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• National Day of Unplugging - Can You Disconnect?

  09-03-2018 23:47
  
  In today's technology driven world, it seems everyone has a digital device. But starting Friday at sundown, there's a challenge to "unplug" and reconnect with our loved ones and communities.Photo Credit: Robin Nolan - stock.adobe.com
  
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• Clocks Spring Forward Early Sunday Morning

  09-03-2018 23:43
  
  This weekend marks the start of daylight saving time.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender Felon Captured In Mexico

  09-03-2018 23:31
  PRESIDIO (AP) — A gang member on the Texas 10 Most Wanted sex offender list was captured in Mexico and returned to the U.S.
  Daniel “Donnie” Carrillo, 36, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender
  A U.S. Customs and Border Protection statement says 39-year-old Daniel Carrillo of Alpine on Thursday was turned over to officers at the Presidio Port of Entry. Authorities didn’t immediately provide details on Carrillo’s arrest in Ojinaga Mexico.
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• Murder Victim’s Family, Friends Ask For Donations To Police

  09-03-2018 23:29
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Family and friends of the Dallas apartment manager who was shot and killed on Tuesday, February 27 by a disgruntled former employee, have asked that donations in her memory be made to the Assist the Officer Foundation in her honor.
  Nancy Churchwell
  Dallas Police said Nancy Churchwell always held a special place in her heart for the Dallas Police Department.
  One of Churchwell’s co-workers, Carrie Stallings, said Churchwell always wore her wristband in support of
  
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• Ambushed By Pizza!

  09-03-2018 23:07
  
  Giuseppine Frigolino and her 13 year old son were behind the counter when an irate customer hurled a pizza, hot out of the oven, at her. "Food is supposed to make somebody happy, not miserable and I tried...Photo Credit: WESH
  
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• Gunman Takes Hostages At Party At Largest US Veterans Home

  09-03-2018 23:04
  YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A gunman slipped into an employee going-away party at the largest veterans home in the United States and took at least three people hostage Friday, leading to a lockdown of the sprawling grounds in California, authorities and family members said.
  California Highway Patrol Sgt. Robert Nacke told reporters that he knew of no injuries. Police evacuated the property of the Veterans Home of California after reports of a man with a gun at the facility in Yountville, one
  
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• High-Speed Chase With Stolen Motorcycle Ends in Dallas

  09-03-2018 23:03 via nbcdfw.com
  
  A high-speed chase involving police, sheriff's deputies and a stolen motorcycle has ended in Dallas.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• PGA of America Headquarters Move From Florida to Texas

  09-03-2018 22:56
  
  The PGA of America national headquarters reveal their 5-year top secret proposal to move from West Palm Beach to Frisco.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Texas Waitress Who Cut Food For Diner Gets $16K Scholarship

  09-03-2018 22:45
  LA MARQUE, Texas (AP) — A server at a Houston-area diner has received an unexpected $16,000 college scholarship after details of her act of kindness — cutting an ailing customer’s food — spread online.
  Texas Southern University in Houston on Thursday awarded the scholarship to 18-year-old Evoni “Nini” Williams. She works at a Waffle House in La Marque and has been saving money for college.
  Another customer, Laura Wolf, was at the Waffle House last Saturday. Wo
  
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• Compassion And Support For Grandview Family After Toddler’s Death

  09-03-2018 22:16
  GRANDVIEW (CBSDFW.COM) – In lieu of celebrating, a small North Texas town has rallied behind the family of a 17-month-old who died tragically this week.
  Little Titus Crownover lost his life tragically this week. Titus, the unofficial Zebra Basketball Mascot is pictured above with three of his uncles who will play for State in San Antonio on Thursday… the game now dedicated to his memory. (photo courtesy: youcaring.com/familyoftituscrownover)
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• Police: Man Who Tried To Set Nail Salon On Fire Charged With Murder

  09-03-2018 21:58
  GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Grand Prairie Police have a man in custody after responding to a disturbance at a nail salon in the 5100 block of Magna Carta on Friday morning.
  Police said investigators later determined the suspect was connected to a homicide.
  When officers arrived at the nail salon, they were told a man came in with a pistol and began striking at least one female employee with the handgun.
  Police said he also tried to start a fire at the nail salon.
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• Florida’s Governor Signs Compromise School Safety Bill

  09-03-2018 21:58
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Flanked by family members of students who were killed during a mass shooting just over three weeks ago, Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed a $400 million school safety bill in response to the tragedy that killed 17 people at a high school.
  He said the bill, which was written since the shooting, balances “our individual rights with need for public safety.”
  “It’s an example to the entire country that government can and has, moved fast.&r
  
