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• DFW Companies Unveil Innovative Tech at CES

  09-01-2018 23:47
  
  There are several big North Texas companies unveiling innovative technology at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Samsung Unveils 146-Inch, Wall-Sized TV Called ‘The Wall’

  09-01-2018 23:29
  CBS Local — Samsung is taking the idea of a “big screen TV” to the next level. The South Korean electronics maker has unveiled a gigantic 146-inch television they are calling “The Wall.”
  The 12-foot, 2-inch screen is nearly twice the size of most big screen sets on the market and features a new technology called “microLED.” The new feature, which Samsung calls the “screen of the future,” reportedly contains much smaller diodes than stand
  
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• Consumer Electronics Show Gives Peek At Coming Technology

  09-01-2018 23:29
  
  The Consumer Electronic Show is underway in Las Vegas and home automation is a big feature of the upcoming year.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Former Farmers Branch Officer Sentenced to 10 Years

  09-01-2018 23:20
  
  A Dallas County jury has sentenced a former Farmers Branch officer found guilty of murder and aggravated assault in the shooting of two teens last spring to 10 years in prison.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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• Puppy Found In Corsicana With Ears Cut Off Gets New Home

  09-01-2018 23:16
  
  It has been a long road to recovery for a puppy found in a Corsicana trash can late last year.Photo Credit: Corsicana Veterinary Clinic
  
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• Family Awaits Homecoming for Baby Born With Heart Defect

  09-01-2018 23:14
  
  A couple in Fort Worth eagerly awaits the end of this week. That's when they may be able to take their baby girl home from the hospital. Emery Ramirez was born the day after Christmas 2017 with a heart
  
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• Former Farmers Branch Officer Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Killing Teen

  09-01-2018 23:09
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Jurors in Dallas on Tuesday sentenced a former Farmers Branch police officer to 10 years in prison for shooting and killing a teenager while he was off-duty.
  Ken Johnson faced up to life in prison for the March 2016 murder of Jose Cruz.
  Johnson was also sentenced to 10 years of probation for shooting and wounding another teen, Edgar Rodriguez.
  “Although not in uniform, Ken Johnson took an oath to protect and serve. On that day in March 2016, Mr. Johnson violated
  
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• Farmers Branch Officer Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Killing Teen

  09-01-2018 23:09
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Jurors in Dallas on Tuesday sentenced a former Farmers Branch police officer to 10 years in prison for shooting and killing a teenager while he was off-duty.
  Ken Johnson faced up to life in prison for the March 2016 murder of Jose Cruz.
  Jurors heard emotional testimony on Monday, including Cruz’s mother explaining how her world changed after her son was killed. The victim’s family and friends have been in the courtroom throughout the trial.
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• Man Wanted; Mother, Aunt Arrested After Infant Found Dead

  09-01-2018 23:08
  
  The mother and aunt of a weeks-old baby girl were arrested after the infant's body was found at a Greenville gas station Monday 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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• Woman Rejects Claim She Did $300K In Damage To Date’s Art

  09-01-2018 22:58
  HOUSTON (AP) — A Dallas woman is challenging allegations that she caused at least $300,000 in damage to a prominent Houston attorney’s art collection at the end of their first date.
  Lindy Lou Layman appeared in a Houston courtroom Tuesday after being charged with felony criminal mischief for the Dec. 23 incident in the home of attorney Tony Buzbee.
  Lindy Lou Layman
  Prosecutors say Buzbee told investigators the 29-year-old Layman became intoxicated and belligerent and that she shatter
  
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• Amazon's Alexa Coming to Select Toyota, Lexus Cars in 2018

  09-01-2018 22:45
  
  Amazon's intelligent assistant Alexa will be going for a ride in select Toyota and Lexus vehicles later this year.Photo Credit: ToyotaThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Bannon To Exit Breitbart News Network After Break With Trump

  09-01-2018 22:31
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is stepping down as chairman of Breitbart News Network after a public break with President Donald Trump.
  White House advisor Steve Bannon makes remarks during a discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland, February 23, 2017. (MIKE THEILER/AFP/Getty Images)
  Breitbart announced Tuesday that Bannon would step down as executive chairman of the conservative news site.
  A report o
  
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• Face The Nation’s John Dickerson Named Co-Host Of CBS This Morning

