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• HS BBQ Teams Smoke State Competition

  09-05-2018 23:11
  
  Barbecue is a huge deal in Texas, and a recent competition put high school culinary teams in the fire. Teams from the Fort Worth, Mansfield, Richardson and Waxahachie ISDs were among 42 from across the...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• North Texan Charged With Killing, Wounding Dogs

  09-05-2018 22:59
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A man charged with killing one dog and critically wounding another dog belonging to his next door neighbor in November of 2017, by stabbing each pet numerous times, had his bond set at $75,000 for each case while he awaits trial.
  Eugene Hilliard Harrison is also suspected in at least 3 other dog deaths in the surrounding community.
  Eugene Hilliard Harrison
  Harrison is charged with two felony cases of Cruelty to Animals by Killing, Poisoning or Causing Serious
  
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• Daily Traffic Forecast

  09-05-2018 22:51
  
  Samantha Davies has your daily traffic forecast for May 9, 2018.
  
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• Breastfeeding Mother Mortified by Airline Carry-on Fray

  09-05-2018 22:43
  
  American Airlines issued an apology Tuesday after a woman boarding a flight from Los Angeles to Chicago said she was mortified when an employee near the gate stopped her from entering the plane due to her breast...
  
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• McKinney Council Member Says He Was Arrested For Racial, Political Reasons

  09-05-2018 22:38
  McKINNEY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A McKinney City Council Member claims racial profiling and political retribution were behind his arrest during traffic stop.
  La’Shadion Shemwell says he wasn’t speeding when he was stopped for speeding by McKinney Police on Highway 5 around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday.
  LaShadion Shemwell – McKinney City Council Member
  Shemwell is black and an activist against police brutality.
  “He said he pulled me over because I was going 55 miles an hour on Hi
  
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• Mormons Severing Ties With Boy Scouts, Ending Long Bond

  09-05-2018 21:51
  SALT LAKE CITY (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Mormon church said Tuesday it will sever all ties with the Irving, Texas-based Boy Scouts of America at the end of next year and place its remaining 425,000 boys into a gospel-focused youth program it is developing. The move ends a nearly century-old relationship that was based on their shared values.
  The announcement by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Boy Scouts didn’t come as a complete surprise after the religion last year r
  
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• Google’s Robot Assistant Can Make Your Dinner Reservations

  09-05-2018 21:43
  (AP) – Artificial intelligence has a new challenge: Whether and how to alert people who may not know they’re talking to a robot.
  On Tuesday, Google showed off an AI assistant that makes convincingly human-sounding phone calls, at least in its prerecorded demonstration. But the real people in those calls didn’t seem to be aware they were talking to a machine.
  Google says its digital voice assistant can make some of our most tedious calls, such as reservation for dinner or a
  
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• Man Says Guards at Strip Club Beat Him, Called Him N-Word

  09-05-2018 21:40
  
  Jalen Bell posted pictures of himself with a neck brace and other injuries he says he received from security guards at XTC Cabaret on N. Stemmons Freeway. The club could not be reached for comment.Photo Credit: Credit: Lee Merritt, Jalen BellThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Texas Now Among States Reporting E Coli Illness Linked To Romaine Lettuce

  09-05-2018 21:21
  NEW YORK (AP) — Texas is among the four new reporting illnesses in a food poisoning outbreak linked to romaine lettuce.
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its numbers on the outbreak Wednesday, revealing that 149 people in 29 states had gotten sick.
  A man shops for vegetables beside Romaine lettuce stocked and for sale at a supermarket in Los Angeles, California on May 2, 2018, where the first death from an E Coli contaminated Romaine lettuce outbreak was reported. (Pho
  
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• One Year Since James Comey Fired, President Trump Still At Odds With FBI

  09-05-2018 20:53
  NEW YORK (CBS Local) — A year ago today, President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey and announced “a new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement.”
  Since then, Trump has been outspoken about reach and authority with the agency, especially since the launch of Robert Mueller’s special investigation into the 2016 U.S. presidential election, questions about bias around the FBI’s investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email servers, and character att
  
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• One Year Since James Comey Fired, Investigations Continue

