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• Street Named in Honor of Duncanville Girl's Basketball Coach

  03-04-2018 23:47
  
  Drivers will now see part of Middale Road replaced by “Cathy Self Morgan Way”.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Customers Question Atmos Energy's Estimated Billing Practices

  03-04-2018 23:22
  
  The NBC 5 Responds team continues to look into complaint about high Atmos Energy bills and its estimated billing system.
  
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• Facebook Blames A ‘Bug’ For Not Deleting Your Deleted Videos

  03-04-2018 23:07
  CBS Local — As if the controversy surrounding Facebook’s privacy and data sharing couldn’t get any worse, a new report has found that videos users thought were deleted were not actually erased by the company.
  According to a report by New York Magazine, a user downloaded their Facebook archive and was surprised to find several recordings that had been made years earlier and supposedly deleted. New York says the problem was discovered in “pre–Facebook L
  
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• $1M Model Train Exhibit Opens This Summer in Frisco

  03-04-2018 22:32
  
  A new, permanent model train exhibit at Frisco's Discovery Center will be called "Traintopia."Photo Credit: Ken KalthoffThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Police: Baptist Pastor Turned Blind Eye To Child Sexual Assaults

  03-04-2018 22:19
  MESQUITE (CBSDFW.COM) – The lead pastor of Open Door Baptist Church in Mesquite was arrested Tuesday on a charge of Persons Required to Report; Time to Report for allegedly failing to report abusive sexual relationships between church workers and underage parishioners.
  Police allege in a statement that Robert Arnold Ross, 70, knew of an ongoing relationship between a 15-16 year-old-girl and a 33-year-old assistant youth pastor at the church named Steve Winn of Crandall.
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• Myth busting: The state of Dallas-Fort Worth office space

  03-04-2018 21:54
  Dallas-Fort Worth is bucking — or busting — some of the generally-accepted commercial real estate trends and truisms in terms of office lease time frames and elbow room for employees.
  
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• Dallas County Child Dies of Flu Complications

  03-04-2018 21:45
  
  An 11-year-old child with a high-risk health condition is dead after developing complications from the seasonal flu, Dallas County Health and Human Services confirms.Photo Credit: CDC
  
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• New Hawaiian Airlines CEO: We're not scared of Southwest

  03-04-2018 21:10
  Echoing what his predecessor said, newly-appointed CEO of Hawaiian Airlines Peter Ingram said he's not scared of Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) coming to Hawaii."It doesn't," Ingram said in an interview with the Associated Press when asked if Southwest coming to the airline's home turf scares him. "We think Southwest is a great airline and we are envious of a 40-plus-year track record of profitability, but it's really not something new for us to have competitors coming into the market."Dalla
  
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• Interactive map: See where Texas' natural gas is produced

  03-04-2018 20:51
  Texas accounts for almost a quarter of all U.S. natural gas production.And within the state, Fort Worth-based XTO Energy Inc., a subsidiary of ExxonMobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM), is king of the gas-producing companies, yielding 498.7 million thousand-cubic-feet in 2017. That's roughly 10 percent of the state's gas well production.Click through the slideshow to see the top-32 natural gas production companies in the state, according to recently released data from the Railroad Commission of Texas.In&hell
  
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• Antibiotic Resistant ‘Nightmare Bacteria’ Spreading In U.S., CDC Warns

  03-04-2018 20:48
  CBS Local — In recent years, antibiotic resistance has risen to dangerous levels and has become a growing public health crisis. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 2 million Americans become infected with germs resistant to antibiotics each year and more than 23,000 die from these infections.
  Now, a new government study finds more grim news. Researchers report that nationwide testing uncovered 221 instances of unusual resistance in the so-ca
  
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• Police Confirm That Violent Fort Worth Arrest Started As Seizure Call

  03-04-2018 20:42
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The Fort Worth Police Department confirmed Tuesday that a situation that ended with a violent arrest started as a call about a man having a seizure. Video of the Saturday arrest went viral, and has now sparked an internal investigation within the department.
  In the 45-second video, a police officer is seen kneeling on a man’s back and punching him while another police officer strikes the man with his knee. The video was posted to Facebook by the Ne
  
