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• Parents Don’t Want Historic Elementary School Torn Down For ‘Walmart’ Type Design

  13-04-2018 23:53
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A Walmart. A jail. Two structures that come to mind for some Highland Park Independent School District parents when looking at plans for a new elementary school.
  Historic Hyer Elementary School will soon be on the chopping block. It’s part of a more than $360 million bond package that includes rebuilding three elementary schools and adding a fifth one. But it’s the potential design of the new Hyer that has residents going door-to-door, leaving fliers.
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• Paul Ryan Endorses Kevin McCarthy To Become Next House Speaker

  13-04-2018 23:26
  (CBSNEWS) – House Speaker Paul Ryan endorsed GOP Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to be his successor, in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that aired Friday. “We all think that Kevin is the right person,” Ryan said, speaking on behalf of the GOP’s House leadership.
  Ryan also said that Majority Whip Steve Scalise, another possible contender for the speakership, agreed that McCarthy was the man for the job.
  Ryan has announced that he’s reti
  
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• Police Say Water Bottle Led to Fight, Fatal Stabbing

  13-04-2018 22:15
  
  A man was fatally stabbed Thursday, possibly over a water bottle, Arlington police say.
  
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• Man Found Dead, Killed Possibly In Fight Over Water Bottle

  13-04-2018 21:57
  
  Arlington Police Department respond to a call Wednesday evening from the 1700 block of W. Randol Mill Road where a man was found lying in the parking lot unresponsive.
  
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• Las Colinas, downtown Dallas poised to be North Texas' hottest office leasing areas

  13-04-2018 21:54
  Dallas’ Uptown district and Plano’s Legacy area have been the hottest office leasing submarkets lately, and they will continue to sizzle as long as overall demand for space in North Texas stays strong.But the up-and-comers for landing big deals in the months and years ahead seem to be Irving’s Las Colinas submarket and the Dallas downtown core, Josh White, executive vice president at commercial real estate giant CBRE’s Dallas office, told the Dallas Business Journal in an
  
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• Son Arrested, Charged With Murder in Father's Death

  13-04-2018 21:51
  
  Lonnie Benjamin Moore Jr., is placed in custody Thursday evening after Hurst officials believe he killed his fatherPhoto Credit: Hurst Police Department
  
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• Will Ferrell Released From Hospital After Accident On California Highway

  13-04-2018 21:44
  Actor Will Ferrell talks on a cellphone as he is loaded into an ambulance after an accident on a highway in Southern California on April 12, 2018, in this image capture from video. (LA-OC.TV via CBS News)
  (CBSNEWS) – Actor Will Ferrell was released from a hospital Friday morning after he was in a car accident the night before in Southern California, his spokesperson told TMZ. He didn’t suffer any significant injuries, the spokesperson told the website.
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• WB Highway 80 Reopens After Big-Rig Crash

  13-04-2018 21:09
  
  The westbound lanes of U.S. Highway 80 in Forney reopened Friday afternoon after a tractor-trailer struck a guardrail and closed the highway earlier in the morning.Photo Credit: Forney Police Dept.
  
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• Lone Star Politics: Sunday, April 15, 2018

  13-04-2018 21:08
  
  This week on Lone Star Politics, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings discusses the controversy over a citizenship census question, including how it could impact Texas. He also addresses affordable housing and the...
  
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• Doney: The Real Reason the Cowboys Cut Dez Bryant

  13-04-2018 21:00
  
  NBC 5's Pat Doney shares the real reason the Cowboys cut Dez Bryant.
  
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• Impounded Car May Be Linked To Missing Rachel Cooke Case

  13-04-2018 20:59
  
  An impounded car may be linked to the missing case of Rachel Cooke, a 19-year-old who went missing in 2002, Williamson County Officials say.Photo Credit: yo_co - stock.adobe.com
  
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• Huey Lewis Cancels Tour After Losing Hearing Before Dallas Show

  13-04-2018 20:59
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Singer Huey Lewis has canceled his tour, according to his Twitter page.
  The New York City native tweeted that two months ago he lost most of his hearing before a show in Dallas.
  (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
  He says he can still hear a little, but that he can’t hear music well enough to sing.
  Check out the rest of his explanatory tweet:
  Huey Lewis and The News cancel all 2018 performances. See attached note from Huey. pic.twitter.com/FbWqDlGwnR
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• Form D Friday: Dallas startup raising $2.5M to take blockchain beyond moving money

  13-04-2018 20:47
  Dallas startup Preciate, which is using the ethereum blockchain to build relationships beyond moving cryptocurrencies, is raising funds from investors.
  
