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• Jack White Bans Cell Phones From Concerts On Upcoming Tour

  25-01-2018 23:53
  (CBSDFW.COM) – Musician Jack White is banning fans from taking cell phones into concerts on his upcoming tour.
  Concertgoers will need to keep their phones in a yonder pouch during the show. They will only be able to unlock it at a designated space in the lobby or concourse of the venue.
  White says he wants to make his show a “100 percent human experience.”
  White’s tour comes through Dallas on April 27 and 29 at the Bomb Factory.
  
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• U.S. Tourism During Trump Presidency Down $4.6 Billion, Report Says

  25-01-2018 23:43
  CBS Local — While the Trump presidency has meant huge gains and broken records on Wall Street, a report from the National Travel and Tourism Office says the country’s tourism industry took a big hit in 2017.
  Travel to the U.S. reportedly fell by four percent during the first half of 2017, resulting in an estimated $4.6 billion drop off in spending from tourists during that period.
  “It’s not a reach to say the rhetoric and policies of this administration are
  
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• Feds: Hawaii Missile Alert Employee Not Cooperating In Probe

  25-01-2018 23:26
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii state employee who mistakenly sent an alert warning of a ballistic missile attack earlier this month is refusing to cooperate with federal and state investigators.
  (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
  The head of the Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau told a U.S. Senate hearing on Thursday the FCC is pleased with the cooperation it’s received so far from Hawaii Emergency Management Agency leadership.
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• Trump To Support Path To Citizenship For 1.8 Million Illegal Immigrants

  25-01-2018 23:09
  WASHINGTON (AP) –  The White House says President Donald Trump is proposing to provide a path to citizenship for 1.8 million younger immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. The plan is likely to get a mixed reaction on Capitol Hill.
  President Donald Trump leads a prison reform roundtable in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, on January 11, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
  Senior White House officials are offering a preview of Trump’s immigration f
  
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• Camels Disqualified From Saudi Beauty Contest Over Botox Injections

  25-01-2018 23:01
  CBS Local — Have you ever found yourself wondering aloud, “can a camel get a Botox injection?” The answer, is yes, however, it will apparently get them disqualified from a traditional Saudi Arabian beauty pageant.
  According to reports, 12 camels were booted from Saudi Arabia’s annual camel beauty contest after it was found that their owners gave the animals Botox treatments.
  “They use Botox for the lips, the nose, the upper lips, the lower lips and even the jaw
  
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• First Lady Skips Davos With Trump, Visits Holocaust Museum

  25-01-2018 22:49
  WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump remembered the millions of victims of the Nazis with a visit Thursday to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.
  “My thoughts and prayers are with the people whose lives and families were broken by the horrors of the Holocaust,” the first lady said in a statement. “My heart is with you, and we remember.”
  The first lady later tweeted that the visit was “a powerful & moving tour that honors the millions of
  
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• DFR Fights 4-Alarm Apartment Fire

  25-01-2018 22:40 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Firefighters with Dallas Fire-Rescue are battling a large 4-alarm apartment fire.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• James Corden Says Grammys Will Include ‘Me Too’ Moment

  25-01-2018 22:29
  NEW YORK (AP) — Grammy Award host James Corden says Sunday’s show will carve out some time to allow artists to express solidarity with the “Me Too” and Time’s Up movements.
  Corden, returning for his second stint as host, will do his own part to support victims of sexual misconduct — he’ll wear a white rose.
  In an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday, the late-night talk show host said he didn’t know about the new initiative but supported
  
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• News Now: Update On Condominium Fire In Dallas

  25-01-2018 22:27
  We've got updates on a condo fire in Dallas and grass fire in Denton and Anne Elise is along to tell us when any of us might get some rain again.
  
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• Study Claims Microwaves Are As Bad As Cars For The Environment

  25-01-2018 22:22
  CBS Local — Before turning on the microwave to re-heat last night’s dinner, a new report claims your common kitchen appliance is as big of a threat to the environment as a gas-powered car.
  According to the University of Manchester, the total number of microwaves in European Union households emit 7.7 million tons of carbon dioxide each year. That total was found to be the same as 6.8 million cars. The report, published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, cl
  
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• Southwest Airlines' plans for Hawaii flights up in the air

  25-01-2018 21:54
  Southwest Airlines Co. is on track with its plans for flights to Hawaii, CEO Gary Kelly said Thursday, but don’t start packing just yet.It’s still too soon to say when and where in the Hawaiian islands Dallas-based Southwest (NYSE: LUV) will fly, Kelly said in a conference call with investors and media.“Our goal has been from the outset to be flying (to Hawaii) by the end of the year,” Kelly said. “Achieving that goal is not totally within our control. In terms of t
  
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• Third Suspect Arrested In Murder of Garland Convenience Store Clerk

