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• Judge Keeps Guns Out Of Waller County Courthouse

  30-11-2016 23:50
  
  Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | TwitterHEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) — A judge’s ruling that upholds Waller County’s ban on guns in its courthouse keeps the southeast Texas county at odds with the state attorney general.
  State District Judge Albert McCaig Jr. ruled this week in a lawsuit by a gun rights supporter who wanted county officials to remove signs warning visitors to the courthouse in Hempstead that firearms are prohibited.
  State attorney General Ken Paxton has sa
  
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• Possible Mumps Cases At 2 Schools In Johnson County

  30-11-2016 23:49
  
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  JOHNSON COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – The Texas Department of State Health Services is investigating several suspected cases of mumps in Johnson County, and the patients involved include students at Keene Elementary and Keene High School.
  Due to the risk the illness poses to unvaccinated and under-vaccinated students, Elvin Adams, MD, MPH, the Johnson County Health Authority has advised Keene ISD that those students should not come to school unt
  
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• Kellogg Pulls Ads From Breitbart Over Company ‘Values’

  30-11-2016 23:25
  
  Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | TwitterBATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — Kellogg says it will no longer advertise on Breitbart.com, the website formerly run by one of President-elect Donald Trump’s top aides, Steve Bannon.
  Kellogg Co. spokeswoman Kris Charles says the food company regularly works with media buyers to ensure its ads “do not appear on sites that aren’t aligned with our values as a company.” She says “occasionally something is inadvertently
  
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• Retired Police Chief Brown To Speak At SMU Graduation

  30-11-2016 23:21
  
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  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Retired Dallas Police Chief David O. Brown will present the address at SMU’s December Commencement at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, in Moody Coliseum.
  The news came the same day ABC News announced Brown was hired as a contributor beginning January 1.
  Brown will focus on topics such as economic inequality, gun violence, race relations, policing and social justice.
  A Dallas native and a 33-year veteran of the Dallas
  
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• NBC Boss And Hit-Making Producer Grant Tinker Dies At Age 90

  30-11-2016 23:17
  
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  NEW YORK (AP) — Grant Tinker, who brought “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and other hits to the screen as a producer and a network boss, has died.
  Tinker died Monday at his home in Los Angeles, according to his son, Mark Tinker. He was 90.
  Though he spent years at NBC, Tinker is best known for his work at MTM Enterprises. He founded the company in 1970 with then-wife Mary Tyler Moore. In addition to Moore’s own groundbreaki
  
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• Die-Hard Cowboys Fans Take Off for Minneapolis

  30-11-2016 23:06 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Dozens of die-hard Cowboys fans flew out Wednesday to Minneapolis to see Thursday night’s matchup against the Vikings.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Texas A&M Sets Unity Event During White Nationalist’s Speech

  30-11-2016 22:34
  
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  HOUSTON (AP) — Texas A&M University says it will hold an event to highlight diversity and unity at the same time a white nationalist is set to speak at the College Station campus in December.
  The “Aggies United” event was scheduled after Richard Spencer, who leads a movement that mixes racism, white nationalism and populism, was invited to speak on Dec. 6 by a former student, who can reserve campus space available to the publi
  
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• Dallas Restaurant Reverses Ban On People With Face Or Neck Tattoos

  30-11-2016 22:07
  
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  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A Texas-based restaurant and bar chain has reversed course on their ban against tattoos.
  Little Woodrow’s released the following statement today:
  “Little Woodrow’s does not have an issue with tattoos as evidenced by the fact that we had no restrictions on tattoos of any kind except at two of our sixteen locations. At those locations, we implemented a policy where we requested that neck and/or
  
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• Hurricane Creek Golf Course Shooter Identified

  30-11-2016 22:05
  
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  COLLIN COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – Collin County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested John Robert Sim, 20, for shooting a man at the Hurricane Creek Golf Course on Fairway Lane Wednesday morning.
  Deputies arrived to find Julio Garcia, 55, with a gun shot wound on the course. He was transported to a nearby hospital where he later died.
  Deputies said the shooting happened after Sims and Garcia had an argument. Both men
  
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• Man Dies After Shooting at Collin County Golf Course

  30-11-2016 21:56 via nbcdfw.com
  
  One person has died and another has been arrested following a fatal shooting at a Collin County golf course Wednesday morning that prompted the lock down of an elementary school.Photo Credit: 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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• Dallas-Fort Worth 2017 forecast: Unaffordable homes

  30-11-2016 21:52 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Dallas-Fort Worth has been one of the hottest real estate markets in the United States, in part, because of its affordable homes, but the region is falling out of the ranks of being an affordable growth market in the country, says one housing economist.The years of escalating home prices — which have skyrocketed 43.3 percent in the past five years— is also one reason why North Texas wasn't ranked in the top 10 list of U.S. metros to watch in Realtor.com's 2017 Housing Forecast.Instea
  
