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• Cold Weather, Flu Leads to Drop in Blood Donations

  23-01-2018 23:53
  
  The American Red Cross is asking for help collecting blood and platelet donations after both severe winter weather and the flu have caused a drop in their blood collection.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Sewer Gas Blamed for Forney Hospital Evacuation

  23-01-2018 23:45
  
  Reports of headaches and nausea that prompted an evacuation of a North Texas hospital Tuesday morning were caused by sewer gas, fire officials 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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• Man in Dispute Fatally Shot Leaving His Apartment

  23-01-2018 23:32
  
  A man is in custody, suspected of fatally shooting a man as he left his Carrollton apartment early Tuesday morning.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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• Remains Of 5 Missing Gas Rig Workers Recovered

  23-01-2018 23:13
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The remains of five gas rig workers missing since a fiery explosion in eastern Oklahoma have been recovered, authorities said Tuesday.
  Pittsburg County Sheriff Chris Morris said once the natural gas drilling rig was stabilized following the blast and subsequent fires, employees from the state medical examiner’s office went into the wreckage and recovered the bodies in about two hours.
  “The bodies were located in the area where they were presumed to be worki
  
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• College Student Accidentally Rejects Wrong Girl on Tinder

  23-01-2018 22:57
  
  A Missouri State freshman says he made a big mistake when he rejected the wrong girl on on the dating app, Tinder.Photo Credit: Getty ImagesThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• 6 Teens Arrested After Police Chase, Crash

  23-01-2018 22:47
  
  Six teenagers are in custody after a police chase ended with a crash near a southeast Dallas elementary school Tuesday afternoon, police say.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Police Chase Ends In Rollover Crash, 6 Arrests

  23-01-2018 22:30
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A police chase ended in a major crash at the intersection of Jim Miller Rd and Seco Blvd around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.
  Six suspects were taken into custody and then to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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  Police had responded to a home invasion robbery in the 9700 block of Checota Drive around 1:45 p.m.
  Officers saw the suspect’s vehicle nearby when the brief chase began.
  The suspect’s vehicle hit a
  
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• Carrollton Man Shot, Killed Leaving Apartment

  23-01-2018 21:59
  CARROLLTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Carrollton Police have a suspect in custody after a man was shot and killed while leaving his apartment early Tuesday morning.
  Police said 56-year-old, Jose Ruiz Miguel was shot around 5:45 a.m. at The Place at Saddle Creek Apartments at 3420 Country Square Drive.
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  Miguel was rushed to the hospital where he died.
  Detectives believe the shooting was the result of a personal dispute between the suspect and v
  
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• Vaping Is Addictive And Can Lead Teens To Smoke, Study Finds

  23-01-2018 21:25
  CBS Local — A newly released report, compiled by health experts from around the country, has found that e-cigarettes can have a much more negative impact on teens than previous believed. The study claims that teens not only become addicted to vaping but are more likely to pick up smoking because of it.
  The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine released their findings on Jan. 23, citing evidence that e-cigarettes were safer than traditional smoking products, but refused t
  
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• Can Your Baby’s Name Predict Future Success? Study Says Yes

  23-01-2018 21:09
  CBS Local — Looking for that perfect name for your future son or daughter? A British recruiting firm claims that certain names tend to have a much more successful track record and may be worth their weight in gold when those kids grow up.
  A study of over 500,000 resumes submitted to The Knowledge Academy looked at the most common first names parents had given their children and compared those popular choices to what each name made as an average salary.
  According to the findings, paren
  
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• Commission Begins Discussing Texas School Finance Overhaul

  23-01-2018 20:25
  AUSTIN (AP) — A special commission has begun discussing how to remake Texas’ school finance system, 18-plus months after the state Supreme Court declared it deeply flawed but still barely constitutional.
  That ruling spared the Legislature from having to overhaul how Texas pays for educating around 5.3 million students. Instead, many top Republicans backed unsuccessful voucher plans offering public money to children attending private schools.
  Gov. Greg Abbott then convened a bipartisa
  
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• Forney Hospital Evacuated Due to Hazmat Situation

  23-01-2018 20:21
  
  A Forney hospital is under an evacuation order due to an unspecified hazmat situation Tuesday.Photo Credit: Chopper 5This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Lawsuit Claims Dallas Co. Jail Discriminates Against Poor

