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• Trump Administration Aims To Trim Rules On Offshore Drilling

  29-12-2017 23:44
  DALLAS (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday proposed to rewrite or kill rules on offshore oil and gas drilling that were imposed after the deadly 2010 rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
  The administration said the rules are an unnecessary burden on industry and rolling them back will encourage more energy production.
  An offshore-drilling group welcomed the rollback, while environmentalists said President Donald Trump was raising the risk of more deadly oil spills.
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• Glitch That Stole Christmas: Lottery Makes Everyone A Winner

  29-12-2017 23:36
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Christmas Day lottery glitch in South Carolina has left officials trying to determine how to deal with hundreds of unexpected winners.
  The Holiday Cash Add-A-Play game generates trees on a tic-tac-toe grid paying up to $500 when someone gets three in a line.
  Lottery officials say that, for two hours Monday, trees were being printed in all nine grids, giving all players who paid $1 the maximum prize. In all, $19.6 million was won.
  But when players went to cash their
  
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• Sue Grafton, Writer Of Popular ‘Alphabet’ Mysteries, Dies

  29-12-2017 22:40
  Author Sue Grafton (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sue Grafton, author of the best-selling “alphabet series” of mystery novels, has died in Santa Barbara. She was 77.
  Grafton was surrounded by family, including husband Steven Humphrey, when she died Thursday after a two-year battle with cancer, her daughter, Jamie Clark, posted on the author’s website.
  “Although we knew this was coming, it was unexpected and fast. She had been fine up unti
  
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• US 75 in Collin County Reopened After Big Rig Crash

  29-12-2017 21:54
  
  An overturned 18-wheeler closed southbound lanes of U.S. 75 in Collin County for about seven hours Friday, authorities say.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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• Topgolf heads into new year with new funding

  29-12-2017 21:31
  Topgolf Entertainment Group will head into the new year with full pockets.The Dallas-based company known for its souped-up driving ranges announced it has closed on a another round of investment funding led by Fidelity Management and Research company.The round also includes contributions from existing major shareholders Thomas Dundon; Providence Equity Partners; Callaway Golf Company; and WestRiver Group, which was founded by TEG executive chairman and leading shareholder Erik Anderson. Financia
  
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• Form D Friday: Richardson cloud provider with a tie to Mark Cuban startup gets financing

  29-12-2017 21:26
  A Richardson cloud computing provider started by veterans of Texas Instruments and the predecessor to Mark Cuban's Broadcast.com secures new financing; the investment arm of Fort Worth billionaire John Goff raises funds for energy bets; and a Dallas resin supplier for 3D printers is on a fund raise.
  
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• After balk from New Hampshire, all 50 states on board for AT&T’s network for first responders

  29-12-2017 19:55
  All 50 governors have signed on to AT&T's (NYSE: T) nationwide network for first responders, even after one state had formally announced it was going a different direction and several others explored their options all the way up to Thursday’s deadline.The contract for the network, to be built under the U.S. government’s First Responder Network Authority, was awarded to AT&T in March after a competitive bidding process. It will allow first responders their own line of communic
  
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• Man Accused Of Rigging Door To Electrocute Pregnant Wife

  29-12-2017 19:48
  PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man is accused of rigging the front door of a home in an attempt to electrocute his estranged pregnant wife.
  In a Facebook post Friday, Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staley called the case one of the “most bizarre domestic violence cases” he’s ever seen.Officials said 32-year-old Michael Scott Wilson was arrested Thursday in Tennessee, and charged with attempted aggravated battery on a pregnant woman and grand theft of a firearm. He’s
  
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• $135K Fine Against Bakers Who Refused Gay Couple Upheld By Court

  29-12-2017 18:56
  CBS Local — A $135,000 fine against an Oregon bakery who refused to make a cake for a lesbian couple has been upheld by the state’s Court of Appeals.
  Melissa and Aaron Klein refused to bake the cake for Rachel Bowman-Cryer and her wife in 2013 because of their religious objections to same-sex marriage. After taking the fight to court, a judge ruled that “Sweet Cakes By Melissa” discriminated against the couple and ordered the bakery to pay for Bowman-Cryer’s em
  
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• Comcast Accused Of Charging Thousands Of Customers For Services Without Consent

