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• Dallas Thrift Store Helping Fund The Fight Against Domestic Violence

  01-05-2018 23:55
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) –  You could call it the ‘high calling’ of castoffs.  At a nondescript storefront in Dallas’ Oak Lawn neighborhood, cars line up to drop off donations for the Genesis Benefit Store. “I’m actually a survivor of domestic abuse, my mother and I,” says Jenny Alfia, while dropping off a load of donations.  Now, the yoga instructor and owner of Eclipse Body Mind uses her closet purge as a way to ‘pay it forward&rsq
  
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• New Forever Stamp Honors Century of Air Mail

  01-05-2018 23:29
  
  The United States Postal Service is releasing two new Forever stamps honoring a century of airmail service and the brave pilots who took to the skies in the early days of flight.Photo Credit: USPS/NBC 5This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Dallas Officer Funeral: ‘We’ve Lost A Beloved Brother’

  01-05-2018 23:22
  ROCKWALL, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The 85th Dallas Police officer to die in the line of duty has been laid to rest.
  But not before a moving funeral for Rogelio Santander, 27, who was shot and killed last week while attempting to make an arrest.
  Hundreds of officers from all over the country converged on Lake Point Church in Rockwall on Tuesday.
  Funeral for fallen DPD Officer Rogelio Santander – CBS 11
  Officer Santander emerged from very humble beginnings, growing up in a poor neighborhoo
  
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• Dallas Officer Killed in the Line of Duty Laid to Rest

  01-05-2018 23:21
  
  Law enforcement officers from around the country helped friends and loved ones of Dallas Police Officer Rogelio Santander fill Rockwall's Lake Pointe Church Tuesday to say goodbye to the slain officer.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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• Texas AG Wants Judge To Declare DACA Unlawful

  01-05-2018 23:08
  AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading a seven-state coalition suing the federal government to end once and for all a program that would protect some young immigrants from deportation.
  The lawsuit announced Tuesday comes a week after a federal judge in Washington ordered the Trump administration to resume the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
  Immigrants under the Obama-era program are commonly referred to as “Dreamers.” Republican T
  
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• Dallas Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Viewing, Sharing Child Porn

  01-05-2018 22:27
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A judge sentenced a Dallas man to 30 years in prison for transporting and shipping child pornography and accessing with intent to view child pornography.
  Hugh Michael Glenn, 47, of Dallas, has been in custody since his arrest in September 2016.
  Hugh Michael Glenn (Texas DPS)
  According to the U.S. Attorney Northern District of Texas Office, Glenn transported child pornography by uploading an image of child pornography using Chatstep.
  Law enforcement obtained Glenn
  
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• Lantern Capital wins Weinstein Co. auction, easily beating one other bid

  01-05-2018 21:59
  Meetings with the bankruptcy court handling the The Weinstein Co. sale are being held today, paving the way for a stalking horse bidder to officially take over the distressed movie studio.Dallas-based Lantern Capital won the bankruptcy auction yesterday, which is when bids were due.The firm's $435 million offer far exceeded the only other bid, which was made by Sonar Entertainment, according to Deadline. Lionsgate and Miramax, which were co-founded by brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein&
  
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• Trump Welcomes Southwest Airlines Flight Crew, Passengers

  01-05-2018 21:55
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — President Donald Trump is hailing the actions of the crew and passengers on a damaged Southwest Airlines flight, saying they showed “great character.”
  He says they responded with “tremendous bravery” and “everybody’s talking about it.”
  President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Tammie Jo Shults, a Southwest Airlines Co. captain, while meeting with the crew and passengers of Southwest Airlines flight 1380 in the Ov
  
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• Dozens With Ties to Supremacist Gangs Arrested in Texas

  01-05-2018 21:45
  
  Federal authorities say dozens of people associated with white-supremacist gangs in Texas have been indicted on drug trafficking charges, including four accused in a kidnapping in which a hatchet was used...Photo Credit: Shutter Stock
  
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• Dell's venture investment group rides high on billion-dollar IPOs

