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• Officer Shot In Little Elm, School Dismissals Delayed

  17-01-2017 23:51
  
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  UPDATE 6:30 PM – Little Elm Fire Chief Brian Roach says Detective Jerry Walker is being treated at Denton Regional Hospital.  His current, official condition is not being released at this time.
  There is no danger at the schools and they are no longer on lockdown.
  “We are praying for the police officer and his family,” said Roach.
  LITTLE ELM (CBSDFW.COM) – A police officer in Little Elm was shot Tuesday afternoon. &
  
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• Police Search for Woman Who Stole Dead Woman's Credit Card

  17-01-2017 23:03 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Carrollton police are searching for a woman who allegedly stole a credit card from a woman who died at a DART station on New Year's Eve.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Where to Rent vs. Buy Homes in Dallas-Fort Worth

  17-01-2017 22:54 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Mortgage rates have already started rising and are expected to keep climbing in 2017. If you're looking to buy a home, some are wondering if now's the right time.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Church Members Honor MLK With Fort Worth Day of Service

  17-01-2017 22:52 via nbcdfw.com
  
  People from nearly 50 Fort Worth churches chose to honor MLK Day through a day of service. More than 400 volunteers fanned out to help the community.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• President Obama Commuting Chelsea Manning’s Prison Sentence

  17-01-2017 22:50
  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is commuting the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst who leaked classified documents.
  The White House says Manning is one of 209 inmates whose sentences Obama is shortening.
  Manning is more than six years into a 35-year sentence for leaking classified government and military documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. Her sentence is now set to expire May 17.
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• Sheriff Criticizes Texas Ag Commissioner’s Account Of ‘Attack’

  17-01-2017 22:41
  
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  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A claim by Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller that “illegal aliens” attacked a hunting party in remote West Texas is being discounted by the local sheriff who says the hunters fired on one another.
  Miller said in a recent Facebook post that the attack is another reason why a wall must be built to secure the Texas border.
  “Anyone who says that the people illegally crossing into our country are just
  
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• 2 Men Found Shot To Death In Royse City Home

  17-01-2017 22:34
  
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  ROYSE CITY (CBSDFW.COM) – Royse City police said two men were found shot to death at a home in Royse City early Tuesday morning.
  Police said when officers arrived at the home in the 1400 block of Laurel Lane around 5:25 a.m., they found James Stevens and Travis Hicklin dead from gunshot wounds.
  Police said four people lived in the residence, two men, a woman and a child. All were inside at the time of the shootings. The woman and child w
  
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• Carrollton Police Seek Suspect Who Stole From Dead Woman

  17-01-2017 21:53
  
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  CARROLLTON (KRLD) – Carrollton Police are looking for a woman that used a stolen credit card of an elderly woman who died in her car.
  Police say the elderly woman died of natural causes on New Year’s Day in the parking lot of the Frankfurt DART station in Carrollton. She was on her way to visit her terminally ill husband at the VA hospital in Dallas.
  Authorities say the suspect reached inside her car and grabbed the credit card
  
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• Oklahoma State Student From Bedford Died Of Alcohol Poisoning, Enlarged Heart

  17-01-2017 21:28
  
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  STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — An autopsy on an Oklahoma State University student from Bedford who was found dead in a fraternity house says he died of alcohol poisoning and an enlarged heart.
  The report released Tuesday by the state medical examiner’s office says the death of 20-year-old Brandon Matthew Cavazos was accidental.
  The report said Cavazos’ blood ethanol level was 0.35, more than four times the amount considered to be legall
  
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• Two Men in Royse City Found Dead Following Shooting Report

  17-01-2017 21:23 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Two men were found dead early Tuesday morning after police responded to a shooting call at a Royse City home.Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
  
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• Spurs' Duncan Gets Slam Duncan O's Breakfast Cereal

  17-01-2017 20:53 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Spurs superstar Tim Duncan has his own breakfast cereal.Photo Credit: H-E-BThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Police: N.H. Kids Taken 31 Years Ago Found Alive In Texas

  17-01-2017 20:33
  
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  SCITUATE, R.I. (AP) — Two sisters who disappeared from Rhode Island with their mother in 1985 have been located in the Houston area and police say their mother has now been charged with snatching them.
  An anonymous tip two days before Christmas led police to  and their 69-year-old mother, Elaine, said Rhode Island State Police Lt. Col. Joseph Philbin. Elaine Yates, who had been living in Houston under the name Leina Waldberg, was ar
  
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• Police: Kids Taken 31 Years Ago Found Alive In Texas

