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• Title Company Owner Who Stole Millions Sentenced

  03-01-2018 23:45
  
  A woman who stole money from customers of the Southlake title company she owned was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $8.6 million in restitution.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Doug Jones Sworn Into Office As US Senator From Alabama

  03-01-2018 23:42
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Doug Jones of Alabama was sworn into office Wednesday, shrinking the Senate’s Republican majority and leading lawmakers of both parties to plead for more bipartisanship as Congress tackles pressing issues in advance of the 2018 midterm elections.
  WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 03: U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) (L) participates in a mock swearing-in ceremony as Jones’ wife Louise (R) and son Carson (2nd L) look on at the Old Senate Chamber of the U.S. Ca
  
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• 1 Critically Injured in South Dallas Shooting

  03-01-2018 23:41
  
  Police are investigating a shooting on the 6100 block of Singing Hills Lane in South Dallas that left one person in critical condition.No further information about the victim, the shooter or what led to...
  
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• Sherin Mathews, 3, Died of 'Homicidal Violence'

  03-01-2018 23:40
  
  Sherin Mathews, the 3-year-old girl adopted from India and found deceased in a ditch in Richardson last year, died of "homicidal violence," the Dallas County Medical Examiner's office confirmed on Wednesday.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Construction Crane Tips Over at School Construction Site

  03-01-2018 23:37
  
  No one was injured Wednesday when a crane toppled over at an elementary school construction site in University Park. The incident took place at the construction site for University Park Elementary School,...
  
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• 4-Year-Old Boy Forced To Live With Rats And Roaches In Meth House Closet Rescued, Police Say

  03-01-2018 23:35
  CBS Local — A four-year-old boy, who told police his only friends were the rats and roaches who visited him, has been rescued from a Texas meth house where he was being held captive.
  Harris County Precinct 5 officials say the child was found living in a closet of the Houston-area home, which was raided by police after receiving a tip about drugs being made and sold there.
  “This is a four-year-old child who has seen things an adult should not have seen,” attorney Rachel Leal-Hud
  
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• Study Claims ‘Sugar Coma’ Is Real, Lowers Cognitive Ability

  03-01-2018 23:23
  CBS Local — Have you ever felt the tiring effects of a “food coma” or “sugar crash” after eating candy or a big meal? According to researchers in New Zealand, simple sugars really do slow a person’s brain down and makes you lose focus.
  A team from the University of Otago tested 49 people to see how three common sugars found in sweeteners, juices, and candy affected a person’s cognitive abilities. “Our study suggests that the ‘sugar
  
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• Curling: The Winter Olympic Sport Has Dedicated TX Players

  03-01-2018 23:20
  
  At the StarCenter in Farmers Branch, the Dallas Fort Worth Curling Club members take the ice for their league finals after 10 weeks of regular play. This group was created after the sport gained popularity...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Fatal Head-On Crash Kills 1 in Princeton

  03-01-2018 23:17
  
  The westbound lanes of U.S. Highway 380 were closed in Princeton for several hours Wednesday due to a head-on collision that left one person dead. Princeton police told NBC 5 an SUV was traveling east from...
  
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• 5 Steps to Take Before Joining a Gym

  03-01-2018 23:16
  
  If you plan on joining a gym or group fitness class this year, NBC 5's Samantha Chatman offers tips that will help prevent "fitness remorse" for consumers.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Family Starts 2018 Without A Home After Fire

  03-01-2018 23:15
  KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas (CBS11) – For one North Texas family, 2018 will be a year to rebuild after a devastating loss shortly before the new year.
  It’s a family that spent the last year helping others in need and now they are relying on those people for help.
  When tornadoes devastated parts of Van Zandt County last year, Krystal Phillips used her party rental business to help raise money for those who’s homes were destroyed in the storm.
  “Now I understand this drive of me h
  
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• Houston Mayor’s Press Secretary Suspended

  03-01-2018 22:58
  HOUSTON (AP) — A press secretary for Houston’s mayor was suspended for nearly two weeks without pay after officials determined she’d sent or received thousands of emails related to personal business on city time.
  A city memo alleges about 5,000 emails from Darian Ward’s city account related to her production company or other personal business.
  Darian Ward (LinkedIn)
  The memo says Ward misrepresented the number of emails she’d sent related to personal business.
  She i
  
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• Retired DPD Assistant Chief Named Tarrant County Criminal DA’s New Chief Investigator

  03-01-2018 22:12
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney Sharen Wilson announced Wednesday Tammie A. Hughes has joined her staff as Chief of the Investigative Division.
  Tammie Hughes -Tarrant County Criminal DA’s Chief Investigator
  According to a DA’s office news release, Hughes is a highly decorated 33-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department who most recently served as Assistant Chief during the tenures of both former Dallas Police Chief David Brown and new Chi
  
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• IMA insurance unit raises the bar on lowering jargon as part of rebranding

  03-01-2018 21:53
  Attention to small businesses is in for 2018, the division's president says.
  
