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• Missing 19-Year-Old Found Safe By Dallas Police

  12-04-2018 23:28
  UPDATE: April 12, 2018  5:15 PM
  Andrew Huerta was found safe.
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) –  The Dallas Police Department needs the public’s help finding a missing 19-year-old who they say is a danger to himself and others.
  Andrew Huerta was last seen Wednesday in the 900 block of Sedgemoor Avenue at about 10:30 p.m.
  Andrew Huerta, 19 (photo credit: Dallas Police Department)
  Police described him as a Latino male who’s 4 foot 11 inches tall, weighing 130 pounds with
  
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• See the Food Coming to the NFL Draft Experience

  12-04-2018 23:03
  
  The following items will be available to fans attending the free NFL Draft Experience outside AT&T Stadium from April 26-28.Photo Credit: Legends Hospitality
  
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• Oklahoma Judge Who Spared Child Rapist Prison Seeks New Term

  12-04-2018 23:01
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge who approved probation for a man who admitted raping a 13-year-old Texas girl at a church camp is seeking four more years on the bench.
  The Oklahoman reports that Marshall County District Judge Wallace Coppedge filed to run Wednesday.
  (credit: Getty Images/Alex Wong)
  Coppedge has been sharply criticized for accepting the plea deal for 37-year-old Benjamin Petty. The prosecutor who negotiated the deal said his decision to allow probation was in part du
  
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• Mom Gets ‘Lecture’ Online After Child Eats A PB&J In Shopping Cart

  12-04-2018 22:54
  CBS Local — A mother in Target says she let her toddler eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in the shopping cart during the trip. It doesn’t sound like a crime, however, the parent has now been shamed online and accused of not caring about peanut allergies.
  After sharing her story with the New York-based parenting forum UrbanBaby, in which the mom describes being stopped by another woman and criticized for her daughter’s snack, a faceless mob chimed in with a wave of na
  
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• Ex-Texas Congressman Steve Stockman Convicted Of Fraud, Conspiracy

  12-04-2018 21:57
  HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A federal jury convicted a former Texas Republican congressman on fraud and conspiracy charges Thursday for misusing charitable donations to pay for personal and political expenses.
  Steve Stockman was accused of conspiring with two staffers to bilk conservative foundations out of at least $775,000 that was meant for charitable purposes and voter education. A campaign worker and an aide had previously pleaded guilty to various charges.
  Stockman’s attorney, Se
  
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• Office, leisure space to be built next to Toyota Stadium

  12-04-2018 21:46
  The city of Frisco's planning and zoning commission has approved a 31.5-acre mixed-use project that will bring office, retail and hotel space to the city.World Cup Centre is set to be built next to Toyota Stadium on World Cup Way, reported the Dallas Morning News. The development will include a 5-story hotel, three office buildings spanning more than 60,000 square feet, and two restaurant and retail buildings encompassing more than 10,000 square feet.Also included in the project will be two larg
  
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• Liberty Property Trust adding to GSW North Park

  12-04-2018 21:45
  Liberty Property Trust is moving forward with a third phase at its GSW North industrial park in Irving, adding a 172,000-square-foot facility at Valley View Lane and Frye Road.The new building will bring the total size of the complex to 709,000 square feet.
  Two existing buildings, which total 341,500 square feet and 195,200 square feet, are 95 percent leased.Construction of the newest building will start this month, with completion scheduled for December.Market conditions are ideal for speculati
  
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• Conagra Brands, Inc. Recalls 35,159 Pounds Of Salisbury Steak

  12-04-2018 21:25
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Conagra Brands, Inc. has recalled 35,159 pounds of Salisbury steak products (poultry, pork, and beef) after three people complained about minor oral injuries from eating the meat.
  The product may have pieces of bone in it, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
  Don’t eat this. (photo credit: Conagra Brands, Inc.)
  A news release says the “family-style, heat treated, not shelf stab
  
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• Conagra Brands, Inc. Recalls 135K Pounds Of Salisbury Steak

  12-04-2018 21:25
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Conagra Brands, Inc. has recalled over 135,000 pounds of Salisbury steak products (poultry, pork, and beef) after three people complained about minor oral injuries from eating the meat.
  The product may have pieces of bone in it, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
  Don’t eat this. (photo credit: Conagra Brands, Inc.)
  A news release says the “family-style, heat treated, not shelf sta
  
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• Goldman Sachs Asks ‘Is Curing Patients A Sustainable Business Model?’

