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• Armed Suspect in Police Standoff Near IKEA is Dead: GPPD

  23-04-2018 23:39
  
  A man is dead following a standoff between police and an armed man near IKEA in Grand Prairie.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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• PGBT Reopens After WWII Mortar Shuts it Down in Rowlett

  23-04-2018 23:28
  
  The President George Bush Turnpike has reopened after an explosive device from the World War II-era was found in Rowlett.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News/Rowlett Police Dept.
  
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• 9 Dead as Van Strikes Toronto Pedestrians

  23-04-2018 23:23 via nbcdfw.com
  
  A van driver plowed into Toronto pedestrians Monday, leaving nine dead and 16 injured. The van fled the scene and the driver was taken into custody a short time later.
  
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• Frisco Police Investigating Cowboys DL David Irving

  23-04-2018 23:14
  
  Frisco police are investigating Cowboys defensive lineman David Irving after a woman who said she was his girlfriend called them to complain about domestic violence. Irving is being investigated over allegations...Photo Credit: CSNPhilly.comThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Parole Board, Appeals Court Won’t Stop Wednesday Execution Of Fort Worth Man

  23-04-2018 23:00
  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously has refused a clemency request from a Texas prisoner set for execution this week for the shooting deaths of a 5-year-old girl and her grandmother at a home in Fort Worth a decade ago.
  The deadly shooting happened during a children’s birthday party.
  The six-member panel rejected convicted killer Erick Davila’s request for a 30-day reprieve from his scheduled Wednesday lethal injection and also
  
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• Cosby Opts Not To Testify As Defense Rests

  23-04-2018 22:32
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby opted not to testify in his sexual assault retrial as his lawyers rested their case Monday, setting the stage for closing arguments and jury deliberations.
  “You now have all of the evidence,” Judge Steven O’Neill told jurors, sending them back to their hotel after an abbreviated day of testimony. “Try to relax, so that you’re on your game tomorrow.”
  Closing arguments will be held Tuesday in the case that pits the “
  
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• Uranus Smells Like Rotten Eggs, Scientists Confirm

  23-04-2018 22:30
  CBS Local – Uranus has been the butt of many jokes over the years. It likely won’t get any easier for the seventh planet in our solar system as a new report has confirmed that Uranus likely reeks of — what else? Bad gas.The Details:Researchers say Uranus emits odor comparable to rotten eggs
  Upper atmosphere of planet contains hydrogen sulfide, responsible for stench
  Discovery made using Hawaii’s Gemini North telescope
  Researchers at the University of Oxford confirmed
  
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• Police: 9 Killed, 16 Injured In Toronto Van Attack

  23-04-2018 22:29
  TORONTO (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A van jumped onto a sidewalk Monday from a busy intersection in Toronto and struck and killed nine pedestrians before it was found and the driver was taken into custody, Canadian police said.
  Authorities said at least 16 people were hospitalized with injuries while a photo from the scene showed an apparent body on the sidewalk, but police did not immediately provide details on casualties.
  It was not immediately clear what caused the van to strike the pedestrians i
  
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• Canada Police Say Driver That Hit Pedestrians In Custody

  23-04-2018 22:29
  TORONTO (AP) — A van apparently jumped onto a sidewalk Monday from a busy intersection in Toronto and struck a crowd of pedestrians and before it was found and the driver was taken into custody, Canadian police said.
  Authorities said at least seven people were hospitalized with injuries while a photo from the scene showed an apparent body on the sidewalk, but police did not immediately provide details on casualties.
  It was not immediately clear what caused the van to strike the pedestrians
  
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• Van Hits 8-10 Pedestrians in Toronto

  23-04-2018 22:19 via nbcdfw.com
  
  A van jumped a curb and hit 8-10 people in a busy intersection in Toronto Monday. The van fled the scene and the driver was taken into custody a short time later.
  
