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• Texas Doesn’t Require Party Ballots Everywhere

  06-03-2018 23:54
  AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas secretary of state says the Democratic and Republican parties pay for polling locations during the state’s primary elections, meaning that ballots for both don’t necessarily have to be offered at all locations.
  There were reports during Texas’ first-in-the-nation primary Tuesday that two polling sites in Houston didn’t have Democratic ballots.
  Secretary of State spokesman Sam Taylor says parties sometimes opt to consolidate precincts or
  
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• Plano ISD Names Lone Finalist For Superintendent 

  06-03-2018 23:44
  PLANO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The Plano ISD Board of Trustees chose Interim Superintendent Sara Bonser as the district’s new superintendent of schools, replacing Dr. Brian Binggeli whose resignation was announced in November and effective January 31, 2018.
  Bonser, who has been filling the role of interim superintendent since November 28, 2017, returned to Plano ISD in May 2017 to serve as interim deputy superintendent, the school district explained in a news release on Tuesday.
  Sara Bo
  
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• Mavericks Partner With Dallas-Based App '5 Miles'

  06-03-2018 23:42
  
  The Dallas Mavericks announced a new partnership on Tuesday at the American Airlines Center.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• "Grapevine Main" to Become Historic City's New Gateway

  06-03-2018 23:37
  
  The city of Grapevine Wednesday will break ground on "Grapevine Main," a $105 million project to welcome passengers on the new TEXRail commuter line linking Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport with downtown...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Homeless Man Gets 50 Years In Prison For Attack On Teen

  06-03-2018 23:01
  Assault victim, Lida Nguyen, read to CBS11 the statement she read in the courtroom after her attacker was sentenced to 50 years in prison.
  
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• Honey Truck Crash Creates Sticky Mess In Burleson

  06-03-2018 22:54
  BURLESON (CBSDFW.COM) – Drivers in Burleson are caught in a sticky situation this afternoon after a truck carrying honey crashed at  northwest Renfro Street and northeast Alsbury Boulevard.
  Fresh honey is seen for sale at a local “Farmer’s Market” August 7, 2013, in Oakton, Virginia. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
  The gooey stuff spilled onto the street, slowing traffic as police set up temporary 4-way stops. P
  
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• Former TCU Football Player Suing University Speaks

  06-03-2018 22:42
  FORT WORTH, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A former TCU football player suing the school over his medical treatment while playing, spoke publicly for the first time Tuesday since filing the suit.
  In an interview on ESPN with Bob Ley on the show Outside the Lines, Kolby Listenbee described receiving multiple shots from doctors before games, and an environment that he says created pressure to play while injured.
  Wide receiver Kolby Listenbee #7 of the TCU Horned Frogs celebrates after pulling in a tou
  
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• Plano ISD Board Elevates Interim to Superintendent's Job

  06-03-2018 22:21
  
  The Plano Independent School District announced Tuesday that Interim Superintendent Sara Bonser has earned the job full time.Photo Credit: Plano ISD / NBC 5
  
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• Lawsuit Filed Over Fatal Gas Rig Explosion in Oklahoma

  06-03-2018 22:12
  
  A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed over a natural gas rig explosion in southeastern Oklahoma that killed five men -- three from Oklahoma, one from North Texas and one from Colorado.
  
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• Judge: Idaho Must Allow Gender Changes On Birth Certificates

  06-03-2018 21:55
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) – A federal judge says Idaho can’t keep automatically rejecting applications from transgender people seeking to change the gender listed on their birth certificates.
  U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale says rules by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare violate the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
  She said Monday that the state must begin considering applications to change the sex listed on birth certificates under new, constitutionally sound rule
  
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• Texas Search Team Unable To Find Missing Wichita Boy

  06-03-2018 21:40
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Texas-based search team says it hasn’t found anything associated with the case of a missing 5-year-old from Wichita.
  The Wichita Eagle reports that Texas EquuSearch arrived in Wichita on Saturday to look for Lucas Hernandez. The team of volunteers searches for lost and missing people.
  (credit: CBSDFW.COM)
  Wichita Police Officer Charley Davidson says that the group joined other volunteers and police in the search, but found nothing linked to Lucas, who has been
  
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• Abuse-Related Child Deaths In Texas Decrease In 2017

  06-03-2018 21:35
  AUSTIN (AP) — New state data reveals more than 170 children died in Texas last year from neglect or abuse, a 23 percent decrease from the year before.
  The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services released data this month on child maltreatment fatalities that occurred during the 2017 fiscal year, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
  The number of such deaths has fluctuated annually during the last eight years between 151 and 227, according to the data.
  The department decided to
  
