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• Grand Prairie Police Launch Senior Safety Lockbox Program

  01-02-2018 23:46
  
  The Grand Prairie Police Department launched its Senior Safety Key Lockbox Program to help speed up entry into homes during 911 emergencies.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Texas Youth Prison Workers Arrested Amid Abuse Investigation

  01-02-2018 23:00
  AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Texas authorities say four current and former employees of the state’s troubled youth prison system have been arrested as part of an investigation into allegations of abuse and misconduct in juvenile lockups.
  The Texas Department of Public Safety said Thursday the charges include excessive force, tampering with a government record and theft by a public servant.
  Last year, at least four other Texas juvenile corrections officers were arrested on charges
  
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• Arizona House Votes To Expel Lawmaker Over Sexual Harassment Allegations

  01-02-2018 22:37
  PHOENIX (AP) – The Arizona House has voted to expel a Republican lawmaker over sexual harassment allegations.
  Rep. Don Shooter is believed to be the first state lawmaker in the U.S. to be voted out of his seat since the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct began last fall.
  Rep. Don Shooter (KPHO-TV)
  Thursday’s vote comes after an outside investigator determined that Shooter engaged in a pattern of sexual harassment that created a hostile workplace.
  Shooter says he’s done n
  
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• UIL Announces Realignment For High School Sports

  01-02-2018 22:34
  DALLAS (KRLD) – It’s like a gigantic puzzle the University Interscholastic League has to put together every two years – district realignment for Texas high school sports.
  The new set-up released today included one major change that had previously been announced. Class 5A has now been divided into two divisions for football.
  KRLD’s Cameron Fairchild discussed some of the changes with Sportsday High School Editor Michael Florek.One of the biggest surprises in the realignmen
  
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• News Now: 12-Year-Old Girl In Custody For LA Middle School Shooting

  01-02-2018 22:19
  Ken Molestina goes over some of the big stories so far on Thursday and Anne Elise talks about the upcoming cool down.
  
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• Man Accused Of Stealing Car With Baby Inside Is Arrested

  01-02-2018 22:04
  CARROLLTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Carrollton Police detectives have arrested 27-year-old Devon Nicholas Sewell suspected of stealing a car Saturday night with a sleeping child in the backseat.
  Devon Nicholas Sewell
  When Sewell eventually noticed the child, he pulled over and left the boy, still strapped in his car seat, on a doorstep at 2730 Fyke Rd. in Farmers Branch, police said.
  The resident who found him called 911 and the boy was not harmed.
  Police said the incident happened shortly be
  
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• Trophy Club, Dallas developer Scott Beck get past 'platmail' to develop new town center

  01-02-2018 22:02
  Construction is readying to get underway on the new 26-acre Trophy Club Town Center mixed-use development after lengthy litigation over dedicated park land and more than $4 million.
  
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• Texas ad agencies to push avocados, beer and more in Super Bowl LII commercials

  01-02-2018 21:44
  To turn an old cliché on its head, the NFL Super Bowl is, well, the Super Bowl of advertising.Texas is home to thriving independent advertising agencies as well as offices for national firms. Some of their work is on display this weekend during the ultimate game of the pro football season.The Super Bowl reaches more than 100 million people. That kind of exposure doesn't come cheap — a 30-second commercial during last year's game cost $5.05 million on average, up 87 percent over the
  
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• Why Southwest Airlines would prevail in a price war

  01-02-2018 21:40
  Southwest Airlines Co. and Delta are the best positioned to be the winners in the increasingly likely event of a price war.That’s the conclusion of an analysis by financial markets web site Seeking Alpha, which cites the higher profit margins of Dallas-based Southwest (NYSE: LUV) and Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL)Last week, U.S. carriers’ shares sank on investor fears of an intensifying price war.The stock plunge followed an announcement by Chicago-based United Continental
  
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• 6-Year-Old Epileptic Receives First State Sanctioned Medical Marijuana 

