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• McMaster Out; Bolton Next National Security Advisor

  22-03-2018 23:58
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is replacing national security adviser H.R. McMaster with John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
  National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster attends a meeting between President Donald Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office at the White House on March 20, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images)
  Trump tweeted that McMaster has done “an outstanding
  
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• Atmos Says Repairs To Pipelines Almost Complete In Northwest Dallas

  22-03-2018 23:54
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Atmos Energy  has released new numbers saying the company has laid enough new pipe to stretch to Fort Worth, as natural gas pipelines repairs continue in Northwest Dallas. And that’s especially great if yours is one of the homes that now has gas flowing through one of them. Several hundred homes, however, are still without service.
  “I knew it was gonna be more than three weeks,” says Monica Rose, “this is a huge job.”
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• Community Leaders Call for Firing of Officer Who Punched Man

  22-03-2018 23:50
  
  Two African-American leaders in Fort Worth on Thursday called for the firing of a police officer who was recorded on video punching a man in the face with no apparent provocation.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Computer Warranty Expires During Dispute Over Repair

  22-03-2018 23:42
  
  NBC 5 Responds steps in and helps a Plano woman get a replacement computer.Photo Credit: Getty Images/Cultura RF, File
  
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• Court Release Terms of Ethan Couch's Probation

  22-03-2018 23:38
  
  Ethan Couch, the teenager for whom lawyers argued the 'affluenza' defense following a drunken driving crash that killed four people in June 2013, is scheduled to be released from jail on April 2,Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Man Gunned Down Outside Arlington Store, Suspect Caught

  22-03-2018 23:36
  
  A man is in custody and facing a murder charge after another man was gunned down on an East Arlington street Wednesday night following an altercation at a nearby convenience store, police say.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News/Arlington Police Department
  
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• Mutiny On Greyhound Bus To Dallas As Driver Was Falling Asleep

  22-03-2018 23:25
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A passenger mutiny onboard a Greyhound bus bound for Dallas forced a driver out from behind the wheel.
  Terrified passengers say that driver was falling asleep and it led to a confrontation caught on video.
  CBS11 spoke with three passengers who were on the bus that arrived in Dallas seven hours late from Phoenix.
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  Some said they weren’t so sure they’d make it in one piece about after they caught the driver pinching h
  
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• Fines Rejected for Feeding Birds Near Love Field

  22-03-2018 23:22
  
  Thursday, the Dallas Parks & Recreation Board decided not to fine people up to $200 for feeding ducks or other birds at Bachman Lake Park. City aviation officials wanted the fines to reduce bird strikes...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Some Want Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates to Debate

  22-03-2018 23:03
  
  Former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez faces Houston investor Andrew White both want to be the Democratic candidate for Texas Governor. Some would like to see them face of in a debate before the May runoff...
  
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• Atmos Says Work in Dallas Neighborhood Almost Complete

  22-03-2018 22:54
  
  Atmos Energy says work to replace natural gas lines in a Northwest Dallas neighborhood where a child was killed when a home exploded last month is nearing completion.
  
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• Building at Denton Hospital Cleared After Evacuation

  22-03-2018 22:49 via nbcdfw.com
  
  The professional building at Medical City Denton Hospital has been declared safe by law enforcement after a threatening note found on campus Thursday led to an evacuation.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Free Mobile Flu Vaccination Clinics Extended In Dallas County

  22-03-2018 22:44
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – While health experts have said the worst of the flu season appears to be behind us, no one is immune from getting it, especially those who have not yet gotten a flu shot.
  Dallas County Health and Human Services says it’s not too late.  The health department is trying to make it as easy as possible for residents in need of a flu shot, to get one.
  Free flu shots are coming to the following places during the next couple of weeks:DCHHS has also extended free ad
  
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• Kidde Recalls Around 450K Smoke Detectors Sold in US and Canada

  22-03-2018 22:40
  
  About 452,000 smoke detectors sold at Home Depot, Walmart and other stores nationwide are being recalled after the company discovered the device may fail to alert consumers of smoke, the company said...Photo Credit: KiddeThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Bombing Suspect's Roommates Released by Investigators

  22-03-2018 22:33
  
  The mother of one of the suspected Austin bombers roommates says her son was questioned by investigators on Wednesday.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Dallas City Staff Want To Regulate Share Bikes, Avoid Talk Of Docking System

