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• From Dallas, Florida Father Talks to Children Escaping School Shooting

  14-02-2018 23:33
  
  Joel Leffler, the father of two students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, talked with NBC News from Dallas Wednesday. Leffler was in North Texas on business and talked with...
  
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• Suspect Dead After Officer-Involved Shooting In Fort Worth

  14-02-2018 23:27
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Fort Worth Police responded to a reported officer-involved shooting in the 3000 block of N. Tarrant Wednesday afternoon.
  Police said there were two officers involved and the officers were not hurt.
  officer-involved shooting in North Fort Worth (Chopper11)
  The suspect was rushed to JPS Hospital where he died
  The incident started as a domestic disturbance at a business in the area, police said.
  Officers saw him leaving the area and pulled him over.
  Police said he pu
  
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• 5 Armed Men Open Fire in Fort Worth Game Room

  14-02-2018 23:15
  
  A woman was seriously injured in a shooting early Wednesday morning when five armed men stormed a Fort Worth game room and indiscriminantly opened fire, police said.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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• Collin County Man Accused of Possessing Child Porn

  14-02-2018 23:03
  
  A Collin County man has been arrested, accused of possessing child pornography.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Student Tweets From Inside Florida School During Shooting

  14-02-2018 21:57
  SOUTH FLORIDA (CBSDFW.COM) – Reports of an active shooter inside a Florida high school started hitting airwaves Wednesday afternoon as one student inside the building took to Twitter to document the terror.
  Twitter user @TheCaptainAidan (who says he’s a freshman) shared the following:
  I am in a school shooting right now…
  — Aj22000 (@TheCaptainAidan) February 14, 2018Ambulances converged on the scene atMarjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida as emer
  
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• Here's why DFW's Bright Realty decided to get into the rental housing market

  14-02-2018 21:52
  The North Texas-based developer has brought a new type of housing to its 2,800-acre Castle Hills community in Lewisville, getting into the growing single-family rental market.
  
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• Suspect In Custody After 17 Killed In Shooting At High School In Florida

  14-02-2018 21:22
  PARKLAND, Fla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A shooting at a Florida high school Wednesday sent students rushing out into the streets as SWAT team members swarmed in and locked down the building.
  Seventeen people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, according to Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel.
  "I'm saddened to say that 17 people lost their lives."- Sheriff Scott Israel #stonemanshooting
  — Broward Sheriff (@browardsheriff) February 14, 2018Fourteen people were rushed to area
  
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• Many Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency Owners Not Reporting Holdings On Their Taxes, Report Says

  14-02-2018 20:40
  CBS Local — Last year was a big year for Bitcoin as the online currency skyrocketed to nearly $20,000 in value. However, a new report claims that many investors are failing to report the big gains on their taxes.
  While the value has dropped dramatically in 2018, investors are still on the hook for last year’s cryptocurrency transactions. According to Credit Karma, less than 100 people out of 250,000 who have filed their 2017 taxes through the company have reported buying cr
  
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• Man Gunned Down Outside His Plano Home

  14-02-2018 20:18
  PLANO (CBSDFW) – Plano police say they are working an early morning shooting that left a man dead in front of his home.
  Plano water tower (CBS11)
  Authorities responded to a shooting call in the 4200 block of McAlice Drive at around 12:55 a.m. Wednesday and located a male victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
  Emergency services arrived on the scene but the victim had succumbed to his injuries.
  Plano police haven’t released the victim’s name at this time nor ha
  
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• Pot-Users Want Judge To Declare Marijuana Safe Under U.S. Law

  14-02-2018 20:17
  NEW YORK (AP) — Army veteran Jose Belen says the horrors of the Iraq War left him with post-traumatic stress disorder, and the drug that helped him cope best with the symptoms was one his Veterans Affairs doctors could not legally prescribe: marijuana.
  “Once I did use cannabis, immediately I felt the relief,” said Belen, who is now working with other medical marijuana users to mount a long-shot court challenge to federal laws criminalizing the drug.
  The 35-year-old, married fat
  
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• Dad Who Walked 11 Miles To Work Given Car By Co-Workers

  14-02-2018 19:32
  CBS Local — A UPS employee in Arkansas was walking 11 miles to work every day until his co-workers found out and stepped in to help the single father.
  Trenton Lewis, 21, had worked at the UPS facility in Little Rock for seven months but did not have a car to get himself to his job. “My pride is strong,” Lewis said, via WTVR. “Whatever (my daughter) needs, I’m the person who is supposed to provide it for her.”
  When the young father’s co-workers found
  