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• UTA Students Star, Sing In National Ad

  06-03-2018 21:23
  ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A group of singers who attend UT Arlington, are getting some national attention and aiming for much more.
  First, the UTA student singing group RISE A Cappella was chosen to appear in an ad for Cheerios.
  The students traveled to Oklahoma to film the ad.
  RISE A Cappella at UT Arlington (Cheerios)
  The ad shows folks checking out at a Walmart when, like a flash mob, the students appear, remove their jackets to show their Cheerios shirts and start singing.
  At the
  
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• ‘Uncontrolled’ Space Station To Crash Into Earth In Early April, Experts Say

  06-03-2018 21:14
  CBS Local — Scientists have revealed new information about an out-of-control Chinese space station that has been falling back to Earth for several months. A team from the European Space Agency (ESA) has narrowed the window for its impact but still don’t know where the 19,000-pound projectile will land.
  China’s government reportedly lost control of their space lab, Tiangong-1, in June of 2016 and initially announced that the station would crash back to Earth in late 20
  
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• New Pizza Hut Sneakers Will Order Pizza And Pause Live TV

  06-03-2018 21:04
  CBS Local — Pizza Hut is rolling out a new version of their customized sneakers which could order pizza with the press of a button. The pizza chain’s new model will now pause live TV so you don’t miss a minute of entertainment when the food arrives.
  Pizza Hut unveiled the Pie Tops II on March 5 as part of the company’s annual celebration of the NCAA’s March Madness. “This year, the Pie Tops II were created to showcase our focus on giving customers the bes
  
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• Target Raises Starting Pay Again After Seeing Better Job Candidates

  06-03-2018 20:19
  NEW YORK (AP) – Target is raising its minimum starting pay for workers for the second time in less than a year after seeing a bigger and better pool of candidates.
  The Minneapolis retailer, which hiked starting pay to $11 an hour last fall, said all workers this spring will receive a minimum of $12 per hour.
  Target said in September that it planned to raise starting hourly pay to $15 an hour by 2020.
  On Tuesday, CEO Brian Cornell said that the number of job applicants rose by 60 percent in
  
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• White House Wants User-Friendly Electronic Health Records

  06-03-2018 19:47
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration says it’s launching a new effort to make electronic medical records easier for patients to use. Medicare will play a key role.
  The MyHealthEData initiative will be overseen by the White House Office of American Innovation, headed by presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner.
  Electronic medical records were ushered in with great fanfare but it’s generally acknowledged they’ve fallen short. Different systems don’t communicate. Pa
  
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• News Now: Texas Primary Election & Gas Line Repair Update

  06-03-2018 19:24
  Texas is the first state in the nation to hold a primary in the 2018 campaign season. Have you voted yet? Plus, many people in Dallas are still without gas while Atmos Energy works to repair more than two miles of pipeline.
  
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• Tony-Award Winning Actress Injured; Daughter Killed In Wreck

  06-03-2018 19:05
  NEW YORK (AP) — The 4-year-old daughter of a Tony-award winning actress was killed along with a 1-year-old when a driver apparently lost control of her vehicle and slammed into them as they crossed a Brooklyn street.
  Ruthie Ann Blumenstein, who goes by the stage name Ruthie Ann Miles, was injured in the collision Monday in the Park Slope neighborhood. Her daughter Abigail was killed. Blumenstein, who is pregnant, was walking with friend Lauren Lew, who had 1-year-old Joshua in a strol
  
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• Starbucks Refuses Drive-Thru Service To Teen On Horseback

  06-03-2018 18:41
  CBS Local — An Arizona Starbucks refused to serve a teenager on her birthday after the girl showed up at their drive-thru window on horseback.
  Aspen Cline and a friend took their horses into the town of Anthem for a quick coffee run. “My friend and I were going to get frappuccinos for us and a cup of whipped cream for the horses,” Cline said, via WTKR. The teen had reportedly seen several YouTube videos online of Starbucks customers being served while on horsebac
  
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• 2 Arrested After Claiming Texas Church Shooting Was Fiction

  06-03-2018 18:02
  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Two people have been arrested after appearing at the Texas church where more than two-dozen worshippers were gunned down and claiming the attack was staged.
  The pastor of First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, 30 miles southeast of San Antonio, told the San Antonio Express-News that the pair appeared Monday and claimed the shooting was fabricated by the U.S. government.
  Pastor Frank Pomeroy, whose 14-year-old daughter died in the November 5 shootin
  