  23-01-2018 18:55
  
  Major changes could be in store for law enforcement in Dallas after a lawsuit was filled earlier this week. It claims that the county jail discriminates against the poor by holding them longer than the...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Hawaii Governor Was Slow To Correct Missile Blunder Because He Forgot His Twitter Password

  23-01-2018 18:54
  CBS Local — More than a week after a false alarm claimed that a missile was headed towards Hawaii and sparked widespread panic, the governor of America’s 50th state made an embarrassing admission as to why it took officials so long to defuse the phony alert. Although Governor David Ige reportedly knew the alert was a mistake two minutes after it was sent, Ige confessed he forgot what his Twitter password was and couldn’t tell the public as a result.
  “I have to confes
  
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• Tide Pods Maker: Don’t Blame Us For Kids’ ‘Poor Judgment’

  23-01-2018 18:33
  CBS Local — As accidental poisoning cases from the “Tide Pod Challenge” continue to skyrocket in 2018, the maker of the laundry detergent pouches is fighting back against the perception their product is dangerous. The company’s CEO also decided to hit back at the youngsters recording themselves eating the poisonous cleaners and may have questioned their intelligence for taking part in the stunt in the process.
  In a Jan. 22 blog post, Proctor & Gamble CEO David Ta
  
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• 5 Workers Presumed Dead In Oklahoma Rig Explosion

  23-01-2018 17:53
  QUINTON, Okla. (AP) — Gas rig workers missing after a fiery explosion in Oklahoma are presumed dead, authorities said Tuesday, and the search for the men has turned to a recovery mission.
  Pittsburg County Sheriff Chris Morris said it’s been a difficult 24 hours for everyone involved since the Monday morning blast. His deputies and others have had the difficult task of notifying families of those lost.
  Morris also released the names of the five employees who are presumed dead. They in
  
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• Cowboys Hire Defensive Coordinator Kris Richard

  23-01-2018 17:45
  
  The Cowboys have hired former Seattle defensive coordinator Kris Richard as their passing game coordinator, a source confirmed.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• North Texas Law Enforcement Officers Learning To Understand Autism

  23-01-2018 17:38
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Law enforcement officers from 11 separate North Texas agencies attended a training course on Tuesday morning in downtown Dallas. The motivation behind this eight-hour course was to help the officers develop a better understanding of autism.
  The officers were trained in how to respond, communicate and react in various situations. That included strategies that police officers could use to de-escalate situations that involved people with autism, and how to better intervi
  
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• Gun Industry Gathers In Las Vegas, Over 3 Months After Mass Shooting

  23-01-2018 17:06
  LAS VEGAS (AP) – The gun industry is holding its biggest annual trade show this week just a few miles from where a gunman slaughtered 58 concertgoers outside his high-rise Las Vegas hotel room in October using a display case worth of weapons, many of them fitted with bump stocks that enabled them to mimic fully automatic fire.
  LAS VEGAS, NV – JANUARY 19: Convention attendees look at rifles by Troy Defense at the 2016 National Shooting Sports Foundation’s Shooting, Hunting, Outd
  
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• JPMorgan Raising Wages, Hiring, Expanding

  23-01-2018 16:34
  NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan is boosting wages, opening new branches and hiring thousands of new workers citing improved economic performance and sweeping changes to the U.S. tax code.
  The U.S. recently slashed the corporate rate to 21 percent from, 35 percent.
  Hourly wages will rise to between $15 and $18 from a range of $12 to $16.50, impacting 22,000 employees. The New York bank will also open 400 new branches and hire 4,000 people in its new U.S. markets, housing and small business divisio
  
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• Twitter COO Anthony Noto Resigns To Lead Social Finance Inc.