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• IRS Warns That Tax Preparer And Refund Scam Is Getting Worse

  14-02-2018 18:22
  NEW YORK (CBS NEWS) –  A tax scam aimed at stealing consumer refunds has ballooned, with the IRS reporting that the number of potential victims has soared from a few hundred to “several thousand in just days.”
  Uncovered in the first week of filing season, the con appears to have started in tax preparers’ offices, where infected computers provided access to complete return data on thousands of consumers. The crooks are using the purloined data — including Social
  
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• Dallas Couple Celebrates 75 Years of Marriage

  14-02-2018 18:10
  
  A Dallas couple highlighted in Wednesday's Texas Connects Us segment is celebrating 75 years of marriage.
  
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• Return of the King: How Shaun White Keeps Winning

  14-02-2018 18:00
  
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• Watch Every Team USA Medal Win from Pyeongchang

  14-02-2018 17:58
  
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• Collin County Man Arrested On Child Porn Charges

  14-02-2018 17:56
  PLANO (CBSDFW) – A Collin County man is facing child pornography possession charges after investigators discovered over 200 inappropriate images and videos at his home.
  (Collin County Sheriff’s Office)
  Alejandro Alvarez, of Anna, was taken into custody on February 8 after the Collin County Sheriff’s Office and the Plano Police Department received a tip that he possessed child porn.
  When officers arrived at his home to issue a search warrant, Alvarez admitted that
  
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• Sam’s Club To Offer Free Shipping For Premium Members

  14-02-2018 17:32
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sam’s Club is offering free shipping for premium members and simplifying its membership tiers.
  Starting Wednesday, the Walmart-owned warehouse club will give free shipping on online orders for Plus members on 95 percent of the items it sells. Most shipping costs previously were based on the item’s size and weight, the shipping method and the delivery address.
  Free shipping and faster delivery have been key areas as retailers try to adapt to shoppers’ shift
  
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• Lovely Flying: Airliner Takes Heart-Shaped Route For Valentine’s Day

  14-02-2018 17:31
  CBS Local – Love is in the air, literally! A Virgin Atlantic plane got into the spirit of Valentine’s Day by taking a heart-shaped flight path while traveling over the coast of England.
  The Airbus A330 made the afternoon detour while on a test flight over Cornwall, on England’s southern coast. A Virgin Atlantic spokeswoman told reporters from Business Insider the plane wasn’t carrying any passengers on board, so the company was fine with the love-inspired divers
  
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• Traffic Alert for Drivers in Mansfield

  14-02-2018 17:19
  
  The night of Wednesday, Feb. 14, all southbound lanes of Texas 360 will be closed from Heritage Parkway to US 287 from 7 p.m. to midnight for construction.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Golfer Bill Haas, Actor Luke Wilson Involved In Deadly Car Crash

  14-02-2018 17:13
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Professional golfer Bill Haas was hospitalized but escaped serious injuries following a rollover crash in Los Angeles that killed the driver of the Ferrari he was riding in and injured the driver of a BMW, officials said Wednesday.
  Bill Haas walks off the first tee box during the first round of The RSM Classic at Sea Island Golf Club Seaside Course on November 16, 2017 in St Simons Island, Georgia. (credit: Justin Heiman/Getty Images)
  The two cars collided in the wealthy
  
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• 2 Hurt in Pappadeaux Shooting on Fat Tuesday

  14-02-2018 17:05
  
  Two people were wounded after an argument led to a shooting at a Pappadeaux restaurant in Duncanville Tuesday night, police say.Photo Credit: Metro
  
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• Airlines Lobby Washington to Roll Back Red Tape

  14-02-2018 16:59
  
  Airlines are pushing regulators in Washington, D.C. to get rid of a handful of rules, but critics say those rules are what protect the consumer.
  