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• $750M energy complex with microrefinery planned near Eagle Pass

  13-04-2018 20:40
  A new partnership between two companies from both sides of the border is seeking to build a small refinery as part of a $750 million energy complex near San Antonio.Mexico- and Dallas-based Mexiship Ocean International LLC and San Antonio-based Refinery Equipment Operating Company LLC plan to build an energy park complex and logistics center in a rural area of Maverick County near Eagle Pass, roughly 140 miles southwest of the Alamo City.The proposed complex will include a 20,000-barrel-per-day&
  
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• Photos: Looking back at the Best Real Estate Deals Awards

  13-04-2018 20:30
  Here's your chance to relive some of the highlights from the Dallas Business Journal's Best Real Estate Deals Awards.
  The 26th annual event was hosted at The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas on April 11, and showcased the results from our judges' picks for the top transactions and developments in North Texas for 2017.Click through the attached gallery for a look at winners and other events from the evening's awards celebration. If you're interested in seeing even more photos from the event, check out dbjpho
  
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• UT seeks construction firm to expand Longhorns football stadium

  13-04-2018 20:25
  The University of Texas has issued a request for qualifications to construction companies that can renovate and expand Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.The stadium, home to the UT Longhorns football team and ranked as the eighth-largest stadium in the U.S. with a capacity of more than 100,000 fans, is in line for a $140 million boost. That's the preliminary cost estimate laid out in the RFQ.The expansion will focus on the stadium's south end, the site of the $8 million “Godzillatron
  
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• DFW real estate community comes together to raise funds for Tommy's Nite Out

  13-04-2018 20:18
  A good time, for a good cause, for a good guy.The commercial real estate industry came together last night to raise $380,000 for a well-known and well-liked colleague who suffered a severe spinal cord injury after a fall. Tommy Van Zandt, a longtime member of the Dallas real estate community and 10-year leader at Transwestern, fell from a ladder in 2009 while cutting tree limbs at his home in Fayetteville, Arkansas, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down. Van Zandt moved from Dallas
  
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• Texas Gains 3 Rigs As US Rig Count Rises To 1,008

  13-04-2018 20:12
  HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by five this week to 1,008.
  At this time a year ago there were 847 active rigs.
  Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes reported Friday that 815 rigs drilled for oil this week and 192 for gas. One was listed as miscellaneous.
  (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
  Among major oil- and gas-producing states, Texas added three rigs, Oklahoma gained two while Colorado, Louisiana and Ohio each added on
  
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• Rare Texas Songbird Removed From Endangered Species List

  13-04-2018 19:53
  AUSTIN (AP) — Federal officials have announced that the population of the black-capped vireo has recovered and the rare Texas songbird will be removed from the endangered species list.
  The announcement Friday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service comes after the agency first proposed the move in 2016.
  Black Capped Vireo (photo credit: Texas Parks & Wildlife)
  The agency intends to monitor the bird to ensure its numbers continue to grow. The bird is also found in Oklahoma.
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• Texas Church Questioned About Donations After Shooting

  13-04-2018 19:46
  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Donors, survivors and victims’ families are questioning how a South Texas church is spending millions of dollars of donations made since a gunman killed more than two dozen worshippers in November.
  Law enforcement officials continue their investigation at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on November 6, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Gunman Devin Patrick Kelley killed 26 people at the church and wounded 20 others when he opened fi
  
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• Dez, Cowboys Part Ways After 8 Seasons

  13-04-2018 19:45
  
  After eight seasons, the Dallas Cowboys are parting company with dynamic, show-stopping wide receiver Dez Bryant.Photo Credit: 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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• Major NTX Highway Shutdown For Hours

  13-04-2018 19:35
  
  An 18-wheeler crash shuts down US 80 Westbound for a few hours after crashing into the guardrail in Forney.
  
