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• North Texas Man Admits To Sexually Assaulting 4 Children He Met At Church

  27-03-2018 23:57
  McKINNEY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – McKinney Police say a young man who met children through church meetings has admitted to sexually assaulting four of them between the ages of two and six over the course of the last seven years.
  Noel Anderson, 22, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at 1020 N. Lake Forest Drive, held responsibilities at the church such as primary instructor for children ages 7-8 in 2014.
  Noel Anderson – sexual assault of a child suspect in McKinn
  
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• NTX Seniors Surprised With Scholarships to Attend TCU

  27-03-2018 23:37
  
  Kelsey Bowie was one of the seniors surprised with this year’s TCU Community Scholars scholarship, a $250,000 scholarship that will pay for four years of undergraduate studies.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Man Charged in Murder of 81-Year-Old Used Alias: Police

  27-03-2018 23:29
  
  A Dallas man is accused of murdering an 81-year-old woman and suspected in other cases used an alias according to Plano police.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Tarrant County Recognized for Healthy Living

  27-03-2018 23:26
  
  Tarrant County took a big step toward healthier living on Tuesday when it was approved as a Blue Zones Project workplace.Photo Credit: Scott Gordon - NBC 5
  
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• Trump Floats Using Military Budget To Pay For Border Wall

  27-03-2018 23:02
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is reportedly floating the idea of using the military’s budget to pay for his long-promised border wall with Mexico.
  Trump raised the idea with House Speaker Paul Ryan at a meeting last week, according to a person familiar with the discussion who spoke on condition of anonymity.
  And he’s tweeted that building “a great Border Wall” is “all about National Defense” and called to “Build WALL through M!”, m
  
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• LOCASH Talks Keith Urban Phone Call, Almost Quitting And ACM Awards Nominations

  27-03-2018 22:50
  After coming oh so close to walking away, LOCASH’s ascent in country music continues, having been nominated for Vocal Duo and New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year, honors that Chris Lucas and Preston Brust hope to bring home from the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards.
  “It don’t get better than that — no pun intended,” Lucas said, referencing their nominations and new single, “Don’t Get Better Than That.”
  Lucas and Brust made a go of it after d
  
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• Mexico vs. Croatia Soccer Match at AT&T Stadium Sold Out

  27-03-2018 22:49
  
  Tuesday night's soccer match between Mexico and Croatia has sold out. A limited number of standing room only tickets for party decks are still available only at the stadium ticket office.
  
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• Loop 820 in Fort Worth Re-Opens After Deadly Crash

  27-03-2018 22:44
  
  A fatal crash forced police to shut down part of a busy highway in Fort Worth Tuesday.Photo Credit: TxDot
  
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• Fort Worth Students Learn Lesson About Buckling Up

  27-03-2018 22:32
  
  Some Fort Worth high school students on Tuesday learned an important lesson about buckling up.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• North Texas Teen Faces Jail For Pointing Cell Phone Like A Gun At Fellow Students

  27-03-2018 22:30
  MESQUITE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – An incident at a Mesquite middle school on Friday, March 23 shows that criminal threats that can go beyond just internet postings of hit lists.
  Students found out they can get in serious trouble for simply pretending to point a gun.
  Police were called to Terry Middle School after a report of possible gunfire in a field near the school.
  Terry Middle School incident (Chopper11)
  It turns out there was no gunfire or gun.
  But a 13-year-old student pretending to ha
  
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• Two Airline Pilots Report Seeing The Same UFO Pass Their Planes

  27-03-2018 22:14
  CBS Local — A pair of airline pilots traveling over Arizona claim they were passed by a UFO while flying at over 30,000 feet in the air. Both planes reported the sighting and now the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released a radio broadcast of the out-of-this-world incident.
  According to the radio logs, a Learjet operated by Phoenix Air and an American Airlines flight saw the object flying in the opposite direction of their planes on Feb. 24. In a copy of the conversation w
  
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• Owl Attacks Groomsman – Caught On Camera

  27-03-2018 21:07
  TAPORLEY, UK (CBSDFW.COM) — An elegant and unique addition to a wedding went awry when an owl carrying the couples rings instead went after a groomsman.
  The owl was supposed to fly to the best man and deliver the rings but a groomsman on the front row – who happens to be afraid of birds – pointed at it as it took off.
  The owl took that as a sign to land on him.
  The scenes at the Jeni Arrowsmith / Mark Wood wedding in Tarporley, Cheshire, were captured on video.
  “It was on
  
