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• Exclusive Tour of Billy Bob's Venue at Toyota Music Factory

  19-03-2018 23:59
  
  We received an exclusive tour of Billy Bob Barnett's new venue at Irving's Toyota Music Factory. It’s called Big Beat Dallas and it has five food and beverage venues with seven stages and daily live music from 7...
  
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• Cursive Writing Connects Seniors With Elementary School Students

  19-03-2018 23:53
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – What started off as a hand writing lesson has now turned into a friendship between a group of third graders from Good Shepherd Episcopal School and some seniors living at Presbyterian Village North in Dallas.
  The students and seniors became pen pals this school year, and they have been corresponding through hand written cursive letters for months now.
  The idea came from a parent and teacher at Good Shepherd Episcopal who thought it would be a good way to teach the chi
  
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• How Facebook ‘Likes’ Could Profile Voters For Manipulation

  19-03-2018 23:26
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Facebook likes can tell a lot about a person. Maybe even enough to fuel a voter-manipulation effort like the one a Trump-affiliated data-mining firm stands accused of — and which Facebook may have enabled.
  Both The New York Times and The Guardian newspaper reported that former Trump campaign consultant Cambridge Analytica used data, including user likes, inappropriately obtained from roughly 50 million Facebook users to try to influence elections.
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• Anti-Drug Advocate Applauds Vow to Get Tough on Opioids

  19-03-2018 23:13
  
  A North Texas woman who lost her son to heroin is applauding the Trump administration's tough stance on opioids.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Remember To Anchor Your TV And Furniture

  19-03-2018 23:01
  
  About every 30 minutes, a fallen TV or tipped furniture hurts a child in the U.S. An extra step of mounting your TV or furniture to the wall can help prevent serious injury to children.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Is Secondhand Marijuana Smoke Dangerous? Biologist Says Yes

  19-03-2018 22:29
  CBS Local — As the government continues to crack down on tobacco products, more and more states are easing up on marijuana laws. One biologist is now saying those policies are misguided after finding that secondhand smoke from marijuana users may be just as deadly as cigarette smoke.
  According to Matthew Springer, a professor at the University of California, San Francisco, marijuana smoke is three times worse for the arterial walls than cigarette smoke. In a study condu
  
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• 'Affluenza Teen' May be Released From Jail Next Month

  19-03-2018 22:12
  
  Ethan Couch, the teenager who lawyers argued the 'affluenza' defense , is scheduled to be released from jail on April 2.Photo Credit: AP
  
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• Want To Avoid The Flu While Flying? Try A Window Seat

  19-03-2018 21:57
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Worried about catching a cold or the flu on an airplane? Get a window seat, and don’t leave it until the flight is over.
  That’s what some experts have been saying for years, and it’s perhaps the best advice coming out of a new attempt to determine the risks of catching germs on an airplane.
  It turns out there’s been little research on the risks of catching a cold or flu during air travel. Some experts believed that sitting in a window seat
  
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• Male Birth Control Pill Found To Be Safe And Effective By Study

  19-03-2018 21:27
  CBS Local — A new male birth control pill is being called safe and effective by researchers in a recent study. The daily oral contraceptive known as dimethandrolone undecanoate (DMAU) is being viewed as a major breakthrough in creating a similar product to female birth control.
  “DMAU is a major step forward in the development of a once-daily ‘male pill,'” Dr. Stephanie Page told Endocrine Society. “Many men say they would prefer a daily pill as a reversible con
  
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• Austin Bombings: Texas Buying X-Ray Machines To Assist Investigation

  19-03-2018 21:05
  AUSTIN, TX (CBSDFW.COM) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott today announced an additional release of $265,000 in emergency funding to help assist bombing investigations in Austin after four attacks this month in that city. The money will be used to purchase technology that will aid law enforcement in assessing package safety.
  Lethal packages were left on doorsteps of unsuspecting victims on three occasions and officials believe a tripwire triggered the fourth explosion. So far, two people have be
  
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• 19-Year-Old Arrested, Charged In Fatal St. Patrick’s Day Shooting

  19-03-2018 20:44
  GARLAND (CBSDFW.COM) – Garland police have arrested a man wanted in the death of another who was shot multiple times at an apartment complex Saturday morning.
  Jaquan DeShawn Marray Griggs (photo credit: Garland Police Department)
  Jaquan DeShawn Marray Griggs, 19, faces a murder charge in the death of Quintuis Amos, 22.
  Griggs turned himself in after speaking with detectives.
  He is currently being held in the Garland Detention Center with bond set at $1,000,000.
  
