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• Truck Spills Rocks Across I-635 TEXpress Lanes in Dallas

  11-01-2018 23:47
  
  Breaking news from NBC 5. Eastbound Interstate 635 TEXpress lanes are closed in North Dallas after a truck hauling rocks spilled its load across all four lanes Thursday afternoon.Photo Credit: Gerald WalkerThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Weather-Related Cancellations & Delays For DFW

  11-01-2018 23:00
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Here’s a list of the latest weather-related closings and delays for Thursday, January 11, 2018.
  Aledo ISD – Due to the possibility of inclement weather, all AISD evening activities have been canceled. All evening high school soccer tournament games at AHS and Daniel Ninth Grade have been postponed. #BearcatSafe
  Carroll ISD – All Carroll ISD after school and evening OUTDOOR activities and practices are canceled tonight (Thursday, Jan 11) due to c
  
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• Lewisville Police Chief Retiring After 40 Years With Department

  11-01-2018 22:12
  LEWISVILLE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Police Chief Russ Kerbow, who has served in the Lewisville Police Department since 1978, announced he will retire in August.
  “When I took over as Chief, my philosophy was, and still is, that it’s hard for a chief to be as effective as they can be much longer than about 10 years,” Kerbow said. “My retirement fits in with that guideline, and I feel it’s really time for someone else to take the reins.”
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• Child Dies Of Flu In Denton County

  11-01-2018 21:48
  DENTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Denton County Public Health is reporting the first and second influenza-associated deaths in Denton County for the 2017-2018 flu season.
  One of the flu death cases was a child. For patient confidentiality, no other information was released.
  “Our surveillance has indicated increased flu activity in recent weeks, and we anticipate high activity for the next several weeks,” says Juan Rodriguez, DCPH Assistant Director and Chief Epidemiologist. “I
  
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• Circuit City Announces Relaunch 9 Years After Closing Stores

  11-01-2018 21:13
  CBS Local — While many brick-and-mortar retail shops continue to close their doors due to declining sales, one former electronics giant that went out of business almost a decade ago is staging a comeback.
  Thursday, Circuit City announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that it will be launching a chain of “innovative retail stores” across the country.
  Company CEO Ronnie Shmoel announced that the company will begin its comeback with a “experiential&rdquo
  
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• Oklahoma Woman Guilty In Daughter’s Crucifix Death

  11-01-2018 20:39
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A jury in Oklahoma has convicted a woman of killing her 33-year-old daughter by forcing a crucifix and medallion down her throat because she believed the woman was possessed by the devil.
  Fifty-one-year-old Juanita Gomez was found guilty of first-degree murder Thursday in the 2016 death of Geneva Gomez. Jurors recommended a sentence of life in prison without parole.
  Police found Geneva Gomez lying on the ground inside her mother’s Oklahoma City home with her arms
  
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• Homework Assignment Asked Students To “Give 3 Good Reasons For Slavery”

  11-01-2018 20:03
  WAUWATOSA, Wisc. (CBS Local) – A homework assignment asking students to “give three good reasons for slavery” that was intended to start a dialogue in a fourth-grade English class has instead caused an uproar at Our Redeemer Lutheran School in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
  A teacher at the school handed out the assignment to students on January 8 and the backlash from parents was immediate.
  Trameka Brown-Berry, one of the stunned parents, posted a photo of her son’s homework
  
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• Firefighter Who Saved Shooting Victim Takes Boy Home In Fire Truck

  11-01-2018 19:53
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A boy who survived the shooting at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs was released from the hospital on Thursday afternoon.
  Ryland Ward has been in the hospital since the November 5 shooting. The 5-year-old boy lost his stepmother and two sisters in the tragedy.Rusty Duncan was one of the firefighters who responded to the scene of the shooting, and found Ward still alive inside of the church.
  Duncan kept his promise to the boy and picked him up from the h
  
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• Sam’s Club Closes Several Stores Without Notice

  11-01-2018 19:32
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A number of Sam’s Club stores across the country have suddenly closed, including some in Texas.
  WalMart has suddenly closed several of it’s Sam’s Club store locations.
  In addition to several stores in Texas, there are reports of stores closing in more than 12 states, including Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.
  Some employees say the
  
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• Construction pipeline dwindles as CBRE brokers track 4M square feet of deals in DFW

  11-01-2018 19:30
  Even as the construction pipeline dwindles, CBRE executives say they expect Dallas-Fort Worth to continue to be a growth market in 2018. The firm is tracking about 4 million square feet of new office deals in the region.
  
