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• Gas Evacuation Lifted for 25 Dallas Homes, Apartment Complex

  29-03-2018 23:57
  
  A gas evacuation has been lifted for 25 homes and an apartment complex after gas leak concerns in a northwest Dallas neighborhood.Atmos Energy confirmed the 25 homes in the neighborhood were evacuated Wednesday...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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• US Says Airstrike Killed Top Al-Qaida Leader In Libya

  29-03-2018 23:54
  BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — A U.S. airstrike last weekend in southwestern Libya killed two al-Qaida militants, including a top recruiter, the military’s Africa Command said.
  Musa Abu Dawud was a high ranking official of the terror network’s North Africa branch, known as Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb. His death was confirmed after “operational reporting” and “damage battle assessment” was completed, AFRICOM said in a Wednesday statement.
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• Texas Rangers Opening Day Kicks Off Season

  29-03-2018 23:51
  
  Pat Doney takes a look at all the action at the Texas Rangers' Opening Day.Photo Credit: NBC 5 NEWS
  
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• Rapper Fabolous Facing Charges In Domestic Violence Incident

  29-03-2018 22:53
  ENGLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Rapper Fabolous is facing domestic violence charges in New Jersey.
  NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 09: Recording artist Fabolous attends the Matthew Adams Dolan front row during New York Fashion Week Presented by Made at Gallery II at Spring Studios on February 9, 2018 in New York City. (Photo Credit: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for New York Fashion Week: The Shows)
  Englewood police say the rapper, whose real name is John Jackson, turned himself in around 8:30 p.m. Wednesd
  
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• Houston-Area Deputy Arrested On Child Pornography Charges

  29-03-2018 22:39
  HOUSTON (AP) — A longtime Houston-area sheriff’s deputy has been arrested on three charges of possession of child pornography.
  The Harris County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday that Deputy D. Dehnert was relieved of duty after being arrested at his home in suburban Houston.
  The 46-year-old Dehnert worked for the sheriff’s office since 1992.
  The case is being investigated by the sheriff’s office along with the Grand Prairie Police Department, U.S. Department of H
  
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• Evacuation Order Lifted After Gas Leak In Northwest Dallas

  29-03-2018 22:32
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The evacuation orders issued last night in the Northwest Dallas neighborhood plagued by gas leaks, were lifted Thursday afternoon.
  Several dozen homes and apartments were part of a mandatory evacuation after people noticed a gas smell.
  But while residents can return home, many say they won’t yet since gas won’t be restored for at least three days.
  Atmos Energy crew in Northwest Dallas (Brooke Rogers – CBS11)
  Atmos Energy crews are doing significant r
  
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• Exclusive: DFW mid-size companies expanding internationally early and often

  29-03-2018 21:55
  Middle market companies, defined in this context as those having $25 million to $500 million in revenue, are increasingly interested in international markets and are entering global markets earlier in their life cycle.
  
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• Austin Police Chief Calls Bomber ‘Domestic Terrorist’

  29-03-2018 21:54
  AUSTIN (AP) — The Austin police chief says a “domestic terrorist” set off a series of explosions that killed two people and severely wounded four others in the Texas capital.
  Austin police say Conditt died after he set off an explosive device inside of his vehicle in a suburban Austin hotel parking lot as SWAT teams closed in.
  Chief Brian Manley had previously hesitated to label the bombings domestic terrorism, citing the ongoing investigation. But at a meeting Thursday on
  
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• HEB Recalls Halogen Light Bulbs That Could Shatter

  29-03-2018 21:45
  
  HEB stores are recalling halogen light bulbs that could shatter while in use and cause cuts or fires.Photo Credit: CPSC
  
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• Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender Captured In Corpus Christi

  29-03-2018 21:36
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Police have arrested a gang member on the Texas 10 Most Wanted sex offender list during a traffic stop in Corpus Christi.
  The Texas Department of Public Safety on Thursday announced the arrest of 28-year-old Eric Rene Ruiz.
  Eric Rene Ruiz (DPS)
  Officials say Ruiz was wanted since October for failure to register as a sex offender.
  Corpus Christi police arrested Ruiz on Tuesday when he was found to be a passenger in the vehicle that was stopped.
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• Rescued Tigers ‘Hunt’ Easter Eggs

  29-03-2018 21:09
  WYLIE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The biggest community event of the year for the big cat rescue sanctuary In-Sync Exotics happens Saturday, March 31.
  More than 1,000 people are expected to come see newly rescued white tigers Assad, Zahra, and Gus, along with the sanctuary’s 75 other residents as they receive their own Easter eggs.
  tiger with Easter egg (In-Sync Exotics)
  The event serves as a vital lifeline for a sanctuary run solely on donations.
  There will be plenty of activities for all
  
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• Easter Weekend Blue Moon Will Be The Last Until 2020