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• Comptroller: Texas’ economy, jobs growth is slowing

  30-11-2016 21:52 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The Texas economy is growing, but not as rapidly as it was before, and people and companies in the state aren’t spending as freely, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar told business leaders at a Dallas Regional Chamber event Tuesday night.That means lawmakers are going to have difficult decisions to make in the upcoming legislative session, Hegar said. He declined to give a revenue projection for the state budget, but will do so in upcoming weeks.“Next legislative session is going to be su
  
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• Have kids? These are the best private high schools in DFW

  30-11-2016 21:40 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Two DFW institutions were named among the 50 best private high schools in the U.S., according to Niche K-12.St. Mark's School of Texas and The Hockaday School were among the country's best. St. Mark's ranked No. 18 in the U.S. and No. 1 in Texas and Hockaday ranked No. 40 in the U.S. and No. 3 in Texas.For a list of the Top 12 private high schools in DFW along with some facts about each school, see the attached slideshow.The website ranked 3,230 private high schools using a variety of metrics&he
  
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• Retired Dallas Police Chief Hired As Contributor By ABC News

  30-11-2016 21:32
  
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  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Retired Dallas Police Chief David Brown, who stepped into the national spotlight after a sniper killed five law enforcement officers at a July protest, will step back into the spotlight as a contributor for ABC News.
  A news release posted on ABC News’ website Wednesday morning quotes a note to staff sent by company President James Goldston announcing Brown’s hiring.
  The note said Brown will start Jan. 1 as
  
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• After New Regulations, Oklahoma’s Shakes Calm Down A Bit

  30-11-2016 21:17
  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — The rate of earthquakes in Oklahoma has dropped dramatically since late May, when the state limited wastewater injections into energy wells, an Associated Press statistical analysis shows. And a new scientific study says the state is on its way back to calmer times that prevailed before a huge jump in man-made quakes.
  For quake-prone parts of Oklahoma, the state ordered what is essentially a 40 percent reduction in injection
  
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• After topping Dallas 100, Varidesk spontaneously gave away about $300,000 in desks to the room

  30-11-2016 21:12 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  All of the sudden, in a reception hall at the Dallas Omni, Jason McCann had this crazy little idea.The Varidesk CEO was sitting at his dinner table Tuesday night among the colleagues that have helped him – not four years since the company’s inception – put products in 104 countries. The occasion was an awards ceremony for the Dallas 100, SMU’s yearly rankings of the fastest growing private companies in North Texas.Varidesk’s explosion and SMU’s three-year grow
  
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• After Nearly 2 Months FWPD Continues Search For Missing Woman

  30-11-2016 21:00
  
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  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Fort Worth now say the search for Typhenie Johnson, a woman missing for nearly two months, is the largest in that city’s history.
  So far police and investigators have covered some 100-square miles — searching for Johnson on foot, horseback and by helicopter.
  Johnson disappeared October 10. She had walked outside of her apartment to speak to Christopher Revill, a man who
  
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• TV’s Memorable Neighbors

  30-11-2016 20:24
  
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  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Since the beginnings of network radio and TV, one significant creative element within many entertainment shows, specifically comedy, is the casting of “neighbors.” Frequently, professional actors and actresses who portray them have backgrounds in character acting, requiring specialized skills and, if properly cast and executed by the producer and director, make the main characters look really good an
  
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• Person In Custody After Shooting On Collin County Golf Course

  30-11-2016 19:41
  
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  COLLIN COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – A shooting on a Collin County golf course sent one person to the hospital and another to a local police station.
  The shooting, at the Hurricane Creek Golf Course on Fairway Lane in Anna, happened just before 10:00 a.m.
  A spokesperson with the Anna Police Department confirmed that one person was shot and taken to a local hospital for treatment. Police have not said who the victim is or
  
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• Anna Shooting Prompts Lock Down of Elementary School

  30-11-2016 19:41 via nbcdfw.com
  
  One person is hospitalized and another arrested following a shooting in Collin County Wednesday morning that prompted the lock down of an elementary school.Photo Credit: NBC Bay Area, FileThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Local Man Joins Fight Against Dallas Oil Company A Thousand Miles Away

  30-11-2016 19:34
  
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  DALLAS (KRLD) – Jesse Puente is a heating and air conditioning technician in Dallas. He just returned from a trip to North Dakota, where protesters have clashed for months with police over Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners’ proposed Dakota Access Pipeline. Puente says he’ll pick up supplies today and return to the protest site tomorrow.
  “I’m worried about them freezing for the winter. I’m so worried about them
  
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• Developer Bill Cawley unveils new $30M office building in Allen's Watters Creek