  25-01-2018 21:36
  GARLAND (CBSDFW.COM) – The third suspect involved in the murder of Manish Panday was arrested and is identified as Tristan Rashad Bowles, 31, of Dallas.
  Tristan Rashad Bowles, 31, of Dallas (photo credit: Garland Police Dept.)
  During the investigation detectives received information that a third person was involved in the robbery and murder of the store clerk.
  Detectives learned that Bowles drove Darrell and Chavez to the convenience store located in the 4700 block of Broadway Blvd. I
  
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• Private equity firm, developer to begin construction on new headquarters building in Frisco

  25-01-2018 21:34
  Boston-based Cabot Properties and Dallas-based Stream Realty Partners have teamed up to begin construction on a new 160,000-square-foot building in Frisco that will serve as a corporate headquarters for a division of Wake Forest, North Carolina's PowerSecure Inc.
  PowerSecure Lighting recently leased about 75,000 square feet in the new project within Frisco Park 25, a 216-acre business park at the northwest corner of Preston Road and Rockhill Parkway that was created by the Frisco Economic Develo
  
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• Reports: Wal-Mart cutting down its corporate staff

  25-01-2018 21:03
  After abruptly closing a number of its Sam’s Club stores across the country, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is feeling the squeeze at its corporate office.The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Thursday that according to sources, the retail giant laid off fewer than 500 workers from its headquarters in Bentonville. Affected positions ranged across Wal-Mart’s merchandising, real estate, finance, human resources, technology and global business services departments.An unknown number of cuts also
  
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• NASA Honors 7 Killed On Space Shuttle Columbia 15 Years Ago

  25-01-2018 20:51
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is honoring the seven astronauts killed aboard shuttle Columbia 15 years ago, with a special musical tribute by the son of Israel’s first astronaut.
  The crew of the space shuttle Columbia. (Source: NASA)
  Singer and songwriter Tal Ramon traveled from Israel for Thursday’s ceremony at Kennedy Space Center. It was just his second trip back since his father was killed on Feb. 1, 2003. All seven astronauts — including Israeli astronaut Ilan Ram
  
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• Researchers Claim To Have Developed A Universal Flu Vaccine

  25-01-2018 20:39
  CBS Local — As Americans deal with a devastating flu season that has already claimed hundreds of lives, researchers at Georgia State University claim they’ve developed a way to produce a “universal flu vaccine” that could protect patients for several years with just one shot.
  Dr. Lei Deng and Dr. Baozhong Wang say that a new approach of using double-layered protein nanoparticles to target the influenza virus produced a longer lasting immunity to the flu in mice.
  
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• 3-Alarm Apartment Fire Burns in Dallas

  25-01-2018 20:36
  
  Breaking news from NBC 5.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Breaking: 3 Forney High School Students Arrested for Hazing

  25-01-2018 20:35
  
  Three students from Forney High School have been arrested for sexual assault as part of a hazing investigation, according to the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Department.
  
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• Large Grass Fire at Golf Course in Denton

  25-01-2018 20:34
  
  Crews are battling a large grass fire at a golf course in Denton County.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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• Crews Working On 4-Alarm Condo Fire In Dallas

  25-01-2018 20:33
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Firefighters with Dallas Fire Rescue are working to put out a 4-alarm blaze at a condominium complex.
  The fire started just before 1 p.m. at the Sable Ridge Condominiums, near Abrams Road and Northwest Highway.
  There have been no reports injuries.
  * This is a breaking news story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
  
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• 30 Condo Units Destroyed In 4-Alarm Fire In Dallas

  25-01-2018 20:33
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Firefighters with Dallas Fire Rescue are working to put out a four-alarm fire at a condominium complex.
  The fire started just before 1 p.m. at the Sable Ridge Condominiums, near Abrams Road and Northwest Highway.
  When firefighters arrived at the three-story residential building they found fire in a first floor unit, according to Dallas Fire-Rescue.
  While they worked to knock the fire down, flames had already got into the walls and floor spaces and began spreading thro
  
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• 'We will be replaced' — Business leaders gathered in Dallas stress consequences of pulling out of NAFTA

  25-01-2018 20:16
  Business leaders from BNSF, the Gowan Company and Santa Rosa Ranch gathered in Dallas to stress the importance of staying in NAFTA.
  