  12-04-2018 21:23
  CBS Local — Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs is reportedly asking some very cold questions about the healthcare industry and whether it’s a good business move to cure diseases.
  In an April 10 financial report titled “The Genome Revolution,” company analysts allegedly posed the question “is curing patients a sustainable business model?” The report broke down the pros and cons of new gene therapy treatments being worked on by biotech companies. T
  
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• Private Air Carrier to Relocate to Dallas-Fort Worth

  12-04-2018 21:04
  
  JetSuite, a private air carrier currently based out of California, announced plans to relocate some of its offices to North Texas.Photo Credit: JetSuite
  
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• Bad News For Night Owls: Late Risers May Die Sooner, Study Finds

  12-04-2018 20:44
  CHICAGO (CBSNEWS.COM) – People who stay up late and have to drag themselves out of bed are likelier to die younger than those who rise and set with the sun, according to new research. A study of nearly half a million people in Britain found that night owls had a 10 percent higher risk of dying in the 6.5-year study period than “larks,” or people who have a natural preference for going to bed and waking up early.
  “This is a public health issue that can no longer be ignored
  
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• TMS Can Now Take Down Unauthorized Drones At Racetime 

  12-04-2018 20:42
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Fans at the Texas Motor Speedway are now protected from drones thanks to NASCAR hiring security solutions company, DroneShield to remotely disable them.
  “Every NASCAR event is complex, and the selection of DroneShield as the sole provider of counterdrone products for the aerial protection of NASCAR is a testament to the quality and capability of our product suite,” said Oleg Vornik, DroneShield’s Managing Director and CEO.
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• Northside Drive Closed Due to Fatal Crash

  12-04-2018 20:28
  
  One person was killed in a two-car crash along Northside Drive in Fort Worth Thursday afternoon.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Experts Warn That Robots Should Not Be Given Legal Rights

  12-04-2018 19:56
  BRUSSELS, Belgium (CBSDFW.COM/CNN Money) – Europe is thinking about giving rights and responsibilities to the most advanced robots. Many experts agree that this is a terrible idea.
  The European Parliament passed a resolution last year that envisions a special legal status of “electronic persons” for the most sophisticated autonomous robots. The proposal is being considered by the European Commission, Europe’s top regulator.
  More than 150 experts in robotics, art
  
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• “Researcher” Predicts Doomsday Again, Now Says It Will Be April 23

  12-04-2018 19:37
  CBS Local — A Christian numerologist is apparently living by the motto, “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” After striking out on his predictions that the world will end in September and October, self-proclaimed “researcher” David Meade is now marking April 23 as Doomsday.
  Like his previous theories, Meade claims the mysterious rogue planet Nibiru (also known as Planet X) is on a collision course with Earth, which will bring world-e
  
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• Khloe Kardashian Welcomes Baby Girl After Infertility Struggles

  12-04-2018 19:26
  LOS ANGELES (CBSDFW.COM/CNN) – Khloe Kardashian is now a mom. Two sources close to the family told CNN that Kardashian has given birth to a baby girl.
  Kardashian’s boyfriend and the father of her child is Cleveland Cavaliers basketball player Tristan Thompson. The two became embroiled in controversy just before the birth after reports surfaced that Thompson had been spotted in the company of other women during Kardashian’s pregnancy.
  Kardashian announced her pregnancy
  
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• Bathroom Hand Dryers Spray Feces Particles On Your Hands, Study Says

  12-04-2018 18:56
  CBS Local — A new study has found a dirty little secret about hand dryers found in many public restrooms. Researchers say the machines which are designed to blow hot air on you are actually sucking up feces particles and spraying them onto your hands.
  The report, published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, found that air blasted out from the hand drying nozzles contains far more bacteria than normal bathroom air. As many as 60 different bacterial colonies can be blown ou
  
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• Bill Passes Making Bestiality Illegal In Louisiana