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• Check Your Mail: Valpak May Have Sent You A $100 Check

  27-03-2018 21:05
  CBS Local — Whether you like to clip coupons or not, direct marketing firm Valpak says people should be checking their mail because the company is sending out $100 checks all over the U.S. this year.
  In celebration of the monthly coupon pack’s 50th anniversary, Valpak says $100 checks have been randomly placed in their envelopes and are being mailed out to each of the company’s 150 markets. “No strings attached, just $100 for consumers to use as they wish,&rdquo
  
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• NASA Delays Next-Generation Space Telescope Until 2020

  27-03-2018 20:57
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – NASA has delayed the launch of its next-generation space telescope until 2020.
  Officials say they need more time to assemble and test the James Webb Space Telescope, which is considered a successor to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope.
  The observatory was supposed to fly this year. But last fall, NASA bumped the launch to 2019. NASA announced the latest delay on Tuesday.
  “We have one shot to get this right before going into space,” said Thomas Zurb
  
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• Scientists Find A New Organ In Humans: The Interstitium

  27-03-2018 20:47
  CBS Local — Just like finding a long lost relative, scientists would like to introduce you to an organ you never knew you had: the interstitium.
  New research published in Scientific Reports has revealed that the human body contains a network of fluid-filled channels that had previously been undiscovered. The spaces were found all around the body’s connective tissue which lines the digestive tract, lungs, urinary systems, and surrounding muscles.
  While the fluid-carryin
  
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• Heineken Pulls ‘Lighter Is Better’ Ads After Racism Complaints

  27-03-2018 20:29
  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) – Heineken has removed a commercial for its light beer after some complaints that it was racist.
  The ad featured a bartender sliding a bottle of Heineken light. The bottle passes several black people before it arrives to a lighter-skinned woman. The tag line: Sometimes lighter is better.
  Hip-hop star Chance the Rapper on Sunday tweeted the commercial was “terribly racist.” He said he thought some companies were purposely “putting out noticeably rac
  
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• Former TCU QB Boykin Cut From Seahawks After Domestic Violence Allegation

  27-03-2018 20:23
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM/CBSSPORTS.COM) – Police in Mansfield are investigating allegations of domestic violence made against Seattle Seahawks backup and former Texas Christian University (TCU) quarterback Trevone Boykin.
  Boykin’s girlfriend, Shabrika Bailey, reportedly suffered a broken jaw that had to be wired shut among other injuries.
  Trevone Boykin (credit: Dallas County Jail)
  The Seahawks have released Boykin in the wake of the allegations.
  The @Seahawks have rele
  
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• Microsoft To Ban ‘Offensive Language’ & Monitor Your Private Account

  27-03-2018 20:01
  CBS Local — Microsoft is cracking down on what people say while using their services online. According to a new services agreement written by the company, the tech giant is planning to ban accounts that use “offensive language” and will go through your private data to “investigate” users.
  In a March 1 release, Microsoft is warning customers using Office, Xbox, Skype, and other products that the company is prohibiting offensive language and inappropriate content star
  
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• Apple Unveils Pencil Support For $329 iPad At Education Event

  27-03-2018 19:52
  CHICAGO (AP) – Apple is adding the ability to use a digital pencil to draw and write on its cheapest iPad model in an attempt to make the tablet more compelling for creating, teaching and learning.
  Apple’s pencil previously worked only on its more expensive iPad Pro line.
  The company unveiled its latest iPad Tuesday in a Chicago high school to signal a renewed emphasis on education. Apple’s products have been losing ground in U.S. classrooms to Google and Microsoft during the p
  
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• Program Helps Kids Coming Out of Foster Care System

  27-03-2018 19:48
  
  Senior Director of the TRAC Program at CitySquare, Madeline Reedy, talks about how the program is designed to help foster care youth take the next steps after getting out of the foster care system.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Ex-Michigan State Dean Charged Amid Nassar Probe

  27-03-2018 19:47 via nbcdfw.com
  
  William Strampel, former dean of Michigan State’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, is the first person charged in the broad investigation into how the university handled complaints against longtime sports...
  