  23-01-2018 16:21
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Twitter’s chief operating officer is leaving the social media giant to lead another company.
  Anthony Noto joined Twitter in July 2014 after a stint at Goldman Sachs. He has also served as chief financial officer at Twitter.
  Noto is considered a key part of the company’s leadership team. Shares of Twitter Inc. slid almost 3 percent at the opening bell Tuesday.
  The San Francisco company said other Twitter executives will take over Noto’s duties overseei
  
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• Do Your Feet a Favor, Wear Cowboy Boots: Doctor

  23-01-2018 16:06
  
  An orthopedic surgeon at JPS in Fort Worth kicks up praise for cowboys boots. Cowboy boots “give you a built-in heel lift,” which reduces stress on the Achilles tendon. Rhodes also likes the soles of cowboy...Photo Credit: Deborah Ferguson
  
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• Two Killed, 19 Wounded In Kentucky High School Shooting

  23-01-2018 15:55
  BENTON, Ky. (AP) — A 15-year-old student opened fire with a handgun inside a rural Kentucky high school Tuesday morning, killing two of his classmates, injuring 19 and sending hundreds fleeing for safety.
  Police were seen leading a teenager away in handcuffs and said the suspect will be charged with murder. It was the nation’s first fatal school shooting of 2018.
  Students ran for their lives out of Marshall County High School, jumping into cars and running down a highway, some not st
  
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• Report: One Killed, Several Wounded In Kentucky High School Shooting

  23-01-2018 15:55
  An early morning shooting at a high school in southwest Kentucky has claimed one life and left several others wounded, according to reports.
  Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin says at least one person died in the shooting at Marshall County High School.
  It is not known how many people were wounded or how critical they are.
  Reports say the shooter is in custody.
  Tragic shooting at Marshall County HS…Shooter is in custody, one confirmed fatality, multiple others wounded…Much yet unknown&h
  
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• Kimberly-Clark To Cut At Least 5,000 Jobs In Attempt To Lower Costs

  23-01-2018 15:27
  DALLAS (AP) – Kimberly-Clark will cut 5,000 to 5,500 jobs, or 12 percent to 13 percent of its workforce, as the consumer products company tries to lower costs.
  The Huggies and Kleenex maker said Tuesday that it plans to close or sell about 10 manufacturing plants while expanding production elsewhere. It’s also looking to exit or sell some low-margin businesses that make up approximately 1 percent of company sales.
  The company did not say where the job cuts would take place.
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• Kimberly-Clark Plans to Cut 5,000 to 5,500 Jobs

  23-01-2018 15:22
  
  Kimberly-Clark will cut 5,000 to 5,500 jobs, or 12 percent to 13 percent of its workforce, as the consumer products company tries to lower costs.
  
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• “The Shape Of Water” Leads Oscar Nominations With 13 Nods

  23-01-2018 14:56
  NEW YORK (AP) – Guillermo del Toro’s lavish monster romance “The Shape of Water” fished out a leading 13 nominations, Greta Gerwig became just the fifth woman nominated for best director and “Mudbound” cinematographer Rachel Morrison made history as the first woman to earn a nod in that category in nominations announced Tuesday for the 90th annual Academy Awards.
  Oscar voters put forward nine best-picture nominees: “The Shape of Water,” ”Thre
  
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• ATF Searches Italy School Day After Shooting

  23-01-2018 14:47
  
  Students at Italy High School will return to school 24 hours after a 16-year-old boy shot a 15-year-old girl in the school’s cafeteria.
  
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• Students Return To Class After Shooting At Italy High School

  23-01-2018 14:09
  ITALY (CBSDFW.COM) – Students at Italy High School return to class on Tuesday, just one day after a teenager pulled out a gun and started shooting in the campus cafeteria. Only one other student was seriously injured during the attack, but many of the school’s 265 students heard the shots.
  The rest of the school day was canceled. The school district is making grief counselors available for students on Tuesday.
  Families came together Monday night for a prayer vigil, as the entire
  
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• More Texas Women are Running for Higher Office

  23-01-2018 14:06
  
  A growing number of Texas women have filed paperwork to run for higher office – in particular, seats in Washington, D.C. and in Austin.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Cosby Jokes In 1st Show Since 2015 He ‘Used To Be’ Comedian

  23-01-2018 13:58
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby performed in public for the first time since a sex abuse scandal embroiled him in 2015, joking that he “used to be a comedian” and playing with a jazz band in his hometown as a retrial looms in his criminal sexual assault case.
  The 80-year-old entertainer took the stage for about an hour Monday night at a Philadelphia jazz club for his first show since May 2015. Before a friendly crowd, he told stories, honored old friends and finished by leading
  
