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• Grand Prairie Firefighter Arrested For Child Porn Possession

  15-05-2018 23:57
  CLEBURNE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A Grand Prairie firefighter has been arrested for possession of child pornography in Johnson County.
  The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office said on Saturday, May 5 around 8:00 a.m., detectives along with the FBI, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and Burleson Police Department executed a search warrant at the Burleson home of Adam Trahan, 38.
  Adam Trahan
  Several days earlier, investigators with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office began
  
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• ‘I Slapped Him’; Passengers Subdue Naked Man On Flight To Alaska

  15-05-2018 23:48
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A passenger on an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Anchorage looked up from his audio book to see a naked man yelling and heading toward the cockpit.
  “I thought it was some kind of attack,” said Nick Steffl.
  Steffl confronted the man Monday night as he ran to the back of the plane. Another passenger helped restrain the man and the jet landed safely about 45 minutes later. The man was transported to an Anchorage hospital.
  Steffl, 30, was
  
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• Spotty T-Storms Possible; Much of DFW to Stay Dry

  15-05-2018 23:43
  
  Storm chances return Tuesday night, though the overall risk for severe weather for most of North Texas is low.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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• Garland Demolishes "Eyesore" Hypermart Building, Pushes for New Development

  15-05-2018 23:42
  
  It's sat empty for more than a decade and fallen deep into disrepair. Now, the City of Garland says the time has come to replace the old Hypermart building with something new.
  
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• 9-Year-Old Girl Without Hands Wins National Handwriting Contest

  15-05-2018 23:40
  CHESAPEAKE, Va (CBSDFW.COM) – A nine-year-old girl is defying the odds through her writing. Anaya Ellick, who was born without hands, won her second national handwriting award.
  Anaya Ellick (WTKR via CBS Newspath)
  The child from Virginia won the 2018 Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest’s Nicholas Maxim Award. The third grader’s cursive handwriting was chosen as the nation’s best among students with special needs.
  The nine-year-old does not use prosthetic hands. She
  
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• San Antonio “Lovers’ Lane” Killer Set To Die Wednesday

  15-05-2018 23:30
  HUNTSVILLE (AP) — The lure of drugs and sex was too enticing to ignore for a San Antonio rapper with a reputation for carrying a lot of cash and wearing flashy jewelry.
  What 19-year-old Tommy Garcia Jr. didn’t know was the proposition to take a woman he knew to a San Antonio “lovers’ lane” was a setup for an ambush robbery. The plot crumbled when he refused to surrender any money and was shot seven times by a man identified as the woman’s boyfriend.
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• Wylie Teen Takes National Title in Courtroom Sketching

  15-05-2018 22:32
  
  A Wylie High School senior drew her way to a national title over the weekend at the national mock trial competition in Reno, Nevada.Photo Credit: Molly Wu
  
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• Feds: Airline Workers At DFW Used Flights To Distribute Meth

  15-05-2018 22:30
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Federal authorities say 10 people who worked at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport used commercial flights to distribute methamphetamine that was flown to Arizona, New Jersey and elsewhere.
  Prosecutors announced Tuesday the 10 were arrested a day earlier and each indicted on a count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
  “This is about greed and the people who abuse their positions of trust,” said U.S. Attor
  
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• Bodies Found in Car Parked Near Dallas Playground

  15-05-2018 22:22
  
  Dallas police are investigating the deaths of two men whose bodies were found in the trunk of a car parked near a park Tuesday afternoon.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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• Police Work To ID Body Of Transgender Female Found In White Rock Creek

  15-05-2018 22:15
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas Police are still trying to identify the body of a transgender female found in White Rock Creek around 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
  The medical examiner’s office has not ruled a cause of death yet.
  Police said the victim is a black, transgender female about 5’3” approximately 130 pounds.
  Police said a kayaker called to report a body in White Rock Creek near 6900 Merriman Pkwy.
  Dallas Fire-Rescue pulled the body ashore and the Dallas County Medical Exami
  
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• Amid Delay at DFW, Soldier Sees Child's Arrival Via Facetime

  15-05-2018 22:05
  
  A 25-year-old soldier delayed while trying to fly home to Mississippi from a Texas base still managed to see his wife give birth -- via Facetime while stranded at an airport hundreds of miles away.Photo Credit: Tracey Dover via FacebookThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Byron Nelson Tournament Supports Momentous Institute

  15-05-2018 21:57
  
  The AT&T Byron Nelson Tournament kicked off in Dallas this week and proceeds will benefit the Momentous Institute and it's programs, including support for social-emotional health.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Driver With Medical Issue Hits, Kills Road Crew Member: PD

  15-05-2018 21:37
  
  A driver with a medical condition fatally struck a road crew worker Tuesday morning in Fort Worth, police say.
  