  09-05-2018 20:53
  NEW YORK (CBS Local) — A year ago today, President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey and announced “a new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement.”
  Since then, Trump has been outspoken about reach and authority with the agency, especially since the launch of Robert Mueller’s special investigation into the 2016 U.S. presidential election, questions about bias around the FBI’s investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email servers, and character att
  
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• Billboards Aim To Recruit Teachers From Oklahoma To Texas

  09-05-2018 20:43
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A large school district in Texas has placed billboards in major Oklahoma cities in hopes of recruiting teachers across state lines for higher-paying jobs.
  The Norman Transcript reports that billboards were revealed Monday in Norman, Tulsa, Stillwater and Oklahoma City.
  The Fort Worth Independent School District is funding the billboards, which say, “Your future is in a Fort Worth classroom — teacher starting salary $52,000.”
  Fort Worth district spokes
  
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• See which North Texas companies are among the country's best places to work

  09-05-2018 20:11
  Seventeen North Texas companies made Forbes’ annual ranking of America’s Best Employers.Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) ranked tops among Dallas-Fort Worth businesses, at No. 13. The Container Store (NYSE: TCS) led DFW in last year’s rankings, at No. 11, but did not make the 2018 list.To compile the list, Forbes partnered with market research company Statista to survey 30,000 American workers at companies with at least 1,000 employees. Respondents were asked to rate how likely t
  
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• Video: Helicopter Lifts Horse From Construction Trench

  09-05-2018 19:58
  SHADOW HILLS, CA (CBSDFW.COM) – Los Angeles County Fire first responders rescued a horse from a construction trench Tuesday afternoon in Shadow Hills, California.
  The horse named Misty was uninjured after a fall into the trench but had to lifted with the aid of a LA County Fire helicopter.
  The hours long rescue began after the horse strayed from nearby ranch property near Clybourne Avenue according to the Los Angeles Daily News.
  Officials told the paper they were unclear how the horse ende
  
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• Goldman CEO Blankfein addresses riskier loans from personal lending unit

  09-05-2018 19:47
  Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) has raised eyebrows on Wall Street as its new personal lending arm, Marcus, disclosed it was making more loans to borrowers with less than pristine credit.But the banking giant’s CEO Lloyd Blankfein said Tuesday that Marcus, which has a growing office in Richardson, is relying on more than traditional credit scores when deciding to make its loans.“We’re trying to have very high credit quality and are growing the business more slowly as a result of it, b
  
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• Overturned 18-Wheeler Leaking Nitric Acid Onto Irving Hwy.

  09-05-2018 19:45
  
  An 18-wheeler rolled over on its side in Irving just before 12:00 p.m., officials say.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Murder Charges Filed In 2015 Texas Biker Shootout That Left 9 Dead

  09-05-2018 19:44
  WACO (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Three bikers were indicted on murder charges Wednesday stemming from a 2015 shooting involving police outside a Waco restaurant, including a prominent member of the Bandidos motorcycle club.
  The indictment marks the first murder charges in the Texas case and comes just eight days before the statute of limitations runs out. More than 20 other bikers were re-indicted on new charges ranging from rioting to tampering with evidence.
  Police arrested nearly 200 bikers follo
  
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• Police Capture Sex Offender Who Volunteered As Girls Coach

  09-05-2018 19:14
  DUNCANVILLE (CBSDFW.COM) – This morning police located and took registered sex offender Roderick Goodson into custody in Duncanville. There were two felony warrants out for the 43-year-old and he was also wanted for a parole violation.
  Police began their search for Goodson after officials with the Dallas Independent School District alleged he falsified information to volunteer as a girls basketball coach at Wilmer-Hutchins High School.
  As a condition of his probation after p
  
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• Texas Judge Rules Man’s Death Sentence Should Be Commuted

  09-05-2018 19:12
  FORT WORTH (AP) — A Texas judge has ruled that prosecutors in the capital murder case of a man sentenced to death had lied in court and that the condemned man should instead be given a lifetime prison term.
  State District Judge Everitt Young determined Tuesday that prosecutors in the trial of Paul David Storey weren’t truthful when they told jurors that the shooting victim’s family wanted Storey executed.
  A stay was ordered last year, just days before Storey was scheduled to di
  
