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• Man Gets Life in Prison for Killing, Dismembering Woman

  16-04-2018 23:48
  
  A 31-year-old man North Texas man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being found guilty Monday of killing a young woman and then burning and dismembering her body before dumping it in a city park.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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• NB I-45 Reopens in Hutchins After Gas Leak

  16-04-2018 23:33
  
  A gas leak forced officials to close the northbound lanes of Interstate 45 in Hutchins for about two hours Monday afternoon.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Woman To Police, ‘R Kelly Gave Me An STD’

  16-04-2018 23:14
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas Police confirm an un-named 20-year-old woman filed a complaint one week ago today, alleging singer R Kelly intentionally gave her herpes, according to civil rights attorney Lee Merritt.
  A press release from police said the woman claimed she was in a consensual sexual relationship with Kelly for eight months. Thus, police aren’t investigating the alleged crime as a sexual assault.
  The statement from police came one day after a Washington Post article on R
  
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• Texas Woman Tells Police ‘R. Kelly Gave Me An STD’

  16-04-2018 23:14
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The lawyer for a Texas woman has claimed that singer R. Kelly was grooming her for a sex cult when he knowingly infected her with a sexually transmitted disease. The Dallas Police Department confirmed on Monday that detectives are now reviewing the claims, which were made in a police report last week.
  Lee Merritt is the woman’s attorney. He said that his client was 19 years old when she met Kelly at his concert last March. The two began a nearly year-l
  
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• Fort Worth Zoo Opens $100M African Savanna Exhibit

  16-04-2018 22:44
  
  The Fort Worth Zoo celebrates the grand opening of their first exhibit in their $100-million capital campaign and project, A Wilder Vision.
  
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• Man Found Guilty Of College Student’s Death Sentenced To Life

  16-04-2018 22:42
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A jury has found a Haslet man guilty of murdering a local college student. The group agreed with the prosecution that Charles Dean Bryant is the person who, after a night of drinking, killed Jacqueline Vandagriff then dismembered and burned her body.
  He was sentenced to life in prison.
  #BREAKING: Charles Bryant Guilty of murder. Guilty of tampering with evidence. Jury just read verdict. @CBSDFW
  — Ken Molestina (@cbs11ken) April 16, 2018Deliberations began
  
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• Sean Hannity Named as Cohen's Third Client

  16-04-2018 22:38 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Michael Cohen, Trump's personal lawyer, appeared in court Monday to argue that some documents seized during an FBI raid should remain private. In court it was revealed that Cohen's previously undisclosed...
  
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• Minnesota Woman Sought in Death of Husband, Florida Woman May Be in Texas

  16-04-2018 22:37
  
  Lois Riess, 56, is wanted for murder, grand theft of a motor vehicle and grand theft and criminal use of personal identification.
  
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• Fort Worth Public Meeting to Discuss Widening I-20

  16-04-2018 22:37
  
  A public meeting will be held in Fort Worth to discuss the decision to widen Interstate 20 from Winscott Road to Bryant Irving on Monday, April 16.
  
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• Life Sentence for Man Who Killed Woman Over iPhone

  16-04-2018 22:34
  
  A 24-year-old man who said he was going to "try a hit for some apple phones" was convicted Monday in the murder of a woman during an iPhone robbery outside Medieval Times.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Earth Has Near Miss With Asteroid Spotted Just Hours Earlier

  16-04-2018 22:32
  CBS Local — An asteroid came alarmingly close to striking the Earth on April 15, just hours after the large space rock was spotted flying through the solar system.
  According to EarthSky.org, the 150-foot asteroid wasn’t located until April 14 by the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona. The object, labeled 2018 GE3, passed within 119,500 miles of the Earth around 2:41 a.m. Eastern Time on Sunday morning. While it doesn’t sound like a short distance, 2018 GE3 was twice as cl
  
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• 7 Dead After S.C. Inmates Fight Over Money, Territory

  16-04-2018 20:54
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Inmates armed with homemade knives fought each other for more than seven hours over territory and money, leaving seven of them dead in the worst U.S. prison riot in a quarter-century, officials said Monday. An inmate who witnessed the violence told The Associated Press that bodies were “literally stacked on top of each other.”
  At least 17 prisoners were seriously injured at Lee Correctional Institution, South Carolina prisons chief Bryan Stirling said. The
  
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• Blame Dez Bryant for His Release, Not Dak

  16-04-2018 20:24
  
  It’s not Prescott’s fault Bryant is unemployed today. If you must assign blame, you should start with No. 88.
  