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• Airline Workers Busted in Sting to Smuggle Drugs, Explosives

  15-05-2018 21:29
  
  Ten airline workers at D/FW International Airport have been indicted in an FBI undercover operation for allegedly plotting to smuggle methamphetamine, explosives and guns onto planes, federal prosecutors...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Arlington Out of Amazon HQ2 Chase

  15-05-2018 21:28
  
  The city of Arlington has released details of its incentive package for Amazon after announcing it's "no longer moving forward" in the selection process for the company's second headquarters.Photo Credit: City of Arlington
  
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• Texas Sues Opioid Manufacturer For ‘Fueling Overdoses’

  15-05-2018 21:10
  AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) –The Texas Attorney General’s office filed a consumer protection lawsuit against a major opioid manufacturer.
  The lawsuit accuses Purdue Pharma of violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act involving the company’s prescription opioids, including OxyContin.
  Purdue Pharma (Getty Images)
  The attorneys general of five other states took similar legal action Tuesday against the Stamford, Connecticut-based pharmaceutical giant.
  “My office is holding Pu
  
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• Police: Woman Brought Laxative-Filled Brownies To Office Party

  15-05-2018 20:57
  SALINE, MI (CBS Local) – A woman in Michigan is accused of being a real party pooper after she allegedly brought laxative-filled brownies to a co-worker’s farewell party.
  According to MLive, staff at MMI Engineered Solutions called police after an employee found out that their 47-year-old co-worker was planning to bring laxative-laced treats to another worker’s going away party.
  Saline Police Chief Jerrod Hart says that the company intervened and took the brownies awa
  
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• Injuries After 800-Pound “Goat-Antelope” Escapes Zoo Enclosure

  15-05-2018 20:45
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — An 800-pound animal described as a “goat-antelope” that escaped its enclosure at a Rhode Island zoo was captured by the time the zoo opened for visitors.
  The takin escaped just after 9 a.m. Tuesday and was captured by trained zoo staff an hour later at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence.
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  A zoo spokeswoman says it started when a veterinary team approached the takin for a routine hoof procedure. The anima
  
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• Police: Thief Caught On Camera Dancing After Breaking Into Business

  15-05-2018 20:20
  FRESNO, Calif. (CBS) – Police have arrested a dancing suspect in California.
  The incident happened at a commercial building on May 8.
  According to the Fresno Police Department, the suspect gained access to the business and stole a laptop.
  “One video clip shows the suspect doing a celebration dance after he had entered the locked business for the first time,” police said.(Video Credit: Fresno Police)Authorities later arrested the man who was wanted on several warrants. He w
  
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• Trial To Begin Over Buc-ee’s Claim Of Trademark Infringement

  15-05-2018 19:54
  HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A popular Texas travel center will argue in federal court that a competitor’s cartoon logo of an alligator licking its lips is too similar to the company’s signature logo illustration of a beaver wearing a baseball cap.
  Buc-ee’s trademark spat with San Antonio’s Choke Canyon has been ongoing for months and testimony is scheduled to begin this week in Houston as to whether Choke Canyon infringed on an established trademark.
  Buc-ee’s is
  
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• CBS 11 News Introduces Royal Wedding Facebook Camera Effect

  15-05-2018 19:45
  Are you as excited for the Royal Wedding as we are? Snap some pics using our Royal Wedding camera effect and share them with your friends on Facebook.
  
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• Arlington Out Of Bid For Amazon HQ2

  15-05-2018 19:26
  ARLINGTON (AP) — The city of Arlington has released details of its incentive package for Amazon after announcing it’s “no longer moving forward” in the selection process for the company’s second headquarters.
  Arlington, which made the announcement Tuesday, was part of the Dallas-Fort Worth region’s proposal. Arlington says it “remains very supportive” of the region’s ongoing effort to land the headquarters.
  City spokeswoman Susan Schrock said
  
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• Convicted Kaufman Co. Murderer Eric Williams Loses Appeal

  15-05-2018 18:48
  
  A former Kaufman County Justice of the Peace lost an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.Photo Credit: Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  
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• ‘Lost’ Asteroid To Pass Close To Earth Today