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• Sex Offender Accused of Trespassing at School Caught: Police

  09-05-2018 18:57
  
  A convicted sex offender accused of volunteering as a girls basketball coach was arrested Wednesday morning in Duncanville, police say.Photo Credit: Duncanville Police Department
  
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• Arrested Man Threw Out Drugs, Rifle in Chase: PD

  09-05-2018 18:45
  
  A 26-year-old man who threw out a gun and drugs while police chased him through four cities was arrested Wednesday morning, police said.
  
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• Why the Weather is So Summer-Like

  09-05-2018 18:41
  
  For the third day, in a row temperatures across North Texas will top out in the 90s. This time of year, afternoon temperatures in the low 90s are about 10 degrees above normal.Photo Credit: laura.crickThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Bankruptcy court approves Weinstein sale to Lantern Capital

  09-05-2018 18:33
  The Weinstein Co. saga is in its final frames, as a bankruptcy court has approved the beleaguered movie and television studio’s sale to Lantern Capital.The decision did not come as a surprise, as the Dallas-based private equity firm submitted the only bid for the company by the April 30 deadline.Lantern’s offer totaled $435 million — $310 million in cash plus the assumption of $115 million in liabilities.TWC did get another offer from Broadway producer Howard Kagan’s Incl
  
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• Rockwall Teacher Surprised With $5,000 Worth Of School Supplies

  09-05-2018 18:29
  ROCKWALL (CBSDFW.COM) – One teacher in Rockwall thought that she was showing up for a Career Day presentation on Wednesday morning, but she had no idea what was actually happening. Mrs. Traci Tatom was surprised when Honda gave her $5,000 worth of school supplies.
  It all went down in front of Tatom’s cheering fourth-grade science students.
  The principal at Amanda Rochell Elementary School set up the mock Career Day in order to surprise Tatom, the teacher of the year. She often s
  
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• Why the Weather is So Summer

  09-05-2018 17:57
  
  For the third day in a row temperatures across North Texas will top out in the 90s. This time of year, afternoon temperatures in the low 90s are about 10 degrees above normal.Photo Credit: laura.crickThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Entenmann’s Has New Job Available: Chief Donut Officer

  09-05-2018 17:55
  NEW YORK (CBS Local) – Entenmann’s has a delicious job offer for all the donut lovers out there. The baked goods giant is taking applications for a brand new position: Chief Donut Officer.
  In celebration of National Donut Day on June 1, the company has announced a contest for the “job,” which will pay one lucky person $5,000 and a one year supply of free donuts.To become Entenmann’s new “CDO,” applicants will have to wow the bakery with their ideas
  
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• Jet Stream spring summer

  09-05-2018 17:53
  
  The dry and warm weather will continue through the weekend
  
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• Jet Stream Today

  09-05-2018 17:52
  
  The dry and warm weather will continue through the weekend
  
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• TCU Students Suspended for Alleged Use of Quizlet Study App

  09-05-2018 17:42
  
  Texas Christian University has suspended a group of students for using an app that publishes exam questions online.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• This Dallas firm is about to get bigger as it eyes more new markets

  09-05-2018 17:29
  The leadership team refused to sell and resisted acquisitions over the past 20 years. They’ve chosen to grow organically and now operate in a dozen cities with nearly 800 workers.
  
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• Rafael Palmeiro to Return to Baseball

  09-05-2018 17:22
  
  Former Texas Rangers first baseman Rafael Palmeiro will make a comeback on the field this summer, when he suits up for the Cleburne Railroaders of the independent American Association.Photo Credit: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images
  
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• Pauley Perrette Bids Farewell To “NCIS” In Emotional Episode

  09-05-2018 16:57
  LOS ANGELES (CNN) – The “NCIS” lab has lost its goth genius. Pauley Perrette, who played forensic scientist Abby Sciuto, has signed off from the long-running CBS crime drama after 15 seasons on the show.
  Perrette’s exit from the series was announced in October 2017, however, her character’s fate was left in question at the end of last week’s episode, after she and MI-6 officer Clayton Reeves (played by Duane Henry), were confronted by a gun-wielding thief
  