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• Ones For Texas: Miracle League Of Parker County

  23-04-2018 22:00
  WEATHERFORD (CBSDFW.COM) – On Opening Day at the baseball park in Weatherford, the air is cool, the sun is bright and the bats are hot.
  In the stands — eyes glued to home plate — sits the Strosnider family: mom Kandi, dad Scott, and two of their three sons, Sutton and Sawyer. They’re cheering on the player at bat: their son, Seth.
  “Hit a dinger, Seth!” his mom yells.
  Seth connects and the crowd roars. He runs to first base and is safe.
  In this game, there are
  
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• Police Investigating Dallas Cowboys Player For Alleged Assault

  23-04-2018 21:59
  FRISCO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Frisco Police are investigating reports filed Sunday by a woman alleging she was assaulted by her boyfriend, Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman David Irving.
  Police said the woman filed two separate reports – one at 5:00 p.m. and another at 10:30 p.m.
  The crimes allegedly happened at a home in the 2700 block of Nightwind Court.
  Police are investigating bodily injury family member, unlawful restraint and assault to family member impeding breath.
  Irving has n
  
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• WATCH LIVE: GP Police to Provide Update on Standoff at IKEA

  23-04-2018 21:57
  
  A standoff between police and an armed person near the new IKEA in Grand Prairie has ended.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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• Standoff Ends With Dead, Armed Suspect In IKEA Parking Lot

  23-04-2018 21:50
  GRAND PRAIRIE (CBSDFW.COM) – Grand Prairie Police were locked in a standoff with an armed suspect who fired shots at officers near a newly-opened IKEA.
  “The shots were just ringing out. It sounded like the shots were inside the building,” one IKEA customer told CBS 11 News. “Some people were crying and panicking. One guy even had an asthma attack.”
  Some customers even ran and hid inside the store’s basement.
  The department later tweeted that the Swedish s
  
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• Armed Suspect Shot, Killed During Gunfire Exchange With Police In IKEA Parking Lot

  23-04-2018 21:50
  GRAND PRAIRIE (CBSDFW.COM) – Grand Prairie Police were locked in a standoff with an armed suspect who fired shots at officers near a newly-opened IKEA.
  The department later tweeted that the Swedish store wasn’t involved in the incident, and that it actually happened when the suspect pulled into the store’s parking lot.
  The suspect was killed during the gunfire exchange.
  Police said no IKEA customers were in danger.
  We are working a stand-off with an armed suspect near the
  
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• Former Parkland hospital complex back on market after deal to sell to Dreien fizzles

  23-04-2018 21:46
  The former Parkland Memorial Hospital campus is officially back on the market after an $83.3 million plan to sell the history-rich property to developer Sam Ware of Dreien Opportunity Partners LLC died on the operating room table.CBRE is marketing the property.Dallas County commissioners on March 27 approved the sale of the 38-acre medical complex on Harry Hines Boulevard and set an April 17 deadline for closing the purchase.But Dreien was unable to obtain and close the necessary financing&helli
  
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• Lawsuit That Wanted to Remove Dems From Election Dismissed

  23-04-2018 21:00
  
  A judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit that would have removed more than 80 Democrats from the November general election ballot, putting to rest a controversy that threatened to toss Dallas County elections into...Photo Credit: AP
  
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• Rowlett Evacuations & Road Closures After World War II Bomb Found

  23-04-2018 20:57
  ROWLETT (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Rowlett evacuated a residential neighborhood and closed down part of the President George Bush Turnpike (PGBT) for more than an hour after an undetonated World War II mortar was found.
  A World War II mortar has been found in the 440 block of Bayonne Dr. Please stay away from the area until further notice. The Garland Bomb Unit is responding. Because of proximity to the area, for safety reasons PGBT has been closed from I30 to SH 66.
  — City of Row
  
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• Man Pulled From Burning Tank At Chemical Plant In Ennis

  23-04-2018 20:50
  ENNIS (CBSFDW.COM) – Emergency crews pulled a man from a burning tank after a reported explosion in Ennis.
  It happened at the U.S. Polyco plant along Interstate-45 near FM 85 in Ennis. The facility develops and makes road materials like asphalt, sealants and coatings.
  This is the second time an explosion has happened at the plant this year. On February 2, an asphalt rail container blew its top and a fire broke out. No one was hurt in that incident.
  Police haven’t given any
  
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• Police Find, Arrest Nashville Waffle House Shooting Suspect

  23-04-2018 20:39
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The suspect in a quadruple homicide at a Nashville Waffle House was taken into custody Monday, police said.
  Authorities had mounted a massive manhunt for 29-year-old Travis Reinking, after the Sunday morning attacks.
  BREAKING: Travis Reinking apprehended moments ago in a wooded area near Old Hickory Blvd & Hobson Pk. pic.twitter.com/00ukga37s6
  — Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) April 23, 2018Authorities announced the arrest Monday afternoon o
  
