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• George W. Bush Opens Leadership Forum at Bush Center, Discusses Mother's Death

  18-04-2018 23:56
  
  While opening a long-planned forum on leadership at the Bush Presidential Center in Dallas Wednesday, former President George W. Bush talked about the passing of his mother, former first lady...
  
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• Citizenship Question Questioned on 2020 Census

  18-04-2018 23:54
  
  The Dallas Morning News' Rudy Bush discusses the political struggle at the Dallas County Commissioner's Court over the question of citizenship on the 2020 Census.
  
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• Texas Firefighter And Rancher Pulled Woman Back In Plane After Engine Failure

  18-04-2018 23:28
  (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – A Texas rancher says he and a Texas firefighter pulled a woman back into Southwest flight #1380 after a window was damaged following an engine failure.
  Tim McGinty told reporters late Tuesday that he helped his wife and a friend put on their oxygen masks before he realized the woman sitting in the row in front of him, identified as Jennifer Riordan, was in trouble on the plane from New York to Dallas that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia.
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• Sheppard Mullin officially opens Dallas office

  18-04-2018 23:03
  Sheppard Mullin partner Alan Martin in Orange County called his old law school buddy and close friend Steve Fox a few months ago to gauge his interest in being a founding lawyer if the Los Angeles-based firm opened an office in Dallas.Fox, a prominent corporate employment lawyer at the Polsinelli firm in Dallas, and Martin were in each other’s weddings and always wanted the opportunity to practice together.A couple weeks later, Polsinelli corporate partner Gemma Descoteaux was approached b
  
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• Cat Saved After Walking 12 Miles To Family Who Rejected Him

  18-04-2018 22:45
  RALEIGH (CBS Local) – A cat named Toby missed his former owners so much that he walked 12 miles to be with them again. Unfortunately, the North Carolina family didn’t repay Toby’s amazing loyalty and tried to have a local shelter euthanize him.
  According to the SPCA of Wake County, Toby’s former owners didn’t want a cat anymore and gave him to another family. The seven-year-old missed his old home so much he reportedly sneaked out and walked all the way ba
  
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• Largest Maker Of Bump Stocks Will Stop Accepting Orders

  18-04-2018 22:33
  LOS ANGELES (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The largest manufacturer of bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like automatic firearms, announced Wednesday that it will stop taking orders and shut down its website next month.
  The announcement comes about a month after President Donald Trump said his administration would “ban” bump stocks, which he said “turn legal weapons into illegal machines.”
  The devices, which enables a semiautomatic rifle to fire fas
  
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• 2018 Tony Awards: Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban Set To Co-Host The Big Event

  18-04-2018 22:07
  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban will co-host this summer’s 72nd annual Tony Awards.
  This will be the first time hosting for both pop-singers-turned-Broadway-stars. Bareilles starred in the hit show “Waitress” and composed the music and lyrics, earning her first Tony Award nomination. Groban starred in “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812,” also earning his first nomination.
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• Exclusive: Why a DFW manufacturer is paying for college for its employees, their spouses and their kids

  18-04-2018 22:00
  Travis Hollman of Hollman Inc. explains why he's footing the bill for not only his employees' college costs, but also for their kids and spouses.
  
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• Event planning guru named president of Klyde Warren Park

  18-04-2018 21:33
  Event planning guru Kit Sawers will take over as president of Dallas landmark Klyde Warren Park, effective May 21.Currently chief development officer for United Way Metropolitan Dallas, Sawers was formerly CEO of her own event planning company Fay+Sawers Productions. She has experience coordinating large-scale events, including those connected to the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee and the North Texas Final Four Local Organizing Committee.Sawers says her appointment at Klyde Warren&hel
  
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• Preliminary examination of failed Southwest engine shows 'metal fatigue'

  18-04-2018 21:13
  A preliminary look at the failed engine on Southwest flight 1380 that killed one passenger shows one of the 24 fan blades inside the engine was missing.There also appeared to be metal fatigue in the place where the missing blade was attached to the engine, according to Robert Sumwalt, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board.Metal fatigue is something that would be difficult to spot because it's not evident from a glance, Sumwalt said. Even a careful inspection of the outside of the&
  
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• Community Rallies Around Woman Sentenced To Prison For Illegal Voting

  18-04-2018 20:54
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Crystal Mason, a mother of four, said she didn’t realize when she voted in the 2016 general election that she was violating the law.  “I had no idea I was going to do something that was going to jeopardize my freedom again,” she said.Mason was on probation after serving nearly three years in prison for tax fraud — and she didn’t want to go back.  “There’s no way when the kids come visit me and I have to turn aro
  
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• Jackson-Shaw to build more industrial space in Irving