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• Texas Rapper Behind “Wanna Be A Baller” Hook Dies At 52

  09-05-2018 16:35
  HOUSTON (AP) – Houston rapper Big T, known for singing the hook on Lil’ Troy’s 1999 hit “Wanna Be a Baller,” has died. He was 52 years old.
  Big T, whose actual name was Terence Prejean, died on Monday at a hospital in Houston, according to Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences spokeswoman Tricia Bentley. His official cause of death is pending, but longtime friend Tony Williams, a rapper known as Tiger T, said that Prejean may have had a heart attack.
  Big T wa
  
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• The Rising Cost Of Insulin: “Horror Stories Every Day”

  09-05-2018 16:16
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM) – After years of rising prices, insulin costs in the U.S. are creating painful choices for some diabetics and their families.
  The problem is drawing the attention of lawmakers, with the Senate Committee on Aging examining insulin prices a hearing on Tuesday. One father testified that his 13-year-old son’s insulin jumped from $300 for a 90-day supply in 2017 to more than $900 in early 2018.
  “I immediately went into panic mode,” Paul Grant, a project e
  
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• Delta Passengers Evacuate On Plane’s Wing After Cabin Fills With Smoke

  09-05-2018 15:51
  DENVER (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A Delta Air Lines flight from Detroit to Denver was evacuated after passengers reported smoke in the cabin.
  Firefighters greeted flight 1854 when it landed at Denver International Airport shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday. Airport spokeswoman Emily Williams says passengers reported smoke filled the cabin as the plane was taxiing to the gate.
  She says no major injuries were reported from smoke inhalation, but she has heard that a handful of passengers suffered minor inju
  
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• Mayor Rawlings to Deliver Message at Uber Elevate Summit

  09-05-2018 15:46
  
  A pre-recorded video message from Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings will be played in Los Angeles Wednesday at the second annual Uber Elevate Summit.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Caught On Tape: Police Rescue Man From Burning Car

  09-05-2018 14:49
  ROSELLE PARK, N.J. (AP) — Police in New Jersey rescued a man who resisted their efforts as smoke and flames consumed his car.
  Roselle Park officers arrived on the scene Saturday to find the auto’s engine compartment engulfed in flames and the passenger compartment obscured by dark tinted windows. Police video shows officers grabbing the man while he was slumped over the wheel and refusing to get out.
  Police Chief Paul Morrison says the 42-year-old Everett, Washington, resident was al
  
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• Toxic Gases Prompt Door-To-Door Volcano Evacuations In Hawaii

  09-05-2018 14:29
  PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Police went door-to-door in Hawaii to roust residents near two new vents emitting dangerous gases in areas where lava has been pouring into streets and backyards for the past week.
  Authorities ordered nearly 2,000 residents to leave two communities in the mostly rural district of Puna on Hawaii’s Big Island last Thursday. Some ignored the order and stayed to watch over their property.
  But on Tuesday, the emergence of the two new vents prompted Hawaii County to is
  
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• Impressive Model 'Train Topia' Rolls into Frisco in June

  09-05-2018 14:07
  
  Train enthusiasts hold your breath. A massive train display is being worked on right now.
  
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• Man Says Guards at Strip Club Called Him N-Word, Beat Him

  09-05-2018 13:58
  
  Jalen Bell posted pictures of himself with a neck brace and other injuries he says he received from security guards at XTC Cabaret on N. Stemmons Freeway. The club could not be reached for comment.Photo Credit: Credit: Lee Merritt, Jalen BellThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Why Some Websites Are 'Going Red' Wednesday

  09-05-2018 13:50
  
  Senate Democrats are expected to present their petition Wednesday to undo the FCC's ruling to repeal net neutrality.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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• Dog Rescued From Wastewater Treatment Plant

  09-05-2018 13:41
  PUEBLO WEST, Colo. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – A 2-year-old English mastiff led astray by an escape-prone hound dog is happy to be home, but still stinks after being found stranded in muck at a wastewater treatment plant in Colorado.
  Gidget’s ordeal started when a walker coonhound named Buddy helped her escape from their house in Pueblo West on Sunday evening. (As I’m sure you assumed, Pueblo West is near Pueblo, Colorado. And yes it is to the west of the city — about 13 miles nort
  
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• DFW executives respond: What needs to happen to get more women into leadership roles?