  22-03-2018 22:26
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s a site many Dallas citizens have reluctantly become accustomed to seeing: share bikes all over the sidewalks, seemingly without a home, riders or rules.
  “You’re just about getting knocked over whenever you’re walking down the sidewalk,” says downtown Dallas resident Sherry Clark.
  “There’s only so many people that can ride the bikes, and there’s only so many hours in the day,” says Dan Peisner.
  The manager of D
  
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• Texas Expands CWD Containment Zone

  22-03-2018 22:23
  
  The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission is expanding the state's chronic wasting disease (CWD) Panhandle Containment Zone the disease was discovered earlier this year in a white-tailed deer killed on the road.Photo Credit: James Marvin Phelps/Flickr
  
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• Colleyville Names Lone Finalist for Chief of Police

  22-03-2018 22:07
  
  Colleyville is welcoming home a fifth-generation Texan to lead their police department.Photo Credit: Coral Gables Police Department
  
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• Sutherland Springs Survivors to Receive Recovery Grants

  22-03-2018 21:49
  
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced Thursday survivors of the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs would receive millions in grant funding to support their recovery.Photo Credit: Darren Abate/AP
  
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• School Uses Mindfulness As Proactive Approach To School Safety

  22-03-2018 21:43
  
  At a time when the sales of bullet proof backpacks and metal reinforced binders are climbing due to school safety concerns, some Dallas elementary schools are using another method to promote a safe environment.Photo Credit: Allie Spillyards, NBC5
  
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• Contractor Dies After Being Hit by D/FW Skylink Train

  22-03-2018 21:35
  
  A contractor working at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport died early Wednesday after being hit by a Skylink train.Photo Credit: Frank Heinz, NBC 5 News
  
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• Tattooed Porch Thief Caught On-Camera Swiping Victim’s Delivery

  22-03-2018 21:16
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A homeowner’s doorbell camera recorded a man stealing from his porch in Dallas.
  It happened on March 17, 2018, at about 5:30 p.m.
  If you recognize this man, please call police in Dallas. (photo credit: Dallas Police Department)
  Video shows a white male brazenly trotting up to the home located in the 12200 block of Cox Lane. Glancing around nervously, he then snags the victim’s packages. He has a tattoo on his upper right arm and is
  
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• Viral Video Of Smoking Baby Leads To Mom’s Arrest

  22-03-2018 20:18
  CBS Local —  A video of an infant smoking a small cigar set off outrage on social media that helped North Carolina authorities identify and arrest the mother. Police say the Raleigh mom had her baby smoke “a marijuana blunt,” according to arrest warrants obtained by CBS affiliate WNCN.
  A version of the video that’s received 1.5 million views was posted by a user who urged the mother’s arrest. The 10-second clip shows the hand of an adult off-screen holding what
  
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• Toys ‘R’ Us Founder Charles Lazarus Dies As Company Is Going Out Of Business

  22-03-2018 20:15
  PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) — The founder of Toys “R” Us has passed away as the company is going out of business.
  Company founder Charles Lazarus died Thursday at the age of 94. His death comes as the company begins to start its liquidation sales.
  “There have been many sad moments for Toys‘R’Us in recent weeks, and none more heartbreaking than today’s news about the passing of our beloved founder, Charles Lazarus. He visited us in New Jersey just last yea
  
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• Lindsay Lohan Becomes Ironic New Spokesperson For Lawyer.com

  22-03-2018 20:01
  CBS Local — Lindsay Lohan has a long history of getting into trouble with the law. The actress’s latest gig is therefore catching some people by surprise: spokesperson for Lawyer.com.
  Lohan, who has been arrested multiple times for driving under the influence as well as theft from a Venice jewelry store, spent eight years on probation starting in 2007. The 31-year-old was also sentenced to 90 days in jail in 2010 and has been in and out of rehab during her tumultuous career.
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• DCCC Puts Colin Allred in Red to Blue Program

  22-03-2018 19:59
  
  The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced Thursday they have placed Colin Allred in its Red to Blue program.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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• Rock Hauler Crash to Keep I-20 Partially Closed for Hours

  22-03-2018 19:52 via nbcdfw.com
  
  A rock hauler with a full load struck an overhead sign and overturned along Interstate 20 in South Dallas Thursday morning, closing part of the freeway.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Hospital to Give Away Bike Helmets to Kids Saturday

  22-03-2018 19:25
  
  Medical professionals will give away 300 bicycle helmets Saturday to children in Arlington so that they are protected while being active participating in sports on wheels.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Jim Parsons Recalls Working With Stephen Hawking On “The Big Bang Theory”

