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• Protecting Newborns From a Deadly Virus

  12-02-2018 23:46
  
  We hear a lot about the Zika virus and the danger it poses to pregnant moms and their babies. But few people are aware of a very common virus that can also cause serious birth defects, and doctors say there are...Photo Credit: www.jupiterimages.com
  
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• Palestine Police Release Photo Of Naked Man Standing On Squad Car

  12-02-2018 22:47
  PALESTINE (KRLD) – Palestine police had an interesting encounter with an intoxicated man recently.
  Palestine PD posted a picture on their Facebook page showing the intoxicated individual standing on top of one of their squad cars. The man also happened to be naked.Officers received a call about the man walking the streets, and when they arrived, the man jumped on top of a squad car.
  Palestine Police Chief Andy Harvey says it’s not the first time officers have dealt with him
  
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• Three Store Workers Shot During Robbery In Dallas, Suspect At-Large

  12-02-2018 22:40
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Three employees were shot during an aggravated robbery at a Dallas store Monday afternoon.
  Police were called just after 1 p.m. to 4537 Elsie Faye Heggins Street, off Dolphin Road.
  The employees were found with gunshot wounds and were taken to the hospital. Two are expected to recover, but the third is in critical condition, police said.
  The suspect remains at-large and the investigation is on-going.
  Anyone with information about the crime should call Dallas police.
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• Three Convenience Store Employees Shot During Robbery: PD

  12-02-2018 22:37
  
  Three convenience store employees were shot Monday during a robbery in Dallas, police say.Photo Credit: Maria Guerrero, 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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• Mavs Owner Wants To Entice Potential Residents With Free Tickets To Game

  12-02-2018 22:34
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is rolling out the welcome mat for potential Dallas area transplants by offering a pair of free tickets to see his Mavs play at the American Airlines Center.
  Cuban wants millennials to know if they’re “looking for a place to live, work and grow, there’s no better place to be than our region.”
  Mark Cuban (Photo by Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images)
  In a recent video, Cuban highlights what makes Dallas a u
  
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• Texas Parent Objects To Daughter’s School Assignment: Drawing Slave Picture Of Self

  12-02-2018 22:14
  LEANDER, Texas (AP) — A Texas parent has objected to a Civil War-related history assignment in which her 12-year-old daughter was told to draw a picture of herself as a slave.
  Tonya Jennings of Austin on Friday contacted the Leander Independent School District about seventh-graders studying slave life in Texas in the 1850s.
  Students were told to draw a picture of themselves as slaves, color the picture, then write a sentence that describes the surroundings using each of the five senses &md
  
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• Why Lucy Billingsley is betting big on new office buildings in DFW

  12-02-2018 21:52
  In all, Billingsley Co. has either started construction or is planning to begin work soon on nearly 1 million square feet of speculative office space in Cypress Waters and International Business Park.
  
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• US Woman With Terrible Headaches Wakes Up With British Accent

  12-02-2018 21:24
  CBS Local — A strange medical condition has left a former Texas beauty queen – who has never left the U.S. – with a British accent.
  Michelle Myers has reportedly suffered from debilitating headaches for several years. On three occasions however, the headaches left Myers speaking with a foreign accent the next morning when she woke up. “They send in the psychiatrist at the hospital and make sure you’re not a loon,” the 45-year-old said, via WTOL.
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• Public Visitation Tonight for Slain Richardson Officer

  12-02-2018 21:18
  
  A public visitation for slain Richardson Police Officer David Sherrard will be held Monday night.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Plano Police Seeking Driver Who Struck, Killed Pedestrian

  12-02-2018 21:16
  PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) – Plano Police need information to help solve a deadly hit-and-run last Wednesday.
  Police said around 4:40 p.m. on February 7, officers responded a report of a man lying in the roadway in the 6800 block of U.S. Highway 75, just south of Legacy Drive.
  He appeared to have been hit by a vehicle. Police believe the victim, John Curtis Shelby, 36, may have been a pedestrian walking along the shoulder of the highway.  He was rushed to the hospital where he died.
  