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• Democrats Hopeful As Texas Opens Midterm Primary Season

  06-03-2018 17:57
  AUSTIN (AP) — Texas Democrats turned out in force ahead of the first-in-the-nation primary Tuesday in what could be an early hint of a midterm election backlash against President Donald Trump, but their party remains a longshot to make much of a dent in Republican political dominance of the state.
  Democratic early voting across Texas’ 15 most-populous counties, the only figures available, more than doubled that of the last non-presidential cycle in 2014, while the number of Republica
  
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• UnitedHealthcare To Pass Drug Rebates On To Some Customers

  06-03-2018 17:22
  MINNESOTA (AP) – The nation’s largest health insurer plans to give some customers a break at the pharmacy counter starting next year.
  UnitedHealthcare said Tuesday that it will pass along rebates from drug manufacturers to customers when they fill a prescription. Those rebates could amount to a few bucks or several hundred dollars, depending on the drug.
  Drugmakers frequently give rebates for prescription drugs, but those discounts rarely flow directly to people filling the pres
  
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• Watauga Water Bills to Increase for Some

  06-03-2018 16:45
  
  Thousands of utility customers in Watauga will see their water bills increase in the next few months, city officials say.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Carrollton-Farmers Branch School Wins Mock Trial Competition

  06-03-2018 16:38
  
  The next generation of lawyers may be at a high school in Carrollton. Creekview High School in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD beat more than 25 other teams to win first place at the 39th annual Texas...
  
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• News Now: Primary Election Day In Texas

  06-03-2018 16:22
  It’s primary election day in Texas, the first primary to be held in the country.
  
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• Woman Picking Up Trash Finds Oldest Known Message In A Bottle

  06-03-2018 16:04
  AUSTRALIA (CBS) – The world’s oldest known message-in-a-bottle has been found washed up on a remote beach in Western Australia.
  It was in January when Perth resident Tonya Illman was picking up trash on a beach when she stumbled upon the half-buried bottle.
  The bottle’s origin was traced to Germany where a series of experiments spanning 69 years saw thousands of bottles flung into the ocean to better understand currents and uncover more efficient shipping routes.
  This bottle ha
  
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• Texas' First Amazon Books Store Opens in Austin

  06-03-2018 15:34
  
  The physical world of Amazon Books has made it to Texas.Photo Credit: Amazon via The Dallas Morning News
  
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• FDA Chief Wants More Mail Inspectors To Stem Opioid Influx

  06-03-2018 14:21
  NEW YORK (AP) – The head of the Food and Drug Administration wants to more than double the number of packages his agency inspects for illicit drugs, an effort to stem a deadly flow of opioids that increasingly runs through the international mail supply.
  FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Monday he needs more staffers to intercept opioids that are being disguised as other drugs and supplements.
  “We’re finding an increasing number of opioids coming in through those facilities,&
  
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• Millennials Drive First Rise in Homeownership Rates in Years

  06-03-2018 14:16
  
  Millennials are credited with being the driving factor behind a recent surge in home buying across the country.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Trump Tariff Backlash 'Brewing' in North Texas

  06-03-2018 14:02
  
  Brewers locally are bracing for the impact of President Donald Trump's proposed tariff on imported steel and aluminum.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Things To Know About Today’s Texas Primaries

  06-03-2018 13:53
  AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Texas kicks off primary season ahead of the 2018 midterm election, with implications for Democrats and Republicans alike in an election year that could alter the direction of Congress and statehouses across country for the final two years of President Donald Trump’s term.
  Things worth keeping an eye on Tuesday as Texans cast ballots:
  DEMOCRATIC SURGE
  Democrats remain underdogs to knock off Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, but there&rs
  
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• Lawsuit Alleges Shipley Do-Nuts Owner Harassed Workers

  06-03-2018 13:48
  
  There are disturbing new details this morning that accuse the owner of Houston-based Shipley Do-Nuts of a hostile work environment including sexual harassment.
  
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• Fort Worth Distillery Cuts Ties With Co-Founder

  06-03-2018 13:45
  
  A Fort Worth distillery is cutting ties with its co-owner after a photo of vulgar remarks made by his account spread across social media.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News Facebook
  
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• Dallas Residents Face Cold Nights While Waiting For Atmos To Restore Gas

  06-03-2018 13:28
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – An already difficult situation got even worse for people in northwest Dallas on Tuesday. More than 2,600 homes are still without gas service while Atmos Energy works to repair underground lines following an explosion last month that claimed the life of a child.
  While residents were advised to evacuate during this time, many people opted to remain in their homes during the gas outage. Those people could now be without heat or hot water, as temperatures dropped Tuesday
  
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• Hurst Target Burglarized: Police

  06-03-2018 13:14
  
  Police are investigating the burglary of a Hurst Target early Tuesday morning.
  