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• Mississippi Sends Team To Help Put Out Texas Wildfires

  19-03-2018 20:31
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is sending five firefighters to Texas to help that state put out wildfires.
  The Mississippi Forestry Commission says the group will arrive Tuesday in Merkel just west of Abilene.
  (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
  The team is bringing two bulldozers that they use to create fire breaks along the edge of a wildfire.
  State Forester Charlie Morgan says the Mississippi personnel are expected to stay in Texas for about two weeks.
  Texas officials reported Sun
  
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• Lottery Won’t Appeal Powerball Ruling Keeping Name Private

  19-03-2018 20:04
  CONCORD, N.H. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The New Hampshire Lottery says it won’t appeal a judge’s ruling that allows a woman who won a Powerball jackpot worth nearly $560 million to keep her identity private.
  The lottery said in a statement Monday that rather than appeal it believes the state Legislature should take up any possible changes in laws affecting the lottery.
  File photo of lottery tickets. (credit: William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)
  The woman signed her ticket after the Januar
  
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• Cynthia Nixon Announces Run For New York Governor

  19-03-2018 19:49
  ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A new poll released Monday shows New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holding big leads over two potential Republican challengers and “Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon, who declared her run to challenge the Democrat as he seeks a third term in office.
  I love New York, and today I'm announcing my candidacy for governor. Join us: https://t.co/9DwsxWW8xX pic.twitter.com/kYTvx6GZiD
  — Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) March 19, 2018“I love New Y
  
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• 'March for Our Lives' in Dallas, Ft. Worth, McKinney, Denton

  19-03-2018 19:45
  
  March for Our Lives will take to the streets of Dallas, Fort Worth, McKinney, and Denton to support the end of gun violence and mass shootings on Saturday, March 24.
  
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• If You Bought A PlayStation 3, You May Be Entitled To A $65 Refund

  19-03-2018 19:43
  NEW YORK (CBS Local) – The window for some PlayStation 3 owners to cash in on a 2016 settlement is about to close. Owners of the original “fat” PS3 have until April 15 to submit a claim with Sony that could be worth up to $65.
  According to the settlement filed in October 2016, Sony agreed to pay PS3 owners $3.75 million after being accused of false advertising by some users. The original gaming machines came with an “OtherOS” feature which allowed owners to &ld
  
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• ‘Sex In The City’ Star Running For Governor

  19-03-2018 19:38
  ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Former “Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon said on Twitter Monday that she’ll challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York’s Democratic primary in September.
  Her announcement sets up a race pitting an openly gay liberal activist against a two-term incumbent with a $30 million war chest and possible presidential ambitions.
  I love New York, and today I'm announcing my candidacy for governor. Join us: https://t.co/9DwsxWW8xX pic.twitter.com/
  
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• Tree Service Worker Shocked By High Voltage Lines in Bedford

  19-03-2018 19:23
  
  A tree service worker has been airlifted to a hospital after being shocked by power lines in Bedford.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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• Self-Driving Uber Vehicle Hits & Kills Pedestrian In Arizona

  19-03-2018 18:58
  TEMPE, Ariz. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Police in a Phoenix suburb stated that one of Uber’s self-driving vehicles struck and killed a pedestrian.
  Police in the city of Tempe said Monday that the vehicle was in autonomous mode with an operator behind the wheel when a woman walking outside of a crosswalk was hit.
  Sgt. Ronald Elcock said in an email that the accident happened overnight, but did not say whether it occurred on Sunday night or Monday morning.
  The woman died of her injuries at a ho
  
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• Impaired Driver Mistakes Jail Security Booth For Fast Food Drive-Thru

  19-03-2018 18:44
  JAMESPORT, N.Y. (CBS Local) – A Long Island woman’s quest for breakfast ended up in a jail cell after police said that she drove up to a jail security booth and mistook it for a fast food drive-thru window.
  Lizabeth Ildefonso of Jamesport, New York was arrested on March 16 after she drove up to the Suffolk County jail and tried to order a “bacon, egg and cheese.” According to the Riverhead News-Review, the 44-year-old woman was told by Suffolk County deputies that sh
  