  09-05-2018 13:28
  "Men, women and organizations all need to step up and take decisive action to make real progress on getting more women in leadership roles," said Neelu Sethi, who is a vice president and the chief technology officer at Reddy Ice, the largest manufacturer of packaged ice products in the United States.
  "We need to have an eagle eye to build a culture of inclusion and innovation; most importantly show our commitment through actions, not words; and finally measure through clear and numerical goals,"
  
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• Katy Perry Sends Taylor Swift An Olive Branch Ahead Of Tour

  09-05-2018 13:26
  NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift received a peace offering from Katy Perry before launching her new tour.
  Swift shared a video on her Instagram Stories on Tuesday showing a package that Perry sent that included an olive branch. Inside was a letter in which Perry wrote that she was “deeply sorry” and wanted to “clear the air.”
  Katy Perry sent Taylor an olive branch for the opening night of the reputation Stadium Tour! pic.twitter.com/6GDamcxezI
  — Taylor Swift Updat
  
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• Southwest Airlines falls further behind in on-time arrivals race

  09-05-2018 13:25
  Southwest Airlines, dealing with a fatal fan-blade fracture and engine explosion last month, plummeted even further behind the rest of the pack than it has been in recent times in the on-time arrivals derby.Airline data behemoth OAG today released the April on-time results for the nation's four largest airlines. Dallas-based Southwest (NYSE: LUV) finished the month with 76.7 percent of flights arriving on time. That was down from 77.8 percent in March.Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and Fo
  
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• Ready for summer? Cool off at one of North Texas' lakeside retreats

  09-05-2018 13:24
  With summer temperatures setting in, many Texans are looking for ways to cool off. For Dallas-Fort Worth residents, the region offers a number of lakes for swimming, fishing and getting away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.According to Lake Homes Realty, Texas is “by far the largest lake market” featured in its Spring 2018 Lake Market Report, boasting more than $3.31 billion in lakeside homes and land. Three North Texas lakes are among the state’s biggest marke
  
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• Rising Gas Prices Could Lead To Expensive Summer Travel Season

  09-05-2018 13:18
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Gas prices have been on the rise across North Texas for the last month, and President Donald Trump’s announcement Tuesday to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal has many people worried that this could be an expensive summer travel season.
  The current average for gas prices across Texas is $2.62 per gallon. That is 21 cents less than the current national average. But it is up by 20 cents from last month, and 43 cents higher than this time last year, when the state
  
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• PD Tests New Tool That Detects Credit Card Skimmers

  09-05-2018 13:14
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Patrick Traynor, a cybersecurity expert, was in New York in February working with police to help identify a way to detect credit card skimmers on ATMs when he got a financial fraud alert: his own information had been stolen while he was in town.
  It wasn’t the first time. In five years he’d had his personal information stolen by credit card skimmers — devices illegally installed on ATMs and gas station pumps that “skim” consumer credit
  
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• Amid #MeToo, More Colleges Host Female Graduation Speakers

  09-05-2018 13:05
  NEW YORK (AP) – This graduation season, the podium is all hers.
  For the first time in at least two decades, the majority of the nation’s top colleges are featuring women as their spring commencement speakers, a shift that industry experts credit to the wave of female empowerment that has fueled the #MeToo movement.
  Yale is bringing Hillary Clinton. MIT will host Sheryl Sandberg. Vanderbilt landed Amal Clooney, while Dartmouth chose Mindy Kaling.
  Overall, women account for nearly 60 p
  
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• Motorcyclist Arrested After Crashing During Chase on DNT

  09-05-2018 12:59
  
  A motorcyclist who tried to speed away from a DPS trooper was transported to a hospital after crashing, authorities say.Photo Credit: Metro
  
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