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• Scientists Say Sun Will Be Cooler By 2050, Warn Of Mini Ice Age

  12-02-2018 20:52
  CBS Local — Will solar cooling solve Earth’s problem of global warming? Scientists are predicting that the sun is about to enter a massive cooling cycle which could lead to a mini ice age by the year 2050.
  According to a study by the University of California San Diego, the sun will begin to have diminished magnetism, fewer sunspots, and produce less ultraviolet radiation starting in 2020. The event, known as the “grand minimum,” is reportedly triggered at random poin
  
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• Ford Adds 33,000 Trucks To Do-Not-Drive List Due To Air Bag Issues

  12-02-2018 20:39
  DETROIT (AP) – Ford and U.S. safety regulators are telling the owners of 33,428 Ranger pickup trucks in North America not to drive them because they have Takata air bag inflators “that are an immediate risk to safety.”
  A company investigation into Ranger inflators from the 2006 model year found test results showing that more inflators had ruptured or recorded high internal pressure readings, spokeswoman Elizabeth Weigandt said Monday.
  Ford and the National Highway Traffic Safet
  
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• Police: Donald Trump Jr.’s Wife Exposed To White Powder

  12-02-2018 20:35
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr.’s wife was taken to a New York City hospital as a precaution Monday after she opened an envelope addressed to her husband that contained an unidentified white powder, police said.
  A preliminary test indicated the substance wasn’t dangerous, police said.
  Vanessa Trump, 40, opened the letter addressed to the president’s son Monday morning at their midtown Manhattan apartment, investigators said. She called 911 and said she was coughing
  
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• Procession Carries Slain Officer to Visitation

  12-02-2018 20:02
  
  The body of Richardson Police Officer David Sherrard will be moved Monday afternoon from Restland Funeral Home to First Baptist Church in Richardson ahead of a planned visitation Monday night.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Utah School Tells Students They Can’t Say “No” When Asked To Dance

  12-02-2018 19:37
  OGDEN, Utah (CBS Local) – Student dances are a normal part of school life for most American children, but a controversial policy at one Utah school is telling kids that they don’t have a choice in whom they dance with.
  Sixth-graders at Kanesville Elementary School have been told by school officials that they can’t refuse a request to dance from one of their classmates during their Valentine’s Day dance. “The teacher said she can’t. She has to say yes
  
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• Suspected Poacher Eaten By Lions He Was Illegally Hunting

  12-02-2018 19:30
  NEW YORK (CBS Local) – A suspected poacher was mauled to death and eaten by a pack of lions that he was allegedly hunting in South Africa. According to local reports, only the man’s head was left next to a rifle and some ammunition in the bushes of a private game park.
  “It seems the victim was poaching in the game park when he was attacked and killed by lions. They ate his body, nearly all of it, and just left his head and some remains,” Limpopo police spokesman
  
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• Shortage of de-icing fluid forces Southwest Airlines to cancel hundreds of fights

  12-02-2018 19:30
  Hundreds of Southwest Airlines flights out of Chicago’s Midway International Airport were canceled Sunday because of a shortage of de-icing fluid. The cancellations followed near-record snowfall in the area.Southwest (NYSE: LUV) said it plans to resume normal operations today after replenishing its supply of the de-icing product glycol.The Dallas-based low-cost carrier canceled more than 200 flights from Chicago's Midway International, one of its biggest hubs, on Sunday due to a shortage o
  
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• News Now: Wild Weather Week

  12-02-2018 19:24
  Temperatures across North Texas are going to be up and down this week, with a chance for showers. Find out when it'll be cold, when it'll feel like spring, and when you might see rain.
  
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• Fmr. Rangers Pitcher Accused of Transporting 44lbs of Drugs

  12-02-2018 19:07
  
  Former Texas Rangers pitcher Esteban Loaiza, according to NBCSports.com, was arrested Friday in California for allegedly transporting 44 pounds of heroin and cocaine.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Dallas Plans to Upgrade Police Station Security

  12-02-2018 19:03
  
  The city of Dallas plans to upgrade security at police stations. It comes on the heels of an attack on a station where a man took a sledgehammer to patrol cars.
  