  09-01-2018 21:52
  NEW YORK (CBS) – CBS News anchor John Dickerson has been named co-host of CBS THIS MORNING, joining Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell on the network’s critically acclaimed and award winning broadcast, it was announced Tuesday by David Rhodes, President of CBS News.
  John Dickerson joins Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell as the new co-host of “CBS This Morning” beginning January 10, 2018. (CBS News)
  Dickerson begins anchoring Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, and will be base
  
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• Grant Covers 33,000 Texas Officers in Rifle-Resistant Vests

  09-01-2018 21:18
  
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was in Dallas Tuesday to announce grant funding that will provide rifle-resistant vests for nearly 33,000 Texas police officers.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• VIDEO: BBC Reporter Mobbed By Lemurs

  09-01-2018 20:54
  NORFOLK, England (CBSDFW.COM) – When lemurs attack!
  At times, multitasking can be tough for many, especially if a pack of lemurs is taking over your work space.
  BBC news reporter Alex Dunlop held together as best he could while reporting on animal numbers within the Banham Zoo in Norfolk, England.
  BBC Reporter Mobbed By Lemurs (Credit: BBC)
  But the frisky lemurs had other plans as the cameraman tries to keep him on track. “Lovely with the tails… oh just go for it,” the u
  
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• Ex-Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Running For Senate

  09-01-2018 20:33
  PHOENIX (AP) — Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was spared a possible jail sentence last year when his political ally President Donald Trump pardoned his criminal conviction for disobeying a judge’s order, announced Tuesday he plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Jeff Flake.
  The 85-year-old lawman tweeted he is seeking the post to support Trump’s policies.
  “President Trump needs my help in the Senate,” Arpaio added in an email to supporters seeking funds
  
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• Gov. Abbott Looking Forward to Role in MLK Parade

  09-01-2018 20:28
  
  Despite some protests against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) invitation to be the grand marshal of a Martin Luther King Jr. parade in Arlington on Monday, the governor says he's looking forward to...
  
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• North Texas Teacher Arrested, Admits to Child Porn: Police

  09-01-2018 20:24
  
  A Lake Highlands English teacher has been arrested, accused of possession of child pornography.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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• Coast Guard Ends Search For Oklahoma Pilot In Gulf Of Mexico

  09-01-2018 19:34
  DALLAS (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has ended its search for an Oklahoma doctor who disappeared last week over the Gulf of Mexico while flying his small plane to collect a disabled dog in Texas.
  Bill Kinsinger (Best Fur Friends Rescue)
  Authorities lost sight of Dr. Bill Kinsinger Jan. 3 as he flew toward the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Coast Guard air and seacraft and two Mexican naval ships searched for the 55-year-old hobby pilot for five days, covering more than 18,000 square miles (31,
  
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• Cowboys WR Cole Beasley Launches Hip-Hop Career

  09-01-2018 19:24
  
  Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Cole Beasley is a rapper -- releases debut single.Photo Credit: Victor Dominguez, NBC 5 SportsThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Teacher Arrested For Asking Why Superintendent Got A Raise

  09-01-2018 19:21
  CBS Local — A chaotic scene broke out at a Louisiana school board meeting after a teacher was arrested, apparently for questioning why the board’s superintendent was being given a $38,000 pay raise.
  Deyshia Hargrave, a middle school teacher in the Vermilion Parish school system, was videotaped being escorted out of a room and then wrestled into handcuffs by a city marshal on Jan. 8. The disturbing incident took place after Hargrave asked school board members to justify
  
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• Richardson ISD Schoolteacher Arrested On Child Porn Charges

  09-01-2018 19:15
  COLLIN COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – Just after midnight Collin County Sheriff’s deputies and members of the Plano Police Department arrested a Richardson Independent School District schoolteacher for Possession of Child Pornography.
  Dante Schmidt was taken into custody without incident.
  Police executed a search warrant at Schmidt’s home in Allen Monday night, after they received information he was downloading and sharing child pornography. During the search investigator
  
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• President Trump Suggests 2-Phase Immigration Deal For ‘Dreamers’

  09-01-2018 19:01
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is suggesting that an immigration deal could be tackled in two phases — first by taking care of the so-called Dreamers and border security, then by making comprehensive reforms to the immigration system.
  Trump on Tuesday held a lengthy meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers on immigration.
  The president says he would need construction of a border security wall as part of an agreement involving young immigrants, but he says Congress could
  
