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• DISD Opens 3 New Single-Gender Schools

  23-08-2016 23:53
  
  The Dallas Independent School District opened three more single-gender schools this year, bringing the district's total to five.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Rangers Put Hamilton on Unconditional Release Waivers

  23-08-2016 23:38
  
  Josh Hamilton's most recent run with the Texas Rangers may be over. The team activated the one-time slugger from the 60-day disabled list Tuesday and placed him on unconditional release waivers.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Machete-Wielding Robbery Suspect Wanted In Several North Texas Cities

  23-08-2016 23:34
  
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  GRAND PRAIRIE (CBSDFW.COM) – Grand Prairie Police say a man with a machete robbed the 7-Eleven at 3985 S. Belt Line Road on August 18 around 2:15 a.m.
  Police say the suspect, believed to be between 18 and 21 years old, threatened the store clerk with the machete.
  Police say he took off in a dark, newer model car driven by someone surveillance video was unable to get a shot of.
  Anyone with information can contact the Grand Prairie Police Depar
  
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• Standing Desks Can Lower BMI in Students: Study

  23-08-2016 23:24
  
  Researchers at the Texas A&M University Health Science Center say standing desks in classrooms can slow or lower a child's body mass index (BMI).Photo Credit: Newsworks
  
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• Dallas BBB Warns Of Zika-Related Scams

  23-08-2016 23:17
  
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  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Dallas Better Business Bureau is alerting consumers about a number of scams popping up in regard to the Zika virus.
  In a release posted on-line, the BBB warns about about any product or company “guaranteeing” to protect consumers from the Zika virus. From anti-zika wristbands to ultra sonic pest repellers, the release says scientific studies have shown there isn’t any proof
  
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• Rangers Put Josh Hamilton on Unconditional Release Waivers

  23-08-2016 23:12
  
  Josh Hamilton's most recent run with the Texas Rangers may be over. The team activated the one-time slugger from the 60-day disabled list Tuesday and placed him on unconditional release waivers.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Theater is a Family Affair a Dallas Native

  23-08-2016 23:04
  
  For Kristen Beth Williams, the leading lady in 'A Gentleman’s Guide to Love And Murder,' theater is a family affair, she inherited the acting bug from her father.Photo Credit: Kimberly RichardThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Scientists Study Fruit Flies for Secret to Good Sleep

  23-08-2016 22:47
  
  We all know how much better we feel after a good night’s sleep, but sleep is also key for staying healthy. If you don’t get enough sleep, there’s evidence that your brain activity changes.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• North Central Texas Academy Founder, Ed Shipman Dead At 83

  23-08-2016 22:46
  
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  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Credited with helping children on the brink of prison, life-long drug addiction and poverty – Ed Shipman, 83, has died.
  A long-standing philanthropist, Shipman gave children structure, education and love by founding the North Texas Central Academy on a farm south of Granbury in 1975. He started the school with 20 students in a mobile home. Then in 1977, an old house was moved to the property, ref
  
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• Fort Worth Police Investigating Infant Death In CPS Custody

  23-08-2016 22:33
  
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  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A 10-month-old girl died late Monday night, August 22 in a Fort Worth home while in foster care.
  Her mother has hired an attorney.
  The mother tells CBS11 she had seen both of her children on Wednesday and they appeared to be doing well.
  The children were removed from their birth parents’ home in February.  Child Protective Services had placed them with a foster family.  Since then, the birth moth
  
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• Fort Worth Police Investigating Infant Death

  23-08-2016 22:33
  
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  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A 10-month-old girl died around 11:45 p.m. Monday, August 22 in a Fort Worth home.
  Paramedics were performing CPR on the infant when officers arrived after receiving a call about the child not breathing. She was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.
  The FWPD Crimes Against Children Unit is leading the investigation.
  No criminal charges were filed and the investigation still open.
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• Dallas Police Looking For 3 Suspects In Motel Armed Robbery

  23-08-2016 22:13
  
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  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas Police say three people between approximately 18 and 25 years old robbed the Motel 6 at 10900 Estate Lane around 2:00 a.m. Monday, August 22.
  Police say the suspects used a semi-automatic pistol to rob the clerk.  They took off in a 2000 to 206 dark blue four-door Ford Crown Victoria with tinted windows and damage to the right side.
  Getaway car used in Motel 6 robbery (surveillance)
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• Congressmen in Dallas debate the ACA’s future, employer impact

  23-08-2016 21:53
  As the Affordable Care Act continued to make headlines because insurers are abandoning the plan, the future of Obamacare and its impact on employers took center stage in Dallas at a Congressional Forum Tuesday.Aetna will abandon Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges next year in Texas and 10 other states amid financial concerns, the company said last week. UnitedHealth and Humana also said they would cut their coverage plans for 2017 and after.In addition to insurers, the issue is important&he
  