  18-04-2018 20:53
  Jackson-Shaw has teamed up with Stream Realty Partners to offer more industrial space in Irving.The two companies announced Wednesday the groundbreaking of Parc Southwest, a 292,700-square-foot industrial development at 5251 Frye Road in Irving. The project will include two buildings spanning 112,200 square feet and 180,500 square feet, respectively.Construction is slated to finish in the fourth quarter.When completed, the property will seek tenants needing between 20,000 square feet and 60,000&
  
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• Hurst Police Release New Video Of Violent House Explosion

  18-04-2018 20:01
  HURST (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Hurst released unseen dashcam video of the moment a house exploded right in front of an officer earlier this month.
  The blast happened in the 400 block of Myrtle Drive, back on April 7 after a driver lost control, crashed into the house and hit a gas line.
  (credit: Hurst Police Department)
  A few days after the blast Officer Travis Hiser explained to CBS 11 News how he was responding to a call of a vehicle hitting a house. He said one he arrived he s
  
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• Dallas Teen Killed In Fordham Road Shooting

  18-04-2018 19:54
  
  A Dallas teenager, Marcus Hernandez, is placed in jail for the murder of a 17-year-old Saturday night.
  
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• New Dashcam Video Shows Hurst House Explosion

  18-04-2018 19:22
  
  Hurst police have released new dashcam video that shows a house explosion after a vehicle crashed into their home and struck a gas line.Photo Credit: Hurst Police DepartmentThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Survey Finds 42 Percent Of Americans At Risk Of Retiring Broke

  18-04-2018 19:17
  CBS Local — An annual survey of how well Americans are preparing for retirement has found that a large number of people are at risk of leaving the workforce with barely anything saved up.
  According to personal finance website GoBankingRates.com, 42 percent of Americans polled said they have less than $10,000 saved for their eventual retirement. The 2018 poll of 1,000 people, ranging from millennials to baby boomers, found that nearly 14 percent of Americans have absolutely nothing saved fo
  
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• Your Money Is No Good Here! More Companies Going Cashless

  18-04-2018 19:03
  NEW YORK (AP) — The lunchtime lines at Dos Toros move faster these days — customers don’t fumble for bills or coins, and employees don’t make change. Since around New Year’s, the Mexican food chain has been cashless.
  “For the vast majority of customers, there’s no reaction at all; they’re already paying with their cards. And the significant majority of cash customers don’t have any problem with it either,” says co-owner Leo Kremer, who
  
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• See DFW's largest small business sales during Q1

  18-04-2018 19:03
  The first quarter of 2018 saw a steady stream of small business change hands across the country, including 81 transactions in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington region.According to data from BizBuySell.com, a business-for-sale marketplace, 2,678 business sold nationwide during the quarter, the highest number since BizBuySell began collecting data. The figure also represents a 13.1 percent increase over the same period last year.During the quarter, small businesses across the country also saw the&he
  
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• Business Journal hires veteran technology reporter

  18-04-2018 18:05
  Veteran technology reporter Brian Womack joined the Dallas Business Journal today.Previously one of Bloomberg’s reporters in San Francisco, Womack spent nine years covering companies such as Alphabet, eBay, Facebook, HP, Oracle, Twitter and Yahoo. “Silicon Valley fell within his coverage area, so Brian is familiar with juggling a mix of large companies, startups and disruption, which will serve him well in North Texas,” said Business Journal editor Jeff Schnick. “His
  
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• Experts Say Showering Too Much May Do More Harm Than Good

  18-04-2018 17:57
  CBS Local — Many people start the day with shower to wake themselves up or at night to get the day’s grime off; however, health experts are saying people are probably washing up too much.
  According to multiple reports, excessive showering is actually doing damage to the skin and the body’s ability to heal itself. “Soap and the hot water dissolve the lipids in the skin and scrubbing only hastens the process,” experts say, via a report in PJ Media. The report add
  
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• A.H. Belo's CEO to retire mid-May, former chief executive named successor

  18-04-2018 17:55
  Effective mid-May, Jim Moroney retire from his role as chairman, president and CEO of A.H. Belo Corp. (NYSE: AHC), the parent company of the Dallas Morning News. At that time, Moroney will be named publisher emeritus of the DMN, where he served as publisher and CEO between 2001 and March 2018. He has served as CEO of A.H. Belo since 2013.Moroney will also retain his seat on A.H. Belo’s board of directors.“When I became CEO in 2013, I told the board I would commit to four years,&
  
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• Traffic Forecast for Main St. Arts Festival

  18-04-2018 17:14
  
  One of our major traffic pressure points on Thursday will be downtown Fort Worth, where the Main St. Arts Festival begins.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Tyler Technologies purchases government tech company