  01-02-2018 21:30
  TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The first sale of state-sanctioned medical marijuana happened Thursday morning.
  It was delivered to a 6-year-old girl in Central Texas with intractable epilepsy.
  medical marijuana (Andrea Lucia – CBS11)
  The sale was made by Knox Medical, one of three companies now licensed by the state to dispense cannabis.MORETo legally purchase medical marijuana in Texas, the patient must have a prescription approved by two neurologists on the Compassionate Use Registry of
  
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• Docs Amputate Leg Of Texas Man To Free Him From Trenching Machine

  01-02-2018 20:52
  FRISCO (CBSDFW.COM) – An air ambulance was called to a North Texas construction site after a man got caught in a trenching machine.
  (credit: CBSDFW.COM)
  The Frisco Fire Department arrived at the construction site of a new housing development just before 9:00 a.m. Once there firefighters realized they could not free the man — whose leg was tangled in the blades of the machine — first-responders immediately called for a surgeon to be flown to the scene.
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• McKinney’s Independent Bank hopeful for another Texas or Colorado acquisition

  01-02-2018 20:48
  Independent Bank CEO David Brooks said on a call with analysts this week that he expects the bank’s business in the Colorado market will grow organically by 25 percent this year, but he also indicated interest in another deal there and in Texas.
  
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• Do Women Need Bigger Parking Spaces? One Mother Says Yes

  01-02-2018 20:24
  CBS Local — Are mothers really so distracted behind the wheel that they need their own row of super-sized parking spots? The stereotype is already a reality in one nation and now a mother in Great Britain wants her country to adopt the idea.
  China’s women-only car parking spaces – branded with a high-heel show on a bright pink background – have drawn heavy criticism for being sexist and fueling the narrative that women are poor drivers. “The women’s parking sp
  
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• Rockwall Police Arrest Four On Charges Related To Sex Trafficking

  01-02-2018 20:08
  ROCKWALL (1080 KRLD) – A couple from Denton tried to sell a 14-year-old girl to a family in Elgin, Illinois, an affidavit for arrest warrants say. The documents say Steven Marks and Lila Miller were wired $8,600 of the $17,500 negotiated price. When the final amount was not paid, the couple drove the girl back to Texas.
  The Department of Public Safety affidavits were released by the Rockwall District Attorney’s office today as part of an open records request. Four have been arre
  
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• S&P: City that lands Amazon's HQ2 open to risks, rewards

  01-02-2018 19:59
  If North Texas' bid for Amazon.com's second headquarters is successful, the $5 billion, 50,000-job project will largely benefit the winning city's credit and economic outlook despite some concerns about putting too many real estate holdings and hires in one place.That's the conclusion of a report from S&P Global Ratings. It said the high-paying jobs that come with the HQ2 project would strengthen the winning area's per capita purchasing power, or amount of money residents have to spend after
  
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• School: Student Grades, Focus Improve After Cellphone Ban

  01-02-2018 19:56
  SEYMOUR, Conn. (AP) — Students at a Connecticut high school are recording higher grades and more focus in the classroom since the school instituted a blanket ban on cellphone use.
  Seymour High School Principal Jim Freund said the school banned cellphones Dec. 11 following instances of “mean spirited behavior” through text messages and social media.
  (credit: Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images)
  Students are only allowed to use their phones at the teacher’s instruction or wh
  
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• Is the Groundhog Forecast Rigged?

  01-02-2018 19:24
  
  How accurate is Phil the groundhog on Groundhog day? Meteorologist Grant Johnston explains.Photo Credit: NBC10
  
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• Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones inducted into another Hall of Fame, NTCAR style

  01-02-2018 19:19
  Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones Sr. — as well as leaders with CBRE and KDC — will be inducted into the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors and Real Estate Professionals for his trailblazing efforts in both sports and real estate.
  Jones, founder and CEO of Frisco-based Blue Star Land, will be inducted by the industry group into its 2018 NTCAR Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame, along with KDC President Tobin Grove. Last year, Jones joined a small group of National Footbal
  
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• NASA Turns Selfies By Mars Rover Into Stunning Self-Portrait