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• 4 Forney HS Soccer Players Arrested For Hazing, Sexual Assault

  25-01-2018 20:08
  FORNEY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Four Forney High School soccer players have been arrested on sexual assault charges stemming from hazing incidents.
  Two students, both juveniles, were taken into custody on the school’s campus Thursday morning. Another adult student was arrested off-campus, authorities said.
  By Thursday afternoon a third juvenile was in custody. 
  During an investigation into allegations of hazing in the boy’s soccer program, investigators determined that severa
  
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• 3 Forney HS Soccer Players Arrested For Hazing, Sexual Assault

  25-01-2018 20:08
  FORNEY (CBSDFW.COM) – Three Forney High School soccer players have been arrested on sexual assault charges stemming from hazing incidents.
  Two students, both juveniles, were taken into custody on the school’s campus Thursday morning. Another adult student was arrested off-campus, authorities said. Warrants have been issued for two additional juvenile students who remain at-large.
  (credit: CBSDFW.COM)
  During an investigation into allegations of hazing in the boy’s soccer program
  
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• Dallas private equity firm latest to join investor rush for autism centers

  25-01-2018 20:07
  Dallas private equity firm Pharos Capital Group is acquiring a network of autism treatment centers as part of a growing trend of investors flocking to that corner of the health care market.
  
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• Plano builder to develop $500M of new homes in fast-growing Frisco neighborhoods

  25-01-2018 20:04
  Plano-based Green Brick Partners (Nasdaq: GRBK) plans to build more than 1,000 homes in three master-planned communities in the fast-growing Frisco community. The homes will have a build-out value of more than $500 million.The North Texas suburb is one of the most dynamic markets for home lot development in Dallas-Fort Worth, which is why Green Brick Partners is banking on the city, said CEO Jim Brickman.
  "With some of the highest job growth rates in the nation, Frisco has continued to expand&he
  
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• See inside a $4.5M luxury Fort Worth estate set to sell to highest bidder

  25-01-2018 19:56
  A North Texas luxury estate that was once on the market for $4.499 million could sell to the highest bidder, or without reserve, at an auction held by New York City-based Concierge Auctions in partnership with Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty.
  The two-story, nearly 10,000-square-foot mansion at 4657 Benavente Court in Fort Worth's affluent Montserrat community is being auctioned off to bidders on Wednesday, Feb. 21.
  The Fort Worth estate is the true definition of Texan luxury, with&
  
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• Square adds Fort Worth company to its food delivery arm

  25-01-2018 19:19
  San Francisco payment company Square Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is acquiring a Fort Worth-based business to add to its food ordering platform.Entrees-On Trays is being integrated into Square’s Caviar platform, bringing on dozens of North Texas restaurants, including Esperanza’s, Terra Mediterranean and Riscky’s Bar-B-Q.Caviar will also continue On Trays’ corporate catering program as part of Caviar for Teams, its corporate and group ordering arm.“Our experience with Caviar has
  
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• Oprah: ‘I Don’t Have The DNA’ For A Presidential Bid

  25-01-2018 18:57
  ATLANTA (AP) – Oprah Winfrey says she’s not interested in a presidential bid despite Democrats’ continuing buzz about the billionaire media icon.
  Oprah Winfrey accepts the 2018 Cecil B. DeMille Award, speaking on stage during the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
  Winfrey tells InStyle magazine in a newly published interview that she hears the encour
  
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• 1 Cigarette Per Day Still Raises Heart Disease Risk, Study Finds

  25-01-2018 18:55
  CBS Local — There’s no such thing as just smoking a little bit, according to a new study. British researchers say that even smoking just one cigarette a day still has a significant impact on a person’s risk for developing heart disease or having a stroke.
  In a report in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), a smoker who had one cigarette daily was 50 percent more likely to suffer from heart disease and 30 percent more likely to have a stroke than someone who never smoked before.
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• 7-Eleven completes $3.3B purchase after agreeing to divest stores

  25-01-2018 18:49
  Irving-based 7-Eleven has completed a deal with Sunoco LP after agreeing to divest some of the stores originally included in the $3.3 billion acquisition.The North Texas convenience store giant announced in April plans to buy 1,108 Sunoco (NYSE: SUN) locations in 18 states. At the time, Sunoco, which moved its operations to Dallas in 2016, operated roughly 1,350 fuel stations under brand names like Stripes and APlus.But the deal hit a snag when the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said the purchase
  
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• NFL Saluting Medal Of Honor Winners At Super Bowl Coin Toss

  25-01-2018 18:32
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL will salute 15 recipients of the Medal of Honor, the United States’ most prestigious military decoration, when they participate in the coin toss before the Super Bowl on Feb. 4.
  WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 23: A White House military aide holds retired U.S. Army Capt. Gary Rose’s Medal of Honor during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House October 23, 2017 in Washington, DC. Rose, 69, is being recognized for risking his life while serving as
  
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• Police Investigate Shooting of Child

  25-01-2018 18:20
  
  Police in Fort Worth are investigating a shooting at a home that left a young child dead.Police responded to the 3900 block of Lawnwood Street at about 9:45 p.m. Wednesday and found Jonnie Colon, 3, had been...
  