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• 1 Climber Dies, Others Rescued On Oregon’s Tallest Peak

  14-02-2018 15:27
  GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. (AP) — One climber fell to his death and several others had to be rescued after conditions turned treacherous on Oregon’s tallest peak.
  TIMBERLINE LODGE, OR – DECEMBER 20: The summit of Mt. Hood peaks through the clouds at sunrise on December 20, 2006 at Timberline Lodge, Oregon. The search for stranded climbers Jerry Cooke and Brian Hall has been scaled back as a new storm approaching will effect the ability for rescue crews to continue searching. (Photo
  
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• Men Armed With AK-47s Storm Fort Worth Game Room

  14-02-2018 15:12
  
  An 18-year-old woman was shot in the leg after four men reportedly armed with AK-47s robbed a Fort Worth game room, police 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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• Plano Prepares To Implement Rules For Bike Share Companies

  14-02-2018 14:53
  PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) – Kellye Tallent spends her days trying to make sure LimeBike bicycles near Dallas’ White Rock Lake look like an asset and not like an eyesore.
  “Neatly lined up in a row, easily accessible for the consumer, obviously out of the way of the parking lot,” she ticks off the goals, inspecting several bikes positioned near a trail.
  Tallent is one of 50 “field operation specialists” that LimeBike uses to maintain a fleet of 10,000 bikes.  
  
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• Suspects Held, SUV Stopped After Shooting At NSA Gate

  14-02-2018 14:33
  FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Several people were hospitalized after a shooting Wednesday morning outside the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, but none of the injuries were caused by gunfire, the spy agency said.
  It began when a vehicle tried to enter the agency’s secure campus without authorization shortly after 7 a.m., the NSA said in a statement. The statement said weapons were fired but “preliminary reports do not presently indicate that there are injuries attri
  
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• Suspect Held, SUV Stopped After Shooting At NSA Gate

  14-02-2018 14:33
  FORT MEADE, Maryland (AP) – Police responded to a shooting Wednesday outside the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, where authorities surrounded a handcuffed man after a black SUV ran into a barrier.
  Fort Meade garrison spokeswoman Cheryl Phillips confirmed by phone that one person was injured in the shooting outside the base and was taken to hospital.
  “NSA police and local law enforcement are addressing an incident that took place this morning at one of NSA’s
  
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• Stuck With Rent-to-Own Furniture Bills

  14-02-2018 13:48
  
  There’s big difference between financing furniture and renting to own, and it's a difference one North Texan didn’t notice until after the fact.
  
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• McKinney Pulls Graduations From Prestonwood Amid Controversy

  14-02-2018 13:47
  
  Concerns over separation of church and state prompted the McKinney ISD to change its venue for graduations.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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• 2018 DFW Auto Show Opens Wednesday

  14-02-2018 13:30
  
  The DFW Auto Show opens Wednesday – Valentine’s Day – at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Downtown Dallas.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• 'One Million Cups' Could Mean Big Business

  14-02-2018 13:29
  
  Every week, a group of Fort Worth small business owners and start-up owners gather to discuss ideas to push North Texas to the next level.
  
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• 2 People Shot Outside Pappadeaux Restaurant In Duncanville

  14-02-2018 13:03
  DUNCANVILLE (CBSDFW.COM) – Breaking news out of Duncanville where overnight a man opened fire at a crowded restaurant.
  The shooting took place outside, near a patio area at the Pappadeaux Restaurant just off Highway 67.
  (credit: CBSDFW.COM)
  According to police, there was some type of a disturbance inside just before 10 o’clock Monday night. At some point three men went outside the restaurant, onto the patio, and one of them pulled out a gun and opened fire.
  “There was
  
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• Party’s Over: Raucous Fat Tuesday Gives Way To Solemn Lent

  14-02-2018 12:58
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Families camped out from early morning to catch beads and stuffed animals thrown from float riders. Revelers took to the streets in elaborate or funny costumes evoking Marie Antoinette, President Donald Trump and glamorous vampires. And amused bystanders took in the chaotic scene from lawn chairs.
  Beads lie on a sidewalk as the Zulu Parade runs through New Orleans on Mardi Gras, February 13, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / 00059360A / Emily Kask (Photo credit should read EMILY KASK/
  
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• A Westminster Wow: Bichon Frise Becomes America’s Top Dog

  14-02-2018 12:43
  NEW YORK (AP) — Flynn the bichon frise won best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club on Tuesday night, a choice that seemed to surprise almost everyone in the crowd at Madison Square Garden.
  Fans who had been loudly shouting for their favorites fell into stunned silence when judge Betty-Anne Stenmark announced her decision.
  No matter, the white powder puff was picked and walked off as America’s top dog.
  Guided by handler Bill McFadden, Flynn beat out Ty the giant schnauzer, Biggie
  