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• Trez Capital's latest $100M bet gives this developer millions to build in DFW

  03-01-2018 21:38
  One of the largest private non-bank lenders in North America is making a big bet on a Phoenix-based developer's plan to build several new luxury leased communities in Dallas-Fort Worth.
  
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• Crash Causes DART Train Delay

  03-01-2018 21:33
  DALLAS (1080 KRLD) – A woman was taken to the hospital after she pulled out in front of a DART train in downtown Dallas…and was hit.
  DART Crash (Credit: DART)
  Mark Ball with DART said the accident occurred at Field and Akard.
  “She stopped for the red light. Thought she saw the light turn green, and pulled out in front of a southbound green line train that had slowed to enter Akard Station,” Ball said.
  No injuries were reported on the train. The woman was taken to the hos
  
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• Time Lapse Camera For Globe Life Field Construction Site Is Up

  03-01-2018 21:17
  ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM)  — Texas Rangers fans will have to wait a few more months to see their team in action, but they can watch a different kind of on-field action right now!
  Globe Life Field construction (Texas Rangers)
  Globe Life Field construction (Texas Rangers)
  The construction progress of the team’s new ballpark, Globe Life Field, can be seen through the lens of a time-lapse camera that became operational Wednesday.
  The camera feed, which is programmed on a delayed
  
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• Ford To Fix Coolant Leaks In Vehicles Recalled For Fire Risk

  03-01-2018 20:57
  DETROIT (AP) — Ford says it will repair any coolant leaks that might be found in more than 200,000 recalled vehicles that are at risk of catching fire.
  The repairs, detailed in company documents posted by U.S. safety regulators in December, come 10 months after the company said it would only install a coolant level sensor “with supporting hardware and software.”
  In March, the automaker announced that it would recall the cars, SUVs and vans because their 1.6-liter turbocharged e
  
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• First “Slender Man” Feature Film Set To Be Released In May

  03-01-2018 20:40
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Sony Pictures plans to release a “Slender Man” movie this spring, featuring the horror character that inspired two Wisconsin girls to nearly kill their classmate.
  The movie is set for a May 18 release. Slender Man has appeared in video games and online stories, but the Sony production marks the first full-length feature built around the character. The picture is directed by Sylvain White, who also helmed 2007’s “Stomp the Yard,” and stars
  
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• Doctors Find Ketchup Packet Stuck In Woman’s Intestine For 6 Years

  03-01-2018 20:34
  CBS Local — A woman who was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease was found to actually have a plastic ketchup packet stuck in her small intestine for six years. The mystery object was discovered when surgeons performed an operation to figure out why none of the standard treatments for Crohn’s were working.
  According to a press release from the British Medical Journal, the 41-year-old patient in Great Britain had all the symptoms of the chronic bowel disease including abdominal pain a
  
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• Telecom with DFW data centers bought by Houston-based LOGIX Communications

  03-01-2018 20:09
  A merger of two Texas telecoms has created the largest independent fiber-optic network provider in the state, the companies say.Houston-based LOGIX Communications has completed its acquisition of Alpheus Communications, creating LOGIX Fiber Networks. Alpheus has a significant presence in Dallas-Fort Worth, including data centers in the area. The new firm will maintain an office in Addison with more than 60 employees.The deal was first announced in May. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.The
  
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• Police Believe Missing Texas Girls Are In Colorado

  03-01-2018 20:09
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – An Amber Alert for two Central Texas girls has now been cancelled after police say they believe they are in Colorado.
  Round Rock Police Chief Allen Banks says the children, 14-year old Lili Griffith and 7-year old Lulu Bandera-Magret are still missing, and the Amber Alert for the girls is still in effect in other states.
  Banks told media members on Wednesday that the suspect, 44-year-old Terry Allen Miles, was seen on a surveillance came
  
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• Stock of Irving company skyrockets after $600M purchase

  03-01-2018 19:31
  Irving-based Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) acquired U.S. assets from Gerdau S.A. (NYSE: GGB), a Brazilian steel company, in exchange for $600 million, the companies announced Tuesday.The move significantly bolsters Commercial Metals' capacity to produce reinforcing bar, or rebar, which is a key material used in the construction of buildings, bridges and roads.
  The addition of 2.7 million tons of melt capacity from Gerdau will increase Commercial Metals' capacity to 7.2 million tons, a&he
  
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• President Trump Blasts Bannon After New Book

  03-01-2018 19:29
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump returned fire with both barrels Wednesday against criticism leveled at him in a new book that says he never expected — or wanted — to win the White House, his victory left his wife in tears and a senior adviser thought his son’s contact with a Russian lawyer during the campaign was “treasonous.”
  Trump released a formal statement railing against his former chief White House strategist, Steve Bannon, insisting Bannon
  
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• Mixed-use development near the Dallas Cowboys' headquarters in Frisco sells to REIT

  03-01-2018 19:23
  A big part of Frisco Square, a mixed-use development near the Dallas Cowboys' world headquarters and practice facility, has sold to a publicly-traded real estate investment trust. The purchase includes three office buildings, two apartments with ground-floor retail, a Cinemark movie theater and some additional developable land sites.
  In all, an affiliate of Kansas City, Missouri-based Maxus Realty Trust Inc. (OTCMKTS: MRTI) acquired more than 213,000 square feet of Class A office and retail spac
  
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• Exxon subsidiary among top 10 Texas oil drillers in 2017

  03-01-2018 19:07
  The San Antonio Business Journal researched drilling permit filings to get a glimpse of the Top 10 oil companies across the state in 2017.
  