  01-05-2018 21:44
  Unicorns — private companies valued at at least $1 billion — are a rarity. But Dell Technologies Capital has seen three of its portfolio companies reach that lofty status before going public in the past six months.DocuSign Inc. (Nasdaq: DOCU) held an initial public offering in April, Zscaler Inc. (Nasdaq: ZS) had its IPO in March ,and New York-based MongoDB Inc. (Nasdaq: MDB) went public last October; their combined market value now exceeds $11 billion.They were among the 11 exits fo
  
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• Home Depot Employees Show Support During Santander Procession

  01-05-2018 21:32
  ROCKWALL, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The procession for fallen officer Rogelio Santander following his memorial service passed a Home Depot moments after pulling from the parking lot.
  “The associates at Home Depot, we say, bleed orange, and today we’re also bleeding blue,” said store manager Cindy Sabo.
  Most of the employees from the Rockwall location left work briefly to line to the procession route. Nearly two dozen people, in their orange, Home Depot aprons held American fla
  
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• Wednesday Storms Could Bring Hail, Strong Winds

  01-05-2018 21:22
  
  Continuing weather coverage from NBC 5's team of Weather Experts.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Wave Of Huge Alligators Wreaking Havoc Across Southern States

  01-05-2018 20:57
  FLORIDA (CBS Local) – Alligator sightings are a common thing if you live in the south, but a wave of the monstrous creatures made their presence felt over the final weekend in April. Several residents in Florida and Texas were sent into a panic as large gators stopped traffic, invaded porches, and even approached a Target store over the weekend.
  The Details:Several large alligators were spotted in Florida and Texas over the last weekend of April
  A gator stopped traffic in Texas on U.S
  
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• Exxon forms joint venture for proposed $10B project

  01-05-2018 20:40
  ExxonMobil Chemical Co. and Saudi Basic Industries Corp., known as SABIC, have formed a new joint venture for their Gulf Coast Growth Ventures project, according to a May 1 press release. The move is a key milestone, as it allows the companies to continue advancing the project, per the release. The project, which will be in Portland, Texas, is expected to include a 1.8 million-tonne ethane cracker, a monoethylene glycol unit and two polyethylene units. Exxon and SABIC announced in April 201
  
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• J.Hilburn's new CEO: Sales could quadruple within five years

  01-05-2018 20:21
  J.Hilburn's disruptive model and premium offerings will keep the company growing, Janowski said.
  
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• 'Unsafe condition': FAA orders more engine inspections after fatal Southwest flight

  01-05-2018 20:16
  The Federal Aviation Administration said it's issuing a new airworthiness directive, or AD, in response to the engine failure that occurred on the fatal Southwest Flight 1380 two weeks ago."We are issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products," the FAA said in a new AD scheduled to be released Wednesday.An AD is a rule passed down by the FAA to correct unsafe parts. This newest AD calls for both initial and repetitive inspections of fan blades in the same type of engine model
  
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• Television Producer Wants You To Fix Apu On “The Simpsons”

  01-05-2018 19:38
  LOS ANGELES (CNN) – If you’ve ever dreamed of writing a “Simpsons” episode, now may be your chance. Adi Shankar, the executive producer and showrunner for Netflix’s “Castlevania,” announced the “Apu Screenwriting Contest: Crowdsourcing the Cure for The Simpsons.”
  According to a site promoting the contest, “‘The Simpsons’ is sick and this contest is crowdsourcing the cure.”
  “We are looking for a screenplay ce
  
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• Art Director Who Created Playboy’s Bunny Logo Dies At 93

  01-05-2018 19:12
  CHICAGO (AP) – Magazine designer Art Paul, who created Playboy’s famous tuxedoed bunny head logo, has died. He was 93.
  Paul died of pneumonia on Saturday at a Chicago-area hospital, according to his wife, Suzanne Seed. Paul was a freelance illustrator when he started working with Playboy founder Hugh Hefner as the magazine’s first employee in the 1950s. He has said he crafted the bunny logo in about an hour. Paul also hired artists to create illustrations for Playboy, including
  
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• Private jet operator to move into Dallas Love Field

  01-05-2018 19:10
  Flexjet LLC, a Cleveland-based fractional jet company, announced it was moving its North Texas operations into the Braniff Centre, a development at Dallas Love Field.
  