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• AT&T and Citigroup: 'Thanks' but no 'ThankYou' to a continued dispute

  23-08-2016 20:57
  AT&T (NYSE: T) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) won’t continue their dispute over similarities between the ways the two express appreciation for their customers, which the latter company launched in June.Citigroup filed a claim against the Dallas telecommunications giant after it launched “AT&T Thanks” earlier this year.In it, Citigroup asserted that AT&T’s new appreciation program would gnaw at its own "ThankYou" branding – which dates back more than a decade &n
  
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• ​Frost Bank preps Dallas expansion

  23-08-2016 20:34
  Frost Bank expects to open three more offices in the Dallas area as early as next year, according to one top executive.The expansion is expected to mean new banking centers in Frisco, East Dallas and in the DeSoto-Lancaster area to the south of the metroplex. The plans come at a time when banks are adding fewer so-called “brick and mortar” buildings and relying more on providing banking apps. But Frost is expected to add commercial bankers, private and wealth management planners, alo
  
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• One Person Dead Following Shooting At Fort Worth Tax Office

  23-08-2016 20:25
  
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  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW) – One person is dead following a shooting at a Fort Worth tax office late Tuesday morning.
  According to reports, Medstar was called out to the scene a little after 11:00am and declared one man dead. The identity of the deceased is not yet known.
  The shooting happened at the Flores Income Tax Services building on Northwest 28th Street, not far from the Fort Worth Stock Yards.
  The circumstances about the shooting ar
  
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• States File Another Lawsuit Over Obama Transgender Rules

  23-08-2016 20:17
  
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  AUSTIN (AP) – Texas and four other states are again suing the Obama administration over its efforts to strengthen discrimination protections for transgender people.
  The lawsuit filed Tuesday in a North Texas federal court seeks to block parts of a nondiscrimination mandate of President Barack Obama’s health care law. Republican state officials say the rules could force doctors to help with gender transition against their medical judgmen
  
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• Fists Not Football: Brain Injuries Seen In Domestic Assaults

  23-08-2016 20:12
  
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  CHICAGO (AP) — Brain trauma in domestic violence survivors has been overshadowed by concerns about injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan war vets, and by effects of repeated head blows in football players. Experts believe many cases go undetected and untreated in abused women, making them vulnerable to problems with thinking, mood and behavior.
  Advocates say the injuries leave some survivors so impaired that they can’t manage their jobs
  
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• Watch: Trump Makes Swing Through DFW

  23-08-2016 20:04
  
  Republicans usually count Texas as a lock early in the general election campaign, but presidential nominee Donald Trump will be in Fort Worth Tuesday for a fundraiser and in Austin for a rally.Photo Credit: WireImage
  
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• How Perot's Circle T Ranch corralled Charles Schwab and 1,200 new jobs

  23-08-2016 19:50
  Ever since Ross Perot Jr.'s Hillwood acquired Circle T Ranch in Westlake more than 23 years ago, the development firm has been selective with plans for the property.That has been one of the secrets to Circle T's success in bringing in financial services giant Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW), said Mike Berry, president of Perot's Fort Worth-based Hillwood Properties company."There's been some great development on the ranch, with Fidelity and Vaquero," Berry told the Dallas Business Journal."This part
  
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• Ross Perot Jr.'s urban division preps downtown Dallas site for new tower

  23-08-2016 19:29
  Ross Perot Jr.'s Hillwood Urban division is in the process of demolishing the Bank of America retail drive-through building at the corner of Field and Griffin streets in downtown Dallas, which is expected to bring a tower in excess of 1.5 million square feet of office space to the city.But don't expect construction to begin this year."We are in the process of demolishing the Bank of America drive-thru bank right now, but we don't have any specific deals that we are focused on right now," Mike&he
  
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• Exclusive: AT&T’s John Stankey discusses original content and the compression of the value chain

  23-08-2016 18:58
  The entertainment industry's value chain has long-consisted of distinct content producers, aggregators and distributors.But, as AT&T Entertainment Group CEO John Stankey told the Dallas Business Journal, the chain could be in the early stages of breaking down, following similar patterns of the financial services, transportation and retail industries.Stankey even sees it happening in politics – in the way Donald Trump has disseminated his message.“Effectively, he cut the party rig
  
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• Texas Fines Testing Vendor $5.7M, Demands $15M In Upgrades

  23-08-2016 18:56
  
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  AUSTIN (AP) — Texas is fining the company that administers statewide standardized tests $5.7 million — and ordering it to invest $15 million in future safeguards — after computer glitches caused problems for students and school districts last academic year.
  Education Commissioner Mike Morath announced Tuesday that the $5.7 million fine against New Jersey-based Educational Testing Service would cover damages from issues with t
  
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• Texas 10 Most Wanted List Offender Captured