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• Dallas Officer Named Birmingham Police Chief Finalist

  23-04-2018 20:35
  
  A division commander with the Dallas Police Department, Malik Aziz, is among the finalists for the position of Birmingham Police Chief.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• WWII Mortar Forces Evacuation, Shuts Down Turnpike

  23-04-2018 20:28
  
  The President George Bush Turnpike is closed after an explosive device from the World War II era was found in Rowlett.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News/Rowlett Police Dept.
  
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• Texas Transportation Department To Waive $1.3B In Late Fees

  23-04-2018 20:09
  AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Department of Transportation will forgive more than $1.3 billion in late fines and fees owed by drivers on state toll roads since 2007.
  The Austin American-Statesman reports that the department announced the decision last week in response to a cap on unpaid toll fees lawmakers imposed last year.
  The move only covers tolls incurred on roads operated by the Transportation Department, such as State Highway 130 and State Highway 45 North. The decision doesn’t affe
  
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• J. Hilburn names new CEO as co-founder resigns

  23-04-2018 19:59
  Fashion retail veteran Andy Janowski has been named president and CEO of custom menswear brand J. Hilburn.Janowski, who has served as executive chairman of the Dallas company’s board of directors, brings to the position more than 30 years of experience in apparel, including serving as CEO of Smythson, a British retailer of luxury goods, stationery and other accessories. He has also held leadership positions with Burberry and Gap."The extraordinary success of J.Hilburn over the past 11
  
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• Breaking: WWII Mortar Forces Evacuation, Shuts Down Turnpike

  23-04-2018 19:34
  
  Breaking news from NBC 5. The President George Bush Turnpike is closed after an explosive device from the World War II era was found in Rowlett.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News/Rowlett Police Dept.
  
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• Summer Movie Preview: Hollywood Roars Back Into Action

  23-04-2018 19:08
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Summer starts early this year in Hollywood with the potentially record-breaking release of “Avengers: Infinity War” Thursday, and the marquee Marvel superheroes couldn’t be coming at a better time.
  The box office for the year is down nearly three percent, and the industry is looking to redeem itself after last summer, which, despite hits like “Wonder Woman,” had its worst performance in more than a decade. Although all studios are embracing
  
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• Arlington Gets Ready to Host 2018 NFL Draft

  23-04-2018 19:08
  
  Cowboys Nation is making final preparations for the 2018 NFL Draft. AT&T Stadium will host the draft for the first time. The three-day event begins on Thursday. While experiencing an NFL draft is a first...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Man Sentenced To 50 Years For Fajita Theft

  23-04-2018 19:03
  BROWNSVILLE (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A former South Texas juvenile justice department employee — arrested for felony theft after authorities say he acknowledged stealing $1.2 million worth of fajitas over nine years — was sentenced to fifty years in prison Friday.
  The fifty-three-year-old Gilberto Escamilla pleaded guilty to ‘theft by public servant’ according to the Brownsville Herald.
  In August of 2017, Gilberto Escaramilla was fired and arrested after authorities o
  
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• New York real estate firm expands North Texas presence with new regional HQ

  23-04-2018 18:58
  New York-based real estate firm Compass is capitalizing on North Texas’ thriving real estate scene by expanding its own real estate footprint in the market.As reported by the Dallas Morning News, Compass has signed a lease for 24,000 square feet at the Terraces at Douglas Center, a newly-constructed office development at 5960 Berkshire Lane in Dallas’ Preston Center.The space serves as Compass’ new Dallas regional headquarters, housing more than 80 sales agents. That number is
  
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• UT Southwestern Professor Killed Trying To Cross Highway On Foot

  23-04-2018 18:55
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A UT Southwestern professor and father of two was killed when he tried to cross the highway on foot this weekend.
  Andreas Doncic, 40, was struck in the left center lane by multiple vehicles shortly before 3 a.m. on Saturday, according to Dallas County Sheriff’s Department spokesman, Raul Reyna.
  All of the drivers who hit him as he tried to cross Northbound IH-35 at the Walnut Hill Exit stopped afterward.
  Investigators said they don’t know why Don
  
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• Dallas, Malik Aziz, Named Birmingham Police Chief Finalist

  23-04-2018 18:48
  
  A division commander with the Dallas Police Department, Malik Aziz, is among the finalists for the position of Birmingham Police Chief.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Photos Show Food Thrown Out at Dallas ISD

  23-04-2018 18:45
  
  Several photographs taken behind the scenes at a Dallas Independent School District food service facility show several pallets of food items, stacked high with dozens of cases that represent thousands of dollars...
  