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• North Texas Man Sentenced For Smuggling Circuits To China, Russia

  25-01-2018 18:01
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A Plano man has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for smuggling circuits abroad for use by space programs in China and Russia.
  Sixty-two-year-old Peter Zuccarelli was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty in August to charges that include conspiring to smuggle and illegally export from the U.S.
  (credit: Sergei Ilnitsky/AFP/Getty Images)
  “The United States rightfully restricts, as a national security concern, the exportation of technological eq
  
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• Scientists Move ‘Doomsday Clock’ Closer To Apocalypse Amid Growing Fear Of Nuclear War

  25-01-2018 17:46
  CBS Local — A group of scientists have released an ominous update to the symbolic Doomsday Clock. According to their calculations, the world’s countdown to an eventual apocalypse now stands at “two minutes to midnight.”
  The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists made the grim update on Jan. 25, moving the clock forward 30 seconds, the closest the theoretical countdown has been to doomsday in 65 years.
  “The world is not only more dangerous now than it was a year ago; it i
  
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• Meet the Dogs in NBC 5's Doggie Bowl

  25-01-2018 17:36
  
  Get the popcorn ready for NBC 5’s Fort Worth Doggie Bowl on Friday morning. Watch the adoptable dogs race and make a Super Bowl LII prediction on Facebook Live.
  
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• Smoke Inversion Leads to Hazy Skies Over DFW

  25-01-2018 17:20
  
  Neat video from Texas SkyRanger Wednesday showed a thin layer of smoke hanging over the Dallas skyline -- that's due to a temperature inversion.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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• Candice Bergen To Star In CBS’ ‘Murphy Brown’ Revival

  25-01-2018 15:55
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Candice Bergen is returning to TV in a revival of “Murphy Brown,” the agenda-setting 20th-century comedy.
  Officials with CBS confirm the network has ordered 13 episodes of the sitcom for its 2018-19 season.
  Diane English created the original series that starred Bergen as a hard-charging TV journalist. English is back as writer and executive producer for the reboot.
  CBS suggested the show is ready for to embrace the current zeitgeist.
  “As its 30th annive
  
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• American Airlines Tops Wall Street’s 4Q Forecasts

  25-01-2018 15:42
  FORT WORTH (AP) — American Airlines reported Thursday that fourth-quarter profit slipped 11 percent as higher costs for fuel and labor offset rising revenue.
  The world’s biggest airline also gave a strong forecast for 2018 earnings as demand for travel remains strong.
  American said that it earned $258 million in the fourth quarter, down from $289 million a year earlier.
  Excluding one-time gains and costs, American said it earned 95 cents per share. That beat the average Wall Street e
  
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• Google Lunar XPRIZE Competition Ends After 10 Years, With No Winner

  25-01-2018 15:17
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – Millions of dollars offered in the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition will go unclaimed despite a decade of work.
  XPRIZE Foundation officials said Tuesday that none of the five finalist teams will be able to make a launch attempt to reach the moon by the March 31 deadline.
  The competition announced by the foundation and Google on September 13, 2007, sought to spur private development of lunar missions.
  The winner would have had to land a craft on the moon, move it at least
  
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• Lynyrd Skynyrd Announces Farewell Tour That Winds Through Dallas

  25-01-2018 14:58
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Southern rock icons Lynyrd Skynyrd will kick off their final tour May 4 in West Palm Beach, Florida, more than 40 years after the band’s debut album was released.
  The Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Famers announced Thursday that the farewell tour will also feature Kid Rock, Hank Williams Jr., Bad Company, the Marshall Tucker Band and 38 Special.
  Formed in Jacksonville, the band behind hits like “Free Bird,” ”Sweet Home Alabama&r
  
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• Grumpy Cat Snatches Lump Of Cash In California Court

  25-01-2018 14:10
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — It still won’t make her smile, but Grumpy Cat has won some scratch.
  A California jury gave the furry frown queen more than $700,000 this week in a federal lawsuit over the use of her identity — that’s a lot of catnip!
  According to documents obtained by The Washington Post, owner Tabatha Bundesen of Morristown, Arizona, won the lawsuit first filed three years ago against the Grenade beverage company.
  “Grumpy Cat” sits in the dugout befo
  
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• I-635 Expansion on the Line in Austin Thursday

  25-01-2018 14:07
  
  The proposed expansion I-635, of one of the busiest stretches of highway in all of North Texas, will be on the line during a hearing in Austin on Thursday.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Scientists Successfully Clone Monkeys, But Are Humans Up Next?

  25-01-2018 13:56
  NEW YORK (AP) – For the first time, researchers have used the cloning technique that produced Dolly the sheep to create healthy monkeys, bringing science an important step closer to being able to do the same with humans.
  Since Dolly’s birth in 1996, scientists have cloned nearly two dozen kinds of mammals, including dogs, cats, pigs, cows and polo ponies, and have also created human embryos with this method. But until now, they have been unable to make babies this way in primates, th
  
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