  23-08-2016 18:32
  
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  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A prison gang member on the Texas 10 Most Wanted list who served time for attacking a guard has been arrested on parole violation and kidnapping charges.
  The Texas Department of Public Safety on Tuesday announced Johnny Garcia of Kirby was captured in San Antonio. The 35-year-old Garcia was caught Friday at a residence.
  Records show Garcia’s criminal history includes convictions for assault, weapons offenses and
  
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• Tech giants object to government's proposed social media queries for arriving visitors

  23-08-2016 18:27
  Google, Facebook and Twitter lashed out on Monday against a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposal that would ask foreign visitors to reveal their usernames on social media accounts.The DHS is considering whether to ask travelers arriving in the U.S. on visa waivers to disclose usernames on social media sites. The department is looking for means to digitally suss out terrorist and mass shooting threats in the wake of last year’s massacre in San Bernardino, Calif.Major tech companie
  
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• Courtney Okolo Back in DFW With Rio Gold

  23-08-2016 18:26
  
  A local Olympic athlete and gold medalist will arrive in North Texas Tuesday after winning gold at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Car Business Owner Found Dead In Kaufman County

  23-08-2016 18:20
  
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  TERRELL (CBSDFW.COM) – Authorities in Kaufman County are investigating after a man was found dead Monday night at a car business northwest of Terrell. Deputies responded at around 10:30 p.m. to Reta Auto Sales, located in the 13000 block of County Road 236.
  A woman arrived at the business late Monday looking for her husband. She soon found his body inside of a small building on the gated property. Authoritie
  
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• Best Buy shrugs off skeptics and shares take off

  23-08-2016 18:19
  Best Buy Co. Inc. surprised almost everybody Tuesday with strong second-quarter results that topped Wall Street estimates and showed solid online sales growth.The financial results came in the face of tougher online competition and a lackluster electronics market that led some to question whether Best Buy's turnaround efforts would run out of steam.Those doubts have been put to rest for the time being; shares of the retailer were up more than 17 percent in morning trading.Bloomberg has an early&
  
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• Citing Uber's 'unsavory tactics,' Lyft denies that it's for sale

  23-08-2016 18:17
  Lyft is firing back at claims that it has been actively shopping itself to several potential buyers.The New York Times cited a dozen unnamed sources in a story over the weekend who said that Lyft had either approached or held unsuccessful acquisition talks with General Motors, Apple, Google, Amazon, Uber and Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing giant that recently merged with Uber's China business.But Lyft is dismissing the report, suggesting that Uber has played a role in recent reports in&he
  
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• Dez, EA Sports 'Feud' Over Madden Rating

  23-08-2016 17:48
  
  Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant and EA Sports go back and forth in a "feud" about Bryant's rating in the recently released Madden 17 video game.Photo Credit: Getty ImagesThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Authorities Respond to Possible Drowning on Lake Lewisville

  23-08-2016 17:21
  
  Authorities say they responded to a possible drowning on Lake Lewisville Tuesday morning.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Former Grand Prairie ISD CFO Indicted For Embezzlement

  23-08-2016 17:06
  
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  DALLAS (1080 KRLD) – The former Chief Financial Officer for the Grand Prairie Independent School district was arrested Monday on a Federal Indictment by a grand jury and charged with theft.
  According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 61-year-old Carolyn Foster of Lewisville was arrested by special agents with the U.S. Secret Service and appeared in Federal Court on a charge of federal program theft.
  KRLD’s L.P. Phillips rep
  
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• US New-Home Sales Rise To Best Level Since Late 2007

  23-08-2016 17:04
  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) – Americans stepped up their purchases of new homes in July to the fastest pace in nearly nine years, as low mortgage rates and a steady job market are fueling a real estate surge.
  The Commerce Department says new-home sales jumped 12.4 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted rate of 654,000 units, the strongest level since October 2007. Demand has eclipsed the pace of construction. Just 4.3 months’ supply of new hom
  
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• Eight TWU Student-Athletes Hospitalized With Rare Condition

  23-08-2016 16:49
  
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  DENTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Eight student-athletes at Texas Woman’s University in Denton have been hospitalized with a potentially dangerous condition.
  This past weekend the students were all admitted for medical treatment of symptoms related to rhabdomyolysis. The syndrome causes a breakdown of muscle tissue that releases a damaging protein into the blood.
  Baylor University Medical Center Dr. David Winter explained, &ldqu
  
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• Cowboys Bryant, Crawford Sustain Concussions in Practice

  23-08-2016 16:29
  
  Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant and defensive lineman Tyrone Crawford sustained concussions in practice this week, according to team public relations director Rich Dalrymple.Photo Credit: The Dallas Morning 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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• Court Rejects Texas Professors’ Request To Block Campus Carry