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• Delays, Closures in Fort Worth, Irving, Anna, Waxahachie

  16-04-2018 20:23
  
  North Texas drivers will want to be aware of the following closures and delays to save some commute time this week.
  
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• Fort Worth Police Searching For Sendera Ranch Car Burglars

  16-04-2018 20:09
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Authorities are searching for two men who are suspected of committing several vehicle burglaries in a far north Fort Worth neighborhood earlier this month. All of the incidents took place last Tuesday, April 10, in the Sendera Ranch area.
  The men got away with sunglasses, guns, wallets, credit cards and change from several vehicles. Officials have not said exactly how many cars were hit that night.
  A home surveillance camera recorded the two men wal
  
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• Study Finds 1 In 8 People Have Cocaine On Their Hands

  16-04-2018 20:01
  CBS Local — A British study has found that many people may be coming into contact with illegal substances like cocaine and heroine during their day, even if they don’t use drugs.
  Researchers at the University of Surrey discovered that 13 percent of drug-free individuals had illegal drugs mixed in with their fingerprints. A study of 50 “clean” subjects and 15 people who had reportedly used cocaine or heroin within the last 24 hours revealed that a person’s unwas
  
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• Toyota To Start Deploying Vehicle-To-Vehicle Communications In 2021

  16-04-2018 19:43
  DETROIT (AP) – Toyota says it will start equipping models with technology to talk to other vehicles starting in 2021, as it tries to push safety communications forward. The company says most of its U.S. models should have the feature by the mid-2020s.
  Vehicle-to-vehicle signals can warn others of heavy braking ahead or that another vehicle is headed into their path.
  Vice President of Product Planning Andrew Coetzee says the cars would use dedicated airwaves to send signals up to 984 feet.
  
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• Every Bestselling Book This Year Has Been About Trump

  16-04-2018 19:24
  NEW YORK (CNN Money) – Since January, each book at the top of The New York Times bestseller list has had one thing in common: President Donald Trump.
  James Comey’s book “A Higher Loyalty” will surely keep the streak alive. Comey’s high-profile launch is also highlighting Trump’s broader effects on book sales.
  The top spot on The Times hardcover nonfiction list is incredibly coveted real estate in the publishing industry. Michael Wolff’s “Fire and F
  
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• How A Supreme Court Case Could Affect Your Online Purchases

  16-04-2018 19:21
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Do businesses have to collect sales tax on purchases made on the internet? The answer right now is: It depends. But a Supreme Court case being heard Tuesday could change that. Some questions and answers about the issue and the case:
  Q: Who charges sales tax online right now?:
  A: Large retailers such as Apple, Macy’s, Target and Walmart, which have brick-and-mortar stores nationwide — including in north Texas — generally collect sales tax from
  
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• Supreme Court Sales Tax Case Could Make Online Shopping Cost More

  16-04-2018 19:17
  CBS Local — Sales Tax: $0.
  Online shoppers have gotten used to seeing that line on checkout screens before they click “purchase.” But a case before the Supreme Court could change that.
  At issue is a rule stemming from two, decades-old Supreme Court cases: If a business is shipping to a state where it doesn’t have an office, warehouse or other physical presence, it doesn’t have to collect the state’s sales tax.
  That means large retailers such as Apple
  
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• Tarrant County Jury Finds Man Guilty Of College Student’s Death

  16-04-2018 18:37
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A jury has found a Haslet man guilty of murdering a local college student. The group agreed with the prosecution that Charles Dean Bryant is the person who, after a night of drinking, killed Jacqueline Vandagriff then dismembered and burned her body.
  #BREAKING: Charles Bryant Guilty of murder. Guilty of tampering with evidence. Jury just read verdict. @CBSDFW
  — Ken Molestina (@cbs11ken) April 16, 2018Deliberations began Monday in Fort Worth in of Bryant,
  