  12-04-2018 18:47
  LOUISIANA (CBSDFW.COM) – State lawmakers in Louisiana passed a bill making it illegal for a human to have sex with an animal, according to KATC- TV.
  The bill now heads to the House, but 10 state senators voted against it.
  Beagle (credit: Instagram/banjythebeagle)
  Specifically, the bill makes sexual abuse of an animal a crime and sets penalties for those convicted.
  It would also require that sexually abused animals are removed from their abusers and delivered to a veterinarian for treatment
  
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• Bill Passes Making Beastiality Illegal In Louisiana

  12-04-2018 18:47
  LOUISIANA (CBSDFW.COM) – State lawmakers in Louisiana passed a bill making it illegal for a human to have sex with an animal, according to KATC- TV.
  The bill now heads to the House, but 10 state senators voted against it.
  Beagle (credit: Instagram/banjythebeagle)
  Specifically, the bill makes sexual abuse of an animal a crime and sets penalties for those convicted.
  It would also require that sexually abused animals are removed from their abusers and delivered to a veterinarian for treatment
  
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• Big Pay Raise Lures Oklahoma’s “Teacher Of The Year” To North Texas

  12-04-2018 18:44
  LEWISVILLE (CBSNEWS.COM) – The average teacher in Texas makes about $52,000 per year but just next door in Oklahoma, educators are paid about $45,000. That pay gap is forcing teachers in Oklahoma, ranked 49th among states for teacher pay, to relocate across the Red River to Texas and other states, creating a teacher shortage.
  According to a 2015 study, Oklahoma loses about 13 percent of their teachers a year to low pay with many of them turning to out-of-state jobs. Teachers there ent
  
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• 2 Texas Deputies Charged For Assaulting Inmate

  12-04-2018 18:12
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Two deputies were indicted on accusations of assaulting an inmate while responding to a disturbance at a south central Texas jail.
  Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar announced Wednesday that 30-year-old Michael Gomez and 26-year-old Joseph Anthony Hernandez were both charged with official oppression, assault bodily injury and civil rights violation of a person in custody.
  File photo of a prison cell. (Photo by JEFF HAYNES/AFP/Getty Images)
  Salazar says the deputies were
  
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• Texas Woman Gets Prison; Abandoned Newborn Covered With Ants

  12-04-2018 17:59
  HARRIS COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A 22-year-old Texas woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for abandoning her newborn daughter in an apartment complex flower bed where the child was found covered with ants.
  State District Judge Katherine Cabaniss Parsley sentenced Sidney Woytasczyk after the Spring, Texas woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge of child abandonment. Woytasczyk was arrested after investigators last August followed a trail of blood to her apartment in the
  
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• Fire Damages Grapevine Community Clinic Building

  12-04-2018 17:55
  
  Firefighters are investigating what sparked a fire inside Grapevine's food pantry and community clinic Wednesday night.Photo Credit: GRACE GrapevineThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• UNT Student Finishing 59-Year Journey to Degree

  12-04-2018 17:16
  
  College graduation season arrives in just a month. And a member of the University of North Texas Class of 2018 may walk across the stage taller and prouder than the rest. Betty Sue Davis Wright will graduate...
  
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• Steve Scalise & Kevin McCarthy Are Likely Contenders For House Speaker

  12-04-2018 17:10
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Some say it’s a fight between West and South. Or a test of who can woo conservatives. Or who would be the better fundraiser and communicator for a divided party struggling to protect its House majority.
  But one thing is clear: If the showdown between California Rep. Kevin McCarthy and Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise for House speaker is a popularity contest, it will be tight.
  “Steve is the more low-key guy, Kevin is more the big handshake, but they’re equal
  
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• AAA: Texas, U.S. Retail Gasoline Prices Up This Week

  12-04-2018 16:56
  COPPELL (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Once again retail gasoline prices in Texas and across the country are higher this week.
  AAA Texas on Thursday reported the price at the pump statewide rose 2 cents to reach an average $2.45 per gallon. Drivers nationwide are paying a penny more this week at an average $2.67 per gallon.
  The association survey found Midland has the most expensive gasoline in Texas this week at an average $2.69 per gallon. San Antonio has the cheapest gasoline statewide at an average
  
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• Large Fire Erupts at Irving Apartment

  12-04-2018 16:41
  
  Firefighters in Irving battled a large fire flamed by strong winds at an apartment complex Thursday morning.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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• How Tall Is Too Tall? North Dallas Fence Fight Brewing