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• NTSB Releases Preliminary Report On Deadly NYC Helicopter Crash

  27-03-2018 19:31
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/CBSNEWS.COM) – The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report Monday on a deadly helicopter crash earlier this month in New York City’s East River. While a full report on what went wrong could be a year away or more, the preliminary report includes an interview with the pilot — offering, for the first time, details of the events that led up to the March 11 crash in the pilot’s words, CBS New York reports.
  The pilot, Richard Van
  
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• News Now: Rainy Weather, 4-Day School Week

  27-03-2018 19:26
  North Texas is seeing rain on Tuesday and its even impacting the Texas Rangers. Plus, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has decided to testify before Congress, and a Colorado school district is switching to a four-day week.
  
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• Brainwashed Sex Slaves Allegedly Branded With Group Leader’s Initials

  27-03-2018 19:15
  NEW YORK (CBS News) – The leader of a secretive group in upstate New York turned female followers into brainwashed “slaves” who were branded with his initials and coerced into having sex, authorities alleged Monday in a criminal complaint charging him with sex trafficking. Keith Raniere, co-founder of the group called Nxivm, was arrested in Mexico and returned to Texas on Monday, authorities said.
  Raniere was to appear in court on Tuesday in Fort Worth on the charges filed by f
  
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• 11-Year-Old Hit and Killed on Highway 161 in Irving

  27-03-2018 19:15
  
  Police say an 11-year-old boy was killed Tuesday morning on Highway 161 in Irving.
  
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• Mom Praised For Making ‘Entitled’ Son Shop At Goodwill As Punishment

  27-03-2018 18:57
  CBS Local — A Georgia mother who was tired of her son’s “entitled” attitude has become a Facebook sensation after posting her unique punishment online.
  In a picture uploaded on March 25, Cierra Brittany Forney of Hog Mountain documented her son’s shopping trip to a local Goodwill store. The mother says she took the 13-year-old to the shop and made him spend $20 of his own money on clothes to wear to school for a week.
  “My 13 year old son had been acting a
  
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• Report: Mark Zuckerberg Changes Mind, Will Testify Before Congress

  27-03-2018 18:37
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNET.COM) – Mr. Zuckerberg is going to Washington.
  The 33-year old Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has decided to travel to Capitol Hill to testify before Congress, according to a CNN report Tuesday, citing sources within the internet giant.
  It’s unclear when Zuckerberg’s testimony might be, though Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley invited Zuckerberg, along with Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, to a hearing on data privacy that&rsquo
  
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• World Video Game Hall of Fame announces 2018 Finalists

  27-03-2018 18:06
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Calling all gamers to help pick World Video Game Hall of Fame inductees. Twelve finalists were named Tuesday for the class of 2018, pitting “Ms. Pac-Man” against “John Madden Football.”
  Also in the running are the games: “Asteroids,” ”Call of Duty,” ”Dance Dance Revolution,” ”Final Fantasy VII,” ”Half-Life,” ”King’s Quest,” ”Metroid,” ”Minecraf
  
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• Retired Supreme Court Justice Urges Second Amendment Repeal

  27-03-2018 17:48
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment to allow for significant gun control legislation.
  The 97-year-old Stevens says in an essay on The New York Times website that repeal would weaken the National Rifle Association’s ability to “block constructive gun control legislation.”
  Stevens was on the losing end of a 2008 ruling in which the high court held that the Second Amendment gives individuals the
  
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• News Now: Flash Flood Watch & Windy Trampoline Ride

  27-03-2018 16:28
  Heavy rain and thunderstorms across North Texas are expected to continue into the evening. High winds are already uprooting trees, blowing down fences and taking at least one trampoline for a wild ride.
  
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• Antibiotic Use Soars As Resistance Crisis Worsens

  27-03-2018 15:33
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBSNEWS.COM) – In recent years, antibiotic resistance has risen to dangerously high levels in all parts of the world. Yet despite this growing health crisis, new research shows worldwide use of antibiotics skyrocketed between 2000 and 2015, largely driven by dramatic increases in low-income and middle-income countries.
  An international team of researchers conducted the study, which found that antibiotic consumption rates soared 39 percent over the course of the 15-year pe
  
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• Highway 161 Closed in Irving After Fatal Crash

  27-03-2018 15:18
  
  The southbound lanes of Highway 161 in Irving are closed at W. Rochelle Road.
  