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• Shaun White Apologizes For Comments On Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit

  14-02-2018 12:33
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Shaun White has apologized after dismissing the sexual misconduct allegations made against him in a 2016 lawsuit as “gossip” shortly after winning his third Olympic gold medal in the men’s halfpipe on Wednesday.
  White has been the world’s dominant snowboarder for more than a decade, winning gold medals in 2006, 2010 and again this year, completing a comeback after finishing fourth in 2014.
  As White was competing, many o
  
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• After Capturing Gold, Shaun White Refers To Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit As “Gossip”

  14-02-2018 12:33
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Shaun White dismissed the sexual misconduct allegations made against him in a 2016 lawsuit as “gossip” and hurried away from reporters trying to ask him more about the allegations Wednesday, just hours after winning his third gold medal in the men’s halfpipe.
  White has been the world’s dominant snowboarder for more than a decade, winning gold medals in 2006, 2010 and again this year, completing a comeback after finishin
  
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• Teen Shot As Suspects Storm Game Room and Open Fire

  14-02-2018 12:14
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Four men rushed into a Fort Worth game room this morning, opening fire with semi-automatic weapons, seriously wounding an 18-year-old woman and robbing the patrons inside.
  It happened around 4:15 a.m. in the 3200 block of North Beach Street near Long Avenue.
  According to Fort Worth Police, four men entered with weapons and began robbing the customers.
  During the robbery, several shots were fired from what appears to be AK-47 rifles, officers said.
  The four su
  
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• Teen Shot As Suspects Storm Fort Worth Game Room & Open Fire

  14-02-2018 12:14
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Four men rushed into a Fort Worth game room this morning, opening fire with semi-automatic weapons, seriously wounding a teenager and robbing the patrons inside.
  It happened around 4:15 a.m. in the 3200 block of North Beach Street, near Long Avenue.
  According to Fort Worth police, the suspects entered with weapons drawn and began robbing customers.
  During the robbery, several shots were fired from what was believed to be AK-47 rifles, officers said.
  The four
  
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• Near-Blizzard Conditions Delay Olympics Alpine Events

  14-02-2018 07:01
  
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• Large Fire Damages North Richland Hills Apartment Building

  14-02-2018 06:53
  
  Firefighters spent hours battling a large apartment fire Tuesday evening in North Richland Hills.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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• City of Arlington Cracks Down on Parking Nuisances

  14-02-2018 06:39
  
  The Arlington City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to change how people can park city wide, with additional restrictions in the city's entertainment district.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• North Texas Olympic Hopefuls Set Sights on the Triple Axel

  14-02-2018 06:34
  
  When Mirai Nagasu became the first American woman to attempt and land the triple axel jump in the Olympics, she set the bar high for North Texas skating hopefuls.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Former Dallas Cowboy Lincoln Coleman Found Safe After Forgetting Where He Parked

  14-02-2018 04:52
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Missing since Friday, former Dallas Cowboys running back Lincoln Coleman was found safe on Tuesday morning, according to Dallas Police.
  Investigators were worried about his diminished mental capacity and his need for medical help.
  Coleman’s agent and friend of 15 years, Christopher Randolph, said Coleman had parked his car at a church three blocks from his house.
  Former Dallas Cowboys running back Lincoln Coleman (photo courtesy: Facebook)
  He said Coleman could
  
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• News Now: Officer Sherrard Funeral

  14-02-2018 03:35
  We hear candid stories from Officer David Sherrard's widow Nicole about the ups and downs of their marriage.
  
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• Apartment Building Catches Fire in North Richland Hills

  14-02-2018 03:20
  
  Firefighters are battling a large apartment fire Tuesday evening in North Richland Hills.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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• Dog Food Recalled For Salmonella; Pet Owners Also At Risk

  14-02-2018 03:19
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Food & Drug Administration has issued a warning about six different types of Darwin’s Natural Selections dog and cat food possibly contaminated with salmonella.
  Government regulators said the raw food has made multiple pets sick — and even killed at least one animal.MoreThe pet food is sold directly to customers online and the company said it has reached out to affected customers individually, warning them of the recall.
  In addition to re
  
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• HS Soccer Player Saved by AED: "Just Happy to Be Alive"

  14-02-2018 02:41
  
  A North Texas high school soccer star feels grateful to be alive. Christian Lerma spoke out for the first time since collapsing at a game last Friday night.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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