  12-04-2018 16:39
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A North Dallas community is feeling unfairly targeted after homeowners began receiving citations from the city claiming their fences were too tall.
  “My fence, I believe is no different than anybody else’s. And probably no different than people in other neighborhoods,” said Virginia Nisbet who’s lived in her home for nearly two decades. “Nineteen years in the same place and the fence was here when I bought it,” she said.
  Ni
  
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• $225,000 in Project Innovation Grants for Local Non-Profits

  12-04-2018 16:31
  
  NBC 5, Telemundo 39 and the NBCUniversal Foundation Thursday announced that six local non-profit organizations will receive a total of $225,000 in grants as part of the first annual Project Innovation grant...
  
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• Most Americans Don’t Know Instagram Is Owned By Facebook ― And That’s No Accident

  12-04-2018 16:30
  Instagram announced Wednesday it will let users download everything they’ve ever shared on the platform. That includes “photos, videos, messages, and stories they’ve archived,” bringing its data policies in line with its parent company, Facebook. While Facebook has been sharply criticized for its privacy policies, Instagram has largely avoided controversy.
  In recent years, Instagram has grown to become the second-largest social media platform in the country. But alth
  
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• News Now: Fort Worth Crash, Dallas Street Racing

  12-04-2018 16:29
  The southbound side of Interstate-35W in Fort Worth remains shut down after a deadly crash this morning, and a police task force is working to stop illegal street racing in Dallas.
  
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• Live: Large Fire Erupts at Irving Apartment

  12-04-2018 15:36
  
  Firefighters in Irving are responding to reports of a large fire at an apartment complex Thursday morning.
  
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• Hurricane Names Harvey, Irma, Maria And Nate Being Retired

  12-04-2018 15:31
  MIAMI (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The names of four deadly hurricanes that slammed parts of the United States, Central America and the Caribbean last year are being retired.
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Thursday that hurricane names Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate will be replaced with Harold, Idalia, Margot and Nigel. The new names will make their debut during the 2023 hurricane season.
  Residential neighborhoods near the Interstate 10 sit in floodwater in the wa
  
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• It's Time for Jerry to Cut Ties With Dez

  12-04-2018 15:26
  
  Every professional relationship eventually runs its course and the one between Dez Bryant and the Cowboys is no different. When Jerry Jones and Dez Bryant meet Friday, Jerry should release the former No.1 pick.
  
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• Hurst Residents Report Gunshots, Man Later Found Dead In Driveway

  12-04-2018 15:26
  HURST (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Hurst are investigating a homicide after a family found a man dead in their driveway at around midnight. The incident actually started three hours earlier — at about 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday night — when police were called about gunshots.
  Officers responded to the 400 block of Michael Boulevard, near the intersection of Hurst Boulevard and Brown Trail, because people reported gunfire in the area. Residents told authorities that the suspects had alre
  
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• Hurst Police Searching For Suspect They Say Killed Father

  12-04-2018 15:26
  HURST (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Hurst are investigating a homicide after a family found a man dead in their driveway at around midnight. The incident actually started three hours earlier — at about 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday night — when police were called about gunshots.
  Officers responded to the 400 block of Michael Boulevard, near the intersection of Hurst Boulevard and Brown Trail, because people reported gunfire in the area. Residents told authorities that the suspects had alre
  
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• Deadly Crash Closes I-35W in Fort Worth

  12-04-2018 15:24
  
  A deadly, five-car crash involving an 18-wheeler shut down Interstate 35W in Fort Worth Thursday morning.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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• Harvey, Irma, Maria, Nate Hurricane Names Retired

  12-04-2018 15:04
  
  After a deadly and costly 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate will no longer be used as hurricane names.Photo Credit: NASA via Getty ImagesThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Uber Increasing Number Of Driver Background Checks

  12-04-2018 14:34
  DETROIT (AP) — Uber will start doing annual criminal background checks on U.S. drivers and hire a company that constantly monitors criminal arrests as it tries to do a better job of keeping riders safe.
  The move announced Thursday is one of several actions taken by the ride-hailing company under new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, who said that the changes aren’t just being done to polish the company’s image, which has been tarnished by driver misbehavior and a long string of other
  
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