  15-05-2018 18:10
  LONDON (CBS Local) – An asteroid that was lost by tracking satellites eight years ago has been spotted again as it prepares to make an unnervingly close pass by the Earth on May 15. While the giant space rock is expected to miss the planet, the asteroid will give sky watchers a chance to see the action unfold live online.
  On Nov. 30, 2010, astronomers discovered an asteroid that could be as large as one of the Great Pyramids of ancient Egypt. It passed within nine million miles of Ear
  
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• 5-Year-Old Boy Gets Police Escort To School After Dad Dies In Line Of Duty

  15-05-2018 17:50
  Sullivan, IND (CBS Local)- Five-year-old Dakota Pitts returned to school for the first time on Monday after losing his father about a week ago. Dakota’s dad, Rob Pitts, was Indiana police officer for the Terre Haute and Sullivan police departments. Pitts was killed in the line of duty.
  The 16-year police vet was fatally shot by a 21-year-old suspect while responding to a call last week.
  When Dakota arrived back at school this week, he received a special welcome that gav
  
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• Tom Wolfe, Pioneering ‘New Journalist,’ Dead At 88

  15-05-2018 17:45
  NEW YORK (AP) — Author Tom Wolfe, who chronicled everything from hippies to the space race before turning his sharp eye to fiction, has died. He was 88.
  Wolfe’s agent Lynn Nesbit told The Associated Press that Wolfe died in a New York City hospital. Additional details were not immediately available.
  The “new journalism” reporter and novelist insisted that the only way to tell a great story was to go out and report it. His writing style was rife with exclamation points, it
  
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• Road Crew Worker Struck, Killed On Fort Worth Road

  15-05-2018 17:27
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A driver who had what police called a “medical episode” hit and killed a road crew worker in Fort Worth.
  It happened at Camp Bowie and Linkcrest Drive.
  The driver is in custody, according to Officer Daniel Segura, Hispanic community liaison officer for the Fort Worth Police Department.
  The Traffic Investigations Unit is investigating.
  BREAKING: Photo from the scene in West Ft Worth where a survey crew worker has been killed in a possible
  
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• LA Firefighters Convince Woman To Come Down From Tree

  15-05-2018 17:16
  LOS ANGELES (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — You’ve heard of firefighters being called to get cats out of trees… well, this time rescuers were called to convince a human (who was very content being perched) to come down.
  The woman spent, who spent the night in the tree in a Los Angeles park, finally come down this morning.
  The woman descended a ladder shortly before 7 a.m. Tuesday, more than 11 hours after the Fire Department was called to Lanark park in the San Fernando Valley.
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• Repairs To Leave Part Of Statue Of Liberty Dark

  15-05-2018 16:48
  NEW YORK (AP) — Workers will be turning off some lights for repairs to the Statue of Liberty’s electrical system.
  The system that illuminates the statue’s exterior will be shut down for about six hours on Tuesday night. However, the statue’s torch, crown and pedestal will remain illuminated.
  The National Park Service says the work is being done at night to avoid disrupting visitors during the day.
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• Co-Pilot Nearly Sucked Out Of Airliner’s Broken Cockpit Window

  15-05-2018 16:29
  CHINA (CBSDFW.COM/CBSNEWS.COM) – A pilot made an emergency landing in southwest China after a broken cockpit window sucked his co-pilot halfway out of the aircraft. The pilot was hailed as a hero on Tuesday by astonished citizens.
  Liu Chuanjian braved the intense cold and blasting wind to slow the flight, Sichuan Airlines 3U8633, from its original speed of about 500-560 mph to land in about 20 minutes.
  All 128 people aboard the Airbus A319 survived the ordeal.
  It was just last month when o
  
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• Deadline Today to Protest 2018 Property Tax Appraisals

  15-05-2018 16:22
  
  A Tarrant County realtor is using one method to lower tax bills for many homeowners.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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• North Texas Cities Offering Affordable Short Summer Camp Options

  15-05-2018 16:01
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Keeping kids busy during the summer is a delicate balancing act. You want to give them a break, but you also want to keep them active and occupied.
  Short summer camps are a good option, like the ones that are run by the City of Plano.
  The Aerobats camp is a gymnastics program for ages 3-16. It caters to all skill levels. Offered through the Plano Parks and Recreation Department, it costs $80 per week. Coach Carlos Perez stated that it builds confidence a
  
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• Trial Begins For Dallas Uber Driver Accused Of Sexual Assault