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• Players Share The Stories Behind The NBA’s Wildest Tattoos

  27-03-2018 15:05
  NEW YORK (CNN) – NBA ink is a look all its own; always personal, always on display, and never ever boring. Prepare to be amazed — and a little weirded out — by some of the league’s most infamous, creative and out-there body art.
  (credit: CNN)
  You’ve Got A Friend On Me
  Yes, that is a “Friends” logo on current Boston Celtics player and famous flat-earther Kyrie Irving’s arm. Why? Turns out he just really, really, really likes the show.
  “One day
  
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• Thunderstorms This Week; Trampoline Causes Power Outage

  27-03-2018 14:49
  
  Chances for rain and thunderstorms will arrive Monday and continue through Wednesday.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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• Olympic Gold Medalist Missy Franklin Opens Up About Depression

  27-03-2018 14:28
  LOS ANGELES (CNN) – Moments of glory for Olympic athletes are flashed around the world for all to see and share. But there’s a counterpoint to the shock and awe of the photo finish or the podium wave — when the adrenalin rush has gone and you’re left dealing with the humdrum of everyday life.
  U.S. swimmer Missy Franklin knows this all too well. Olympic success came to her at an early age when she stormed to four gold medals at the age of 17 at London 2012, breaking two wo
  
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• 2020 Census To Add Question On Citizenship Status

  27-03-2018 14:24
  WASHINGTON (CBSNEWS.COM/AP) — The Commerce Department says the 2020 U.S. Census will include a question about citizenship status, a move that brought a rapid response by opponents.
  In a press release issued Monday night Commerce officials said the citizenship data will help the Justice Department enforce the Voting Rights Act, which protects minority voting rights.
  But opponents say the question will discourage immigrants from responding to the census. A coalition of state attorneys genera
  
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• Sean Penn Makes Smoky Appearance On ‘Late Show’

  27-03-2018 13:53
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sean Penn made a smoky appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” to promote his book.
  The actor told the host Monday he had taken a sedative “to get to sleep after a red-eye flight” and Penn lit a cigarette.
  The two-time Academy Award winner described his novel, “Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff,” as “the conversation once a year with the drunken uncle.”
  Penn lit a second cigarette and Colbert asked him to consider quittin
  
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• Weatherford Students Say They Were Approached By Stranger

  27-03-2018 13:33
  WEATHERFORD (CBSDFW.COM) – The Weatherford Independent School District has issued a safety alert after a pair of students from Wright Elementary School said that they were approached by a stranger at a bus stop. The frightening incident happened near the intersection of Case Street and Water Street.
  The two children said that they were waiting for their bus when a woman pulled up in a car and asked them to get inside. The kids refused and the woman drove away. The students were only able t
  
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• 15 Protein-Packed Breakfasts

  27-03-2018 13:30
  
  Mom always told us that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but there’s research that says people who successfully lose weight are breakfast eaters.
  
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• Apple Looks To Return To Head Of Class In Education Market

  27-03-2018 13:26
  CHICAGO (AP) — Apple is hoping to return to the head of the class in the competition to get high-tech products into U.S. classrooms.
  The trend-setting company is expected to provide more details about its renewed emphasis on education Tuesday at a Chicago high school. The curriculum may include a lower-priced iPad and a variety of services tailored for students ranging from kindergarten through high school.
  Apple is trying to regain ground lost to rivals Google and Microsoft during the pas
  
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• Fluor awarded contract for chemical facility underway near Houston

  27-03-2018 13:18
  Irving, Texas-based Fluor Corp. (NYSE: FLR) has been awarded a contract for mechanical construction of a facility in Freeport, Texas.MEGlobal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Equate Petrochemical Co., is building the monoethylene glycol manufacturing facility at Dow’s Oyster Creek site. Fluor’s work will include installing equipment, steel and piping for the MEG process unit, according to a March 26 press release. At peak construction for Fluor’s scope, the company expects th
  
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• Linda Brown, Student In Brown v. Board Of Education Case, Dies

  27-03-2018 13:16
  TOPEKA, Kan. (CBSNEWS.COM/AP) – Linda Brown Thompson, who as a young girl was the student at the center of the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education that declared school racial segregation unconstitutional, has died in Topeka, Kansas. She was 76.
  The Peaceful Rest Funeral Chapel in Topeka confirmed it is handling funeral arrangements for Brown.
  Born in 1943, Brown was in third grade in 1950 when she was denied admission to an all-white elementary school in her hometo
  
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