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• To save money, Lockheed Martin's F-35 program wants more funding up front

  09-03-2018 21:41
  The leader of Lockheed Martin's F-35 program has an idea to cut costs: pay more now, save later.This comes from an interview Jeff Babione, the general manager of the F-35 program for Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT), gave the Wall Street Journal.
  Babione and the company are looking for a multi-year agreement in the early 2020s that would give the Bethesda, Maryland-based defense contractor greater economies of scale when making the aircraft. The plan is due to be officially unveiled later this&
  
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• 3 Charged With Helping Murder Suspects Escape Texas Jail

  09-03-2018 21:28
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Sheriff’s officials have charged three people with helping three murder suspects escape last week from the Bexar County Jail in San Antonio.
  Authorities said Thursday that each has been charged with helping a felon escape a correctional facility.
  Officials allege they smuggled contraband into the jail for the inmates, including narcotics and tools used in the escape.
  One of those charged is the mother of Luis Antonio Arroyo, who’s one of the three who fled th
  
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• Authorities Investigating Buckets Of Oil, Anti-Freeze Dumped Into Creek

  09-03-2018 20:21
  COLLIN COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – Authorities in Collin County are searching for a possible suspect(s) after they found buckets of oil and anti-freeze had been dumped into a creek.
  The Collin County Sheriff’s Office received a call on March 1 about buckets of oil being dumped into Snake Creek, which is on CR 437, south of Princeton.
  Through the investigation, authorities discovered four 5-gallon buckets of oil and two anti-freeze containers had been dumped into the water.
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• ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Cries In Court Before Getting 7-Year Prison Sentence

  09-03-2018 20:10
  NEW YORK (AP) – Martin Shrkeli, the smirking “Pharma Bro” vilified for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug, was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison for defrauding investors in two failed hedge funds.
  The self-promoting pharmaceutical executive notorious for trolling critics online was convicted in a securities fraud case last year unconnected to the price increase dispute.
  Shkreli, his cocky persona nowhere to be found, cried as he told U.S. District Judge Kiyo
  
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• Flu Cases Decreasing, But CDC Warns That Season Isn’t Over Yet

  09-03-2018 20:08
  NEW YORK (CNN) – The number of people sick with flu has continued to decrease across the nation, but experts warn that the season is not over yet. New York City and 21 states continued to experience high activity of flu-like illness during the week ending March 3, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in its weekly surveillance report.
  Looking at the data for recent weeks, CDC spokeswoman Kristen Nordlund said, “we’re still continuing to see a decline
  
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• North Texas Has a New Bald Eagle

  09-03-2018 20:04
  
  Two bald eagles in Seagoville have welcomed the first eaglet of the spring.Photo Credit: John Bunker Sands Wetland CenterThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Delta Air Lines soars in February on-time derby as Southwest Airlines skids

  09-03-2018 20:00
  Delta Air Lines — no two ways about it — is putting the three other largest domestic carriers to shame in the on-time arrivals derby. Whatever the secret formula is that Delta uses to get planes to the gate on time needs to be bottled and distributed immediately to its three largest competitors, namely Fort Worth-based American Airlines (Nasdaq: AAL), Dallas-based Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) and Chicago-based United Airlines (NYSE: UAL).Delta (NYSE: DAL) finished February wit
  
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• Texas Unemployment Rate Up Slightly To 4 Percent For January

  09-03-2018 19:44
  AUSTIN (AP) – The Texas unemployment rate rose slightly in January to start the year at 4 percent, the Texas Workforce Commission on Friday reported.
  The December statewide jobless rate was 3.9 percent.
  Nationwide unemployment held steady in February at 4.1 percent. Texas jobless figures for February will be released on March 23, according to the Texas Workforce Commission.
  The Midland area had the lowest unemployment in Texas during January at 2.4 percent. The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission are
  
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• Texas Hippo Eyeing Cincinnati’s Famed Fiona

  09-03-2018 19:19
  CINCINNATI (AP) — It might only be puppy love, but Cincinnati’s famed hippo Fiona has her first public suitor.
  A 2-year-old hippopotamus named Timothy at the zoo in San Antonio, Texas, has launched his courtship via social media . Posts declared her the “most beautiful hippo” he’s ever seen and wonder if they can be “boyfriend and girlfriend” someday.
  Dear Fiona,
  My name is Timothy.I have seen you on the internet at the @CincinnatiZoo & you
  