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• National Portrait Gallery Unveils Obama Portraits

  12-02-2018 18:52
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled portraits of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama, both painted by African-American artists who were personally chosen by the Obamas.
  The portraits were unveiled to the public Monday at the gallery, which is part of the Smithsonian group of museums. The gallery has a complete collection of presidential portraits. A second and different set of portraits of the former first couple will eventually hang
  
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• Country Singer Daryle Singletary Dies At Age 46

  12-02-2018 18:29
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer Daryle Singletary, who sang songs like “I Let Her Lie” and “Too Much Fun,” has died.
  A publicist says Singletary died at his home in Lebanon, Tennessee on Monday at 46.
  The cause of death is pending. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
  Singer/Songwriter Daryle Singletary and Randy Travis band member Lance Dary attend rehearsals for 1 Night. 1 Place. 1 Time: A Heroes & Friends Tribute to Randy Travis on February 7,
  
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• Weatherford Teacher Died From Flu After Delaying Meds Due To Price

  12-02-2018 18:19
  WEATHERFORD (CBS Local) – An elementary school teacher in Weatherford died of complications from the flu after she delayed picking up her medication because of its cost.
  Heather Holland, a mother of two and second-grade teacher at Ikard Elementary School, reportedly held off on getting her prescription drugs because of a $116 copay. Holland’s husband, Frank, told the Weatherford Democrat that his wife thought the price was too high for her family.
  Mr. Holland reportedly bought t
  
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• Lancaster Teen Killed After Using 5 Miles App

  12-02-2018 17:53
  
  An 18-year-old was killed in a drive-by shooting Friday in Lancaster after using the 5 Miles app to buy a phone, police said.
  
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• News Now: Remembering Fallen Officer, Box Of Bugs

  12-02-2018 16:17
  The Wylie ISD is remembering fallen officer David Sherrard today, and package thieves were probably ‘bugged’ by what they found in one stolen box.
  
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• Danica Patrick Shown As Businesswoman In New GoDaddy Ad

  12-02-2018 15:56
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Danica Patrick and GoDaddy have brought their relationship full circle to close her racing career.
  GoDaddy has a new commercial that will air during Sunday’s season-opening Daytona 500 that showcases the growth of both the driver and the company that helped make Patrick one of the most famous female athletes in the world.
  Patrick made 21 previous commercials for GoDaddy, some of which were racy and risque. She was placed in 13 Super Bowl commercials for GoD
  
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• Arlington City Council To Review Controversial Parking Ordinance

  12-02-2018 15:25
  ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – The Arlington city council will take up a controversial ordinance that restricts how long people can park on city streets.
  The council plans to issue tickets to vehicles parked in the same spot on Arlington streets and alleys for more than 24-hours. According to the ordinance, those vehicles could be towed after 48-hours. That means residents would have to move their cars every day to avoid a fine.
  Council members say the move is a response to complaints about what
  
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• Pentagon to Request 77 Lockheed Martin Jets

  12-02-2018 14:48
  
  The Pentagon is expected to ask Congress to release money for 77 new F-35 jets, which would mean big business for Fort Worth.Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images
  
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• Dallas Police Seek Teens Who Slashed, Groped, Robbed Woman

  12-02-2018 14:40
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Dallas are searching for two juvenile suspects after a woman was robbed, slashed and groped late Sunday night. It happened just before midnight in the 3900 block of McKinney Avenue, as the victim was outside with her dog.
  According to police, the woman was approached by two teenagers. One of the suspects pushed the woman to the ground while the other one slashed her arms, legs and torso with a box cutter. The victim also told police that she was groped by th
  
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• North Texas ISDs Wear Blue To Honor Fallen Richardson Officer

  12-02-2018 14:16
  WYLIE (CBSDFW.COM) – A dedicated officer, a devoted father, and an all around great guy… that’s how people are remembering Richardson police Officer David Sherrard, who was killed in the line of duty last week.
  Tributes honoring the fallen officer continue today. We’ve seen blue ribbons all across the city of Richardson, at the police department and in Officer Sherrard’s neighborhood.
  Today at McMillian Junior High School in Wylie, where his daughters attend c
  
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• Dallas Leaders Hear Plans for Police Security Upgrades

  12-02-2018 14:11
  
  Finding more ways to protect our police officers will be the main focus Monday in the city of Dallas.
  
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• Chase Customer Says Money Transfer Sent to Stranger

  12-02-2018 14:00
  
  A Grand Prairie woman told NBC 5 Responds she tried to send $700 to her son, but it ended up in a stranger's bank account.
  