  22-03-2018 19:13
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – Jim Parsons cherished the opportunity to work with Stephen Hawking, but admitted he was a bit intimidated to meet the celebrated theoretical physicist.
  Hawking or his voice appeared in seven episodes of Parsons’ hit series “The Big Bang Theory.”
  “So much of our show is related, based on, adjacent to everything that Stephen Hawking did, strove to do, thought about, was passionate about through his entire life and career. The fact that he knew of ou
  
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• ‘That’s Just Extremely Odd’: Cougar Found In Empty Motel Room

  22-03-2018 19:09
  CBS Local — An Oregon motel had to call local wildlife officials after a cougar decided to “check in” to one of their rooms.
  According to KVAL, the cougar wandered into the Oregon Motor Motel on March 20 after being seen walking around the inn two days earlier. “A cougar coming this far into downtown, into the business district and deep into a hotel complex, and not showing fear of people or wariness of urban environments? That’s just extremely odd,”
  
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• Hawk Flies Through Woman's Open Window Into Her Home

  22-03-2018 19:04
  
  A woman in Bedford got quite a surprise when a hawk flew through her open kitchen window.Photo Credit: Bedford Police Department
  
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• Man Loses Thumb In Accident, Doctors Replace It With Big Toe

  22-03-2018 18:48
  CBS Local — An Illinois mechanic who lost his thumb in an accident has the use of his hand again after having doctors attach his toe as a replacement.
  Melo Hairapetian accidentally severed his left thumb and pinky while using a circular saw in 2016. The damage to the man’s hand was so severe that doctors could not save the 45-year-old’s thumb. “I can’t live without my thumb,” Hairapetian said in a Loyola Medicine press release. “I use
  
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• Alan Cumming On Instinct, Whoopi Goldberg & Macbeth

  22-03-2018 18:44
  Alan Cumming has played a lot of different characters in his career, but he has never played a character quite like Detective Dylan Reinhart. Cumming, who was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards while on the “Good Wife” on CBS, loves the challenge of playing Reinhart because he is multilayered. Reinhart is a professor, a former CIA spy and an author. He’s also the first openly gay leading male character ever on network television, but Cumming believes that’s the leas
  
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• News Now: Interstate-20 Crash, Austin Bomber

  22-03-2018 18:25
  We’re keeping an eye on a gravel hauler crash that’s blocked eastbound Interstate-20 in Dallas County, and following the latest updates on the Austin bomber investigation.
  
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• Police Still Investigating At Home Of Suspected Austin Bomber

  22-03-2018 17:59
  PFLUGERVILLE (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A 25-minute cellphone video left behind by the bomber whose deadly explosives terrorized Austin for weeks details the differences among the weapons he built and police say amounts to a confession. But his motive remains a mystery.
  Mark Anthony Conditt, an unemployed college dropout who bought bomb-making materials at Home Depot, recorded the video hours before he died after detonating one of his own devices as SWAT teams closed in. It seemed to indicate the 2
  
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• 'Blake's Snow Shack' Owner Opens on the NYSE

  22-03-2018 17:55
  
  Blake Pyron, the owner of Blake’s Snow Shack in Sanger, became the first business owner with Down syndrome to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday.Photo Credit: NYSE
  
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• Dallas Will Soon Stop Being the Wild West of Bike Sharing

  22-03-2018 17:44
  
  Dallas could have bike-share regulations by May.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Memorial Planned for 2 Men Killed in NYC Helicopter Crash

  22-03-2018 17:00
  
  A memorial will be held Saturday for the two men killed in a New York helicopter crash.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Gravel Hauler Crashes Into I-20 Sign, Spills Rocks Over Freeway

  22-03-2018 16:20
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A big rig crash has shutdown the eastbound lanes of Interstate-20 in the southern part of Dallas County.
  The driver of the gravel hauler is believed to have hit an overhead sign near St. Augustine Drive just before 9:30 a.m. The impact knocked the sign down, flipped the trailer of the semi on it’s side and spilled large rocks, gravel and hydraulic fluid over the freeway.
  (credit: CBSDFW.COM/Chopper 11)
  The closure has eastbound traffic backed up for mi
  
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• Fort Worth Officer Accidentally Shoots Self: Official

  22-03-2018 15:46
  
  A Fort Worth police officer was sent to the hospital after he accidentally fired his gun and shot himself in the thigh, officials 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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• Storm Drops Record-Breaking Rain In Parts Of California