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• Fort Worth Police Confirm Violent Arrest Started As Seizure Call

  03-04-2018 20:42
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The Fort Worth Police Department confirmed Tuesday that a situation that ended with a violent arrest started as a call about a man having a seizure. Video of the Saturday arrest went viral, and has now sparked an internal investigation within the department.
  In the 45-second video, a police officer is seen kneeling on a man’s back and punching him while another police officer strikes the man with his knee. The video was posted to Facebook by the Ne
  
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• Hit-And-Run Driver Takes Off With Victim On Hood Of Car 

  03-04-2018 20:37
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Dallas are looking for a woman who fled the scene of an accident with the driver of the car she hit on the hood of her car.
  The hit-and-run driver drove a mile at high speeds before the victim fell off near the intersection of Clark Road and Spur 408. The victim suffered serious bodily injury as a result of the fall.
  It all started on March 30 shortly after 7 p.m. when the victim and her boyfriend were involved in a vehicle accident at 8300 Cl
  
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• $5K Reward Offered for Information in Hit-and-Run

  03-04-2018 20:34
  
  An 18-year-old was critically injured when she was dragged several blocks by a hit-and-run driver who is still on the run.
  
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• Dallas Cowboys sign with new ticketing partner

  03-04-2018 20:27
  The Dallas Cowboys made SeatGeek the primary ticketing platform for football games and other events at AT&T Stadium and the Ford Center in Frisco, the team confirmed Tuesday morning.In doing so, the Cowboys are breaking with the National Football League's deal with Ticketmaster, which has been the league's ticketing partner since 2008. Ticketmaster and the NFL agreed to a five-year extension last October.The Cowboys join the New Orleans Saints as the only other NFL team to have a primary tic
  
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• Mavs’ Nerlens Noel Suspended Last 5 Games For Drug Violation

  03-04-2018 20:14
  DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Mavericks center Nerlens Noel has been suspended for the final five games of the season for a violation of the NBA’s anti-drug program.
  (credit: Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
  The NBA announced the suspension Tuesday, ending a lost season for a player trying to earn a long-term contract after failed negotiations last offseason resulted in him signing the team’s qualifying offer of just $4.1 million for one year. The suspension starts Tuesday night against Port
  
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• Texas Renews Request To Expedite Execution Process

  03-04-2018 20:09
  HOUSTON (AP) — Texas is again attempting to expedite the execution process by seeking U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ approval to opt in to a federal law shortening legal deadlines and limiting appeals options for death-sentenced inmates.
  The Texas death chamber in Huntsville, Texas. (credit: Joe Raedle/Newsmakers)
  State’s Attorney General spokeswoman Kayleigh Lovvorn tells the Houston Chronicle that the renewed request to the Justice Department will avoid “stressful
  
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• John Krasinski On A Quiet Place & Working With Wife Emily Blunt

  03-04-2018 20:06
  MIAMI (CBSMiami) — John Krasinski might best be known as Jim from the hit comedy TV series ‘The Office,’ but in recent years, he’s shown his dramatic acting chops appearing in films like ‘13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi’ and has directed movies as well.
  In his new film, ‘A Quiet Place,’ he jumped into three roles. He stars in it, directs it and co-wrote the screenplay for the film described as a heart pounding roller coaste
  
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• Frisco Residents Set To Hear Update About City’s Water Quality

  03-04-2018 19:52
  FRISCO (CBSDFW.COM) – Frisco residents on Tuesday night will get to hear an update about the city’s water quality. Like other North Texas cities, Frisco leaders have heard from people with concerns about what is in the drinking water. Residents have even complained that the water smells like chlorine.
  The North Texas Municipal Water District will explain how Frisco’s water is kept safe and clean. The water supplier made this same presentation to residents in Plano last month af
  
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• Entertainment concept taps The Shops at Clearfork for first Texas location

  03-04-2018 19:44
  Dale Schwartz's entertainment and dining concept, Pinstripes, is set to open its first Texas location in Fort Worth at The Shops at Clearfork.
  