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• Dogs Thrown In Cruel Viral Video Now Safe; Suspects Sought

  09-01-2018 18:47
  BATON ROUGE, LA (CBSDFW.COM) – Dogs featured in an alleged cruelty video are safe and back with their owners according to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office (EBRSO).
  The hard-to-watch video began circulating on social media this past week showing – what appears to be – a young man grabbing and throwing two dogs onto a paved parking lot while another person films the alleged cruelty.
  In the video, there appears to be a leash that connects the two dogs together. The man
  
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• Six Flags To Fill 1,000 Positions at Two Job Fairs

  09-01-2018 18:35
  
  Six Flags Over Texas plans to hire 1,000 people at two job fairs this month for the amusement park's upcoming season.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• WATCH: Whale ‘Saves’ Diver From 15-Foot Long Tiger Shark

  09-01-2018 18:20
  CBS Local — A marine biologist in the South Pacific is thanking a massive humpback whale for shielding her from an oncoming shark. Amazingly, the diver was able to capture some of the underwater rescue on film.
  Nan Hauser and her team were snorkeling near the Cook Islands in October when she filmed the 50,000-pound whale using its head to push the 63-year-old out of the path of the tiger shark.
  “I wasn’t sure what the whale was up to when he approached me, and it didn’t s
  
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• Former Farmers Branch Police Officer Awaits Sentence For Killing Teen

  09-01-2018 18:10
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Jurors in Dallas on Tuesday continue to deliberate the fate of a former Farmers Branch police officer who has been convicted of killing a teenager. Ken Johnson faces up to life in prison for the March 2016 murder of Jose Cruz. The sentencing phase of Johnson’s trial wrapped up on Monday.
  The decision now rests in the hands of the jury.
  Those jurors heard emotional testimony on Monday, including Cruz’s mother explaining how her world changed after her
  
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• Burglars Stole 27 Bundles of Shingles: Police

  09-01-2018 17:58
  
  A high speed chase started in Garland overnight when suspects tried to burglarize a construction company and led the chase to Arlington where suspects bailed from their escape vehicle, police said.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• 2 Women Arrested After Dead Baby Found at Gas Station

  09-01-2018 17:46
  
  Police believe the women moved the baby to the gas station from a Greenville home.
  
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• Oprah’s Allies Send Mixed Messages About Her Political Future

  09-01-2018 17:34
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – As Democrats nationwide encourage Oprah Winfrey to seek the presidency in 2020, those closest to the media mogul are sending mixed messages about her political intentions.
  Her best friend, CBS News host Gayle King, said Tuesday that Winfrey is “intrigued” by the idea of a White House bid.
  “She loves this country and would like to be of service in some way, but I don’t think she’s actively considering it at this time,” King said, n
  
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• Police Chase Shingle Theft Suspects From Garland To Arlington

  09-01-2018 17:05
  GARLAND (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Garland arrested a female theft suspect after a chase that ran into Arlington early Tuesday. The incident started at about 1:15 a.m. at the ABC Supplies business, located in the 2600 block of Market Street. The company’s alarm service notified authorities about the theft as it was in progress.
  The alarm service spotted a suspect inside of a fenced area, loading materials into a silver Kia. Officers got to the scene just as the vehicle — without
  
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• Man Charged in Deadly Dallas Shooting

  09-01-2018 16:29
  
  A 28-year-old man is charged with murder in connection with a deadly shooting in southern Dallas early Sunday morning.Photo Credit: Metro Dallas County Sheriff
  
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• Target Joins List Of Retailers Reporting Booming Holiday Sales

  09-01-2018 15:27
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Target has joined other retailers in putting up booming sales numbers as shoppers returned in force during the critical holiday season.
  Sales at stores open at least a year jumped 3.4 percent in November and December, with a lot of traffic both on the company’s website, and in stores.
  The company, also citing recently-enacted federal tax changes, raised quarterly and 2017 profit expectations, sending shares up 4 percent in premarket trading Tuesday.
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• Mom, Aunt Arrested After Baby Found Dead At Greenville Gas Station

