSO will enter into a partnership with a different company that may not have the same altruistic goals, which means the malware developer will be able to continue limping along as the poster child for irresponsible sales and marketing. And the market for powerful malware will continue to exist. It will just end up being handled by companies that have remained mostly off the world press radar.

Also, there's the fact that there's very little information about who "Integrity Partners" actually is. While the firm's website lists its partners -- all of whom mention their military experience -- there is no evidence of a portfolio, or any evidence of previous investments. While the firm is listed in Crunchbase (the main database tracking VCs and startups), it shows no investments, and only mentions a single fund the firm has raised... for $350,000. It seems unlikely that that's enough to buy NSO Group.

For now, NSO's financial well-being and reputation are in tatters. The company cannot meet its debt obligations without outside help and its ruinous months-long streak of negative press present challenges even a timely influx of cash may not be able to reverse. But if it can rebrand and retool to provide defensive tech to a very short list of customers it may be able to survive its precipitous plunge into the "Tech's Most Hated" pool.

Homicide investigators are handling the case because the man is not expected to survive.

The station signed on as KSD-TV on Feb. 8, 1947 and was 13th television station in the country and the first in the state of Missouri.

The Real Deal Saigon Cafe, (formerly Little Saigon), is a bit of Vietnam snuggled into a red-awninged cafe in the Central West End. They take pride in dishing up Asian cuisine from locally produced ingredients—some that they grow themselves.  Kudos to chef/owner Joan, her son Michael Ly, and kitchen staff for bringing such lively and... 

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ST. LOUIS - Nexstar reporter Justin Surrency has been joining FOX 2 News in the morning this week all the way from Los Angeles. He has been giving us live updates on the happenings there ahead of the Big Game on Sunday between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals. On Friday morning he [...]

Several cars and a bus left Stray Rescue Thursday morning and headed for the property.

“You can’t just sit on your couch and hope you’ll be in the NHL; you got to put in the work.”

The brewery said its lease at its Midtown taproom has expired.

With a goal of developing more square feet of industrial real estate than any other company nationwide, the company has ramped up industrial acquisitions over the last 18 months while opening new offices.

ALTON - Briana Hightower, an artist known by the name of Kreion, who moved back home to the Alton area from Atlanta in 2019 and has continued to build her career in music. "So far, I’ve gotten the chance to collaborate with Broadys Works Productions to shoot three of 12 music videos planned to shoot in Alton and surrounding areas and it has been the best experience of my life," she said. "My most recent release 'Fine.' The official music video was shot in several locations in downtown Alton and is my best work to date. To watch “Fine” and to listen to any of my previous work please see this link: https://linktr.ee/heykreion Kreion is a songwriter, singer, and producer with an aptitude to adapt quickly in multifaceted creative environments. She has had influences from artists of many genres. She was a graduate of the Alton High Class of 2009. Kreion credits Laura Plummer, the orchestra teacher in the Alton School District, with being a big musical inspiration for

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GREENVILLE - The ISP District 11/ Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Zone 8 are probing a homicide that occurred in the 600 block of East South Sixth Street in Greenville, IL., Bond County. The call to ISP came in at 7:24 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. This is a brief synopsis of the events that occurred by ISP: "Preliminary investigative details indicate the following occurred: ISP District 11 and ISP DCI Zone 8 responded to a reported shooting at the above time and location. An unknown female was located deceased. A subject was reportedly barricaded in a residence in the 500 block of E. Main Street, Greenville. At approximately 1:00 a.m. the ISP detained a subject as part of the homicide investigation. If anyone saw the shooting or knows anything about the events surrounding the incident, please call Crimestoppers at 314-725-8477 (TIPS). This is an open and ongoing investigation. No further information is available at this time."

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Like many business owners, “Rich” spent much of his decades-long career focused on the day-to-day operations of running a company. He saw the business as an extension of his family, with the tacit assumption that his daughter would one day take the helm. That day never came, and when Rich decided it was time to retire, he needed to sell the company. He convened a team of advisors – including a Certified Exit Planning Advisor, or CEPA – to help prepare for a sale. Since Rich was well aware…

For years, economists and wealth strategists have looked to 2030 as a key milestone for retirement and estate planning. That’s when, according to the Census Bureau, all members of the baby boomer generation will have reached the traditional retirement age of 65. The financial services industry refers to this period as the “Great Wealth Transfer” because we’re seeing major age and gender demographic shifts among those coming into, and managing, wealth. To build on that, another statistic…

I recently watched hundreds of videos from the Jan. 6 insurrection. Many of the stark moments from the attack on the U.S. Capitol are well-known — the battle at the west terrace tunnel, the shooting of rioter Ashli Babbitt, the desecration of the Senate chamber. But nothing provides the kind of granular and exhaustive understanding of that day like […]

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ST. LOUIS - You can help your neighbors in need stay warm this winter by heading over to your local Hardee's and grabbing breakfast. It's the 22nd annual Hardee's Rise 'N Shine fundraiser for Heat Up St. Louis. Grab a sausage or egg biscuit - or both - Friday morning from Hardee's. They cost $1 and [...]

ST. LOUIS - Friday starts off cloudy with some rain on the way. Expect scattered showers through the afternoon hours with high temperatures in the 50s. A cold front moves through and temps will be a lot colder Saturday with highs in the 20s. There is a chance of some flurries on Sunday. It will [...]