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• Community Rallies Over Fort Worth PD Force

  03-04-2018 19:07
  
  The Fort Worth Police Department is investigating another use of force incident involving one of their own. It involves the arrest of a man who was repeatedly punched while pinned on the ground, underneath...
  
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• Reports Of ‘Zombie’ Raccoons Scare Homeowners & Puzzle Police

  03-04-2018 19:04
  CBS Local — Police in Youngstown, Ohio had more than crime to deal with over the last month. The city has reportedly been invaded by a wave of “zombie-like” raccoons who have terrified local residents.
  Police received 14 calls in March from homeowners saying that the woodland creatures were spotted standing upright on their back legs and showing off their fangs. One wildlife photographer called the shocking sight “extremely strange.”
  “He would stand up on
  
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• People Dismember Run-Over Houston Alligator For Souvenirs

  03-04-2018 19:02
  HOUSTON (AP) — Residents bordering a West Houston reservoir say an alligator known to quietly sun itself outside the ponds was apparently run over on a busy road but then its carcass was dismembered by people who wanted its teeth and limbs as souvenirs.
  (credit: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
  Convenience store owner Sam Manesiya says he spotted the dead 6-foot-long gator on the side of the road when he opened his store last Friday. By later that day, he says he saw one woman cutting off one o
  
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• Energy Transfer Partners says cyber attack has been handled

  03-04-2018 18:45
  A cyber attack that caused Energy Transfer Partners to shut down a system that handles customer transactions for its natural gas pipelines has been handled, reports Bloomberg.The Dallas-based energy company said that as of 6 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, files could be safely swapped through its electronic data interchange system, which is provided by Energy Services Group. The system, which Energy Transfer Partners (NYSE: ETP) implemented to cut costs and boost speed, allows for computer-to-comp
  
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• Peek Inside a Modern, Energy-Efficient Dallas Home

  03-04-2018 18:20
  
  Take a peek inside a home built by a father-son duo in Dallas for maximum energy-efficiency. It was made to use up to 90 percent less energy for heating and cooling than a conventional house.
  
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• Firm behind Statler redevelopment will build apartments in downtown Dallas

  03-04-2018 18:17
  Centurion American Development Group, the firm behind the $250 million redevelopment of the Statler Hotel, is building apartments in downtown Dallas.Design approvals have been given for a 6-story apartment and retail property at Harwood and Jackson streets, reported the Dallas Morning News. The building will offer 130 residential units that may be put up for rent or sale.The building will sit atop an underground parking garage that will serve the Statler and Dallas Central Library tower. Constru
  
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• 3 Men Convicted For Sex Trafficking Multiple Underage Girls

  03-04-2018 17:58
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) — Following a four-day trial before, a federal jury last week convicted three men for their roles in a conspiracy to sex traffic underage girls.
  The jury convicted Pierre Lagrone, aka “P” or “Pedro,” 33, on one count of conspiracy to sex traffic children, four counts of sex trafficking children, and one count of possessing child pornography. Lagrone faces a minimum of 10 years and up to life in federal prison and a $1 million fine.
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• FWPD Investigates Use of Force

  03-04-2018 17:39
  
  The Fort Worth Police Department is investigating another use of force incident involving one of their own. It involves the arrest of a man who was repeatedly punched while pinned on the ground, underneath...
  
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• Neiman Marcus appoints retail veteran to CFO role

  03-04-2018 17:32
  Retail veteran Adam Orvos has been named chief financial officer of the Neiman Marcus Group.Orvos will take the role with the Dallas-based luxury retailer effective April 25. At that time, interim CFO Dale Stapleton will continue to serve as Neiman’s senior vice president and chief accounting officer.Most recently, Orvos, 53, served as CEO of Total Wine & More from May 2017 to September 2017 and executive vice president of retail operations between May 2016 and May 2017. Prior to that,
  
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• Stella Artois Recalls Beer Bottles That Could Contain Glass Particles