  29-12-2017 18:05
  CBS Local — The attorney general of Washington is leveling new allegations against Comcast, claiming the telecommunications giant enrolled thousands of customers in unnecessary plans without their permission.
  Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed an amendment to an ongoing lawsuit against the cable and internet provider, saying Comcast engaged in, “even more deceptive conduct than previously alleged.” The lawsuit – which was originally filed in August of 2016 &ndas
  
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• Year’s Box Office Drops, Still 3rd Highest Gross In History

  29-12-2017 17:45
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — After two consecutive record-breaking years at the domestic box office, 2017 was the year the momentum slowed — even with the late adrenaline boost of a new “Star Wars” film.
  When all is said and done on January 1, the domestic box office is estimated to net out with $11.1 billion in grosses, down around 2.6 percent from 2016’s $11.4 billion, according to projections from box office tracker comScore. Looked at another way, it’s also likely t
  
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• Vending Machines For The Homeless Coming To U.S. In 2018

  29-12-2017 17:40
  CBS Local — A British charity that has designed a special vending machine that dispenses goods to the homeless is bringing their creation to the United States in 2018.
  Action Hunger unveiled their new machine in a Nottingham shopping center on Dec. 19. The unique invention is believed to be the first vending machine tailored specifically to the needs of the homeless. According to the charity, the free dispenser provides essential items like food, water, and even clothing to peopl
  
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• Flipped 18-Wheeler Closes US 75 in Collin County

  29-12-2017 17:04
  
  An overturned 18-wheeler closed southbound lanes of U.S. 75 in Collin County during rush hour Friday morning, authorities say.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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• Will We Get A Sad Poop Emoji? Well, There’s A Process

  29-12-2017 16:27
  NEW YORK (AP) — We have a smiling pile of poop. What about one that’s sad?
  There’s loaf of bread and a croissant. But where’s the sliced bagel?
  How can our emotional vocabulary be complete without a teddy bear, a lobster, a petri dish or a tooth?
  These are the kind of questions that trigger heated debates and verbal bomb tossing — or at least memos with bursts of capital letters — among members of the group burdened with deciding which new emojis make it onto
  
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• Dallas Morning News Names Joe Straus Texan of the Year

  29-12-2017 16:07
  
  NBC 5's partners at The Dallas Morning News have named Texas House Speaker Joe Straus Texan of the Year for 2017.Photo Credit: Ashley Landis The Dallas Morning News
  
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• Trump Criticizes Post Office, Amazon Over Shipping Rates

  29-12-2017 15:53
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is criticizing the U.S. Postal Service, saying the agency is “losing many billions of dollars a year” and asking why it is “charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their packages.”
  Trump tweeted Friday that the post office “should be charging MUCH MORE!”
  Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their p
  
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• Brink’s Armored Truck Worker Robbed Outside Bank In Texas

  29-12-2017 15:39
  HOUSTON (AP) — Harris County sheriff’s deputies and the FBI are looking for at least three men involved in the holdup of a Brink’s armored truck employee.
  Authorities say the robbers, all wearing jumpsuits, pulled a gun on the worker outside a bank in northeast Houston, robbed her and jumped into a getaway car. The driver of the armored truck rammed the car and the robbers began firing at him as they fled.
  No one was hurt and officials haven’t said how much money was take
  
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• Live: Flipped 18-Wheeler Closes US 75 in Collin County

  29-12-2017 15:31
  
  An overturned 18-wheeler closed southbound lanes of U.S. 75 in Collin County during rush hour Friday morning, authorities say.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Officials: Deadly NYC Fire Lit By Child Playing With Stove

  29-12-2017 14:39
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s deadliest residential fire in decades was accidentally lit by a 3 ½-year-old boy playing with the burners on his mother’s stove, officials said Friday.
  The flames spread quickly through the kitchen, then roared through a door the boy’s mother had left open as she fled her first floor apartment with her two children, Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said. A stairwell acted like a chimney, carrying the flames through the entire building
  
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• 4 Children Among The 12 Dead In New York City Apartment Fire

  29-12-2017 14:39
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s deadliest residential fire in decades spread through every floor of a Bronx apartment building within a matter of minutes, city officials said, killing 12 people — including four children — and sending other residents scrambling outside into the cold and down fire escapes to safety.
  Those who died Thursday night included girls ages 1, 2 and 7, and a boy whose age was not given. Other people were still fighting for their lives, Democratic Ma
  
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• Academia Faces Its Own Reckoning Over Harassment Allegations