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• Driver Killed by Police After Hitting, Dragging Officer

  19-03-2018 18:42
  
  A man was shot and killed by Lancaster police after he struck and dragged an officer with his SUV following a traffic stop Sunday night, authorities say.Photo Credit: Metro
  
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• Women Accuse Actor Steven Seagal Of Sexual Assault

  19-03-2018 18:34
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Two women who say they were sexually assaulted by actor Steven Seagal are set to discuss their allegations Monday.
  A press conference was held at the law offices of Lisa Bloom, the attorney representing Regina Simons and Faviola Daddick.
  Prosecutors with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office last month said they were looking into sexual assault allegations against the “Hard To Kill” actor.
  Actor Steven Seagal attends the SMASH Global V pr
  
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• News Now: Serial Bomber In Austin, Amarillo Wildfires

  19-03-2018 18:22
  Police in Austin explained today that they are dealing with a “serial bomber.” Plus, firefighters from the DFW area are heading to the Panhandle to help with wildfires near Amarillo.
  
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• Fort Worth rock quarry being redeveloped into live-and-play destination

  19-03-2018 18:22
  An old rock quarry in Fort Worth is being transformed from a mining area into an development where residents can live and play.The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported an 80-acre quarry site shuttered in the 1970s is being transformed in a project known as Quarry Falls. The area is located in northern Fort Worth, between Meecham Airport and Saginaw, and is accessible by Old Decatur Road.Construction, which could cost up to $280 million, is set to begin later this year and will likely take three&hel
  
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• Lamar Hunt private equity firm makes bet 2-3 year bet on natural gas glut

  19-03-2018 17:56
  The firm has made an acquisition through its industrial cleaning company Miller Environmental Services for Louisiana-based Belco Industrial Services.
  
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• After 4th Austin Explosion PD Says They’re Dealing With “Serial Bomber”

  19-03-2018 17:45
  AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Over the weekend Austin was rocked by the fourth bombing this month. Investigators believe the blast, that injured two people walking along the side of the road, was triggered by a tripwire.
  During a Monday morning press conference Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) Special Agent Frederick Milanowski explained, “Tripwire is a victim-actuated switch that literally uses some kind of wire and when there’s pressure put on that wire it activa
  
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• Report Says Boy Scouts Revoked Badges From Child With Down Syndrome

  19-03-2018 17:35
  PAYSON, Utah (CBS Local) – The family of a Boy Scout with Down Syndrome is suing after the organization stripped their 15-year-old son of all his badges.
  Logan Blythe of Payson, Utah has been working on his merit badges for nearly four years and was preparing to rise to the highest rank of the Boy Scouts, an Eagle Scout. According to The Salt Lake Tribune, the teen submitted his badges to the Utah National Parks Council on November 9 so the local Boy Scouts charter could review t
  
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• Katey Sagal Talks Superior Donuts, Married With Children & Music

  19-03-2018 17:13
  Katey Sagal never planned to go into acting. Music was always her first love. Back in the 1970s, Sagal was a backup singer for greats like Bob Dylan and Bette Midler. While Sagal still loves music and plays in a band, the Golden Globe winner is now a household name in Hollywood. Best known for playing Peggy Bundy on “Married… With Children”, Sagal plays a police officer named Randy DeLuca on CBS’s “Superior Donuts.” The role of a cop is a much different one f
  
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• Hollywood Slams Director Terry Gilliam For Anti #MeToo Comments

  19-03-2018 17:12
  HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA)  —  Actor, writer and director Terry Gilliam is known for being a funnyman and Monty Python alum.
  Some anti #MeToo comments he recently made have no one in Hollywood laughing.
  In an interview with Agence France Press the 77-year-old  said the #MeToo movement has created “a world of victims.”
  While calling embattled producer Harvey Weinstein “a monster” he said he was only exposed because he is “such an a-hole.”
  I read it.
  