  03-04-2018 17:27
  U.S.A (CBSDFW.COM) – Stella Artois has issued a voluntary recall of some its 11.2-ounce bottles of Stella Artois beer in the U.S. and Canada that may contain particles of glass.
  The potentially affected bottles are “limited in scope” and were manufactured in a third-party production facility. Officials said the recall, which impacts less than 1 percent of Stella Artois glass bottles, is being done to ensure the safety of consumers. (photo credit: Anheuser-Busch Companies)
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• Tesla Raises Production, But Falls Short Of Model 3 Goals

  03-04-2018 16:58
  DETROIT (AP) – Electric car maker Tesla Inc. increased production of its Model 3 mass-market car in the first quarter but still fell far short of the numbers it promised last summer.
  The Palo Alto, California, company says it made just under 9,800 Model 3s from January through March. That’s four times what it made in the fourth quarter. But it’s still only a fraction of the 20,000 per month that CEO Elon Musk promised when Tesla first started making the car.
  The news, released
  
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• Addison-based firm buys Harvey-damaged apartments

  03-04-2018 16:46
  Renovation plans are underway.
  
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• Beto O’Rourke Raises $6.7 Million In Bid To Upset Ted Cruz

  03-04-2018 16:43
  AUSTIN (AP) – Democratic U.S. Rep Beto O’Rourke says he raised more than $6.7 million in the first three months of the year in his underdog bid to oust Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.
  O’Rourke announced Tuesday that his first quarter donations came from more than 141,000 individual contributors.
  Cruz hasn’t released his latest fundraising figures. But O’Rourke outraised him during last year’s second and fourth quarters despite shunning money from outside political g
  
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• AT&T shifting 117 jobs from Houston to San Antonio

  03-04-2018 16:38
  Dallas-based AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is reducing its workforce in Houston, but it’s moving those jobs to San Antonio.The move affects 117 call center employees at 9051 Park West Drive in Houston, Marty Richter with AT&T Corporate Communications confirmed via email. Those employees provide customer retention work to support AT&T’s legacy landline services.AT&T's customer loyalty center at that location will close, but "other operations will continue at that site," accordin
  
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• April 3 Marks 6 Years Since Tornado Outbreak of 2012

  03-04-2018 16:35
  
  Today marks six years since the April 3 tornado outbreak of 2012. It was a warm and humid Tuesday afternoon when 17 tornadoes touched down across North Texas.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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• News Now: Ethan Couch, Plano & Frisco Water Quality

  03-04-2018 16:10
  The so-called ‘affluenza teen’ Ethan Couch is out of jail, but his mother remains behind bars. Plus, water officials are set to brief Frisco leaders about the city’s water quality tonight, all after some concerns have been raised about water quality in Plano.
  
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• NBC 5 Sponsors Youth Baseball Tournament to Fight Cancer

  03-04-2018 16:00
  
  NBC 5 is again partnering with Baseball Nation to host a youth baseball tournament to raise money to fight cancer.Photo Credit: Baseball NationThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Crews Find Small Dog Trapped In Grand Prairie Crash Wreckage

  03-04-2018 15:47
  GRAND PRAIRIE (CBSDFW.COM) – Emergency crews responded to a car crash in Grand Prairie early Tuesday morning and found a surprise trapped among the wreckage. A dog named Clark was able to survive the scary incident with no injuries while his owner was taken to the hospital.
  The crash happened at about 2:20 a.m. in the westbound lanes of Interstate-30, near the President George Bush Turnpike.
  According to police, the dog’s owner lost control of his vehicle and slammed into a guard rai
  
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• Man Faces Murder Charge For Designing Waterslide That Killed Boy

  03-04-2018 15:05
  DALLAS (AP) – Federal authorities in Dallas have arrested one of the designers of a Kansas water park slide that decapitated a 10-year-old boy.
  Trent Touchstone, chief deputy with the U.S. Marshals Service in Dallas, said Tuesday that 72-year-old John Timothy Schooley was met by agents at DFW International Airport late Monday.
  Schooley will be held in Dallas pending his arraignment and extradition to Kansas on charges that include second-degree murder.
  John Schooley (credit: Dallas County
  
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• Disney To Launch ESPN+ Sports Streaming Service On April 12