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• Officer That Arrested Teacher Faced 2011 Excessive Force Allegation

  11-01-2018 19:21
  ABBEVILLE, La. (AP) — The law officer who handcuffed and arrested a Louisiana teacher in videos that sparked Internet outrage was a defendant in a lawsuit alleging excessive force in 2011.
  Reggie Hilts, now a marshal in Abbeville, was a police officer in the city of Scott when the incident occurred. He and another officer were accused in a federal lawsuit of slamming an ailing 62-year-old man’s head on a concrete slab during an arrest.
  The officers denied excessive force was used. Th
  
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• Prosecutors Say DNA Evidence Links Suspect To Dallas Teen’s Murder

  11-01-2018 19:04
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Two years after Dallas teenager Zoe Hastings was abducted and murdered, a jury is getting the chance to hear what the prosecution has called “horrific” details about the case. The trial began Thursday morning in Dallas, as prosecutors aim to prove that DNA evidence links defendant Antonio Cochran to the crime.
  Cochran has been charged with capital murder.
  The prosecution is painting the picture of a teenager who loved God and her family. Hastings was on he
  
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• Tech company laying off 250 employees in Lewisville

  11-01-2018 18:50
  Mobile tech support company Assurant Mobile Solutions will close a “buyer’s remorse” business in Lewisville, resulting in 250 lost jobs, the company informed Texas Workforce Commission officials last week.Assurant Inc. (NYSE: AIZ), the parent company, is a $6 billion-revenue insurance and risk management firm based in New York. It acquired Lewisville-based Broadtech LLC in 2015 but was operating under the trade name Assurant Mobile Solutions, according to the notice sent to the
  
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• Lyndon B. Johnson's former Austin-area ranch up for sale for $2.8M

  11-01-2018 18:47
  The 142-acre Hill Country ranch that once belonged to President Lyndon B. Johnson is on sale for $2.8 million.The ranch is at 377 Shiloh Road, near Johnson City, about 70 miles west of Austin. It is about 10 miles east of the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park & Historic Site, a popular tourist destination.Johnson bought the ranch in 1963, a week into his presidency, and sold it in 1971. Check out the gallery attached to this story for an inside look at the ranch and its sweeping views of the rugg
  
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• More Claim Sexual Inappropriateness Against James Franco

  11-01-2018 18:42
  NEW YORK (AP) — Several women have made further claims of inappropriate sexual behavior against James Franco in a Los Angeles Times article.
  (credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for National Board of Review)
  In the report published Thursday, two former student actresses described negative on-set experiences with the actor-filmmaker while being directed by him. Sarah Tither-Kaplan said in a nude orgy scene three years ago, he removed plastic guards covering the actresses’ gr
  
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• Federal Report Says Texas Violated Special Education Laws

  11-01-2018 18:00
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday that Texas violated federal law when it comes to educating students with disabilities. The department released their report after investigating the Texas Education Agency over the past year.
  Copies of department’s report were sent to the TEA and Gov. Greg Abbott’s office on Thursday morning.
  It was one year ago when hundreds of Texas families met with federal education officials and told stories about the
  
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• 5 Mexican States Get Highest US ‘Do Not Travel’ Warning

  11-01-2018 17:49
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Five states in Mexico now have the sternest “do not travel” advisories under a revamped U.S. State Department system unveiled Wednesday, putting them on the same level as war-torn countries like Syria, Yemen and Somalia.
  The five states are Tamaulipas on the U.S. border and Sinaloa, Colima, Michoacan and Guerrero on the Pacific coast. All the states are hotspots of drug cartel activity, either hosting trafficking routes or extensive drug-crop cultivation.
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• Walmart Raises Wages, Handing Out Bonuses, CEO Credits New Tax Plan

  11-01-2018 17:12
  BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Walmart, the world’s largest private employer, is boosting its starting salary for U.S. workers to $11 an hour, giving a one-time cash bonus of up to $1,000 to eligible employees and expanding its maternity and parental leave benefits.
  The retailer said Thursday that changes to its compensation and benefits policy will impact more than a million hourly workers in the U.S. The company employs 1.5 million people in the U.S.
  The wage increase, up from $9 per hou
  
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• Walmart Raises Starting Wages, Handing Out Bonuses

  11-01-2018 17:12
  BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Walmart, the world’s largest private employer, is boosting its starting salary for U.S. workers to $11 an hour, giving a one-time cash bonus of up to $1,000 to eligible employees and expanding its maternity and parental leave benefits.
  The retailer said Thursday that changes to its compensation and benefits policy will impact more than a million hourly workers in the U.S. The company employs 1.5 million people in the U.S.
  The wage increase, up from $9 per hou
  
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• North Texan Claims $5.5 Million Lotto Jackpot

  11-01-2018 17:03
  
  A Parker County resident has claimed a $5.5 million jackpot prize for a December Lottery drawing, officials say.
  