  30-11-2016 19:18 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Dallas developer Bill Cawley has unveiled a new $30 million office building within Allen's Watters Creek, which, if developed, could bring another walkable option for office space to this part of the region."We have been working on this site for a long time and it's the best, well-located site in Allen because of its proximity near Watters Creek," Cawley told the Dallas Business Journal."This is a true live-work-play option, which is why we picked it."The three-story, 100,000-square-foot office&
  
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• Westlake Neighbors Rally Around Dying Boy To Give Him A Special Christmas

  30-11-2016 19:12
  
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  WESTLAKE (1080 KRLD) – Eight years old, a wrestler and with dreams of becoming a chemist, Kim Davidson knows the strength of her son, Sawyer.
  “He’s a fighter. He’s an awesome kid,” she gushed.
  But Davidson knows her son is in a fight he cannot win. Sawyer has Medulloblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. Recently, Sawyer’s diagnosis took a turn for the worse and doctors told his family he may just
  
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• Texas 183 Reopens After Downed Power Lines Close Freeway

  30-11-2016 19:09 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Texas 183 is shut down in Irving after a crash that knocked power lines onto the road Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: 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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• Cops Threatening Drunk Drivers With Nickelback Music

  30-11-2016 19:05
  
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  NORTH AMERICA (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s that time of year when holiday parties ramp up, and thus so do police cracking down on drunk drivers.
  But one department on Prince Edward Island, in Canada, is taking it a step further.
  The Kensington Police Service is threatening that anyone who is arrested for a DUI will be forced listen to Nickelback on the way to the slammer.
  On the department’s Facebook page, officers posted a
  
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• Person Arrested After 2 People Found Dead At House In Crowley

  30-11-2016 18:31
  
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  CROWLEY (CBSDFW.COM) – An investigation is currently underway at a house in Crowley after two people were found dead inside late Tuesday.
  Someone called and requested that police check on the welfare of individuals at the home in the 800 block of Buffalo Court.
  Responding officers found the two people dead at the house and called in a SWAT team to further access the situation. Several houses in the area were also evacuated
  
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• Texas 183 Shut Down in Irving Due to Downed Power Lines

  30-11-2016 18:23 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Texas 183 is shut down in Irving after a crash that knocked power lines onto the road Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: 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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• Art Students Creating Mural In Fort Worth Neighborhood

  30-11-2016 18:19
  
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  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A school service project is bringing new life to a historic Fort Worth neighborhood on Wednesday. Students from Dunbar High School are leaving their legacy with a painted mural, adding some bright color to the area with each stroke.
  Guided by their art teacher, the students are creating a masterpiece on the wall of Ramey Market in the Stop Six neighborhood of Fort Worth. “I hope they are more pro
  
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• Elementary School Under Lock Down: Anna Police

  30-11-2016 18:16 via nbcdfw.com
  
  A Collin County elementary school was placed under lock down as police investigated reports of an armed person nearby, officials said.Photo Credit: NBC Bay Area, FileThis 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 Arrest 1 After Standoff, 2 Deaths at Crowley Home

  30-11-2016 18:09 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Police say they arrested a person of interest after a standoff at a Crowley home where two people were found dead Tuesday night.Photo Credit: Tim Ciesco, 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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• Brown Hired As Police Contributor For ABC News

  30-11-2016 17:54
  
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  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Back in September, when pressed about what he would be doing after his October retirement, former Dallas police chief David Brown would only provide a coy response. He repeatedly said, “That’s nobody’s business but me and my baby.”
  Now, it’s everybody’s business.
  ABC News announced Wednesday that Brown has been hired as a contributor for the organization. According
  
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• Here are the top 20 AI investors ... and their biggest 2016 deals

  30-11-2016 17:41 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Startups that apply artificial intelligence and machine learning in potentially disruptive businesses have been high on the investment shopping lists this year for Silicon Valley VCs.So it's no surprise that more than half of the venture firms most active in AI this year are based in the Bay Area, according to a report done for TechFlash Silicon Valley by PitchBook Data.Somewhat surprising is the fact that the Stanford StartX Fund is tied with New Enterprise Associates and Accel at the top of&he
  
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• Why gaming VR hasn't caught on...yet

  30-11-2016 17:39 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  This year was supposed to be a breakout one for virtual reality.For the first time, motivated fans of the technology can choose from Facebook’s Oculus RIft, Google Daydream, Sony’s Playstation VR, HTC Vive and Samsung’s Gear VR. One analyst estimates some 4.1 million people will buy a VR headset by the end of the year — far from the breakout that had been expected.In a new report, SuperData says Sony will likely end the year selling just 750,000 PlayStation VR headsets, s
  
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• As president looks to step down, GoPro cuts 200 workers, closes division