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• Southwest Airlines passengers could be in for a rough winter at its largest hub

  03-01-2018 18:59
  If could be a very long winter indeed for Southwest Airlines customers transiting into or out of Chicago's Midway Airport if Southwest's operations at the airport in recent days are any indication of future performance in the winter months ahead.A Chicago Tribune headline blared the bad news that Dallas-based Southwest (NYSE: LUV) canceled no fewer than 90 flights out of Midway last Thursday due to cold snowy weather and plane de-icing issues at the airport. Those 90 flights were more than
  
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• 'Fixer Upper' family growing

  03-01-2018 18:46
  The "Fixer Upper" family is growing.Chip and Joanna Gaines announced Tuesday evening that they are expecting their fifth child. The two published a photo on Instagram: "Gaines party of 7. ... WE ARE PREGNANT."HGTV is airing the final season of its popular show. The couple announced in the fall that they planned on concentrating on raising their family and focusing on other parts of their homebuilding and lifestyle brand.Their Magnolia Market in Waco attracts more than 30,000 visitors a week&hell
  
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• Price Tag On Gene Therapy For Rare Form Of Blindness: $850K

  03-01-2018 18:44
  WASHINGTON (AP) – A first-of-its kind genetic treatment for blindness will cost $850,000, less than the $1 million price tag that had been expected, but still among the most expensive medicines in the world.
  Spark Therapeutics said Wednesday it decided on the lower price for Luxturna (Lux-turn-a) after hearing concerns from health insurers about their ability to cover the injectable treatment.
  Consternation over skyrocketing drug prices, especially in the U.S., has led to intense scrutiny
  
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• Trendy ‘Raw Water’ Can Reportedly Give You Hepatitis, Other Diseases

  03-01-2018 18:32
  CBS Local — A new health craze that has many people paying high prices for unfiltered water is also reportedly putting those Americans at risk for diseases like hepatitis and norovirus.
  According to a report from The New York Times, the demand for “raw water” in and around California’s Silicon Valley has sent prices soaring. The small companies bottling their untreated product have hiked the price from $36.99 to over $60 for a 2.5-gallon jug.
  “It has a vaguely mild
  
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• Dallas Package & Mail Thieves Caught On Camera

  03-01-2018 18:21
  DALLAS (1080 KRLD) – Police are looking for two women they say have been driving around Northwest Dallas over the past month – stealing packages and mail from front porches.
  Doorbell cameras have captured the women walk up to a porch, grab packages and mail, and drive off in a blue 2000 Ford F-150 truck.Both women are Hispanic, in their late 20s to early 30s, around 5’5, weighing 160 pounds.
  One of the women has blonde hair.
  Anyone with information on these suspects is asked to
  
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• Distracting Cat Causes 3 Wrecks in Wise County, Authorities Say

  03-01-2018 18:20
  
  A driver who says she was distracted by her cat caused a crash involving a jack-knifed semi near Rhome in Wise County, authorities said.Photo Credit: Metro
  
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• Fixer Upper Family Growing… Chip and Joanna Expecting 5th Child

  03-01-2018 18:18
  WACO (CBSDFW.COM) – The population in Waco will soon be growing… those famous “Fixer Uppers” Chip and Joanna Gaines announced on Tuesday that they are expecting their fifth child.
  The HGTV stars shared the news via Instagram with a photo showing both mom and dad with “bumps” under their shirts.
  Part of the caption from Chip read “Gaines party of 7…”Chip and Jo Jo are already parents to two sons and two daughters.
  It was in September wh
  
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• Taylor Swift Adds 'Reputation' Show in Arlington

  03-01-2018 17:48
  
  Superstar Taylor Swift is adding another show in Arlington for her upcoming tour.Photo Credit: Getty Images for iHeartMedia
  
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• FEMA Allowing Churches To Apply For Hurricane Disaster Aid

  03-01-2018 17:21
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has revised its policies to allow houses of worship to apply for some federal aid to help deal with damage from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
  FEMA announced Tuesday houses of worship no longer would be excluded from eligibility for FEMA aid.
  The agency says the changes affect private nonprofit organizations that sustained damage from a major disaster on or after August 23 or that had unresolved applications pending before the agency a
  
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• Researchers: Obsessive Selfie Takers Suffer From Mental Disorder Dubbed ‘Selfitis’

  03-01-2018 17:15
  CBS Local — If you are obsessed with taking selfies, then chances are you might be suffering from selfitis, according to a recent study.
  The new study, published in the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, says it’s a genuine mental condition that makes a person feel compelled to constantly take photos and post them on social media.
  Here are some ways you can tell if you have the disorder:
  Taking a selfie puts you in a good mood.
  You feel more popular when you post s
  
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