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• 100 Years Later, The Madness Of Daylight Saving Time Endures

  09-03-2018 19:18
  Medford, MA (The Conversation/AP) – One hundred years after Congress passed the first daylight saving legislation, lawmakers in Florida this week passed the “Sunshine Protection Act,” which will make daylight saving a year-round reality in the Sunshine State.
  If approved by the federal government, this will effectively move Florida’s residents one time zone to the east, aligning cities from Jacksonville to Miami with Nova Scotia rather than New York and Washington, D.C.
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• FWPD Looking For Brazen Purse Snatcher

  09-03-2018 19:10
  FORT WORTH (KRLD) – Police in Fort Worth are looking for a man who snatched a purse from a woman inside the Kroger store on Camp Bowie Blvd. in the Ridglea Hills area just before midnight Tuesday night.
  Fort Worth Police
  “The male followed her inside the store; and then as he approached from behind, he grabbed her purse,” says Ofc. Brad Perez.
  The woman put up a fight and suffered minor injuries during the struggle — and for that, the purse snatcher will face much more se
  
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• Dairy Queen to hand out free ice cream cones on first day of spring

  09-03-2018 18:44
  Dairy Queen wants you to start off spring with an ice cream cone.For the fourth year, the Edina-based restaurant chain will give away free ice cream cones on March 20, the first day of spring, the company announced in a press release.You can scoop up one small vanilla cone while supplies last across participating non-mall Dairy Queen and DQ Grill & Chill spots.In addition, some locations will collect donations for local Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, an organization for which Dairy Qu
  
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• AdvoCare's new CEO plans to expand the company financially, geographically

  09-03-2018 18:37
  Direct-selling veteran Brett Blake plans to expand AdvoCare overseas by the end of the year.
  
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• Beluga Calf Rescued Off Alaska Moved To SeaWorld San Antonio

  09-03-2018 18:22
  ORLANDO, Fla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — An endangered beluga whale calf rescued off Alaska’s coast is now swimming in his new home at a SeaWorld theme park in Texas.
  The 5-month-old whale named Tyonek made a 4,000-mile journey to SeaWorld San Antonio on Thursday. Tyonek was less than a month old when he became stranded in Alaska’s Cook Inlet last fall.
  Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) fisheries said SeaWorld was selected to care for
  
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• Strip Club Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, 1 Arrested

  09-03-2018 18:00
  
  The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office is investigating a late night shooting inside a men's club that left two people dead.Photo Credit: @TimCiescoNBC5This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• DFW helicopter manufacturer scores $273M contract with U.S. army

  09-03-2018 17:58
  Airbus Helicopters, Inc., headquartered in Grand Prairie, was awarded a $273 million contract for 35 aircraft, the Department of Defense said Thursday evening.The aircraft are UH-72A Lakotas and the recipient is the U.S. Army. Airbus Helicopters Inc. will build the aircraft in its Columbus, Mississippi, facility, and the estimated completion date is March 8, 2021."We are proud that the U.S. Army has continued to rely on us to provide this versatile capability for its aviation fleet," said Chris&
  
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• SEC charges North Texas energy firm, execs with securities fraud

  09-03-2018 17:54
  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Dallas-based Americrude and two of its executives with defrauding 17 investors out of $950,000 in an oil and gas offering scheme.The SEC claims that 30-year-old Shezad Akbar of Carrollton and 30-year-old Daniel Waite of Garland lied to potential investors about their history of success in drilling wells and their operations.In a 17-page lawsuit filed in federal court in Dallas, the SEC states that Akbar, who owned Americrude, and Waite,&hel
  
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• PC sales up, storage revenue down at Dell in pivotal quarter

  09-03-2018 17:38
  Dell Technologies Inc. is selling more personal computers and other hardware a year after its record-breaking acquisition of EMC.The Round Rock, Texas-based technology company reported Thursday $21.9 billion in revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Feb. 2. That was up 9 percent from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, Dell's first after acquiring EMC, giving the clearest picture yet of year-to-year financial performance at one of the largest employers in Central Texas.Revenue from&he
  
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• Dallas-Based Southwest Airlines Unveils Louisiana-Themed Jet

  09-03-2018 17:37
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A giant pelican will soon be landing and taking off at airports in a salute to its namesake state.
  Dallas-based Southwest Airlines unveiled the Louisiana One airplane on Wednesday at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. The Boeing 737-700 is painted with an artist’s rendition of Louisiana’s flag.
  Southwest Airlines debuts Louisiana One, a new specialty aircraft, in New Orleans on March 07, 2018. (credit: Stephen M. Keller/Southwest Airlines)
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• Toys 'R' Us may liquidate U.S. stores, including 20 in DFW