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• Fort Worth Mayor Pushes Infrastructure at White House

  12-02-2018 13:58
  
  Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price is expected to be the only elected representative from Texas to meet with President Donald Trump on Monday following the release of the President’s long-awaited infrastructure plan.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Fort Worth Home To Texas' First Black Millionaire

  12-02-2018 13:57
  
  William “Bill” McDonald is thought to be the first black millionaire in the state of Texas and he found his fortune in Fort Worth.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• New twist added to sale of Richard Garriott's $45M Texas estate: Get a 'significant discount' with bitcoin

  12-02-2018 13:54
  Richard Garriott’s ranch already features a haunted forest and a Shakespearean theater to lure potential buyers. Now the video game pioneer has added a new twist — he prefers buyers pay for his $45 million property in bitcoin. In fact, he is offering a “significant discount” for buyers who use the cryptocurrency.Marketed as Lake Austin Ranch, Garriott’s 69-acre property went up for sale last April and is the most expensive property ever put on on Austin's multiple l
  
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• Weatherford Students Return To School After Classmate’s Death

  12-02-2018 13:42
  WEATHERFORD (CBSDFW.COM) – Students at Weatherford High School are returning to campus on Monday after the weekend death of a classmate. Ryan Segar was hit by a truck on Friday night while riding his bicycle across Interstate-20 near the South Main Street bridge.
  Like many teenagers on a Friday night, Segar had gone to the movies with friends. But the 15-year-old boy never came home.
  Instead, the teenager’s parents were notified by police that Segar had tried to cross the highway in
  
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• Rescued Beluga Whale To Be Moved To SeaWorld San Antonio

  12-02-2018 13:38
  KENAI, Alaska (AP) – Officials say a rescued Cook Inlet beluga whale soon will call SeaWorld San Antonio home.
  The Peninsula Clarion reports National Marine Fisheries Service official Kate Brogan says the Texas location is the best fit for the whale – named Tyonek – which has become both nutritionally and socially dependent and lacks the survival and socialization skills that are necessary for life in the wild.
  The National Marine Fisheries Service in January began reviewing ap
  
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• Exclusive: Southwest Airlines' dispute with its mechanics could stall flights to Hawaii

  12-02-2018 13:36
  Four months after Southwest Airlines Co. announced plans to start flights to Hawaii, a smoldering dispute between the Dallas-based carrier's management and its aircraft mechanics threatens to delay the highly anticipated launch to the islands.The discord also could affect passenger safety if changes aren't made, the Federal Aviation Administration has warned.Southwest (NYSE: LUV) is in negotiations for a new contract with the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association, or AMFA. The negotiations&he
  
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• Trump’s $4.4T Budget Features Soaring Deficits

  12-02-2018 13:29
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is sending Congress a $4.4 trillion spending plan that provides a huge increase in defense spending while cutting taxes by $1.5 trillion over the next decade. The result is soaring budget deficits.
  This will be a big week for Infrastructure. After so stupidly spending $7 trillion in the Middle East, it is now time to start investing in OUR Country!
  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 12, 2018Trump’s first budget last year
  
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• Trump’s $4 Trillion Budget Helps Move Deficit Sharply Higher

  12-02-2018 13:29
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is proposing a $4 trillion-plus budget that projects a $1 trillion or so federal deficit.
  Unlike the plan Trump released last year, the 2019 budget never comes close to promising a balanced federal ledger even after 10 years.
  And that’s before last week’s agreement for $300 billion is added this year and next, a deal that showers both the Pentagon and domestic agencies with big budget increases.
  The spending spree, along with last year&r
  
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• Wedding Dress Returned 32 Years After Dry Cleaner Mix-Up

  12-02-2018 13:13
  WILLOWICK, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman has reunited with her wedding dress 32 years after a dry cleaner mix-up.
  Ame Bartlebaugh says she went looking for her mother’s wedding dress at her grandmother’s house on February 4. The 25-year-old is getting married in December 2019.
  Bartlebaugh opened the box expecting a simple, sleeveless dress. She instead found a lacy, tiered dress. The wrong dress had been in her grandmother’s attic since it left a now-defunct dry cleaner in 19
  
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• Kim Cattrall To Sarah Jessica Parker: You’re Not My Friend

  12-02-2018 13:04
  NEW YORK (AP) — Kim Cattrall has a message for Sarah Jessica Parker: Spare me your sympathy.
  Cattrall lashed out Saturday at her former “Sex and the City” co-star after Parker expressed her condolences over the death of Cattrall’s brother, Chris.
  “Your continuous reaching out is a painful reminder of how cruel you really were then and now,” Cattrall wrote on Instagram. “Let me make this VERY clear. (If I haven’t already) You are not my family. You
  
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