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• Court Rules Exxon Must Provide Documents In Climate Investigation

  13-04-2018 18:10
  BOSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Massachusetts’ highest court has ruled that Exxon Mobil must hand over documents related to a state investigation into whether the company misled the public about the impact of fossil fuels on climate change.
  The Supreme Judicial Court sided Friday with Attorney General Maura Healey, who’s trying to determine whether Exxon Mobil concealed information it knew about climate change from consumers and investors.
  The court rejected Exxon Mobil’s argume
  
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• GoFundMe effort to save Toys 'R' Us falls short, but not all hope is lost

  13-04-2018 18:02
  Isaac Larian's crowdfunding campaign to buy Toys 'R' Us stores will likely fall short, having so far raised $200 million in 22 days.The goal was $1 billion, according to the billionaire toy executive's GoFundMe page.But the MGA Entertainment CEO still plans to submit a bid.According to The Associated Press, Larian is pooling $675 million together from investors and lenders in an effort to buy up to 274 U.S. stores, as well as the New Jersey-based company's intellectual property.
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• US Job Openings Decline In February From Record Level

  13-04-2018 17:43
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. businesses posted fewer open jobs in February than the previous month when openings reached a record level, though layoffs fell.
  The Labor Department said Friday that openings fell 2.8 percent to 6.05 million, down from 6.23 million in January, the most on record dating back to 2001. Layoffs dropped a steep 7.7 percent, to 1.65 million.
  The figures suggest a healthy job market tilting in favor of job seekers. There are nearly as many job openings as there are unemplo
  
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• Backpage.com CEO pleads guilty in Texas, California

  13-04-2018 17:29
  The chief executive of Dallas-based Backpage.com pleaded guilty to California money-laundering charges on Thursday.Carl Ferrer, who launched the website with James Larkin and Michael Lacey, pledged to cooperate with authorities in prosecuting his partners.The trio has been accused of running an "online brothel." Larkin and Lacey are the former owners of the Village Voice in New York City.
  Ferrer will serve no more than five years in state prison under a California plea agreement, according&helli
  
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• Arnold Schwarzenegger: ‘I’m Good’ But ‘Not Great Yet’

  13-04-2018 16:58
  LOS ANGELES (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Arnold Schwarzenegger says he’s good, but not great, after having heart surgery earlier this month.
  The “Terminator” actor and former California governor on Thursday released a short video on Twitter updating his condition and thanking people for the support.
  Thank you all for caring. We are moving forward! pic.twitter.com/kvauldg3Mq
  — Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) April 12, 2018Schwarzenegger says he’s feeling better, but he’s &
  
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• Texas May See Tornadoes To The East, More Wildfires In West

  13-04-2018 16:54
  DALLAS (AP) — The National Weather Service is warning of tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds for eastern portions of Texas as emergency crews in the western part of the state battle wildfires amid forecasts of extreme fire danger.
  The NWS predicts severe weather beginning Friday afternoon for an area extending from eastern Texas up through the Midwest and into Michigan.The storm system will drive down temperatures for the start of the weekend.
  A tornado rips through Granbury, tossing
  
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• Trump Lawyer Fights To Shield Items Seized In FBI Raid

  13-04-2018 16:41
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, is trying to prevent federal investigators from using materials the FBI seized in a search of his Manhattan office, apartment and hotel room this week.
  A federal prosecutor’s office said a hearing has been scheduled before U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood for Friday morning to address Cohen’s request for a temporary restraining order related to the judicial warrant that authorized the search.
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• 4 Arrested in Robberies Targeting Mesquite Hispanics: Police

  13-04-2018 16:32
  
  Four people have been arrested, including three juveniles, in connection with a rash of robberies targeting the Hispanic community in Mesquite, police sayPhoto Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Scholarship Program Awards 4 DFW Seniors $20k Each

  13-04-2018 16:10
  
  Four young women in North Texas got word they are among the most outstanding high school leaders in the country. They each earned a $20,000 scholarship as members of the 2018 Class of Coca-Cola Scholars.
  
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• Oklahoma Teachers End Nearly Two-Week Strike

  13-04-2018 15:15
  OKLAHOMA CITY (CNN) – After nine days, the Oklahoma teacher walkout is ending, the state’s largest teachers union said on Thursday. But teachers across the state pledged to continue fighting for more school funding and higher pay.
  “We have created a movement and there’s no stopping us now,” Oklahoma Education Association President Alicia Priest said Thursday. “This fight is not over just because the school bell rings once more and our members walk back into sc
  
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• Winner Of $533 Million Mega Millions Jackpot To Be Revealed

  13-04-2018 14:57
  TRENTON, N.J. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — New Jersey lottery officials are about to reveal who won a $533 million Mega Millions jackpot last month.
  The announcement will come at a Friday morning news conference in Trenton.
  The sole winning ticket for the March 30 jackpot was sold at a Lukoil station in Riverdale, New Jersey.
  Lottery officials say it was the fourth-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history and the largest single jackpot winning ticket ever sold in New Jersey.
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• Heinz Mixing Things Up, Debating Selling Mayochup In U.S. Stores