  29-12-2017 14:15
  WASHINGTON (AP) – When Celeste Kidd was a graduate student of neuroscience at the University of Rochester she says a professor supervising her made her life unbearable by stalking her, making demeaning comments about her weight and talking about sex.
  Ten years on and now a professor of neuroscience at the university, Kidd is taking legal action. She has filed a federal lawsuit against the school alleging that it mishandled its sexual harassment investigation into the professor’s acti
  
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• Bitcoin review: Is the crypto coin 'too speculative for corporations'? (Video)

  29-12-2017 13:38
  After falling by slightly more than 40 percent in the prior week, bitcoin reached a high of $15,479 on Dec. 23.However, that rally was short lived and the cryptocurrency would go on to have a rough Christmas week with intense highs and lows, leaving many wondering whether they should lower their expectations for 2018.On CNBC's "Squawk on the Street", he added:The comment came as South Korea enacted new cryptocurrency regulations (see video above).
  Also, the SegWit2x bitcoin…
  
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• Why North Texans can't pay 2018 property taxes early to grab bigger federal deduction

  29-12-2017 13:34
  Homeowners across North Texas lined up this week to prepay their 2018 property taxes, hoping to take advantage of deductions before the new tax law takes effect Jan. 1, only to be deterred.The new tax code puts a $10,000 cap on the federal deduction for state and local income and property taxes. Currently, there isn't a cap. The deduction would make a big difference to those that live in areas of North Texas where home values are rising rapidly. In 2016, Dallas-Fort Worth property values gr
  
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• 2017 Will Be Another Record-Setting Year for DFW Home Sales

  29-12-2017 13:24
  
  The Dallas-Fort Worth real estate market still very much favors the seller, because demand still exceeds the supply of available homes for sale.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Goldman Sachs Expects $5 Billion Hit From Tax Overhaul In 4Q

  29-12-2017 13:08
  NEW YORK (AP) – Goldman Sachs is expecting a $5 billion hit to profits during the fourth quarter because of the tax overhaul signed into law last week.
  The New York bank said Friday that two thirds of the $5 billion are due to changes in repatriation taxes, when funds are returned from overseas. The remainder includes the “effects of the implementation of the territorial tax system and the re-measurement of U.S. deferred tax assets at lower enacted corporate tax rates.”
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• Trump Administration Rescinding Rules For Oil, Gas Drilling

  29-12-2017 12:58
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is rescinding proposed rules for hydraulic fracturing and other oil and gas-drilling practices on government lands, government officials announced Thursday.
  The rules developed under President Barack Obama would have applied mainly in the West, where most federal lands are located. Companies would have had to disclose the chemicals used in fracking, which pumps pressurized water underground to break open hydrocarbon deposi
  
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• Rising Energy Costs Eyed Amid Brutal Cold Snap Gripping U.S.

  29-12-2017 12:48
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Plunging temperatures across half the country have underscored a stark reality for low-income Americans who rely on heating aid: Their dollars aren’t going to go as far this winter because of rising energy costs.
  Forecasters warned people to be wary of hypothermia and frostbite from an arctic blast that’s gripping a large swath from the Midwest to the Northeast, where the temperature, without the wind chill factored in, dipped to minus 32 on Thursday morn
  
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• Woman Arrested, Suspected in Shooting Death of Child, 7

  29-12-2017 12:24
  
  Police in McKinney arrested a woman in connection with the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old child in Greenville, authorities say.
  
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• As Deep Freeze Sets In, People Urged To Help Most Vulnerable

  29-12-2017 12:13
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — As a deep freeze sets in across half the country, officials are urging people to help those most vulnerable, especially the homeless and the elderly.
  Forecasters warned people to be wary of hypothermia and frostbite from the arctic blast that’s gripping a large swath from the Midwest to the Northeast, where the temperature, without the wind chill factored in, dipped to minus 32 (minus 35 Celsius) on Thursday morning in Watertown, New York.
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• Local Trainer Helps Clients Beyond New Year's Resolutions

  29-12-2017 11:54
  
  A North Texas fitness trainer is teaching his clients to live beyond the traditional New Year's resolution.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• First Responders Ready for Dangerous Mix of NYE, Cold Temps

  29-12-2017 05:41
  
  Emergency responders are preparing for a dangerous mix of freezing cold temperatures, the potential for slick roads, and lots of people out partying on New Year's Eve.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• North Texas Prepares for Frigid Start to 2018

  29-12-2017 05:23
  
  Preparations are underway in North Texas for what's expected to be a frigid start to the new year.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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• Neighbors Beg City of Hurst to Condemn Fire-Damaged Home

  29-12-2017 05:17
  
  More than a year after the house across the street nearly burned to the ground on a cold December night, people living on Barber Street in Hurst say it’s time for the charred remains to go.Photo Credit: Allie Spillyards, NBC5
  
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• Arlington Bus Service Ends Friday

  29-12-2017 05:14
  Critics say the lack of customers is the result of the lack of commitment by the city to public transportation.
  