  09-03-2018 17:35
  Over the course of its 60-year history, Toys 'R' Us became a mecca for kids, especially around the holidays. The Wayne, New Jersey-based retailer even managed to outlast a long list of rivals, including KB Toys.Both brands, however, could ultimately suffer the same fate.
  Toys 'R' Us filed for bankruptcy in September. It was hoping to find a buyer, or at least reach a debt restructuring deal with lenders. However, The Los Angeles Times is reporting that talks didn't go as planned and now the comp
  
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• AP: NRA Gave $7 Million To Hundreds Of Schools

  09-03-2018 17:21
  The National Rifle Association has given more than $7 million in grants to hundreds of U.S. schools in recent years, according to an Associated Press analysis, but few have shown any indication that they’ll follow the lead of businesses that are cutting ties with the group following last month’s massacre at a Florida high school.
  Florida’s Broward County school district is believed to be the first to stop accepting NRA money after a gunman killed 17 people at one of its schools
  
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• Oprah Winfrey Recalls Harvey Weinstein’s Bullying Phone Calls

  09-03-2018 17:05
  LOS ANGELES (CNN) – Oprah Winfrey discussed some of her past interactions with disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein in a wide ranging interview with Gwyneth Paltrow published Thursday.
  “What I knew about Harvey was that Harvey was a bully and that if Harvey’s on the phone, you go ‘God, you don’t want to take the call,’ because you’re going to get bullied in some way,” Winfrey said in an episode of Paltrow’s newly launched podcast.
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• Florida Teacher Tells Class African Americans Are “Not Worth” Dating

  09-03-2018 16:26
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CNN) – A Florida teacher has been suspended after his school district concluded that he repeatedly used the N-word in class, and told his 7th and 8th graders not to date African Americans “because they are not worth it,” among other violations.
  David Swinyar, who said that he is white in his personnel file, teaches math at Kernan Middle School in Jacksonville. The school has 1,148 students, 22.6 percent of whom are African American.
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• Hawaiian real estate firm sells Plano office buildings

  09-03-2018 16:25
  The sale of 1800 Preston Park Blvd. and 1820 Preston Park Blvd. in Plano closed on March 1, according to the deeds filed in Collin County.
  
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• News Now: Christina Morris Vigil, Atmos Confusion & Travel Warning

  09-03-2018 16:23
  Dozens of people gathered Wednesday for a candlelight vigil for Christina Morris near where her remains were found. Neighbors on one street in Dallas say Atmos Energy isn’t keeping promises to keep them safe. As Spring Break approaches, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico issues a travel alert for Playa del Carmen.  And the Museum of Failure is a success! Is that an oxymoron?!
  
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• Fecal Bacteria at Texas Beaches? Check Here to See

  09-03-2018 15:59
  
  If you're heading to a Texas beach for spring break, you may want to check the bacteria levels at your favorite spot.Photo Credit: Flickr/AlexKaris
  
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• The Cranberries To Release Final Album With Singer Dolores O’Riordan

  09-03-2018 15:52
  NEW YORK (CNN) – This month marks the 25th anniversary of The Cranberries debut album “Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?” and the surviving band members are celebrating the milestone.
  “We can confirm that since last summer the band had been working with Universal Music on the creation of a very special 25th anniversary edition of the album, a newly re-mastered version with previously unreleased material of ours as well as other bonus material from the era
  
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• Outraised & Outhustled, Is Ted Cruz Losing His Campaign Mojo?

  09-03-2018 15:43
  AUSTIN (AP) – Ted Cruz slayed the Texas Republican establishment in 2012 with his Senate win, took Washington by storm as its leading conservative flamethrower and finished second only to Donald Trump for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination.
  His success was built on a frenetic campaign and tireless travel schedule, raking in small-donor dollars as he hit every sparsely-attended tea party gathering, church forum and Republican women’s luncheon he could.
  Now seeking a second Senate te
  
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• NYC’s ‘Fearless Girl’ Statue Staying For Now, But Faces Uncertain Future

  09-03-2018 15:31
  NEW YORK (AP) – The “Fearless Girl” statue that’s been a New York City tourist attraction since it was installed to mark International Women’s Day one year ago is staying put for now while city officials figure out where it’s going next to spread its message of female empowerment.
  A spokeswoman for Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday that city officials expect to make an announcement about the future of the statue “very soon.”
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