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• Grand Prairie Gets New Street Art Days Before Festival

  16-04-2018 18:12
  
  Artwork will be installed Tuesday in a downtown Grand Prairie crosswalk as a part of the city’s redevelopment of downtown.Photo Credit: City of Grand Prairie
  
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• Report: Texas Foster Care Girls More Likely To Get Pregnant

  16-04-2018 18:06
  AUSTIN (AP) — An advocacy group says teens in Texas foster care are five times more likely to become pregnant than other girls statewide.
  Citing 2017 Texas Department of Family and Protective Services data, a 38-page report released Monday by Texans Care for Children says 332 foster care girls were pregnant last year, while 218 foster care youths were already parents.
  Statistics from 2015 further show that, in a typical year, about one in 20 foster care girls ages 13 to 17 become pregnant
  
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• WWE Superstars John Cena & Nikki Bella End Engagement

  16-04-2018 16:56
  LOS ANGELES (CNN) – WWE stars John Cena and Nikki Bella have ended their relationship. The wrestlers were together for six years and, in April 2017, Cena popped the question at WrestleMania 33.
  Bella posted the news Sunday on her official Instagram account. “While this decision was a difficult one, we continue to have a great deal of love and respect for one another,” she wrote. “We ask that you respect our privacy during this time in our lives.”
  The pair
  
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• Granddaughter: Barbara Bush Is ‘A Fighter,’ In Good Spirits

  16-04-2018 16:41
  HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Former first lady Barbara Bush, who was reported in “failing health” over the weekend, is in “great spirits” and the family is grateful for “everybody’s prayers and thoughts,” her granddaughter said Monday.
  Bush family spokesman Jim McGrath said in a news release that “Mrs. Bush, now age 92, has decided not to seek additional medical treatment and will instead focus on comfort care” at home in Houston following
  
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• “Full House” Actor John Stamos Announces Birth Of His First Child

  16-04-2018 16:37
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – John Stamos is a father. The 54-year-old actor announced on Instagram the birth of his son, Billy Stamos. He said that the child is named after the actor’s father.
  Stamos added, “From now on, the best part of me will always be my wife and son.”Stamos and 31-year-old Caitlin McHugh got married in February. His publicist said that “Billy and mom are both home and healthy.”
  Stamos is best known for playing Uncle Jessie on
  
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• Protests At Philly Starbucks Where 2 Men Were Arrested

  16-04-2018 14:41
  PHILADELPHIA (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — About two dozen chanting protesters took over a Philadelphia Starbucks on Monday, days after two black men were arrested there when store employees called 911 to say they were trespassing.
  “We don’t want this Starbucks to make any money today. That’s our goal,” said Abdul-Aliy Muhammad, one of the protest’s organizers and co-founder of the Black and Brown Workers Collective.
  The protesters gathered outside the store in the p
  
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• Carrie Underwood Makes Powerful Return After Injuring Face

  16-04-2018 14:34
  LAS VEGAS (CNN) – Carrie Underwood gave her first public performance since an accident in November left her with a broken wrist and a facial injury.
  The singer, who appeared fully recovered, gave a powerful delivery of her new single “Cry Pretty” at the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday. The crowd responded with a standing ovation that lasted nearly a minute.
  Underwood shared on her website in January that she had fallen on the porch of her Nashville home, resulting in
  
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• Things To Know About Former First Lady Barbara Bush

  16-04-2018 14:14
  HOUSTON (AP) — Former first lady Barbara Bush is in failing health and after a series of hospitalizations, she has decided not to seek further medical treatment, a family spokesman says. Here are some things to know about her:
  LITERACY EFFORTS
  The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy began during her White House years, with a goal to improve the lives of disadvantaged Americans by boosting literacy among parents and their children. The foundation partners with local programs an
  
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• Florida Student Calls For ‘Bracott’ To Protest Dress Code

  16-04-2018 14:09
  BRADENTON, Fla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A Florida high school student who triggered an international discussion on whether women should have to wear bras is mobilizing male and female students to protest dress codes she says are unfairly strict for girls.The Bradenton Herald reports Lizzy Martinez’ “Bracott” will take place at Braden River High on Monday, according to Twitter posts from her account. Martinez is encouraging her female classmates to arrive to school braless to se
  