  03-04-2018 14:26
  NEW YORK (CNN Money) – Disney will launch ESPN+, its new sports-focused streaming service, on April 12.
  ESPN+ will be the company’s first direct-to-consumer TV service. Subscribers will be able to watch live events from sports like MLB, NHL, MLS, boxing, golf, tennis, rugby, cricket and several college teams. Customers can access it either through the ESPN app or ESPN.com.
  The spring debut has been anticipated since early February, when Disney announced pricing details for the $4.99
  
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• Kathy Griffin Warns That Her Nightmare “Can Happen To You”

  03-04-2018 14:08
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – Kathy Griffin says she hopes to make her U.S. comeback by laughing about the disturbing photograph that got her in hot water with the feds and almost killed her career. But she also has this warning amid the jokes: “If it happened to me it can happen to you.”
  Griffin is embarking this summer on a North American tour that kicks off a year after she was widely condemned for posing for a picture in which she gripped a bloodied rendering of President Donald Trump
  
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• Putin May Come To White House For Meeting With Trump

  03-04-2018 13:59
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration says it is amenable to a White House meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, raising the prospect of the Russian president’s first Washington visit in more than a decade even as relations between the two powers have eroded.
  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the White House was among “a number of potential venues” discussed in Trump’s telephone call last month with P
  
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• 1 Injured in Grapevine Apartment Fire

  03-04-2018 13:54
  
  One person was injured and is expected to be ok following a fire at an apartment complex early Tuesday in Grapevine, officials said.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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• Spotify To Find Out How Its Music Service Plays On Wall Street

  03-04-2018 13:36
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Spotify is about to find out whether investors view its music streaming service as a budding superstar or a flash in the pan.
  The Swedish company will make its stock market debut Tuesday, casting a spotlight on its early lead in music streaming — a still-evolving field trying to hook people on the idea that it’s better to subscribe for online access to millions of tunes than to buy individual albums and singles.
  Spotify CEO Daniel Elk sought to manage expec
  
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• Ted Nugent Says Florida School Shooting Survivor Is “Brainwashed”

  03-04-2018 13:26
  NEW YORK (AP) – Rocker Ted Nugent says a Parkland, Florida, school shooting survivor who’s become an outspoken advocate for gun safety is “so brainwashed” he probably can’t be fixed.
  Nugent says high school student David Hogg and his classmates are “not very educated” and “wouldn’t know an AR-15 from a pterodactyl.”
  The longtime member of the National Rifle Association’s board of directors spoke Monday on the “Curtis and Cos
  
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• Demi Lovato Shares Seductive Kiss With Kehlani To End U.S. Tour

  03-04-2018 13:15
  NEWARK, N.J. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Demi Lovato ended the U.S. leg of her “Tell Me You Love Me” tour in a seductive kiss with her opening act Kehlani.
  Kehlani sneaked on stage in Newark on Monday night and grabbed Lovato, and the two shared a kiss. Lovato then pushed Kehlani down on a bed on stage.
  Lovato wrote on Instagram that it was “an incredible fun sexy crazy night.”Kehlani posted that Lovato’s dancers put her up to it. She wrote it was a dream getting to do
  
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• Trump Administration Seeks To Close Immigration “Loopholes”

  03-04-2018 13:12
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Trump administration officials said they’re crafting a new legislative package aimed at closing immigration “loopholes” following the president’s calls for Republican lawmakers to immediately pass a border bill using the “Nuclear Option if necessary” to push it through.
  “As ridiculous as it sounds, the laws of our country do not easily allow us to send those crossing our Southern Border back where they came from. A whol
  
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• Atmos Customers Report Skyrocketing BIlls

  03-04-2018 13:12
  
  NBC 5 Reponds has received reports from Atmos Energy customers who say their bills have skyrocketed. Atmos points to the cold weather as the culprit, though customers argue Atmos' estimated billing system is to...
  
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• DeSoto ISD Plans to Start Search for New Superintendent

  03-04-2018 12:59
  
  The DeSoto ISD School Board plans to initiate the search for a new superintendent, officials said.
  
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• Woman Escapes Police Custody in Uptown Dallas

  03-04-2018 12:39
  
  Police say they’re searching for a woman who escaped custody after assaulting a police officer.
  
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