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• Gas Prices Across Texas & The Nation Increase 2 Cents Per Gallon

  11-01-2018 16:26
  COPPELL (AP) – Texas and nationwide retail gasoline prices rose an average 2 cents per gallon this week.
  AAA Texas on Thursday reported the average price at the pump statewide was $2.26 per gallon. Drivers across the country are paying an average $2.51 per gallon.
  The association survey found San Antonio has the cheapest gasoline in Texas this week at an average $2.18 per gallon. Midland has the most expensive gasoline statewide at an average $2.48 per gallon.
  AAA officials say most metrop
  
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• Rescue Workers Continue Searching For California Mudslide Victims

  11-01-2018 15:47
  MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) – Hundreds of rescue workers slogged through knee-deep ooze and used long poles to probe for bodies Thursday as the search dragged on for victims of the mudslides that slammed this wealthy coastal town. Seventeen people were confirmed dead and 48 were missing.
  Family members anxiously awaited word on loved ones who hadn’t been heard from since the onslaught early Tuesday morning.
  “It’s just waiting and not knowing, and the more I haven’t heard
  
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• Cindy Crawford Recreates Iconic Super Bowl Commercial, 26 Years Later

  11-01-2018 15:35
  NEW YORK (AP) – Cindy Crawford is heading back to the Super Bowl: The model has recreated her iconic 1992 Super Bowl ad for Pepsi, now featuring her 18-year-old son.
  Crawford recently filmed the commercial, which will debut at Super Bowl 52 on Feb. 4. It includes her son, Presley Walker Gerber, as well as footage from Michael Jackson’s memorable Pepsi commercial.
  The 51-year-old said she didn’t hesitate to recreate the ad 26 years later, especially since she was able to work wi
  
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• Man Deported Following Deadly Crash Caught Sneaking Back Into US

  11-01-2018 15:13
  DALLAS (1080 KRLD) – A man who was in the country illegally when he hit and killed a motorcyclist in Grand Prairie was recently arrested for trying to sneak back across the border.
  Border Patrol agents tracked 34-year-old Alejandro Pardo-Castro through some footprints and found him near a ranch south of Brackettville on Saturday.
  “Undocumented immigrants who are removed from the United States and later re-enter without authorization can pose a danger to the public,” said Office
  
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• Dallas ISD’s Dade Middle School Goes From ‘Improvement Required’ To ‘Role Model’

  11-01-2018 14:54
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – From neighborhood embarassment to national example.
  It is a new day at Billy Earl Dade Middle School in south Dallas. “They have a sense of pride,” said Rev. Donald Parish, president of the school’s site-based decision making committee. “Even though some of them still live in some of the poorest neighborhoods in Dallas, they still carry themselves like they are somebody.”
  A few years back, the campus was on the state’s lis
  
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• Immigration agency’s sweep targets 7-Eleven stores across nation

  11-01-2018 14:29
  Agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement yesterday fanned out to 7-Eleven locations across multiple states in a probe reportedly aimed at possible employment of undocumented workers.The Washington Post reports that agents visited stores in Texas, 16 other states and the District of Columbia. It did not say how many Texas locations were affected.The Post said that the agents interviewed employees and opened employment audits in what it called “the largest [ICE] operation targeting
  
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• Dallas tech workers make well over national average salary, among highest paid in state

  11-01-2018 14:23
  Technology workers in the Dallas metropolitan area make 10 percent more than the national average, according to the professional services and staffing company Robert Half International Inc.The figure makes Dallas tech workers among the most well-paid in the state, only matched by Midland/Odessa. Fort Worth tech salary averages came in at 9 percent over the nation’s total, while wages in Austin (8 percent) and Houston (7 percent) also remained strong. San Antonio techies make 1 percent more
  
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• Dallas-based storage disruptor expands into Houston market

  11-01-2018 14:22
  Named a North Texas real estate company to watch by the Dallas Business Journal, Callbox Storage has expanded into the Houston market.The company opened an 80,000-square-foot storage facility at 10739 W. Little York Road, Suite 200, on Jan. 8, CEO and co-founder Kyle Bainter told the Houston Business Journal. Currently, there are four employees at the new location, and Bainter expects to hire another six by the end of the year. But Callbox isn’t a typical storage company — it is
  
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• A $3.7B European software firm dives deeper into North Texas

  11-01-2018 14:21
  We talked to Dassault Systems' Irving-based COO for the Americas region about the company's plans in Texas. The 3D modeling company announced intentions to buy an Allen-based firm in October.
  