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• Radio Host Adds $5,000 To Reward In Garland Clerk’s Murder

  23-01-2018 13:22
  GARLAND (CBSDFW.COM) – Convenience store employee Manish Panday was shot and killed on Saturday night during a robbery in Garland. It happened at the Exxon gas station located at the corner of Broadway Boulevard and East Oates Road, and authorities are still searching for the gunman.
  Now, a nationally syndicated radio show host has stepped up to help police find the suspects.
  Jerry Reynolds of “The Car Pro Show” is putting up a $5,000 reward for information that leads to t
  
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• Zagster Thinks It Has a Fix for Dallas' Bike-Share Problem

  23-01-2018 13:20
  
  The new bike-share company won't allow riders to ditch their rent-a-rides just anywhere. Bikes will only be considered returned when they're locked to a "fixed object" — like a bike rack or a parking meter.
  
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• President Trump Applies Tariffs To Solar Panels, Washing Machines

  23-01-2018 12:27
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday approved tariffs on imported solar-energy components and large washing machines in a bid to help U.S. manufacturers.
  The Republican’s decision followed recommendations for tariffs by the U.S. International Trade Commission.
  “The president’s action makes clear again that the Trump administration will always defend American workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses in this regard,” U.S. Trade Representative Robert Li
  
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• ‘Terrifying’ Tsunami Sirens Alert Residents After Major Quake

  23-01-2018 12:10
  UPDATE: Tuesday January 23 6:40 am
  The National Tsunami Center has canceled a tsunami warning that was triggered by a powerful earthquake off the coast of Alaska.
  Mickey Varnadao, a computer specialist with the warning center in Palmer, Alaska, said early Tuesday that an advisory remains in effect for parts of Alaska, from Kodiak Island to Prince William Sound.
  Watches have been canceled for British Columbia in Canada, Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii. Officials in Japan say there is no
  
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• FWPD Looking For Suspects Who Stole Thousands From Walmart

  23-01-2018 08:54
  FORT WORTH (1080 KRLD) – Police are looking for two men who they say have stolen thousands of dollars in cash from local Walmart stores.
  According to Fort Worth Police, the two male suspects went into the Walmart store on Beach St. at Tarrant Parkway, and one of them used a key to gain access to a cash register.
  Officer Daniel Segura says the two men have also struck in the Hurst and Bedford areas.
  “Almost $2500 were taken from the Walmart in Fort Worth,” Officer Segura says. &
  
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• Massive Grass Fire Burns 2,000 Acres in Parker County

  23-01-2018 06:11 via nbcdfw.com
  
  A massive grass fire in Parker County burned approximately 2,000 acres Monday, shutting down two interstates and lifting a plume of smoke into the air that was visible more than 60 miles away.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Kaepernick, Snoop Dogg to Donate $35K to Dallas Organization

  23-01-2018 05:53
  
  A Dallas-based organization is due to become the next recipient of free-agent NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick's charitable giving, along with help from a legendary rapper.Photo Credit: Getty ImagesThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Reward Increased in Hunt for Killers of Garland Store Clerk

  23-01-2018 05:36
  
  The reward for information leading police to the men who killed a store clerk in Garland Saturday night has been increased to $10,000.
  
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• Fort Worth Cancer Charity Burglarized, Electronics Stolen

  23-01-2018 05:33
  
  Investigators in Fort Worth are working to figure out who would break into the offices of a cancer charity.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Consumer Reports: Eat Eggs For Your Health

  23-01-2018 05:15
  
  Many years ago, eggs fell out of favor among health experts, because of the connection between high cholesterol foods and cardiovascular disease. But the science has changed course – and eggs are being viewed in...Photo Credit: UIG via Getty Images
  
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• Wildfires Force Dozens Of Families From Their Homes

  23-01-2018 05:03
  WILLOW PARK (CBSDFW.COM) – A wildfire burning in Parker County on Monday forced the evacuation of dozens of families and shutdown two interstates for hours.
  Firefighters worked quickly to contain the fire that burned 1,000 acres before being contained.
  The fire was not only massive, but it spread quickly.
  Dry conditions and high winds made it difficult for firefighters to contain at first.
  “Coming closer and closer, you know the heart is kind of going up into the throat because every
  
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