  18-04-2018 17:10
  Tyler Technologies Inc. (NYSE: TYL) is acquiring data-as-a-service company Socrata Inc. for an undisclosed amount.Seattle-based Socrata helps governments and public sector organizations shift their information online. Its customers include the Michigan State Budget Office, the Utah Department of Transportation and general administrative offices in several states.With the deal, Tyler clients in industries like justice, public safety, financial and community development will have a platform to&hel
  
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• Team Backed By Microsoft Co-Founder Locates USS Helena Wreck

  18-04-2018 17:02
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Microsoft co-founder’s mission to locate sunken warships in the South Pacific has chalked up another victory with the discovery of the USS Helena nearly 75 years after it was sunk by Japanese torpedoes in the waters off the Solomon Islands, reviving stories of the battle-tested ship’s endurance and the nearly unbelievable survival story of 165 of the crewmen.
  2nd April 1946: The American warship USS Helena anchors at Portsmouth. On deck the ratings are at w
  
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• Barbara Bush To Be Buried In College Station After Funeral In Houston

  18-04-2018 16:48
  COLLEGE STATION (CBSDFW.COM) – Funeral arrangements have been announced for former First Lady Barbara Bush after her passing on Tuesday. She will be buried at the George H.W. Bush Library and Museum in College Station, next to her daughter, Robin, who died at age 3 following a battle with leukemia.
  While the funeral service will be a private affair, the public is invited to pay their respects to Mrs. Bush as she lay in repose on Friday, from noon to midnight, at St. Martin’s Church i
  
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• Hurricane 'Cone of Uncertainty' Shrinking for 2018

  18-04-2018 14:53
  
  The National Hurricane Center is shrinking their cone of uncertainty for the upcoming 2018 hurricane season.Photo Credit: National Hurricane CenterThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Stephen Colbert & James Comey Talk Trump & Russia Over Pinot Noir

  18-04-2018 14:52
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/CNN Money) – Former FBI director James Comey sat down with Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show” on Tuesday for a wide-ranging interview that touched on President Donald Trump, the Russia investigation and a little bit of red wine.
  “When you were fired,” Colbert said during the taping, “you say in the book that, when it was over, you flew back on a plane to the east coast drinking Pinot Noir in a paper cup.” The host then pulled ou
  
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• Target Stores Offer Drive-Up Service In Texas, Florida

  18-04-2018 14:44
  MIAMI (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Target stores in Texas and Florida are now offering drive-up service.
  The retail chain announced Tuesday customers at more than 250 stores in the two states can now buy items without leaving their car.
  The service began last fall in Minneapolis, where the company is headquartered. Target hopes to expand the curbside pickup service to nearly 1,000 stores across the U.S. by the end of the year.
  Orders can be placed with the Target mobile app and should be ready in les
  
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• 7th-Floor Apartment Window Shot Out in Downtown Dallas

  18-04-2018 14:13
  
  Dallas police say residents of an apartment unit in a downtown Dallas high-rise building escaped injured when a bullet came through their window.Photo Credit: Metro Video Services
  
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• SMU Launching Business Incubator To Support Big Ideas

  18-04-2018 13:54
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Texting and driving? Now, there’s an app to discourage that! Southern Methodist University junior Neha Husein is the distracted crash survivor — and social entrepreneur — making it happen.
  “I feel like I’m constantly that back seat driver… slow down! Brake!” explains Husein, who says her brother challenged her to do something other than worry after she was rear-ended by a distracted driver.
  The result was a smart phone a
  
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• Dallas Woman Accused of Running 'Puppy Scheme' in Apartment

  18-04-2018 13:49
  
  Consumers in North Texas say they paid a woman hundreds of dollars for a Shih-Tzu puppy. But when it was time to take their dog home, the seller disappeared.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• NTSB: Blown Southwest Jet Engine Showed ‘Metal Fatigue’

  18-04-2018 13:42
  PHILADELPHIA (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A preliminary examination of the blown jet engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that set off a terrifying chain of events and left a businesswoman hanging half outside a shattered window showed evidence of “metal fatigue,” according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
  Passengers on Southwest flight #1380 scrambled to save the woman from getting sucked out the window that had been smashed by debris. She later died, and seven others
  
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• Wayfair Follows Amazon With Its Own Made-Up Holiday: Way Day

  18-04-2018 13:13
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon started Prime Day. Alibaba capitalized on Singles Day. Now another e-commerce company is hoping for success with an invented shopping holiday.
  Online furniture seller Wayfair is calling April 25 “Way Day” and will offer discounts that it says are comparable to its Black Friday deals.Those kind of days are a tactic online retailers use to try to increase customer excitement and boost sales. Amazon launched Prime Day in 2015 to mark its 20th anniversary and
  
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• Police: Man Arrested At Taylor Swift House Had Knife, Rope