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• Cowboys Just Another Irrelevant Franchise These Days

  19-03-2018 17:01
  
  If you wondered where the Cowboys fit in the NFL hierarchy, Sammy Watkins provided a resounding answer.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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• Cirque du Soleil Performer Yann Arnaud Dies After Fall At Florida Show

  19-03-2018 16:46
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Cirque du Soleil performer has died after falling during a show in Tampa.
  The theatrical company announced on Twitter Sunday that Yann Arnaud fell Saturday night while performing an aerial straps number during the show VOLTA.
  pic.twitter.com/L4oelKS8lT
  — Cirque du Soleil (@Cirque) March 18, 2018Arnaud was taken to a hospital after the fall, where he later died. Cirque du Soleil canceled its final two Tampa shows Sunday while the company and authorities investigat
  
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• Dallas-based chemical company drops contractor, affecting up to 548 jobs

  19-03-2018 16:32
  The Woodlands-based Aptim Maintenance LLC told the Texas Workforce Commission last month that it expected to eliminate 548 positions due to losing a contract with Occidental Chemical Corp. OxyChem, a Dallas-based wholly owned subsidiary of Houston-based Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY), told Aptim in late January that it had selected a different maintenance services contractor, according to a letter that the TWC recently released. The decision was expected to affect 327 Aptim employee
  
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• Box Found in Front of School Posed No Threat: Officials

  19-03-2018 16:27
  
  A “box of unknown origin” that was found at the front of Grand Prairie High School Monday morning was empty and posed no threat to the campus, district officials said.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• News Now: Fourth Austin Explosion, Texas Teams In Sweet 16

  19-03-2018 15:15
  Austin residents are on alert again today after the fourth explosion in a little more than two weeks. We’re also looking at the two Texas teams dancing into the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16.
  
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• In The Market For A Tesla? You’ll Have To Hurry To Get The Tax Credit

  19-03-2018 14:15
  PALO ALTO, Calif. (CBSNEWS.COM) – Tesla is a victim of its own success, as buyers of its acclaimed electric cars may soon unhappily discover.
  The automaker is nearing a milestone level of sales that will result in the loss of a $7,500 federal tax credit aimed at encouraging Americans to buy electric cars. That will raise the cost of Tesla’s vehicles for motorists, and potentially hurt the company as it competes with other electric car makers, analysts say.
  The credit, which phas
  
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• Fire At Exploded Hood County Chemical Plant Being Allowed To Burn

  19-03-2018 13:17
  CRESSON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A fire at a North Texas chemical plant following an explosion last week is being allowed to burn itself out before authorities search for a missing worker who’s presumed dead.
  Cresson Mayor and Assistant Fire Chief Bob Cornett said Sunday that conditions at the 15,000-square-foot Tri-Chem Industries plant are “just too hot” and “just too dangerous.” He says rains Saturday night aggravated chemicals and acids at the site about 25 miles
  
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• Try Treating Allergy Symptoms at Night

  19-03-2018 13:15
  
  Pollen counts are often high in the mornings, so fighting symptoms at night can be more effective, according to Dr. Bob Lanier with Texas Allergy Experts.
  
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• Why execs worry crime-fighting tech to make world safer has gone too far

  19-03-2018 12:58
  Unconscious and overt biases for decades have plagued efforts by law-enforcement officials’ to make the United States a safer place.Stories abound reporting racial profiling and racist artificial intelligence systems.Few Americans realize, however, that technologies reminiscent of those in Steven Spielberg’s 2002 film “Minority Report” have existed for years.It’s “a startling reality,” said Joe Brown, editor-in-chief of Popular Science magazine, while mo
  
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• Contractor changes at Celanese facilities affect up to 500 Texas jobs

  19-03-2018 12:55
  Jacobs Field Services North America Inc. and Brock Services LLC informed the Texas Workforce Commission last month that they would be eliminating a total of 501 positions at Celanese Corp. (NYSE: CE) locations after their contracts at the sites were awarded to different companies.Jacobs Field Services North America — a wholly owned subsidiary of Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) — told the TWC that its contracts with Celanese, which is based in Irving, would end
  
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• Austin Explosion: 2 Men Hurt In Latest Blast; Cause Unclear

  19-03-2018 12:55
  AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Two people were injured in another explosion in Austin Sunday night, and police are not ruling out a connection to the three previous explosions that detonated earlier this month elsewhere in the city.
  The latest blast occurred around 8:30 p.m. in a suburban neighborhood known as Travis Country in southwest Austin — far from the previous three that were all in residential areas in the eastern part of the city — and investigators didn’t immediately
  