  30-11-2016 17:38 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  GoPro revealed Wednesday that it will cut 15 percent of its workforce and shut down its entertainment division in an effort to reduce costs.The troubled action camera startup will eliminate 200 full-time positions, per a statement by the company on Wednesday. Tony Bates, who joined as GoPro’s president in June 2014, will step down by the end of the year. Bates was formerly an executive vice president at Microsoft and the CEO of Skype Technologies."My time at GoPro has been an incredible ex
  
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• Arianna Huffington kicks off new health and wellness startup

  30-11-2016 17:36 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Media entrepreneur Arianna Huffington is officially at the helm of Thrive Global, her newest venture that launches today.The Huffington Post co-founder resigned from her previous editorial role at the New York-based media company back in August to oversee Thrive, a startup that aims to "revolutionize" company culture and employee lifestyles.The focus, according to an announcement, is to provide science-based solutions to lower stress and enhance productivity."We are at an inflection point in&hel
  
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• Texas Legislature files bill to relieve property tax increases

  30-11-2016 17:35 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  A newly filed bill for the upcoming Texas Legislature could curtail how much Austin companies' tax bills increase each year.Senate Bill 2, filed by Republican Sen. Paul Bettencourt of Houston, would require cities and counties to ask for voter approval for any annual property tax hike of 4 percent or greater. The bill would not affect school district taxes.In the interim since the 2015 legislative session, Bettencourt led a special committee that studied property taxes."Whether it was homeowners
  
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• Dallas County Offers Free HIV Tests On World AIDS Day

  30-11-2016 16:57
  
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  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas County Health and Human Services will be offering free HIV testing Thursday in honor of World AIDS Day. The effort is being done in partnership with AIDS Interfaith Network in order to raise HIV awareness and improve HIV education.
  “This event will allow us the opportunity to not only test individuals, but also to raise awareness,” explained DCHHS director Zachary Thompson. “It is impor
  
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• McDonald’s Franchise Owner Who Created Big Mac Dies

  30-11-2016 16:36
  
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The McDonald’s franchisee who created the Big Mac nearly 50 years ago has died. Michael “Jim” Delligatti was 98.
  McDonald’s spokeswoman Kerry Ford confirmed that Delligatti died at home surrounded by his family on Monday night.
  Delligatti’s franchise was based in Uniontown, about 40 miles south of Pittsburgh, when he invented the chain’s signature burger with two all-beef patties, &ld
  
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• Texas Lawmakers Working To Reverse Medicaid Budget Cuts

  30-11-2016 16:02
  
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  There may be help on the way for tens of thousands of disabled Texas children on the verge of losing much needed therapy to budget cuts.
  State House Speaker Joe Straus told the Texas Tribune lawmakers will work to make sure the programs aren’t cut.
  “It means that maybe we made a mistake, but I don’t think it was ill-intentioned,” Straus said. “It was not an initiative of the Texas house, and I think you’ll see us
  
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• 2 Men Steal Supplies from Carrollton Pet Store

  30-11-2016 15:57 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Police ask for the public's help identifying two men who stole supplies from a Carrollton pet store Nov. 18.Photo Credit: Carrollton Police DepartmentThis 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 Investigate 2 Deaths at Crowley Home

  30-11-2016 15:38 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Police say they are investigating the deaths of two people that were killed at a Crowley home Tuesday night.Photo Credit: 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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• Dallas Man Charged with Murder in Fatal Assault

  30-11-2016 14:14 via nbcdfw.com
  
  A Dallas man has been arrested and charged with murder in the fatal assault of a man that took place earlier this month.Photo Credit: Dallas Police
  
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• Message of Peace Comes to Dallas

  30-11-2016 14:04 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Manuel Frederick and Andrew Tisba are taking photos in each city they visit, asking strangers to join hands and pose with them. Dallas police joined them for a photo during their stop this week.
  
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• $35M GM Financial expansion makes room for 1,300 jobs in Arlington

  30-11-2016 14:04 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  A $35 million expansion at GM Financial’s south Arlington campus will accommodate 1,300 employees being added to handle rapid growth in loan originations the lender has experienced since becoming the automaker’s in-house finance company two years ago.The 250,000-square-feet of new office space at the now 800,000-square-foot facility at 3801 S. Collins will allow GM Financial to grow its employment base to over 4,000 workers, Dan Berce, GM Financial’s president and CEO, told me
  
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• Crews Repair Highway After Concrete Damages Cars

  30-11-2016 13:39 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Construction crews had to repair eastbound lanes of Interstate 20 at Bonnie View Road after drivers reported their cars were damaged by broken concrete.
  
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• Father & Son Sing Sinatra Songs In The Car

  30-11-2016 13:32
  
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  The boy is so sweet! Archie is just 6-years-old, but he’s got the whole lyrics to this Sinatra / Sammy Davis Jr. classic right.
  Along with his 36-year-old dad Matt Clayton, he rocks the song and while driving back from the shops. The video has over 400,000 views for this performance.
  (©2016 CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
  
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