  29-03-2018 20:51
  CBS Local — The last blue moon of the year is set to light up the sky this weekend. For sky watchers, it’ll be the final opportunity to see the rare lunar spectacle until 2020.
  Blue moons typically occur every 2.7 years but this will be the second blue moon since January. A blue moon is the name given to the second full moon to appear in the same month. Accuweather says the next blue moon won’t be seen until Halloween of 2020.
  “The term ‘blue moon’ actually ha
  
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• American Airlines signs new lease agreement at O’Hare International Airport

  29-03-2018 20:47
  American Airlines and rival United Airlines have signed new airline lease agreements at Chicago's O’Hare International Airport.The signings took place yesterday in a Delta Air Lines hangar at the airport. The signing of those new agreements paves the way for the start of construction on a new $8.5 billion O’Hare expansion project that was the focus of bitter acrimony between United and American.For more than two weeks earlier this month, American cried foul over an apparent last
  
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• Plano Shooting Leaves 1 Dead & 3 Injured, Police Investigating

  29-03-2018 20:36
  PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Plano have confirmed they are investigating a shooting at an apartment complex.
  The incident happened just before 9:30 a.m. at the Cross Creek Apartments, located in the 7400 block of Alma Drive.
  Officials said that one person died and three others were injured.
  (credit: Steve Pickett/CBSDFW.COM)
  A man at the complex, who identified himself as being the father of one of the victims, told CBS 11 News reporter Steve Pickett that his daughter and her co-worker w
  
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• 90-year-old downtown Dallas building to undergo $45M facelift

  29-03-2018 20:33
  A 90-year-old downtown Dallas building is getting a $45 million facelift.The Davis Building, a 250,000-square-foot retail and residential tower at 1309 Main St., will undergo the refresh over the next 15 months, courtesy of Dallas-based MYCON Construction. The Dallas Morning News was the first to report the project.Renovations will include upgrading the building’s retail space and converting 183 loft-style rental units into 215 luxury apartments.Built in 1926 for Republic National Bank, th
  
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• Woman Says Tenants Shot Porn Videos On Top Table, Appliances

  29-03-2018 20:23
  AQUINNAH, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman has filed a federal lawsuit accusing her tenant of using her Martha’s Vineyard home to shoot pornographic videos without telling her.
  The lawsuit filed this week says Leah Bassett had no idea when she rented out her home in 2014 that it would be used to shoot adult films.
  Bassett says the filmmakers used “nearly every room of her home for their porn production purposes,” including her bedrooms, sofas, dining room table and laun
  
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• Carnival Gives Teen Free Cruise In Exchange For Snapchat Handle

  29-03-2018 20:05
  PROSPECT, Va. (CBSDFW.COM) – Carnival Cruise Line went on a full media blitz to track down a 15-year-old boy in the small town of Prospect, Virginia. It may sound rather strange, but the teenager had something that the company really wanted — a Snapchat account.
  Not just any Snapchat account, of course. Darian Lipscomb was the owner of @CarnivalCruise.
  This name was going to be a vital part of Carnival Cruise Line’s social media strategy going forward. So, the co
  
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• See DFW’s top 10 deals in March

  29-03-2018 20:03
  Welcome to the top 10 deals of the month, involving companies changing hands in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.The local economy is one of the bright spots in the U.S., attracting investments from corporations and investors with bases here and outside the region.
  This month, we saw M&A activity in the Permian heat up; a Dallas company scooped up a struggling oil and gas infrastructure company based in Houston; and private equity firms dealt in everything from a buffalo wings joint to oncology cl
  
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• $200,000 to $2M: How much home can you afford in Plano? (Photos)

  29-03-2018 19:52
  From a top-tier school district to an expansive food hall to multiple headquarters, Plano is giving homebuyers plenty of reasons to head to Collin County.The city has long been home to big businesses like J.C. Penney and Frito-Lay, but in recent years it has also attracted the North American headquarters for Toyota, as well as massive corporate offices and regional campuses for companies like Fogo de Chão, FedEx Office, JPMorgan Chase, Liberty Mutual Insurance and Boeing.That’s than
  
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• Man At Center Of “Serial” Podcast Granted New Trial By Appeals Court

  29-03-2018 19:35
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) —The Maryland Court of Special Appeals filed an opinion on the Adnan Syed v. State of Maryland case Thursday, in which it upheld a circuit court judgement to grant him a new trial.
  In 2000, Syed was convicted of killing his high school sweetheart, Hae Min Lee, and burying her body in a shallow grave in a park in northwest Baltimore. He was 17 at the time.
  His story is at the center of the popular podcast “Serial.”
  In 2016, a lower court judge vacated Syed&rsq
  
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• Video Shows Cheetah That Jumped Into SUV During African Safari