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• 20-Year-Old Sues Dick’s, Walmart Over New Gun Policies

  06-03-2018 13:10
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon man has filed a lawsuit claiming Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart discriminated against him when they refused to sell the 20-year-old a rifle.
  Dick’s and Walmart restricted gun sales to adults 21 and older in the wake of the Feb. 14 Florida high school massacre. The 19-year-old accused in the school slaying bought the AR-15 used in the attack legally.
  Oregon law allows residents to buy shotguns or rifles starting at age 18.
  The Oregonian/OregonL
  
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• DACA Deadline For U.S. Immigrants Arrives With Less Urgency

  06-03-2018 12:56
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A program that temporarily shields hundreds of thousands of young people from deportation was scheduled to end Monday but court orders have forced the Trump administration to keep issuing renewals. That removed some of the urgency of a hard deadline, but advocates weren’t letting up in their efforts to get permanent protection.
  In September, Trump said he was ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program but gave Congress six months to develop a legislati
  
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• Republicans Want Trump To Back Off His Tariff Proposal

  06-03-2018 12:54
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican allies of President Donald Trump are pleading with him to back off his threat of turning to international tariffs, but Trump says he won’t.
  Trump says Canada and Mexico will not be spared from his plans for special import taxes on steel and aluminum. He’s holding out the possibility of later exempting the longstanding friends if they agree to better terms for the U.S. in revising the North American Free Trade Agreement.
  House Speaker Paul Ryan and o
  
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• Washington Becomes 1st State To Approve Net-Neutrality Rules

  06-03-2018 12:49
  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – Setting up a likely legal fight with the Trump administration, Washington has become the first state to enact its own net-neutrality requirements.
  The Federal Communications Commission voted in December to gut U.S. rules that meant to prevent broadband companies such as Comcast, AT&T and Verizon from exercising more control over what people watch and see on the internet.
  Because the FCC prohibited state laws from contradicting its decision, opponents of the Washin
  
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• What’s Fresh At McDonald’s? The Beef In Some Burgers

  06-03-2018 12:47
  NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s is offering fresh beef rather than frozen patties in some burgers at thousands of restaurants, a switch it first announced about a year ago as it works to appeal to customers who want fresher foods.
  (credit: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)
  The fast-food giant, which has relied on frozen beef patties since the 1970s, said it’s launching Quarter Pounders made with fresh beef in about 3,500 restaurants starting Tuesday. It’ll be available in eigh
  
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• Fort Worth Could Start More Recycling Programs

  06-03-2018 12:39
  
  Fort Worth city council could vote on a measure that would revolutionize recycling in the city.
  
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• Democrats’ Big Texas Turnout May Not Translate To Many Wins

  06-03-2018 12:15
  AUSTIN (AP) — Texas Democrats turned out in force ahead of the first-in-the-nation primary Tuesday in what could be an early hint of a midterm election backlash against President Donald Trump, but their party remains a longshot to make much of a dent in Republican political dominance of the state.
  Democratic early voting across Texas’ 15 most-populous counties, the only figures available, more than doubled that of the last non-presidential cycle in 2014, while the number of Republica
  
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• North Texas Counties Prepare For Busy Primary Election Day

  06-03-2018 11:59
  
  Millions of Texans are expected to crowd polling locations Tuesday for primary elections.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• 5 Ways To Avoid Airline Baggage Fees

  06-03-2018 11:45
  
  As more airlines fight to win customers over with lower fares, the cost of checking a bag isn't as generous.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Heavy Rain Leaves White Rock Lake Filled With Trash

  06-03-2018 11:00
  
  After a messy week of rain, White Rock Lake is left with piles of trash and debris.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• NTX Couple Wins Court Battle Over Own Daughter

  06-03-2018 10:58
  
  A judge awarded guardianship for a North Texas couple who gained attention for using cannabis vapor to treat their daughter, who has autism.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Decision 2018: Election Day Information

  06-03-2018 10:58
  
  Tuesday is Election Day across Texas.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Abram Street Revamp to Give Downtown Arlington 'Identity'

  06-03-2018 05:38
  
  The city of Arlington has long been a destination for a Dallas Cowboys game or a visit to Six Flags, but now city leaders are working to make their downtown a draw of its own.Photo Credit: Alice Barr
  
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