  01-02-2018 19:09
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has transformed selfies taken by its Mars rover Curiosity into a stunning self-portrait.
  Released this week, the photo shows Curiosity in the middle of the dusty, red Martian terrain, with Mount Sharp in the background. The rim of Gale Crater is also visible.
  This self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle on Vera Rubin Ridge, which it’s been investigating for the past several months. Poking up just behind Curiosity’s m
  
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• Money Order for Gov't Paperwork Disappears, NBC 5 Respond

  01-02-2018 19:07
  
  A South Dallas woman married a man she met in Jamaica, when the government misplaced the money orders paying for his citizenship paperwork, and the post office was delayed in reprinting them.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• PETA Wants Dairy-Free Pizza In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

  01-02-2018 18:54
  CBS Local — PETA apparently wants to take the “cow” out of “cowabunga, dude!” The animal rights group has asked the makers of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” to swap out the superheroes’ favorite snack, pizza, for a vegan alternative.
  In a Jan. 31 letter to Nickelodeon, PETA asked the network to take their upcoming cartoon series in a “different direction” by having the crime fighting turtles eat dairy-free pizza. “Modern
  
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• Lockheed Martin says new F-35 technology will prevent an estimated 26 crashes

  01-02-2018 18:40
  To prevent the loss of both aircraft and pilot lives, Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) is implementing anti-collision software in its fleet of F-35 aircraft, according to the Pentagon’s F-35 Joint Program Office.The concept is similar to a car that brakes on its own before striking an object. Lockheed Martin installed the software into its F-16 fleet in 2014, and the system has already saved the lives of seven pilots and six aircraft, the company said."Lockheed Martin originally dev
  
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• Dr. Phil Talks Career, Relationships And Influences

  01-02-2018 18:24
  Dr. Phil McGraw has been an institution in American society for almost two decades. Through the platform of his nationally syndicated program “The Dr. Phil Show,” McGraw takes the topics that are toughest to talk about and gives them light. This idea can be seen in today’s show as a 21-year-old woman named Bailey believes she is in love with a woman she met through the Internet and has never met in person.
  Dr. Phil talked with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith about his career, tod
  
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• Tall Husbands And Short Wives Make For Great Marriages, Study Finds

  01-02-2018 17:54
  CBS Local — The secret to a happy marriage may be in your height, according to a study.
  Women tend to prefer taller men and that might be a good thing if they want to have a great marriage. The study found that women who have tall husbands tend to be happier. In the study, researchers surveyed 8,000 participants, and found a correlation between the husband’s height and the wife’s happiness.
  Researchers say the more inches separating you height-wise, the bett
  
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• Construction Worker Hospitalized After Incident: Authorities

  01-02-2018 17:46
  
  A construction worker has been hospitalized after an incident where he became entrapped in a machine near Beacon Crest Lane and Kaitlin Lane in Frisco, authorities said.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• #MeToo Movement Drops Office Romances To 10-Year Low, Survey Finds

  01-02-2018 17:36
  CBS Local — With the rise of the #MeToo movement and national crackdown on harassment in the workplace, a survey on office romance says love is not in the air when it comes to co-workers dating.
  CareerBuilder’s annual Valentine’s Day poll found that office romances have fallen to a 10-year low with only 36 percent of workers admitting to dating a co-worker. Just last year, the same survey reported that 41 percent of co-workers had dated.
  “Office romance is experiencing a
  
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• 40 Under 40: Meet the top young leaders in North Texas

  01-02-2018 17:30
  The Dallas Business Journal is pleased to unveil its 2018 40 Under 40 honorees. This year's list includes bold innovators in business, real estate, finance, technology, health care and philanthropy.
  They've chosen different career paths to success — some worked their way up through large firms, others started their own companies, and some are changing lives in the nonprofit space.It wasn't easy settling on 40, given all the talent in North Texas. This year, judges went through hundreds&hel
  
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• News Now: Battaglia Execution, Denton Statue, Monopoly Cheaters

  01-02-2018 16:29
  Do you cheat at Monopoly? If so, there’s a new version of the board game just for you. Also, Texas is set to execute child killer John Battaglia tonight, and the fate of a Confederate statue in Denton is being decided today.
  