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• Hall Arts Residences aims to be state’s first health-certified high-rise

  01-05-2018 19:02
  Hall Arts Residences, the 28-story luxury high-rise under construction in the Dallas Arts District, is the first residential development in Texas to register for a relatively new certification designed to promote the health and wellness of occupants, the project’s developer announced Tuesday.Dallas-based real estate developer Hall Group, in partnership with project architect HKS Inc. and interior designer Emily Summers Design Associates, has registered the building for
  
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• Dallas real estate investor: 'I’d do a deal in Houston every day if I could'

  01-05-2018 18:55
  While Dallas has long been regarded as Texas' major distribution hub, Houston has seen a sharp increase in industrial and distribution activity in recent months.
  
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• ‘It Can Get Messy’: ‘Hot Bench’ Judges Talk Disputes With Family And Friends

  01-05-2018 18:53
  Whether it’s with a friend, a coworker or a family member, everyone is bound to have disagreements sooner or later. The judges of “Hot Bench” specialize in resolving these types of misunderstandings. “Hot Bench” judges Tanya Acker, Michael Corriero and Patricia DeMango spoke to CBS Local about what we can expect on the next few episodes of the show.
   
  Judge Acker, we all, sooner or later, come into sort of financial disagreement, even with the closest of our fr
  
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• Indians Rally for Win Over Rangers Monday

  01-05-2018 18:53
  
  The Cleveland Indians held on for a 7-5 win over the Texas Rangers on Monday night.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Vans Gluten-Free Waffles Recalled for Containing Gluten

  01-05-2018 18:42
  
  Van's Food is recalling more than 1,500 cases of gluten-free waffles distributed in 11 states because some of the packages may contain waffles with both gluten and undeclared dairy.Photo Credit: Vans Foods
  
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• Man Who Tried To Drown Himself Now Suing Police Who Saved His Life

  01-05-2018 18:38
  FAIRFAX, VA (CBS Local) – A Virginia pool worker, who tried to drown himself during a bipolar episode, is now suing the police officers and lifeguard who saved him because they allegedly took too long to do it.
  The Details:Mateusz Fijalkowski is suing police for taking too long to save his life
  Fijalkowski tried to drown himself in May 2016 during a bipolar episode
  Fairfax police say they acted properly and call the lawsuit “frivolous”
  Fijalkowski wants the officers w
  
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• Facebook Asks Users, “Does This Post Contain Hate Speech?”

  01-05-2018 18:09
  MENLO PARK, Calif. (CBS) – Is Facebook stepping up its efforts to combat hate speech?
  On Tuesday morning, many users reported seeing a prompt beneath every Facebook post on their News Feed asking if the post contained hate speech.
  The Facebook note about hate speech (Screengrab from Facebook.com)
  Some noted that it appeared to be a bug on Facebook’s part, offering “test” options to people who clicked yes. The message apparently disappeared for many Facebook users within a
  
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• Smugglers Abandon Tiger Cub In Duffel Bag Along Texas Border

  01-05-2018 17:48
  BROWNSVILLE (AP) – Smugglers left behind a live tiger cub in a duffel bag when they fled back to Mexico after attempting to cross the Rio Grande into Texas.
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials on Tuesday said the male tiger, believed to be three or four months old, has been placed at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville.
  (credit: U.S. Customs & Border Protection)
  Border Patrol agents patrolling Monday along the river near Brownsville saw three people trying to enter the U.S. i
  
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• Even When Just 20 Percent Effective, Flu Vaccine Saves Lives

  01-05-2018 17:38
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (CNN) – Each winter, many people wonder whether its worth getting a flu shot while health officials repeatedly warn against not getting one. Now, a new study sheds light on the benefit of doing so.
  Even when the flu shot is just 20 percent effective, it can still reduce U.S. doctor visits due to illness by an estimated 20 million in a single year, the new report published in the scientific journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United St
  
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• The T-Mobile, Sprint deal is huge but the impact on AT&T is on hold for now