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• American Airlines passenger tased after allegedly touching female passenger, refusing to leave plane

  23-04-2018 18:45
  Police used a taser while arresting a passenger aboard an American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) flight after he allegedly touched a female passenger Sunday evening, according to Miami Police.Jacob Garcia, 28, was charged with battery, depriving an officer of their means of protection, disorderly conduct, criminal mischief, and resisting an officer without violence to his person after he boarded American Flight 2446 leaving Miami en route to Chicago.It started when Garcia allegedly touched&h
  
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• Empowering Women Through Firearm Training

  23-04-2018 18:40
  
  In North Texas, groups catering to women and firearm training are on the rise.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Snap Kitchen turns page on 'real tough' 2017. Here's what that means for DFW

  23-04-2018 18:15
  Snap Kitchen is a company built around eating right, and eating well. But it's having to wrestle with some serious disruption in the retail space. After layoffs and store closures in 2017, the company is optimistic about what's in store for 2018 and beyond.
  
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• Colonial Country Club Nears Title Sponsor

  23-04-2018 18:06
  
  The Charles Schwab Corporation has emerged as a potential title sponsor of Fort Worth's annual PGA Tour event starting in 2019.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Woman Sets Car Afire With Children Inside: ‘We’re Going To See Jesus’

  23-04-2018 17:55
  HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities in Houston have taken a woman into custody after witnesses reported she set her car on fire as she sat inside with her three children.
  Houston police spokeswoman Jodi Silva says the woman was at a car wash Sunday evening when she began repeatedly revving the engine to the point that it caught fire.
  Witnesses intervened and rescued the woman’s three daughters, ages 9, 11 and 13. Witnesses told investigators that at one point she said, “We’re goin
  
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• Former NFL Kicker Jay Feely Says He Held Gun In Prom Picture As “Joke”

  23-04-2018 17:53
  ARIZONA (CBS Local) – A former NFL kicker has apologized after sparking controversy by posing with a handgun in his daughter’s prom picture.
  Jay Feely, who played for six NFL teams in his 14-year career, posted the picture on Twitter in which the pro athlete stood between his daughter and her prom date while holding the pistol. The father added “#BadBoys,” reportedly in reference to a scene in the movie “Bad Boys 2” where Martin Lawrence and Will Smi
  
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• Elderly Man Calls Police For Ride To Visit Wife In Hospital

  23-04-2018 17:53
  MONTOURSVILLE, Pa. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — An elderly Pennsylvania man had no way of visiting his sick wife in the hospital, so he called police to help.
  Montoursville Police Chief Jeff Gyurina says the 84-year-old man’s same-aged wife had a medical emergency last Thursday and was taken from their home in an ambulance.
  The frail man told the Chief, who was at the scene, he had no family in the area to take him to the hospital, and he can’t drive anymore.Gyurina gave him the patrol ca
  
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• Shania Twain Apologizes For Saying She Would Have Voted For Trump

  23-04-2018 17:30
  NEW YORK (AP) – Shania Twain has apologized for saying that, if she were American, she would have voted for Donald Trump for president, even though he’s offensive.
  Twain made the comments in an interview with The Guardian that was published over the weekend. She told the British newspaper, “Do you want straight or polite? I would have voted for a feeling that is transparent.”
  After receiving backlash, Twain took to Twitter to explain herself.
  I am passionately against dis
  
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• Pilot at Dallas Love Field Avoids Collision With Drone

  23-04-2018 17:27
  
  A drone that was almost 2,000 feet above Dallas Love Field caused a helicopter pilot to take "evasive action" to avoid a collision Sunday night, authorities said.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Southlake Judge Pleads Guilty, Resigns