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• Mitsubishi Recalls SUV And Car Models; Belt Can Come Loose

  01-02-2018 15:50
  DETROIT (AP) — Mitsubishi is recalling some of its top-selling models in the U.S. because the accessory drive belt can come loose and cause engines to stall.
  The recall covers just over 141,000 Outlander SUVs from 2008 through 2012, Outlander Sport SUVs from 2011 through 2012, Lancer cars from 2009 through 2012 and Lancer Sportbacks from 2010 through 2012. All have Mitsubishi’s 4B11 or 4B12 engines.
  (credit: Evan Sears/cars.com)
  The automaker says a flange that automatically adjusts
  
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• Starbucks Launches Credit Card, Hoping To Jolt Sales

  01-02-2018 15:17
  NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks has a new product that it hopes will hook coffee lovers: a credit card.
  The card, launched Thursday with JPMorgan Chase and Visa, comes as Starbucks struggles with slowing growth in the U.S. With the new card, Starbucks wants to lure those who aren’t yet signed up for its rewards program. The Seattle company has more than 14 million Starbucks members in its rewards program in the U.S., but it is working to grow that number because members tend to stop by its
  
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• AAA Texas Reports Gas Prices Up 4 Cents This Week Across The State

  01-02-2018 15:11
  COPPELL (AP) – Retail gasoline prices in Texas and nationwide are up this week.
  AAA Texas on Thursday reported the average price at the pump statewide rose 4 cents this week to reach $2.37. Gasoline prices across the country increased 3 cents to reach an average $2.59 per gallon.
  The association survey found San Antonio has the cheapest gasoline in Texas this week at an average $2.30 per gallon. Drivers in Midland and Odessa face the state’s highest gasoline prices at an average $2.5
  
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• Celebrating Couple's 75th Wedding Anniversary

  01-02-2018 14:11
  
  Virginia and Cecil Parker, from Dallas, are celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary. The inseparable pair first met in 1942.
  
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• Doctors Fight Flu, 'Stock Show Crud'

  01-02-2018 14:09
  
  The doctors at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo are trying to keep the flu in check as thousands converge on the popular event.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Middle Schoolers Caught Taking Alcohol to Class: Authorities

  01-02-2018 14:06
  
  Students at a Kaufman County middle school won’t be allowed to bring open drinks to classrooms after some students were caught bringing alcohol to class, authorities say.Photo Credit: AP
  
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• W/B LBJ Closes in Dallas After Pedestrian Hit & Run

  01-02-2018 14:02
  
  Authorities are searching for the 18-wheeler that police say struck and killed a woman who had fallen from a bridge onto Interstate 635 in Dallas early Thursday morning.Photo Credit: MetroThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Letter Campaign Urges Lawmakers for I-35W Funding

  01-02-2018 13:53
  
  The Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce has started a letter-writing campaign to urge Texas lawmakers and transportation leaders to properly fund a portion of the North Tarrant Express Project.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Woman Dies After Falling From Overpass Onto LBJ Freeway

  01-02-2018 13:49
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A woman died early Thursday after falling from an overpass onto the LBJ Freeway and getting struck by vehicles below. The incident happened shortly after midnight in the westbound lanes of the highway, at the Skillman Street bridge.
  According to police, the woman was walking on the sidewalk across the overpass when, for some reason, she stepped into the regular lanes of traffic. Drivers passed by and honked at the woman, but she was not hit by any vehicles on the Skil
  
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• Federal Court Rejects Appeal Of Dallas Dad Who Killed His Daughters

  01-02-2018 13:47
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A federal court ruling means the man convicted of one of the most chilling crimes in North Texas history is closer to having his execution carried out tonight. John Battaglia is scheduled to die by lethal injection for killing his two young daughters while their mother, his ex-wife, listened helplessly on the phone.
  This morning the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal that claimed a lower court impeded Battaglia’s lawyers from hir
  