  18-04-2018 12:59
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Colorado man who was wearing a mask and had a knife in his car when he was arrested outside a Beverly Hills home owned by Taylor Swift was released from custody on Tuesday while police continued their investigation.
  Julius Sandrock, 38, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of stalking after officers went to the home. Swift, who lives in New York, wasn’t at the home, police said.
  Sandrock was freed from jail on Tuesday morning, according to a Los Angeles County Sher
  
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• Future Has Parents Choosing Their Baby From Dozens Of Embryos

  18-04-2018 12:51
  NEW YORK (AP) — So you want to have a baby.
  Would you like a dark-haired girl with a high risk of someday getting colon cancer, but a good chance of above-average music ability?
  Or would you prefer a girl with a good prospect for high SAT scores and a good shot at being athletic, but who also is likely to run an above-average risk of bipolar disorder and lupus as an adult?
  How about a boy with a good shot at having musical ability and dodging asthma, but who also would be predisposed to ca
  
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• Mourners Pay Respects to Barbara Bush at The Bush Center

  18-04-2018 07:57
  
  North Texans are showing their love for the Bush family after the passing of former First Lady Barbara Bush. Families with young children stopped by the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas Tuesday...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Police Arrest Man Barricaded inside Lancaster Motel

  18-04-2018 07:55
  
  Authorities responded to a disturbance call that involved a guest.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• UNT Student Demands Answers After Racist Receipt

  18-04-2018 05:55
  
  A student employee at The University of North Texas has been fired after university officials say he wrote a racist word on a student’s receipt.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Former Personal Aide Shares Memories of Barbara Bush

  18-04-2018 05:46
  
  A young Dallas woman, who spent years as Barbara Bush's personal aide, sat down to share some private moments spent with the former first lady. Catherine Branch talked to NBC 5's Meredith Land on Tuesday before...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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•  ‘She Has Nerves Of Steel’; Pilot Safely Lands Jet With Blown Out Engine

  18-04-2018 05:24
  PHILADELPHIA (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Passengers on a Southwest Airlines jet that blew an engine at 32,000 feet are commending one of its pilots, Tammie Jo Shults, for her cool-headed handling of the emergency.
  Shults and her co-pilot of the plane, a twin-engine Boeing 737 bound from New York to Dallas with 149 people aboard, took it into a rapid descent and made an emergency landing in Philadelphia as passengers using oxygen masks that dropped from the ceiling said their prayers and br
  
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• Former First Lady Barbara Bush Remembered In Dallas

  18-04-2018 04:48
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The matriarch of the Bush family and former Former First Lady Barbara Bush is remembered in Dallas, where Bush family ties run deep.
  As the sun set over the Bush Center at SMU Tuesday evening, old glory was lowered to honor the matriarch of the Bush family.
  I’m missing my mother-in-law and role model tonight. Barbara Bush was a loving mother and grandmother. The world is poorer without her in it. Rest in peace, dear Bar. https://t.co/gV8veToYi9
  — Laura Bus
  
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• New Figures Verify Most Dallas City Employees Live Elsewhere

  18-04-2018 04:20
  
  Four out of five Dallas Police and Firefighters do not live in the city and overall nearly two thirds of city employees live elsewhere. The numbers demonstrate the challenge Dallas has keeping middle class...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Attorney Says R Kelly Groomed Client For Sexual Cult, Knowingly Transmitted STD

  18-04-2018 04:10
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The civil attorney for a 20-year old woman says the Dallas Police Department has interviewed his client in the gathering of evidence against R&B singer R Kelly.
  The multi-platinum recording artist is at the center of a criminal inquiry in Dallas, facing a claim of assault for allegedly infecting a woman with a sexually transmitted disease.
  “I know my client provided information today to police on unlawful restraint, text messages, videos and photos to solidi
  
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• Deluge Of Sympathy Tweets, Social Media Reacts To Barbara Bush’s Death

  18-04-2018 04:01
  (CBSDFW.COM) – A-List celebs, world leaders and professional athletes tweeted their condolences to the Bush family after news of beloved matriarch Barbara Bush’s death broke.
  The 92-year-old champion of literacy and volunteer service died Tuesday night at her Houston home.
  Here’s a mix of tweets paying tribute to the former First Lady for your enjoyment.
  I’m missing my mother-in-law and role model tonight. Barbara Bush was a loving mother and grandmother. The world i
  
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• Taxpayers Get 1-Day Extension Due to IRS Glitch

  18-04-2018 03:26
  
  The IRS is giving all taxpayers an extra day to file after its website went down on deadline day. The agency announced that individuals and businesses with a filing or payment that was due Tuesday now have until...
  
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• Barbara Bush Has Died at 92

  18-04-2018 02:02 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Former First Lady Barbara Bush has died at the age of 92. She served as first lady from 1989 to 1993.
  
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