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• Boy With Autism Builds World’s Largest LEGO Titanic Replica

  16-04-2018 14:09
  REYKJAVIK, Iceland (CNN) – The world’s largest LEGO replica of the doomed Titanic liner was built in 700 hours over 11 months — by a 10-year-old boy from Reykjavik who is on the autism spectrum. The model will make its American debut on Monday at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
  Brynjar Karl Bigisson, now 15 years old, built the replica with 56,000 LEGO bricks. It is 26 feet long and 5 feet tall.
  Bigisson remembers playing with LEGO bricks for hour
  
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• Here's how much Exxon Mobil's median employee made in 2017

  16-04-2018 13:44
  CEO Darren Woods made more than 100 times the median employee compensation in 2017.
  
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• Cities with successful women: How North Texas ranks

  16-04-2018 13:24
  When it comes to a national ranking of cities with successful women, Plano ranks in the top 10.That's according to a new report — "Cities Where Women Are the Most Successful" — compiled by New York-based personal finance company SmartAsset.To compile its list, SmartAsset said it looked at six factors: "percent of women with bachelor’s degrees, median earnings for full-time working women, percent of businesses owned by women, women’s unemployment rate, average housing cost
  
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• Dallas among U.S. cities attracting highly skilled labor

  16-04-2018 13:22
  Dallas is among the U.S. cities rapidly attracting highly-skilled labor, according to a new study.In its report, JLL used U.S. Census Bureau estimates to measure the growth of a specific segment of the city's population: adults over 25 with a bachelor’s degree in the region between 2012 and 2016.Dallas saw that demographic increase 14.9 percent during that time.Denver was first, with 22.5 percent, followed by Washington D.C. in second at 19.9 percent and Philadelphia in third at 19.7 perce
  
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• Want to get away? These homes offer lakeside retreats in North Texas

  16-04-2018 13:19
  With its reputation for frequent droughts and flat, dusty terrain, Texas may not seem like an ideal place to buy a lake home.But the state sees a strong demand for homes with lakefront access and views, and the Dallas-Fort Worth region is home to three of Texas’ top 10 lakeside housing markets: Cedar Creek and Possum Kingdom lakes, as well as Lake Texoma along the Texas/Oklahoma border.“North Texas lakes have very good demand that seems to be increasing,” said Stephanie Mueller
  
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• Kentucky Governor Apologizes For Child Sex Abuse Remarks

  16-04-2018 12:58
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin apologized Sunday for saying that children were sexually abused because they were left home alone while teachers rallied to ask lawmakers to override his vetoes.
  The Republican issued his apology in a nearly four-minute video posted online, saying “it is not my intent to hurt anybody in this process, but to help us all move forward together.”
  On Friday, Bevin’s explosive comments were part of his statement criticiz
  
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• Hearing Set For Jailed Backpage Founder In Case Over Sex Ads

  16-04-2018 12:49
  PHOENIX (AP) — A hearing is scheduled Monday to determine whether a founder of the advertising site Backpage.com should be released from jail while he awaits trial on charges alleging that he published ads for sexual services.
  James Larkin has been jailed since his April 6 arrest on charges of facilitating prostitution and money laundering.
  Co-founder Michael Lacey and five Backpage.com employees also were arrested in the case.
  Larkin is the one of the seven who remains in jail.
  Lacey post
  
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• Stevie Ray Vaughan’s 1951 Fender Fetches $250,000 At Auction

  16-04-2018 12:42
  DALLAS (AP) — The electric guitar that blues legend Stevie Ray Vaughan used in his first studio recording and early performances has fetched $250,000 at auction in his hometown of Dallas.
  Heritage Auction spokesman Eric Bradley says the winning bidder for the 1951 Fender at Sunday’s auction doesn’t wish to be identified immediately.
  Stevie Ray Vaughan used to wail on this guitar as a teenager. (photo credit: CBS 11 News)
  Vaughan biographer Craig Hopkins said last week that Vaug
  
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• Driver Ejected, Killed in Single-Car Crash on U.S. 75