  17-01-2017 20:33
  
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  SCITUATE, R.I. (AP) — Two sisters who disappeared from Rhode Island with their mother in 1985 have been located in the Houston area and police say their mother has now been charged with snatching them.
  An anonymous tip two days before Christmas led police to  and their 69-year-old mother, Elaine, said Rhode Island State Police Lt. Col. Joseph Philbin. Elaine Yates, who had been living in Houston under the name Leina Waldberg, was ar
  
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• Texans Try Washington D.C. Treats During Inauguration Week

  17-01-2017 20:22 via nbcdfw.com
  
  North Texans are in Washington, D.C. for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. NBC 5's Kris Gutierrez caught up with some Texans in line at a shop of D.C. delicacies.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Man Released after Fatal Kroger Shooting

  17-01-2017 20:18 via nbcdfw.com
  
  One man is dead and another is in custody after a fatal shooting at a grocery store in Bedford Monday evening, police say.Photo Credit: TelemundoThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Judge: Planned Parenthood Videos In Medicaid Fight ‘Baloney’

  17-01-2017 19:54
  
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  AUSTIN (AP) — A federal judge deciding whether Texas can oust Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program says rehashing secretly recorded videos from 2015 amounts to “baloney.”
  Texas officials say a Planned Parenthood official’s remark about fetal tissue research given on videos taken by an anti-abortion group justify cutting off the organization from Medicaid funding.
  U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks appe
  
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• Texas Lawmakers Try Again To Raise Minimum Smoking Age

  17-01-2017 19:04
  
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  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – This may be the year that lawmakers in the state of Texas pass a measure raising the smoking age from 19 to 21 years old.
  State Sen. Carlos Uresti (D-San Antonio) says this is the fourth or fifth time that he’s tried to get the bill through. During an earlier session the measure passed in the senate and now Uresti is hoping to again get bipartisan support.
  “With the majority of the senate being made
  
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• Parking Lot ‘Door Ding’ Argument Leads To Haltom City Man’s Death

  17-01-2017 18:56
  
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  BEDFORD (1080 KRLD) – An altercation in a grocery store parking lot over a ‘door ding’ turned deadly Monday afternoon.
  According to Bedford Police, the shooting happened in the parking lot at the Kroger store on Harwood Road and Central Drive. Sergeant Jerry Buford says it happened over a ‘door ding’ –  a door opening and hitting the vehicle in the next stall over.
  Police say two men began arguing Monday afte
  
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• 1 Dead, 1 Arrested in Fatal Kroger Shooting

  17-01-2017 18:44 via nbcdfw.com
  
  One man is dead and another is in custody after a fatal shooting at a grocery store in Bedford Monday evening, police say.Photo Credit: TelemundoThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Supreme Court Hears Case Over Deportations

  17-01-2017 18:24
  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration is seeking to persuade the Supreme Court to retain a federal law that makes it easier to deport immigrants who have been convicted of crimes.
  The justices on Tuesday heard arguments in the administration’s appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down the law as unconstitutional. The case concerns a provision of immigration law that defines “crime of violence.” A conviction for a
  
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• $5,000 Reward Offered in Target Beating, Photos Released

  17-01-2017 18:23 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Dallas police hope surveillance photos released Tuesday will help them identify and locate two people wanted in connection with an assault outside a Target store that left a man hospitalized.Photo Credit: Dallas Police Department
  
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• Theater Director Attacked By Masked Men in Target Parking Lot

  17-01-2017 17:03 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Police are investigating an attack that happened in the parking lot of a Dallas Target.Photo Credit: Whitener Family
  
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• Facebook's Zuckerberg Attends VR Copyright Trial in Dallas

  17-01-2017 17:01 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends a trial in Dallas over alleged copyright infringement involving a virtual reality headset.Photo Credit: Ken Kalthoff, 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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• Wal-Mart To Add About 10,000 Retail Jobs In The U.S.

  17-01-2017 16:19
  
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  NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart plans to add about 10,000 retail jobs in the U.S. as it opens new stores and expands existing locations.
  The world’s biggest retailer said Tuesday that there will also be about 24,000 construction jobs as well.
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says there will be 59 new, expanded and relocated Walmart and Sam’s Clubs facilities.
  The chain is planning $6.8 billion in capital investments in the U.S. in the coming fi
  
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• “Momentous Changes” Push Back Ivanka Trump’s Book

  17-01-2017 15:27
  
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  NEW YORK (AP) – Citing “momentous changes” in her life, like her father being elected president, Ivanka Trump and her publisher are pushing back the release of her book “Women Who Work” from early March to early May.
  Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, has now scheduled a May 2 sale date. Trump began the project when Donald Trump was a still a long-shot candidate for the White House and she com
  
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• AA Jet Makes Emergency Landing at D/FW Airpport

  17-01-2017 15:23 via nbcdfw.com
  
  An American Airlines jet makes an emergency landing at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Tuesday morning.
  