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• Study: Dallas will be among the nation's hottest housing markets in 2018

  11-01-2018 14:20
  With continued corporate expansion and job growth, Dallas made Zillow's list of the nation's 10 hottest housing markets for 2018.California, North Carolina and Texas each have two cities in Zillow’s top 10, which is based on a mix of six variables:Dallas ranked 10th, with the most job openings among the cities on the list. Austin, Texas' other ranking city, took sixth in the study.San Jose, California, took the top spot, boasting a median home value of $1.1 million — more than double
  
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• Dean Foods names new CFO

  11-01-2018 14:19
  Dean Foods has named a new chief financial officer following the departure of former CFO Chris Bellairs in September.Jody Macedonio will join Dallas-based Dean (NYSE: DF) effective Feb. 26 as executive vice president and CFO. She previously served at Henkel AG as the German chemical and consumer goods company’s senior vice president of finance for North American laundry and beauty divisions.Her resume also includes leadership positions at Sun Products, which was purchased by Henkel, as wel
  
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• Toyota, Honda recall another 1 million cars as part of expanded airbag issue

  11-01-2018 14:18
  Automakers Toyota and Honda are recalling more than 1 million additional vehicles in the United States to replace defective Takata air bag inflators that have caused several deaths globally.The expanded recalls follow the recent announcement from air bag manufacturer Takata that it is recalling another 3.3 million defective inflators. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the phased recalls began in May 2016 and will continue through December 2019.
  The latest announcem
  
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• Police Identify Body Of Woman Found In South Dallas

  11-01-2018 14:06
  DALLAS (1080 KRLD) – Police have identified the body found inside a home in south Dallas as that of Jacqueline Hughes.
  According to officials, Hughes went missing on Christmas day. Her body was found nearly two weeks later at a home on Castle Hills, near Paul Quinn College.
  Dallas Police say they went to that home a week earlier, but it was empty. A few hours later, officers were called back to the home when they say Hughes’ brother Clifton confronted her boyfriend and shot someone i
  
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• Fans Of Trump And Marijuana Feel Allegiances Go Up In Smoke

  11-01-2018 13:51
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Trump administration’s anti-marijuana move has some members of the president’s voting base fuming.
  Fans of President Donald Trump who use marijuana say Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ move to tighten federal oversight of the drug is the first time they’ve felt let down by the man they helped elect. The move feels especially punitive to Trump voters who work in the growing industry around legalized marijuana that has taken root in states of
  
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• Major Shift As Trump Opens Way For Medicaid Work Requirement

  11-01-2018 13:23
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says it’s offering a path for states that want to seek work requirements for Medicaid recipients. And that’s a major policy shift toward low-income people.
  Seema Verma heads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and she’s announcing the new approach. She says work and community involvement can make a positive difference in people’s health.
  But the plan probably will face opposition and legal challenges over concer
  
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• Solutions for Bus Driver Shortage in Allen ISD

  11-01-2018 13:20
  
  More than 5,000,000 students attend public schools across the state of Texas, but school districts say getting them to class has become an issue.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• GroupMe Users Report Hacked Accounts

  11-01-2018 13:19
  
  Tech experts say cyber thieves are always looking for ways to come after your money and personal information, and group messaging apps have become a popular way to do it.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Make Sure That You’re Prepared For Winter Weather In North Texas

  11-01-2018 13:18
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Winter weather is returning to North Texas on Thursday, and that could present problems for people who are not prepared. The morning is actually starting with mild temperatures and only a slight breeze. It does not feel like a day that might end with snow.
  But you will want to be prepared before you head out the door.
  Temperatures drop dramatically throughout the day. By the time that many people are heading home from work and school, it will be very cold and windy ou
  
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• Dallas County Records 5 More Deaths From Flu

  11-01-2018 12:12
  DALLAS (1080 KRLD) – Five more people in North Texas have died due to the flu according to health officials.
  According to Dallas County Health officials, those five people all lived in Dallas County.
  Tarrant County has also reported three deaths due to the flu, making it almost 30 people who have died from the influenza virus in North Texas.
  Parkland Hospital in Dallas has seen almost 1,000 people coming to their emergency department seeking treatment.
  “We hit the highest number
  
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• 1 Dead, 1 Injured in Arlington Crash: Police

  11-01-2018 12:12
  
  One person died and one was injured in a crash involving a disabled vehicle in Arlington Wednesday night, police say.Photo Credit: Metro Video
  
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• Winter Weather Advisory, Snow Possible Thursday

  11-01-2018 11:50
  
  A strong cold front will arrive Thursday sending temperatures tumbling while ushering in a chance for some light snow.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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