  22-03-2018 15:43
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A strong Pacific storm dropped record-breaking rain Wednesday on a swath of California evacuated by thousands of people over threats of debris flows and mudslides from wildfire burn areas.
  The storm came ashore on the central coast and spread south into the Los Angeles region and north through San Francisco Bay, fed by a long plume of subtropical moisture called an atmospheric river.
  It also moved eastward, bringing the threat of flooding to the San Joaquin Valley and Si
  
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• Kevin Smith Loses More Weight After Suffering Heart Attack

  22-03-2018 15:27
  LOS ANGELES (CNN) – Kevin Smith famously shed a bunch of weight a few years ago, and now he has lost even more. The “Clerks” director known for his Silent Bob character tweeted Wednesday that he was “officially down 20 pounds as of this morning!”
  I’m officially down 20 pounds as of this morning! 20 pounds in 13 days & my blood pressure is amazing. How did this happen? @pennjillette & his book “Presto” turned me on to @RayCronise and hi
  
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• Court Sides With Marvin Gaye Family In ‘Blurred Lines’ Fight

  22-03-2018 15:22
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a copyright infringement verdict against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams over the 2013 hit song “Blurred Lines,” agreeing with lower courts that it illegally copied from Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give it Up.”
  In a split decision from a three-judge panel, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the family of the late soul singer is entitled to the $5.3 million it was awarded in a case that h
  
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• News Now: Austin Investigation, Atmos Progress, Teen Meets Chewbacca

  22-03-2018 15:19
  The bomber is dead, but the investigation in Austin continues. Plus, we look at the progress that Atmos is making in replacing Dallas gas lines, and hear the news that a teen got from Chewbacca.
  
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• American Airlines Adding Legroom

  22-03-2018 15:18
  
  American Airlines is adding seats to make more legroom in the cabin. Forty economy seats will be taken out to place the more roomy seats, which will be available for a premium cost.
  
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• Storms Spawn Tornado in California

  22-03-2018 15:12
  
  Severe thunderstorms produced a tornado over a northern California neighborhood Wednesday. The same storm system is advancing towards Texas, bringing chances for heavy rain next week.
  
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• Other Texas metros growing at a faster rate than DFW, according to new growth rankings

  22-03-2018 14:40
  While the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area has seen significant growth to its population, it's not expanding as fast as its sister regions to the south and east (at least percentage-wise).The region added 973,431 residents between 2010 and 2017, according to estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. That translates to a growth rate of 15.15 percent.While Austin, Houston and San Antonio added fewer residents, they have smaller populations, resulting in larger percentage growth&he
  
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• Gas Prices Across Texas & Nationwide Are Up This Week

  22-03-2018 14:38
  COPPELL (AP) – Retail gasoline prices in Texas and across the country are up this week.
  AAA Texas on Thursday reported the statewide average price at the pump rose 6 cents this week to reach $2.35 per gallon. Drivers across the U.S. are paying an average $2.57 per gallon of gasoline, which is up 4 cents from a week ago.
  The association survey found San Antonio has the cheapest gasoline in Texas this week at an average $2.24 per gallon. Midland has the most expensive gasoline statewide this
  
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• Yum exec elected to Brown-Forman board of directors

  22-03-2018 14:31
  An executive with Yum Brands Inc. has been elected to the Brown-Forman Corp. board of directors.Tracy Skeans is chief transformation and people officer at Yum (NYSE: YUM) and offices at the company's Plano campus. Before taking her current position, she was president of Yum's Pizza Hut International division. She also previously served as chief people officer of Pizza Hut Global."Tracy brings a wealth of multifunctional global business experience to the Brown-Forman board," Chairman Geo. Garvin&
  
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• Trump Says Biden ‘Would Go Down Crying’ If He Attacked

  22-03-2018 14:31
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump lashed out at Joe Biden for wanting “beat the hell out of him,” saying Thursday that the former vice president “would go down fast and hard, crying all the way.”
  The Republican president tweeted: “Crazy Joe Biden is trying to act like a tough guy. Actually, he is weak, both mentally and physically, and yet he threatens me, for the second time, with physical assault. He doesn’t know me, but he would go down fast an
  
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• After 3 Weeks Atmos Still Working To Restore Dallas Natural Gas Service

  22-03-2018 14:24
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s been three weeks and officials with Atmos Energy say crews are nearly done replacing gas pipelines in a northwest Dallas neighborhood.
  It was on March 1 when Atmos announced they were shutting down the natural gas system in an area where a deadly house explosion, several fires and gas leaks had occurred. The most recent update from Atmos says that about 86-percent of the infrastructure, including natural gas mains and service lines, has been
  
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