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• Recapping an eventful year for GE's locomotive manufacturing facility in Fort Worth

  01-02-2018 13:25
  The last 12 months have been eventful for General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), and specifically the company's Fort Worth manufacturing facility where it makes locomotives.In the slideshow above, take a look through six major events that impacted GE's Fort Worth facility in the past year.In May 2011, GE announced it was investing $96 million in a plant in Fort Worth to create 500 jobs. A lot has changed for the Boston-based conglomerate since then. Last year, John Flannery took over as chief exec
  
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• Summit to build DFW global ties draws diplomats from 40-plus countries

  01-02-2018 13:24
  A summit in Dallas designed to showcase North Texas to the world, build trade and tourism ties and attract new international headquarters drew a record number of diplomats and proved to be a show of unity for the region.
  
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• Cowboy Mannequin Snatched From Babe's Restaurant

  01-02-2018 13:18
  
  The western mannequin man was a staple at Carrollton’s Babe’s Chicken restaurant until he was stolen by a group of people Jan. 21, police say.Photo Credit: Carrollton police
  
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• Denton County Leaders To Decide Fate Of Confederate Monument

  01-02-2018 13:10
  DENTON (CBSDFW.COM) – After weeks of public meetings and debate, Thursday could be decision day regarding the fate of a Confederate statue in Denton. The large monument sits on the south side of the courthouse and features the phrase “Our Confederate Soldiers” etched in stone.
  The statue was dedicated in 1918, and is both a federal and state landmark.
  Some have said that the memorial to Confederate soldiers honors history. Others see it as a symbol of racism and segregatio
  
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• GOP Lawmakers Put Medical Skills To Work After Train Crash

  01-02-2018 12:49
  CROZET, Va. (AP) — Republican members of Congress with medical experience put their skills to work after a train carrying dozens of them crashed into a garbage truck in rural Virginia, killing one person in the truck and injuring others.
  The congressmen were on their way to a strategy retreat in the countryside when the collision occurred around 11:20 a.m. Wednesday in Crozet, about 125 miles southwest of Washington.
  No serious injuries were reported aboard the chartered Amtrak train, whic
  
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• Fmr. Parker School Uniforms Workers File Lawsuit

  01-02-2018 12:16
  
  At least two Texas-based workers are now suing Parker School Uniforms in a federal lawsuit.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Big Change in Weather at NBC 5

  01-02-2018 11:37
  
  NBC 5 announced Thursday that David Finfrock will relinquish his chief meteorologist responsibilities, but continue to forecast weather for NBC 5 for the foreseeable future.
  
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• Drew Pearson & The Hail Mary

  01-02-2018 05:59
  
  It's arguably the greatest play in Cowboys history and it's become synonymous with a last second win. Drew Pearson walks NBC 5 Anchor Kris Gutierrez through the Hail Mary and the grief he still gets from Vikings...
  
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• Marcus High School Promises Changes After Racist Photo

  01-02-2018 05:43
  
  Officials at Marcus High School in Flower Mound alerted parents Wednesday about a “highly offensive photo” that was making the rounds on social media.
  
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• Columbia Disaster, 15-Years Later

  01-02-2018 05:40
  
  It’s a sight North-Texans will never forget, space shuttle Columbia breaking up in a fiery ball on a quiet weekend morning in 2003.
  
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• Dallas Taking New Approach To 911 Calls Regarding Mental Health Issues

  01-02-2018 05:10
  A pilot program creates three-person teams made up of a police officer, a paramedic and health specialist from Parkland Hospital.
  
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• Fort Worth Dealing With Triple The Normal Amount Of Water Main Breaks

  01-02-2018 04:43
  FORT WORTH (CBS11) – An unusually cold January (for North Texas) has left the City of Fort Worth swamped with water main breaks.
  The city confirms old water pipes busted at a record-setting pace in the past month.
  In a regular January, Fort Worth deals with about 70 to 75 water main breaks. This month, its had about 250.
  “As the air temp stays below freezing for more than a day, then the water temp begins to drop, and the older cast iron pipes, we’ve noticed that they start to
  
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