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• Jim Carrey Criticized For Portrait Believed To Be Huckabee Sanders

  19-03-2018 12:52
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jim Carrey is being criticized on social media for a portrait he painted that is believed to be White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
  The actor and comedian on Saturday tweeted the painting with the caption: “This is the portrait of a so-called Christian whose only purpose in life is to lie for the wicked. Monstrous!”
  This is the portrait of a so-called Christian whose only purpose in life is to lie for the wicked. Monstrous! pic.twitter.com/MeY
  
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• Frost Bank third-party software tool 'commercial lockbox' breached

  19-03-2018 12:52
  Frost Bank, the subsidiary of San Antonio-based Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc., had its commercial lockbox cybersecurity breached, the company announced.
  The now-quarantined slice of the computer infrastructure used by the bank was accessed by an unauthorized user, the bank told its customers and investors March 16. The lockbox software was a third-party system, and the bank hired a "leading cybersecurity firm" to work on the incident. Cullen/Frost (NYSE: CFR) executives alerted authorities to the se
  
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• Barbra Streisand Says No #MeToo Moment Marred Her Life

  19-03-2018 12:47
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barbra Streisand said she’s never suffered sexual harassment but has felt abused by the media.
  During a tribute to Streisand’s decades of TV music specials and other programs, producer and long-time admirer Ryan Murphy queried her about her career, the #MeToo movement and her aversion to interviews.
  “Never,” she replied when asked if she had been sexually mistreated. “I wasn’t like those pretty girls with those nice little noses. Maybe
  
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• Southwest Airlines issued temporary permit at Honolulu international airport

  19-03-2018 12:46
  Southwest Airlines has been issued a revocable permit for airline operations at Honolulu's Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.
  The Department of Land and Natural Resources issued the temporary permit to the Dallas-based carrier this month, though the Department of Transportation told Pacific Business News in an email that there is nothing to announce regarding Southwest’s presence at the airport at this time.
  Dallas-based Southwest (NYSE: LUV), which will launch ticket sales in Hawaii
  
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• Private equity firms unload shares in McKinney's Independent Bank following Carlile deal

  19-03-2018 12:25
  New York firms Lee Equity Partners and Stone Point Capital invested in Carlile Bancshares, which Independent Bank acquired last year, after identifying Texas as a potential banking hotspot coming out of the recession.
  
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• Trump To Roll Out Plan To Combat Opioid Addiction

  19-03-2018 12:18
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBSNEWS.COM) – President Trump, who once called New Hampshire a “drug infested den,” will travel to the primary state for the first time Monday since the 2016 campaign to unveil his plan to combat the opioid crisis that is killing more than 115 people every day.
  The president’s plan is focused on reducing drug demand, preventing over-prescription by cutting opioid prescriptions by one-third nationwide within three years, calls on Congress to reduce
  
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• Toys 'R' Us closings will leave a roughly 600,000-square-foot gap in North Texas retail space

  19-03-2018 12:16
  Toys 'R' Us will close 15 locations in North Texas, according to bankruptcy documents, in addition to about 600,000 square of retail space.
  
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• Mississippi Could Impose Nation’s Toughest 15-Week Abortion Ban

  19-03-2018 12:02
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is poised to sign the nation’s strictest abortion restrictions into law, and the state’s only abortion clinic is preparing an immediate legal challenge.
  The Republican has a Monday deadline to act on House Bill 1510 , which bans abortions after 15 weeks’ gestation. Bryant says he will sign it, saying he wants Mississippi to be the “safest place in America for an unborn child.”
  The bill will become law immediat
  
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• Driver Shot by Police After Striking, Dragging Officer

  19-03-2018 11:58
  
  A man was shot and killed by Lancaster police after he struck and dragged an officer with his SUV following a traffic stop Sunday night, authorities say.Photo Credit: Metro
  
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• 2 Dead After Shooting, Head-On Collision in Dallas

  19-03-2018 11:56
  
  A man driving a car while wounded from a shooting struck another vehicle head-on, killing the other driver Sunday night in Dallas, police say.Photo Credit: Metro
  
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