  29-03-2018 19:33
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A thrilling African safari turned into a frightening experience for an American man and his relative. They were observing wildlife in Tanzania, but one of the animals got a little too close for comfort.
  Britton Hayes and his step-uncle were in an SUV on the safari when a cheetah jumped into the vehicle.
  Hayes said that they just kept their eyes down and tried not to engage the cat while it hung out for about 10 minutes, exploring the SUV as the safari continued.
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• FW Man Pleads Guilty to Murder of Carrollton Business Owner

  29-03-2018 19:19
  
  Andrew Steven Gibson of Fort Worth entered a guilty plea to the 2016 murder of well-know Carrollton business owner, Alfred Armour Jr.Photo Credit: Carrollton Police Department
  
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• News Now: Fatal Shooting In Plano

  29-03-2018 19:16
  We’re looking at the latest updates on a fatal shooting in Plano this morning.
  
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• Vegans Protest Restaurant, So Chef Carves Deer In Front Of Them

  29-03-2018 19:15
  CBS Local — A Canadian chef who was fed up with vegan protesters outside of his Toronto restaurant gave the activists a shocking demonstration of his own. The chef and co-owner decided to give the vegans close-up look at his craft by carving a fresh deer leg in the shop window.
  “I figured, I’ll show them. I’m going to have my own protest,” Michael Hunter of Antler Kitchen & Bar told The Globe And Mail.
  Angry Chef Butchers Deer in Front of Vegan Protest
  
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• Top Picks Over Easter Weekend

  29-03-2018 18:59
  
  Tiney Ricciardi with Guide Live and the Dallas Morning News gives some of the top activities going on in North Texas this Easter weekend.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Rangers Fans Celebrate Opening Day

  29-03-2018 18:44
  
  Texas Rangers fans were out in full force to ring in Opening Day of the season. Tailgaters packed parking lots surrounding Globe Life Park to prep for the big game.Photo Credit: NBC 5 NEWS
  
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• Rangers Opening Day 2018

  29-03-2018 18:40
  
  Texas Rangers take on the Houston Astros in the 2018 Opening Day. Viewers sent in pictures to show their Rangers spirit.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: 1 Dead, 3 Injured After Shooting in Plano

  29-03-2018 18:25
  
  One person is dead and three people are injured after a shooting in Plano, police said.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Bumble sues Tinder parent company for $400M in damages

  29-03-2018 18:15
  Drama has ensued between two popular dating app companies.Bumble is suing Match Group, the parent company of its main rival, Tinder, for $400 million in damages.
  The lawsuit comes just a couple weeks after Dallas-based Match Group filed a separate lawsuit accusing Bumble for patent infringement and misuse of intellectual property.
  The Austin, Texas-based startup, led by former Tinder exec and co-founder Whitney Wolfe, alleges that Match Group filed its lawsuit with false and disparaging informat
  
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• Luxury cattle ranch sells for $34M

  29-03-2018 18:03
  A luxury East Texas ranch has sold for $34.22 million.Broseco Ranch, located in Omaha, Texas, a two-hour drive from Dallas, entered into a sealed bid auction in November. From that process, real estate firm Icon Global Group, which was marketing the property, sold the estate this week. The buyer is an arm of Amarillo-based Smith Ranches, the Dallas Morning News reported. Smith bought the property from previous owner Phillip English.“We ran a very aggressive, strategic and tactica
  
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• 1 Dead, 3 Injured After Shooting in Plano

  29-03-2018 17:55 via nbcdfw.com
  
  One person is dead and three people are injured after a shooting in Plano, police said.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Dershowitz On Special Counsel: The Investigation Should End

  29-03-2018 17:38
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Civil Liberties attorney Alan Dershowitz said Wednesday that he is fearful of the criminalization of political differences in today’s discourse and that he doesn’t think special counsels are the right way to approach criminal justice.
  Dershowitz spoke to CBS 11 political reporter Jack Fink about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians to affect the outcome of the 2016 election.
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• Success in Sight at Carrollton/Farmers Branch School

  29-03-2018 17:24
  
  Students at Texans Can Academy in Carrollton/Farmers Branch can see things more clearly now. In all, 118 students now have new glasses courtesy of Kids Vision for Life, a program created by Essilor Vision...
  
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• McDonald’s Expands Worker Tuition Benefits, Citing Tax Law

  29-03-2018 17:15
  NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s, citing the new U.S. tax law and the tightening job market, is expanding its 3-year-old education benefits program, tripling the amount of money some workers can get each year to help pay for college or trade school tuition.
  The fast-food company is also changing its eligibility rules, which it said will double the amount of workers who qualify to 400,000, or about half the people who work at McDonald’s in the U.S.
  Other chains, including Starbucks an
  
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• Police Investigating Fatal Shooting At Plano Apartment Complex

  29-03-2018 16:51
  PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Plano have confirmed that they are investigating a shooting at an apartment complex.
  The incident happened at the Cross Creek Apartments, located in the 7400 block of Alma Drive.
  Officials said that one person died and three others were injured.
  The suspect appears to have fled from the scene, but authorities believe that this was an isolated incident.
  (credit: Steve Pickett/CBSDFW.COM)
  This is a developing story. Stay with CBSDFW.COM and refresh this page fo
  
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• News Now: Texas Rangers Opening Day

  29-03-2018 16:30
  Opening Day has arrived at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The new Texas Rangers season is about to begin!
  