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• Poll Says Young Americans Fear Worse Life After Trump

  17-01-2017 15:17
  
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  NEW YORK (AP) – As Donald Trump approaches his inauguration, young Americans have a deeply pessimistic view about his incoming administration, with young blacks, Latinos and Asian Americans particularly concerned about what’s to come in the next four years.
  That’s according to a new GenForward poll of Americans aged 18 to 30, which found that the country’s young adults are more likely to expect they’ll be wor
  
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• New Report: Abortions In US Drop To Lowest Level Since 1974

  17-01-2017 14:56
  
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  NEW YORK (AP) – Even as the election outcome intensifies America’s abortion debate, a comprehensive new survey finds the annual number of abortions in the U.S has dropped to well under 1 million, the lowest level since 1974.
  The report, which counted 926,200 abortions in 2014, was released Tuesday by the Guttmacher Institute, a research group which supports abortion rights. It is the only entity which strives to count all abortions in t
  
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• GM To Announce $1B Factory Investment, New Jobs

  17-01-2017 14:03
  
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  DETROIT (AP) – A person briefed on the matter says General Motors will announce a $1 billion investment in its factories that will create or keep around 1,000 jobs.
  The investment will be announced Tuesday. The person tells The Associated Press that the investment is part of the normal process of equipping factories to build new models, and it’s been planned for months. The person didn’t want to be identified because the announcem
  
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• GM Announces $1B Factory Investment, New Jobs

  17-01-2017 14:03
  
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  DETROIT (AP) – General Motors has announced a $1 billion investment in its factories that will create or keep around 1,000 jobs.
  The investment is part of the normal process of equipping factories to build new models, and it’s been planned for months.
  “As the U.S. manufacturing base increases its competitiveness, we are able to further increase our investment, resulting in more jobs for America and better results for our owners,&r
  
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• Update Expected On Target Attack That Left Theater Director In ICU

  17-01-2017 13:28
  
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  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – People in the North Texas theater community are rallying around a fellow actor, who was viciously attacked Saturday night. This morning Dallas police are expected to give an update on their investigation into the attack that left Derek Whitener with a fractured skull.
  Thus far police haven’t said much about the attack that happened just before 11 p.m. in the 2400 block of Haskell Avenue, just off U.S. Hig
  
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• DPD Releases Pics Of Suspects In Vicious Attack Outside Target

  17-01-2017 13:28
  
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  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas police have released pictures of the two men they say are responsible for a vicious attack that has left a local 33-year-old actor and director fighting for his life.
  Today police reveled exactly what happened Saturday night when victim Derek Whitener arrived at a Target store in the 2400 block of Haskell Avenue, just off U.S. Highway 75.
  Whitener had stopped by the store after a late night performance a
  
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• Facebook Founder Zuckerberg In Town To Testify In Lawsuit

  17-01-2017 13:21
  
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  DALLAS (1080 KRLD) – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is in Dallas today to testify in a lawsuit, accusing one of his companies of stealing trade secrets and destroying evidence.
  Zenimax seeks $2 billion in damages, claiming Zuckerberg’s company Oculus stole technology for a virtual reality headset. Zenimax owns Richardson-based game company id software.
  Zenimax claims former employee John Carnack, who now works for Oculus, stole d
  
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• Springsteen Cover Band Pulls Out Of Inauguration Gala

  17-01-2017 13:19
  
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  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – A Bruce Springsteen cover band has changed its tune about performing at a Washington gala the day before Republican Donald Trump’s inauguration.
  The B Street Band decided to pull out of the Thursday night performance at the New Jersey State Society’s gala.
  Band leader Willie Forte said Monday the decision was based “solely on the respect and gratitude we have for Bruce and the E Street Band. Th
  
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• Trump Tries To Calm Tensions After Lewis Squabble

  17-01-2017 13:13
  
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  NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump spoke of national unity to a son of Martin Luther King Jr., seeking to ease friction over the president-elect’s squabble with Rep. John Lewis, a protege of the slain civil rights leader.
  “He said that he is going to represent all Americans. He said that over and over again,” Martin Luther King III told reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower Monday after a nearly hour-long meeting. &ldquo
  
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• GOP Targets Endangered Species Act For Changes