  23-08-2016 15:49
  
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  AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) –  The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas has denied a request by three professors to block the enforcement of Texas’ new campus carry law.
  The decision late Monday came just days before the fall semester begins at the University of Texas at Austin. The 50,000-student campus has led opposition to the law since it was signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott last year.
  Sociology
  
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• Cowboys WR Dez Bryant Sustains Concussion in Practice

  23-08-2016 15:47
  
  Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant and defensive lineman Tyrone Crawford sustained concussions in practice this week, according to team public relations director Rich Dalrymple.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Courtney Okolo Returns Home With Rio Gold

  23-08-2016 15:36
  
  A local Olympic athlete and gold medalist will arrive in North Texas Tuesday after winning gold at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Traffic Fatalities Continue To Surge In 2016

  23-08-2016 15:06
  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) – Traffic fatalities were up 9 percent in the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year, continuing a surge in deaths that began two years ago as the economy improved and travel picked up, according to preliminary estimates released Tuesday by the National Safety Council.
  An estimated 19,100 people were killed on U.S. roads from January through June, said the council, a congressionally chart
  
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• Clinton: Trump Health Allegations A ‘Wacky Strategy’

  23-08-2016 14:57
  
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  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hillary Clinton is pushing back against charges that she’s physically unfit for the White House.
  The Democratic presidential candidate said the accusations are part of a “wacky strategy” by GOP rival Donald Trump and an “alternative reality” that’s not focused on the kinds of issues that are most important to voters.
  “I do feel sometimes like this campaign has entered into
  
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• More Disaster Recovery Centers Opening In South Louisiana

  23-08-2016 14:54
  
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  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency is opening additional disaster recovery centers in the Baton Rouge area.
  New centers will open Tuesday in Gonzales, Baton Rouge and Zachary to help Louisiana flood survivors. The centers will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week until further notice.
  Representatives from the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, FEMA, the Small Busine
  
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• AT&T To Provide Wireless Roaming In Cuba

  23-08-2016 14:46
  
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  DALLAS (AP) – AT&T has reached a deal for enhanced roaming and other cellphone services for wireless customers visiting Cuba.
  The Dallas-based telecommunications giant on Monday announced the agreement with the state telecommunications company, Etecsa. Terms were not released.
  An AT&T statement says a start date and pricing for the wireless roaming in Cuba — including talk, text and data — will be announced later
  
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• Celebrating Birthday With Heart Transplant

  23-08-2016 14:44
  
  Medical City Dallas shared a photo of Nicole Allen, a patient who received a new heart on her 31st birthday.Photo Credit: Medical City Dallas
  
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• Traffic Grows on I-20 After Crash

  23-08-2016 14:35
  
  Traffic is backed up for miles on Interstate 20 in Duncanville due to a crash in Fort Worth Tuesday morning.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Local Kids Head Back to School This Week

  23-08-2016 14:28
  
  Burleson and Keller ISD's start the new school year Tuesday, but the majority of North Texans got their start on Monday. That included Grace and Rachel Childers, who made it through their first day at Haggard...
  
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• Haltom City Student Accused Of Threat With Replica Gun

  23-08-2016 14:27
  
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  HALTOM CITY (AP) – A North Texas high school student is facing a felony charge after being accused of threatening another student with a replica gun.
  Police say the student brought an air gun that is a realistic replica of a Beretta 92 handgun to Haltom City High School during the first day of class on Monday.
  Authorities say the teenager showed the replica gun to another 15-year-old boy and threatened him with it.
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• Startup investor Dave McClure says real bubble is in public companies

  23-08-2016 14:21
  Startup investor Dave McClure believes people are looking the wrong way when they worry about a tech bubble.It's investors in public companies that are about to be disrupted — not those backing startups — who have the most to fear, the colorful founding partner at Mountain View-based 500 Startups said in a blog posted Monday.Of course, McClure's whole investment model is based on that belief. But he sees recent big acquisitions by old-line public companies as proof that he isn't the
  
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• Frisco Families Continue Oncor Electrical Substation Fight

  23-08-2016 14:16
  
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  COLLIN COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – ‘Not near our school’ is the rally cry being heard in Frisco, where families are taking their fight against an electrical substation to city officials tonight.
  Even before the Dallas Cowboys moved their headquarters and practice facility to the area, Frisco was one of the fastest growing cities in the country. The new power plant is needed to service The Star, a 91-acre multi-use development, and
  
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• Your Back to School Photos II

  23-08-2016 14:11
  
  NBC 5 viewers shared photos of their children heading back to school. Tap the NBCDFW app to submit your photos or email them to [email protected] Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• DeSoto Police Locate Missing 73-Year-Old Man

  23-08-2016 14:01
  
  DeSoto police cancel a silver alert after a 73-year-old man who went missing Monday night was safely located Tuesday morning.Photo Credit: DeSoto Police Department
  
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