  13-04-2018 14:46
  PITTSBURGH (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — What do you get when you combine mayonnaise and ketchup?
  There’s a lot of debate on Twitter after Heinz launched a poll asking Americans if they’d like a pre-made combination of the condiments called Mayochup. Heinz will bring the product, which is currently available in parts of the Middle East, to the United States if the poll closes on Sunday with 500,000 votes in its favor.
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• Trump Administration Pauses Legal Orientation For Immigrants

  13-04-2018 14:18
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) – Immigrant advocates are outraged by a U.S. government decision to put on hold a program that helps tens of thousands of immigrants navigate the country’s complex immigration court system.
  The $8 million-a-year program that provides legal orientation to immigrants in deportation proceedings is on hold pending review, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, which oversees immigration courts.
  This move that came to light this week angered immigrant advocates
  
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• Greyhound Bus Crash Sends 8 to Hospitals in Fort Worth

  13-04-2018 14:18
  
  Eight people were transported to hospitals after a crash involving a Greyhound bus Friday morning in East Fort Worth, paramedics say.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Crystal Lagoons eyeing retail, university spaces for expansion in Texas

  13-04-2018 13:52
  Crystal Lagoons is close to executing deals for retail and university spaces, according to its executive vice president.
  
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• Bovines Online: Farmers Are Using AI To Help Monitor Cows

  13-04-2018 13:48
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Is the world ready for cows armed with artificial intelligence?
  No time to ruminate on that because the moment has arrived, thanks to a Dutch company that has married two technologies — motion sensors and AI — with the aim of bringing the barnyard into the 21st century.
  The company, Connecterra, has brought its IDA system , or “The Intelligent Dairy Farmer’s Assistant,” to the United States after having piloted it in Europe for several yea
  
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• Exxon Mobil subsidiary to begin moving 1,200 workers to Houston in June

  13-04-2018 13:30
  The first wave of Exxon Mobil's XTO employees will move this summer from Fort Worth to Houston starting in June.
  
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• U.S. Navy SEAL quits job in commercial real estate to follow instinct

  13-04-2018 13:27
  Five years ago, the Dallas Business Journal recognized Stephen Holley as a 40 Under 40 honoree when he was a vice president in the Dallas office of JLL.But as is the case for many previous honorees, the same ambition that caught the judges’ attention can quickly manifest into different career opportunities. Holley’s background as a U.S. Navy SEAL is a bit unique from most other honorees; he wanted to draw on that experience for his next venture. In 2015, Holley quit his awa
  
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• 8 People Injured After Greyhound Bus Crash In Fort Worth

  13-04-2018 13:26
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Dozens of people, some of them injured, spent a couple of hours on the side of the highway after a Greyhound bus crash in Fort Worth.
  Police and MedStar Ambulance Service were called out to Interstate-30 near Beach Street just after 4:30 a.m.
  There were more than 40 people onboard the Greyhound bus that was traveling from Abilene to Dallas. Six of those passengers and two other people were taken to local hospitals — all with minor injures.
  Police are still i
  
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• Heritage Auctions offered literal and literary gems in March

  13-04-2018 13:22
  Heritage Auctions’ top-selling lots in March held some rare gems, both in a literal and literary sense.The Dallas-based auction house held its spring Fine Jewelry Auction last month, an event that cleared more than $3.4 million in sales. Among its move expensive items was a diamond and platinum ring featuring an L-colored, emerald-cut stone weighing 10.28 carats. The piece sold for $112,500.“White diamonds are enjoying tremendous popularity, and that was evident in the heavy interest
  
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• CEO of California airline moving to DFW looks forward to 'not being viewed as an enemy'

  13-04-2018 13:20
  The team at JetSuite Inc. is eager to work in a place that's more business friendly. That's part of the reason why the California-based airline is moving to Dallas-Fort Worth this summer.
  
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• Deals Day: North Texas investor buys historic West End building

  13-04-2018 13:17
  An unnamed local investment group has purchased a historic property in Dallas’ West End.Originally constructed in 1925 and renovated in 1990, 711 Elm Street is located on 10,000 square feet of land and encompasses five stories. It offers 137 parking spaces and 7,200 square feet of street-level retail space, with tenants including a 7-Eleven and a barber shop.According to real estate firm Weitzman, which negotiated the sale, the property was attractive to buyers due to its proximity to the
  
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• Teachers Honored in 'Victory Over Violence' Run

  13-04-2018 12:51
  
  This weekend thousands of people will participate in The Women’s Center of Tarrant County’s 22nd Annual Victory Over Violence Walk/Run at the Duck Pond at Trinity Park.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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