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• Tiger Woods’ Texas golf resort sells out this home-type

  29-03-2018 15:42
  Bluejack National, the resort-style residential community featuring a golf course custom-designed by Tiger Woods, has sold out certain home units earlier than anticipated, said the community’s director of sales.
  
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• Survivor: Ghost Island Episode Five Recap: Fate is in the Homie

  29-03-2018 15:30
  By Mickie McLeod
  It’s a race to the merge! 15 Castaways were left on Survivor: Ghost Island. Every play is critical, and it was a shock that Jeff Probst played a twist in last night’s episode!
  Fate Is The Homie -Survivor (Credit: Robert Voets/CBS Entertainment)
  “Drop your buffs!” It’s time to switch tribes, once again.
  “Fate is in the Homie,” says Desiree. The switching of the tribes could be the bright light at the end of the tunnel for m
  
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• A Look Into Toys R Us Unused Rewards Points, Gift Card

  29-03-2018 15:01
  
  As Toys R Us stores prepare to close nationwide, many customers are wondering what will happen to their rewards points. A North Texas woman thought she had more time to use her points, but the customer...
  
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• Boy From Viral Pic Believed Among Dead After SUV Drives Off Cliff

  29-03-2018 14:43
  WOODLAND, Wash. (CBSNEWS.COM/AP) – The two women and their six adopted children traveled to festivals and events, offering free hugs and promoting unity, friends said. They raised animals and grew vegetables and last year moved onto a piece of land in rural southwest Washington, a dream of theirs.
  The Hart Tribe, as they were known, also took spontaneous road trips to hike or camp, and friends believe they may have been on one of those adventures when their SUV plunged off a cliff alo
  
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• Joe Biden Regrets Talking About Fighting Trump

  29-03-2018 13:54
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden regrets saying he’d “beat the hell” out of President Donald Trump if they were in high school for how he treats women.
  In a “Pod Save America” interview released Wednesday, the Democrat said “I shouldn’t have said what I said.”
  At a University of Miami rally against sexual assault last week, Biden cited lewd comments Trump made in a 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape about gra
  
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• Worried About What Facebook Knows About You? Check Google

  29-03-2018 13:50
  
  It's more than just Googling yourself.
  
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• 1,600-acre North Texas ranch offers luxury living in rural setting

  29-03-2018 13:22
  A 1,600-acre ranch located an hour east of Dallas offers potential buyers luxury living in a rural setting.Five Creeks Ranch, located in Athens, has been put on the market by real estate firm Icon Global Group for $15 million. For that price, buyers can purchase a 3,700-square-foot home with three bedrooms and four bathrooms. Living areas also include a ranch foreman house with three bedrooms and two bathrooms and a guest house with four bedrooms, two full bathrooms and one half bath.But outdoor
  
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• Study: Number Of Armed Security Officers On The Rise At Schools

  29-03-2018 13:20
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Armed security officers are becoming more prevalent at America’s schools, according to a federal study released Thursday amid a heated debate over whether teachers and other school officials should carry guns.
  Armed officers were present at least once a week in 43 percent of all public schools during the 2015-16 school year, compared with 31 percent of schools a decade before, according to data from a survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics.
  
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• Lockheed Martin delivers this country's first F-35 in Fort Worth (Photos)

  29-03-2018 13:19
  Considering its neighbor to the north, South Korea needs a strong military, a point reinforced as the first F-35 for the nation was unveiled.At an event showcasing the Republic of Korea's first F-35A Lighting II aircraft built by Lockheed Martin, politicians laid out just how close the country's capital is to the border."The Republic of Korea is roughly the size of the state of Indiana," said U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey of TX-33. "The distance from Seoul to the (Demilitarized Zone) on the 38th paralle
  
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• Audit At Kansas Water Park Where 10-Year-Old Was Decapitated

  29-03-2018 13:08
  TOPEKA, Kan. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A Kansas agency plans to conduct a full audit of a water park’s inspection records before it reopens this spring, a state official said Wednesday, after criminal charges were filed over the decapitation of a 10-year-old boy on the world’s tallest waterslide there in 2016.
  The state Department of Labor said it will review reports from daily inspections of rides by park staff at the Schlitterbahn park in Kansas City, Kansas, before it is scheduled t
  
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