  09-01-2018 14:57
  GREENVILLE, Texas (AP) — Police have arrested the mother and aunt of a weeks-old baby after the infant’s body was found at a North Texas gas station.
  Hunt County jail records show 27-year-old Stephanie Leanne Flynn of Greenville was being held Tuesday on an evidence tampering charge in her daughter’s death. Bond was $50,000.
  Stephanie Flynn and Shawn Flynn
  Greenville police Sgt. Adam Phillips says autopsy results are pending on the baby born in November and discovered dead on M
  
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• 2 Women Arrested After Baby Found Dead At Greenville Gas Station

  09-01-2018 14:57
  GREENVILLE (AP) – Police say a baby has been found dead at a North Texas gas station and officers later arrested two women on an evidence tampering charge.
  Greenville police say officers Monday morning responded to a medical call at a Prime Stop and located an unresponsive baby. The infant was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Police on Monday night reported two females were arrested after investigators determined the baby may have died at a residence and the corpse was moved.
  Police in Greenv
  
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• Apple Investors Urge Software Changes To Curb Child Gadget Addiction

  09-01-2018 14:44
  NEW YORK (AP) – Two major Apple investors have urged the iPhone maker to help curb smartphone addiction among children, highlighting growing concern about the effects of gadgets and social media on youngsters.
  New York-based Jana Partners LLC and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System said in open letter to Apple that the company must offer more choices and tools to help children fight addiction to its devices. The two investors collectively control $2 billion worth of Appl
  
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• More Deaths Reported As Flu Continues To Grip North Texas

  09-01-2018 14:34
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – This morning officials with Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) confirmed seven more flu-related deaths, bringing the total in that county this season to 18.
  Six of the victims were city of Dallas residents. The 7th victim lived in Garland. The patients ranged in age from 47 to 88 years old and all patients had underlying health conditions that put them in a “high risk” catagory.
  DCHHS Interim Director Ganesh
  
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• Dallas County Flu Deaths This Season Rise to 18

  09-01-2018 14:26
  
  Seven more people have died of the flu in Dallas County, bringing the total number of Dallas County flu-related deaths this season to 18, health officials tell NBC 5.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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• North Texas Suppliers Busy After Parker Uniforms Closure

  09-01-2018 14:25
  
  The closure of Texas-based Parker School Uniforms left families scrambling, but it also opened a window of opportunity for local uniform suppliers.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Amazon's HQ2 Timeline Remains Unclear

  09-01-2018 14:23
  
  Amazon is set to determine the location for its second corporate headquarters campus – dubbed HQ2 – in the coming months.
  
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• Workers Wearing Parkas, Gloves, Blankets To Do Jobs In Chilly Offices

  09-01-2018 14:07
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Two long-sleeved shirts, a sweater, a fleece jacket, two scarves and two pairs of socks.
  That has been Karen Ericson’s go-to outfit in her office in Des Moines, Iowa, in recent weeks.
  “I am still shivering,” the 39-year-old graphic designer said last week, estimating the temperature in the office was in the mid-60s while outside, the city hit 19 below zero at one point. “Living in the Midwest, I’m well-trained to dress warmly and in lay
  
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• Fort Worth Woman's Flower Order Never Arrives

  09-01-2018 13:44
  
  A Fort Worth woman called NBC 5 Responds after struggling to receive a refund for flowers ordered from a company featured on the television show "Shark Tank."Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Second Victim Identified In Deadly Garland Shooting

  09-01-2018 13:39
  GARLAND (1080 KRLD) – Police have identified the second person shot and killed outside of an empty home last week.
  Police say Terry Simmons from Balch Springs and Michael Love from Mesquite agreed to meet up at that empty home near I-30 and Belt Line. It was all over a camera.
  Love’s friends told Garland police Simmons stole Love’s camera and tried to sell it online. Love saw the online listing and responded to the ad, hoping to get it back.
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• Rain Unleashes Mudslide Risks In Fire-Ravaged California

  09-01-2018 13:00
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The same Californians who had to flee from huge wildfires in recent months now have to handle hard rains that bring another type of danger.
  Storms dumped rain and increased the risk of mudslides in fire-ravaged communities.
  Northern California was hit hardest Monday evening, while Southern California was bracing for the worst to arrive overnight.
  Both regions have been plagued with destructive wildfires.
  Property owners stacked sandbags in devastated northern wine countr
  
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