  01-05-2018 17:37
  The deal to combine T-Mobile US and Sprint could dial up some new growth for AT&T — or it might create a larger threat for the Dallas company. Don’t count on any certainty at this point.“It’s not a clear-cut positive or negative,“ said Dave Heger, an analyst with Edward Jones.
  Over the weekend, T-Mobile unveiled an agreement to buy Sprint for about $59 billion, a historic tie-up that would shake up the industry for years to come as players jockey for increasingl
  
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• Traffic Forecast for Tuesday, May 1

  01-05-2018 17:32
  
  NBC 5's Samantha Davies highlights traffic pressure points for Tuesday evening, May 1.
  
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• Siblings Who Lost Parents, Sister in Crash Reunited in FW

  01-05-2018 17:25
  
  Three children who were seriously injured in a car crash that killed their parents and baby sister are on an “incredible journey” of recovery in Fort Worth, their grandmother said.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Playing Football Too Young May Mean Earlier Cognitive & Emotional Problems

  01-05-2018 17:20
  BOSTON (CNN) – Sports may be a great way to keep kids active, but a new study of players finds that the earlier players with CTE started to tackle football, the more vulnerable they were to emotional and cognitive problems.
  Researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine and VA Boston Healthcare System studied nearly 250 football players, of whom 211 were diagnosed with CTE after their death. CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, is a degenerative brain disease that often sta
  
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• Construction Completed for Interchanges of Highways 121, 360

  01-05-2018 17:14
  
  The project for the interchange of state highways 360 and 121 has wrapped up in Tarrant County with the promise of a smoother, faster commute.
  
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• James Avery, founder of iconic Texas jewelry chain, dies at age 96

  01-05-2018 16:43
  James Avery, the founder and namesake of Kerrville, Texas-based James Avery Artisan Craftsman Inc., has died, the company announced Monday.Avery was 96 years old. A native of Milwaukee, Avery founded his iconic business in 1957. He came to South Texas when he was stationed at San Antonio's Lackland Air Force Base to complete pilot training for his stint as a B-26 bomber pilot during World War II. He retired from the business in 2007.The business that bares his name has more than 3,500 employees&
  
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• Trump To Meet Crew & Passengers From Fatal Southwest Airlines Flight

  01-05-2018 16:25
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is meeting the crew and passengers of a Southwest Airlines flight forced into an emergency landing in Philadelphia after an engine exploded, damaging the fuselage and critically injuring a passenger who was partially sucked out of a window broken by shrapnel.
  The White House said that Trump wants to thank the crew for safely landing the damaged airplane. He also wants to meet the passengers who assisted other travelers.
  Capt. Tammie Jo Shults and Fi
  
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• Police Say Texas Wife Slashed Husband For Ogling Other Women

  01-05-2018 16:10
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Police in San Antonio said that a woman has been jailed for slashing her husband with a kitchen knife after she caught him looking at other women during a night out together.
  Authorities said that 27-year-old Star Perez was with her husband celebrating a city festival called Fiesta on Saturday when she complained that he was ogling others.
  An argument erupted when the couple returned home and authorities stated that Perez grabbed a knife and swung at her husband, st
  
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• Plano Students Top in World Affairs

  01-05-2018 16:05
  
  Want to know what's going on in the world? Ask some seniors at Plano West High School. A team of four seniors from Plano West beat 44 other teams to prove it is the best at world affairs.
  
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• “Mean Girls” & “SpongeBob SquarePants” Lead Tony Award Nominations

  01-05-2018 15:37
  NEW YORK (AP) – Tina Fey’s musical “Mean Girls,” which she adapted from her much-beloved and oft-quoted 2004 high school comedy movie, and the goofy undersea adaptation from the cartoon “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical” lead the Tony Award nominations with dozen nods each.
  A British revival of “Angels in America,” Tony Kushner’s monumental, two-part drama about AIDS, life and love during the 1980s, grabbed 11 nominations — the most f
  
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• Record Opening For “Infinity War” Revised Up To $257.7 Million