  16-04-2018 11:04
  
  A driver was ejected and killed in a crash on southbound U.S. 75 at Mockingbird Lane late Sunday night.Photo Credit: Metro Video Services
  
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• Utility Crews Spark Gas Line Fire in Arlington

  16-04-2018 06:51
  
  Water utility crews in Arlington were working to repair a water line leak Sunday afternoon when they hit a gas line which then caught fire.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Car Windows Shot Out in Farmers Branch, Police Investigating

  16-04-2018 06:18
  
  Multiple people in Farmers Branch are staring down expensive repairs to their vehicles, after their windows were shot out by bb pellets.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• County Commissioner Candidate Defends Email About Migrants

  16-04-2018 05:58
  
  A Republican vying to become a Dallas County Commissioner says he’s not racist and is not anti-immigrant. J.J. Koch sent a campaign email suggesting undocumented immigrants are to blame for problem’s facing the...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Jason Aldean Wins Entertainer Of The Year At ACM Awards

  16-04-2018 05:21
  LAS VEGAS (AP) – Jason Aldean paid tribute to the victims of the massive shooting at a country music festival during his acceptance speech after being named entertainer of the year at Sunday’s Academy of Country Music Awards.
  “It’s been a rough year,” Aldean said during the ceremony in Las Vegas, thanking those “that showed us love and support over the last six months.”
  Last October a lone gunman killed 58 people at country music’s Route 91 Harvest
  
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• Outpouring Of Support For Barbara Bush After News Of Failing Health

  16-04-2018 05:09
  Former first lady Barbara Bush (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images for U.S. Fund for UNICEF)
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – There’s been an outpouring of thoughts and prayers in North Texas for former first lady Barbara Bush after news Sunday that her health is declining.
  People showed up at the George W. Bush Presidential Library at the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas to show their support and to reflect on the former first lady’s legacy.
  Seven high school friends who showe
  
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• Jury to Decide Fate of Accused Killer of College Student

  16-04-2018 04:13
  
  A jury was set to begin deliberations Monday in the trial of Charles Dean Bryant, accused of murdering a Texas Woman’s University student two years ago – just hours after the two met at an off-campus bar.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• 2 Arlington Firefighters, City Worker Injured In Gas Line Fire

  16-04-2018 03:54
  ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Two Arlington firefighters and a city water worker were injured Sunday in a fire started when a gas line was struck.
  Officials say Arlington water utilities crews were repairing a water line leak at the intersection of Ditto Avenue and Dugan Street. As they were clearing the way to begin repairs, an Atmos gas line was struck.
  As excess water was being pumped out so that repairs could be made to the gas line, the gas ignited into flames.
  According to officials, two
  
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• Chris Stapleton Celebrates 40th B’Day, Birth Of Twins, ACM Award

  16-04-2018 03:06
  Recording artist Chris Stapleton performs onstage during the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Madison Square Garden on January 28, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS)
  (AP) – Sunday is a day Chris Stapleton will always remember: His wife gave birth to twin boys, he celebrated his 40th birthday and he won album of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
  Stapleton didn’t attend the show in Las Vegas, but host Reba McEntire announced the birth o
  
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• Crews Working to Contain Fire in Arlington

  16-04-2018 02:29
  
  Firefighters in Arlington are working to extinguish a fire just east of Downtown.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• D/FW Chefs Head West for Food Summit

  16-04-2018 01:42
  
  The 14th Annual Buffalo Gap Food and Wine Summit was held this weekend in the west Texas town of Buffalo Gap with 14 restaurants from Dallas-Fort Worth all taking part.Photo Credit: Deborah Ferguson, NBC 5
  
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• ‘Full Metal Jacket’ Actor R. Lee Ermey Dies At 74

  16-04-2018 01:31
  (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Actor R. Lee Ermey, best known for playing Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in “Full Metal Jacket,” has died at the age of 74.
  Ermey died from complications of pneumonia, according to his manager Bill Rogin.
  Ermey’s longtime manager said in a statement on Twitter: “It is with deep sadness that I regret to inform you all that R. Lee Emrey (‘The Gunney’) passed away this morning from complications of pneumonia. He will be greatly missed by a
  
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