  17-01-2017 13:03
  
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  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – In control of Congress and soon the White House, Republicans are readying plans to roll back the influence of the Endangered Species Act, one of the government’s most powerful conservation tools, after decades of complaints that it hinders drilling, logging and other activities.
  Over the past eight years, GOP lawmakers sponsored dozens of measures aimed at curtailing the landmark law or putting species s
  
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• Masked Men Attack Theater Director Outside Dallas Target

  17-01-2017 12:28 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Police are investigating an attack that happened in the parking lot of a Dallas Target.Photo Credit: Whitener Family
  
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• Texas Among The Two-Thirds Of States Facing Budget Challenges

  17-01-2017 12:25
  
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  AUSTIN (AP) – The $4 billion that lawmakers left unspent after their last session two years ago appears to have evaporated.
  Now Texas could be as much as $6 billion short of the money needed just to keep the status quo for the upcoming two-year budget cycle, according to budget experts.
  Republican state Rep. Drew Darby said spending cuts are now certain.
  Texas has not been forced to make budget cuts since 2011, when a much bigger shortfa
  
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• Tax Deadline Looms For Prince Estate; Government To Get Half

  17-01-2017 12:25
  
   
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  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Prince once sang, “Money Don’t Matter 2 Night,” but his money matters a lot to the IRS.
  Prince’s estate has until Saturday to file an estate tax payment for the late rock superstar.
  The estate doesn’t have to pay the entire bill by Saturday. Big estates can make payments over time.
  But taxes are expected to ultimately swallow nearly half the estate’s estimated $200 million value. T
  
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• Man, 28, Dies After Being Shot at Bedford Kroger: Police

  17-01-2017 12:20 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Police say a 28-year-old man has died after being shot at a grocery store in Bedford Monday evening.Photo Credit: TelemundoThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• North Texas Testing Activity Trackers For Cattle

  17-01-2017 12:05 via nbcdfw.com
  
  There is now technology designed to gather information with a Fit Bit-type tracker for cattle.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• ‘Chasing Dreams’ Exhibit Shares Immigrants’ Experience In MLB

  17-01-2017 12:00
  
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  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A traveling exhibit about how Jews and other minorities overcame prejudice to succeed in baseball is on display in Fort Worth now through March 5.
  The exhibit, Chasing Dreams, which made its Texas debut on January 9 at Congregation Ahavath Sholom, features historic photos and films that recreate the Jewish story of our national pastime.
  “I saw that it was going to be in Tulsa, in Milwaukee, in Detroit
  
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• Record Store Tries to Get Back in a Groove After Storms

  17-01-2017 06:25 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Forever Young Records in Grand Prairie is a family-owned business that's been around for more than three decades. It's weathered storms before, but Sunday night was a real test.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Dak Prescott's Favorite Food? Just Ask His Great-Aunt

  17-01-2017 05:53 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Dak Prescott's great-aunt talks about how proud she is of the man he's become – and reveals his love for olives.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Men, Too Much Sitting Isn't a Good Thing

  17-01-2017 05:43 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Study finds a link between too much sitting and obesity in middle-aged men. Women, however, fared well in the study.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Collin County Democrats to March During Inauguration

  17-01-2017 05:42 via nbcdfw.com
  
  While President-elect Donald Trump is taking the oath of office Friday, Collin County Democrats won't be watching.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Volunteers in Oak Cliff

  17-01-2017 04:45 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day by helping plant a garden with volunteers in Oak Cliff and meeting with Dallas police.Photo Credit: Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook
  
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• Family Dispute Arises Over GoFundMe Campaigns

  17-01-2017 04:43
  
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  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – When a Dallas man’s legs were crushed by a hit-and-run driver last week, the community came together with thousands of dollars in donations.
  But those donations are tearing apart those closest to him with threats of legal action and accusations of fraud in the fray.
  Joey Salas, 42, endured another surgery Monday to prevent the amputation of his legs. But he says he’s more worried
  
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• North Texas Flood Victims Struggle Without Flood Insurance

  17-01-2017 04:17
  
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  IRVING (CBS11) – Several residents in an Irving neighborhood are digging out of their homes and digging out their wallets after several inches of rain fell in the area Sunday night.
  “It’s just a swampland in there right now,” said James Black, whose home was flooded.
  The tile is filthy, the carpet is drenched with water and the severity of damage to the walls is unknown after heavy rains seeped into Black’s home.
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• Fort Worth Marks MLK Day, Bridging Recent Racial Tensions

  17-01-2017 03:16 via nbcdfw.com
  
  There were Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations all across North Texas on Monday, including in Fort Worth, a city marked by racial tensions in recent weeks. NBC 5 spent the day there hearing about people's...Photo Credit: Alice Barr
  
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