  01-05-2018 15:00
  NEW YORK (AP) – “Avengers: Infinity War” was even bigger than previously estimated. The Walt Disney Co. on Monday reported final weekend numbers for the superhero smash at $257.7 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters, further boosting the film’s record-breaking opening weekend.
  The revised figure was due to unexpectedly strong Sunday ticket sales, Disney said. The Marvel blockbuster grossed $69.2 million on Sunday, besting the record held by “Star Wars: The For
  
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• Ashley Judd Sues Harvey Weinstein Saying He Wrecked Her Career

  01-05-2018 14:35
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – Ashley Judd sued Harvey Weinstein on Monday, saying the former movie mogul hurt her acting career in retaliation for her rejecting his sexual advances.
  In the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Judd accuses Weinstein of defamation, sexual harassment and violating California’s unfair competition law. Judd was in the first group of women who came forward last fall about Weinstein’s sexual misconduct, putting her at the forefront of the #MeToo m
  
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• Final Farewell For Dallas Police Officer Killed In Home Depot Shooting

  01-05-2018 14:19
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – He died serving his community, and North Texas is now honoring him. The funeral for Dallas Police Department officer Rogelio Santander started at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday at Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall. Guests from all over the country were in attendance, with as many as 4,000 people expected.
  It was one week ago that Santander was shot during a shoplifting incident at a Home Depot store in north Dallas.
  Workers from that Home Depot store were among those who attended
  
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• Texans Could See Decrease in Car Insurance Bill

  01-05-2018 14:07
  
  Texas drivers could pay less for their car insurance starting in May, State Farm announced this week.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Funeral Honors Dallas Officer Rogelio Santander

  01-05-2018 14:03
  
  Dallas police officer Rogelio Santander, fatally wounded in a shooting at a Dallas-area Home Depot one week ago, will be laid to rest Tuesday.
  
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• Decision Day: Choosing the Most Affordable College

  01-05-2018 14:02
  
  Financial experts worry that students and parents aren't focusing enough on the cost of a college or university. NBC 5's Samantha Chatman helps families make the most affordable choice on Decision Day.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• 2 Granbury Teens Drown While Skipping School: Officials

  01-05-2018 13:40
  
  A North Texas school district is mourning the loss of two students.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• UNT, Frisco to Announce Plans for New Campus

  01-05-2018 13:35
  
  The University of North Texas is expected to announce plans for a new campus in Frisco Tuesday.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Granbury Teens Who Skipped School & Drowned Now Identified

  01-05-2018 13:25
  GRANBURY (CBSDFW.COM) – A time-honored tradition for high school seniors ended with two Granbury students dead, and now those teenagers have been identified. Officials stated that 17-year-old Julio Espinosa-Guerrero and 18-year-old Oscar Rios drowned on Monday.
  According to the Hood County Sheriff’s Office, the two Granbury High School boys skipped school with a group of friends on Monday to go swimming at Wheeler Branch Park, north of Glen Rose. Friends said that one of the teens go
  
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• Government Says Deal Between AT&T & Time Warner Would Hurt Consumers

  01-05-2018 13:20
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. government pleaded its case Monday for blocking AT&T from absorbing Time Warner, saying the combination would hurt consumers.
  In the landmark antitrust trial’s last day in federal court, lead Justice Department attorney Craig Conrath argued that the $85 billion proposed merger “would have a massive effect on the structure of the pay-TV industry.”
  The Trump Justice Department sued in November to block the deal, saying it would force consumers
  
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• Baby Giraffe Born at Dallas Zoo

  01-05-2018 13:01
  
  There’s a new baby in town -- standing at 5-foot-9 and weighing 130 lbs.
  
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• May Day Immigration Protests Target Trump & Fall Elections

  01-05-2018 12:39
  NEW YORK (AP) – Immigrants say President Donald Trump’s administration has become almost everything they feared, but while they rally across the United States on May Day, their focus is less on huge turnout Tuesday than on the first Tuesday in November.
  Marches and other demonstrations for labor and immigrant rights were planned from Florida to New York to California on International Workers’ Day and come amid similar actions worldwide.
  “The Trump administration has made
  
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