  15-05-2018 14:47
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The trial begins today for a former North Texas Uber driver accused of sexually assaulting a passenger in 2015.
  This morning a jury will hear opening arguments in the case against 59-year-old Talal Chammout.
  Police say after dropping off a female passenger at her West Oak Cliff home, Chammout followed the woman inside, hit her over the head and sexually assaulted her.
  Officials with the City of Dallas later learned Chammout used a fake permit to become an Uber dr
  
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• Elementary School Students Learn Science At iFly Indoor Skydiving

  15-05-2018 14:28
  FRISCO (CBSDFW.COM) – This is not likely how you learned about the science of gravity and air resistance in school when you were a kid, but a group of second-graders from Prestwick STEM Academy in the Little Elm Independent School District got a unique learning experience recently.
  The class visited iFly in Frisco for a quick lesson on how the indoor skydiving facility works.
  An instructor at iFly got the elementary school students amped up before they took flight. “We’re
  
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• Fewer Teens Working in Fast Food Industry

  15-05-2018 13:38
  
  Within the fast food industry, in the last 18 years, the number of teens employed in the United States dropped 15 percent.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Dallas Woman Hurt After Bullet Shot Through Window

  15-05-2018 13:37
  
  A woman was taken to the hospital after a bullet was fired through a window of her North Oak Cliff home early Tuesday morning, police say.Photo Credit: Metro
  
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• Disgraced Ex-Texas Congressman Takes Lucrative Lobbying Post

  15-05-2018 13:21
  AUSTIN (AP) — Former Republican U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold has accepted a lucrative position lobbying for a port in his former Texas district — mere weeks after resigning in disgrace amid fallout from using public funds to settle a past sexual harassment complaint.
  The Calhoun Port Authority announced Monday that Farenthold would promote its interests in Washington and assist “in resolving funding issues.”
  “Blake has always been a strong supporter of the Calhoun Por
  
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• 1st Appeals Court To Weigh Trump’s Decision To End DACA

  15-05-2018 13:13
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration will try to convince an appeals court Tuesday that it was justified in ending an Obama-era immigration policy that shielded hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation.
  The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will be the first federal appeals court to hear arguments about President Donald Trump’s decision to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
  DACA has protected some 700,000 people who were brought t
  
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• PETA Lawsuit Says Texas University Hid Facebook Comments

  15-05-2018 13:02
  AUSTIN (AP) — An animal rights activist’s “TAMU Rules!” comment hardly stood out on Texas A&M University’s Facebook page. Then she tried a more attention-grabbing post, one that described dog research in a campus lab as “torture.”
  A lawsuit filed Monday alleges the university hid the “torture” comment from its half-million Facebook followers. In the suit, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals accuses Texas A&M, one of the la
  
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• SUV Fatally Strikes Woman Who Was Crossing Road in Arlington

  15-05-2018 13:01
  
  A woman died Monday night after she was walking across an Arlington street and was struck by a vehicle, police said.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Backpage.com Founders Face 2020 Trial In Case Over Sex Ads

  15-05-2018 12:43
  PHOENIX (AP) — A January 2020 trial has been set for the founders of the classified advertising site Backpage.com and five of the site’s employees in what federal authorities have described as a scheme to knowingly publish ads for sexual services and launder money earned for the ads.
  Founders Michael Lacey and James Larkin and the five employees have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.
  Backpage.com is accused of ignoring warnings to stop running advertisements promoting p
  
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• Fire Destroys Dallas Barber Shop

  15-05-2018 12:34
  
  An East Dallas barber shop was severely damaged in a fire early Tuesday morning, police say. The one-alarm fire was reported after midnight in the 2300 block of Highland Road. No injuries were reported.
  
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• NES Classic Making a Comeback...Again

  15-05-2018 11:45
  
  Nintendo just announced that the NES Classic will hit store shelves again on June 29.Photo Credit: NBC Bay Area
  
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• Main Event Hosting Job Fair for Fmr. Toys "R" Us Employees

  15-05-2018 11:31
  
  Main Event Entertainment is looking to hire and is specifically reaching out to former Toys "R" Us employees who may be looking for a new job.Photo Credit: Max Faulkner/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT via Getty Images
  
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• Dallas Fire-Rescue To Roll Out Mental Health Treatment Program

  15-05-2018 05:53
  
  Over the next few weeks, Dallas Fire-Rescue will roll out a new program to better help its members seek treatment for post-traumatic stress, substance abuse and work related mental health issues.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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