  23-04-2018 17:21
  
  A Tarrant County judge has been charged with tampering with government records after a criminal investigation into complaints he forged dozens of voters' signatures to get on the ballot.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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• Tarrant County Justice Of The Peace Pleads Guilty To Tampering

  23-04-2018 17:17
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The Justice of the Peace for Precinct 3 in Tarrant County has pled guilty to Tampering with a Government Record. Judge Russ Casey “immediately resigned his position” after admitting to the felony.
  (credit: RussCasey.com)
  In January casey dropped his re-election bid when the Tarrant County Sheriffs Department launched a criminal investigation into allegations that he forged dozens of signatures on his campaign petition.
  After agreeing to a ple
  
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• Born To Train! Harley-Davidson Interns Get Free Motorcycle

  23-04-2018 16:37
  MILWAUKEE (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Harley-Davidson is offering free motorcycles for those who join its summer internship program.
  Eight college students or recent graduates will have the enviable task of being paid to ride a Harley and share their adventures on social media. And the best part? They’ll keep their bikes at the end of the 12-week internship that Harley-Davidson says will give them “hands-on experience in integrated marketing communications”.
  Join us for the interns
  
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• With Lights From Toys R Us Dimmed, Sales Plunge At Hasbro

  23-04-2018 15:35
  PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — The repercussions from the demise of Toys R Us have begun to ripple outward beginning with Hasbro, which reported a loss and plunging revenue Monday for its first quarter.
  Toys R Us, hammered by shifting consumer trends, is shuttering the 700 stores it has left, depriving Hasbro, Mattel and other toy makers of prime display space nationwide.
  “We are working to put the near-term disruption from Toys R Us behind us,” Hasbro Chairman and CEO Brian Goldner sa
  
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• It’s A Boy! Prince William And Duchess Kate Welcome New Baby

  23-04-2018 14:23
  LONDON (CBSDFW.COM) – Kensington Palace just announced that Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, or Kate, as she’s known to most of the world, has given birth to a baby boy.
  The third addition to Prince William and Kate’s family was born at St. Mary’s Hospital in London.
  Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 1101hrs.
  The baby weighs 8lbs 7oz.
  The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth.
  Her Royal Highness and her child are both
  
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• MLB Players Logging Long Hours & Bonding On Video Game “Fortnite”

  23-04-2018 14:21
  HOUSTON (AP) – Forget Fenway Park — David Price and the Boston Red Sox are feeling every bit at home at the Flush Factory. And in Houston, George Springer and the Astros are just as likely to be talking Boogie Bombs as balls and strikes.
  Why is Xander Bogaerts making an L with his fingers and dancing on second base? Who’s the Ninja on Phil Hughes’ Twitter feed? What’s with Derek Fisher and llamas?
  Just like gamers everywhere, major leaguers have fallen hard for the
  
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• Search Continues For Waffle House Suspect; Residents On Alert

  23-04-2018 14:06
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As an intensive manhunt continues for the suspect in a Waffle House restaurant shooting that killed four people, police are warning residents of a Nashville neighborhood to beware of the alleged killer.
  More than 80 Nashville police officers continued to search for Travis Reinking early Monday, authorities said. Agents with the FBI, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and troopers with the Tennessee Highway Patrol were also assisting in the
  
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• Vistra Energy to cut 300 positions at Dynegy

  23-04-2018 13:54
  Shortly after Irving-based Vistra Energy Corp. (NYSE: VST) closed on its acquisition of Houston-based Dynegy Inc., the company has disclosed local job cuts, which were not entirely unexpected.According to information released by the Texas Workforce Commission, Vistra plans to cut 308 jobs at Dynegy’s former headquarters in Houston. The cuts were announced April 11 and are expected to become effective June 11, according to information from the TWC."These employees were asked by Vistra Energ
  
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• Beyond Cookies: Thousands Of Girls Are Becoming Cub Scouts

  23-04-2018 13:45
  DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — Ten-year-old twins Tatum and Ian Weir aren’t about to let matching, minor injuries deter them from their goal of becoming the first sister-brother pair of Eagle Scouts.
  “I cut myself, too!” Tatum said, pausing only briefly during a recent Cub Scout meeting to touch her thumb to her brother’s before continuing on with a woodworking project.
  New Hampshire’s Daniel Webster Council, which includes Durham’s Pack 154, is among more than 170
  
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