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• TCU Cheerleaders Cheer on Young TCU Fan Battling Cancer

  29-12-2017 05:10
  
  The TCU Horned Frogs played in the Alamo Bowl Thursday night, and one special fan cheered them on at home. You could call it returning the favor.Photo Credit: Vicki Nielson Nees
  
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• 7-Year-Old Child Dies From Gunshot Wound In Greenville

  29-12-2017 04:39
  
  Greenville Police are investigating after a child died from a gunshot wound Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Family Searches For Pets Following Crash

  29-12-2017 04:08
  PRINCETON, Texas (CBS11) – Jacob Harms says he’s desperate to find missing members of his family after a frightening crash on I-20 in Palo Pinto County Wednesday night.
  “I can’t believe I’m alive. I really… I… I can’t believe it,” he said.
  One moment his family was parked along the highway, the next they were flying across the median.
  “My mom was pulling over ‘cause she was feeling sick… We got hit from behind by an 18-wh
  
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• 5th Flu-Related Death Reported in Dallas County This Season

  29-12-2017 04:00
  
  Dallas County health officials confirmed Thursday that two more people have died from the flu.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• UT Faculty Quietly Resigned In Recent Years After Sex Misconduct Accusations

  29-12-2017 03:45
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Two University of Texas faculty members quietly resigned after being informed that they were accused of sexual misconduct.
  The Austin American-Statesman reports Thursday that public records show Jay Boisseau, who built UT’s supercomputing center into an international powerhouse, and tenured chemistry professor Bradley J. Holliday both stepped down shortly after university officials confronted them with accusations.
  Boisseau resigned in 2014 and Holliday in 2016.
  
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• 7-Year-Old Shot To Death In Greenville

  29-12-2017 03:36
  GREENVILLE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Greenville Police said a 7-year-old was shot to death Thursday afternoon, but it’s unclear how it happened.
  Police said around 4:45 p.m. officers responded to the 4200 block of Pickett Street on a disturbance call.
  After checking the home and surrounding area, officers did not locate any disturbance occurring.
  Police said while officers were investigating this call a y-year-old child was brought to the emergency room at Hunt Regional Medical Cent
  
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• 7-Year-Old Shot In Greenville, McKinney PD Arrest Woman For Murder

  29-12-2017 03:36
  GREENVILLE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A 7-year-old in Greenville is shot and dies. Hours later a woman is taken into custody in Frisco on a capital murder warrant related to that shooting.
  Investigators in Greenville have confirmed the 7-year-old was shot Thursday afternoon, but it’s unclear how it happened.
  Police were called out to a house in the 4200 block of Pickett Street in reference to a disturbance, but when officers arrived they could find no trouble in the area. While
  
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• 12 Dead In Bronx Apartment Building Fire

  29-12-2017 03:29
  NEW YORK (AP) —Twelve people were killed and four more were seriously injured and fighting for their lives late Thursday in a fast-moving fire at an apartment building on a frigid night in the Bronx, according to New York City’s mayor.
  The victims included a child around a year old, Mayor Bill de Blasio said during a briefing outside the building.
  “We may lose others as well,” he said.
  Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro called the fire, “historic in its magnitude,&rdquo
  
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• Actress Rose Marie Of ‘Dick Van Dyke Show’ Fame Dies At 94

  29-12-2017 02:45
  LOS ANGELES (AP) –  Rose Marie, the wisecracking Sally Rogers of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and a show business lifer who began as a bobbed-hair child star in vaudeville and worked for nearly a century in theater, radio, TV and movies, died Thursday. She was 94.
  Marie had been resting in bed at her Los Angeles-area home when a caretaker found she had stopped breathing, said family spokesman Harlan Boll.
  LOS ANGELES – MARCH 25: Actress Rose Marie poses at LA.C
  
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