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• 500 Foot Tall 'Texas Odyssey' Planned to Go Up in Dallas

  25-05-2018 23:48
  
  Get ready for a new attraction to soon make a mark on the Dallas skyline. Plans for an observation wheel, that will stand more than 500 feet tall, were released on Friday.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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• Teen Leaves HS With Associate Degree, Wants Med School at 18

  25-05-2018 23:41
  
  Thousands of Mansfield students are getting their high school diplomas this week. Many will go on to college, but at least one plans to graduate with a bachelor’s degree next year.Photo Credit: Delatorre Family/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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• Doctor Investigated for Alleged Sexual Assault of Patients

  25-05-2018 23:41
  
  Two special prosecutors have been appointed to investigate allegations that a prominent Cleburne doctor sexually assaulted patients, improperly prescribed medication, and stole money from at least one of them.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Texas School Shooting Victim Family Sues Attacker’s Parents

  25-05-2018 23:40
  AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The family of one of the students killed in a Texas high school shooting filed a lawsuit against the alleged gunman’s parents, claiming the shooter’s father didn’t properly secure the weapons and were negligent in entrusting him with firearms.
  Authorities charged Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a 17-year-old student Santa Fe High School, with capital murder in the May 18 attack that killed eight students and two substitute teachers.
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• Jaap van Zweden's Joyous Grand Finale

  25-05-2018 23:38
  
  Jaap van Zweden is leaving Dallas to become the 26th Music Director of the New York Philharmonic.Photo Credit: Mark KitaokaThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• After 3 Roundtable Discussions On School Safety, What’s Next For Texas?

  25-05-2018 23:30
  AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Santa Fe High School senior Grace Johnson recalled the moments her school went on lockdown one week ago, when a fellow student shot and killed ten people.  “Five band kids who made it back inside and we’re sitting there and my band director said why Santa Fe? And we said, why not?  Why not, it’s happening everywhere.”
  Johnson was among the students, parents, and residents of Santa Fe who met with Governor Greg Abbott and state
  
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• Student Says Science Teacher Tackled Indiana School Shooter

  25-05-2018 23:24
  NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A male student armed with two handguns opened fire at a suburban Indianapolis middle school Friday morning, wounding another student and a teacher before being taken into custody, authorities said.
  Seventh-grader Ethan Stonebraker said his science teacher, Jason Seaman, likely prevented even more injuries by confronting the shooter, who he said pulled out a gun and opened fire while the class was taking a test.
  “Our science teacher immediately ran
  
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• Timelapse: Storms Roll Into Dallas

  25-05-2018 23:06
  
  Check out this 45-minute timelapse as the storm rolls into Dallas County from the north.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Kid-Friendly Day Trips From The DFW Area

  25-05-2018 23:00
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – For many people, summer isn’t summer without hiking, biking or a camping.
  Lucky for us, Texas is home to more than 100 state parks and many of them are just a hour’s drive away from the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
  Dinosaur Valley State ParkA 113 millions years ago, dinosaurs roamed here. The tracks are still visible up and down the Paluxy River. Some of those paw prints are that of a smaller cousin of T-Rex. And some belong to the long neck herbivores. Th
  
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• DART Motorcycle Officer Struck By Car In Downtown

  25-05-2018 22:54
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A Dallas Area Rapid Transit motorcycle officer was struck by a car Friday afternoon, officials say.
  The officer was struck by a silver sedan just before 3:10 p.m. in the 900 block of Main Street and Lamar Street, near El Centro Community College.
  Officials say the officer was transported to Baylor hospital by Dallas Fire-Rescue but is awake and alert.
  No further information was provided except that the officer is an 18-year police veteran.
  
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• DPS Tips on Staying Safe Memorial Day Weekend

  25-05-2018 22:28
  
  Sgt. Lonnie Haschel with the Texas Department of Transportation gives tips on how to stay safe over the Memorial Day holiday weekend.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Storms Push South, Another Round Possible Tonight

  25-05-2018 22:20
  
  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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• Memorial Day Weekend: Landscape Tax Free Weekend

  25-05-2018 22:06
  
  AgriLife Water University Horticulturist Daniel Cunningham joins us with advice to help you save a little "green" while "going green" this weekend.
  
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• North Texas Billboards to Feature Teen Missing 3 Years

  25-05-2018 22:03
  
  It's been nearly three years since a Dallas teen was last seen by her family and friends -- and police say the trail has gone cold. Now, the Texas Center for the Missing is launching a new campaign that...
  
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• Uber's reach in North Texas extends as food-delivery service acquires local software company

  25-05-2018 21:59
  The Dallas area is riding more of Uber Technologies’ growth.
  Its food-delivery service, Uber Eats, has acquired Flower Mound-based OrderTalk, a provider of ordering software for the restaurant industry. This isn’t a big local company — it had less than 30 employees last year — but it was significant in that one of the largest, most closely watched technology companies in the Silicon Valley wanted it in its own family of products.
  Uber didn’t immediately respond to a
  
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• Terrell Owens Graces ‘Madden 19: Hall Of Fame Edition’ Cover In Cowboys Uniform

  25-05-2018 21:36
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Get your popcorn ready! Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens is back — gracing the cover of the newest edition of EA Sports’ Madden video game.
  It was announced Friday that Owens, who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame this year, will be on the cover of the “Hall of Fame Edition” of the popular sports game. Owens will be donning the #81 Cowboys uniform on the cover.
  Get your popcorn ready #Madden19 H.O.F. Edition available Augu
  
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• Texas Man Arrested After Louisiana Woman Found Tied Up

  25-05-2018 21:02
  LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A Texas man was arrested for kidnapping after Louisiana police found a woman tied up at the side of a road.
  Lake Charles Police Lt. Richard Harrell tells local media that the unnamed woman was found bound in duct tape and sheets on Thursday.
  Charged with kidnapping is 19-year-old Dequinta Jack of Baytown. He’s held on $225,000 bail and it’s unclear whether he has a lawyer to speak for him.
  Investigators say Jack and woman spent the night together and th
  
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• Alberto It Is: First Named Tropical System Chugs Toward Gulf

  25-05-2018 20:54
  MIAMI (AP) — A storm moving slowly through the Caribbean Sea is threatening to bring heavy rainfall, mudslides, and flash floods to parts of Mexico, Cuba, Florida and the eastern U.S. Gulf Coast this weekend.
  Subtropical Storm Alberto – the first named storm of the 2018 hurricane season – was roiling parts of coastal Mexico and Cuba with rip currents and dangerous surf on Friday. Both countries issued tropical storm watches for portions of their coastlines, with rain totals in
  
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• Air Force Reveals Murder Charges In March Stabbing Death

  25-05-2018 20:46
  BOSSIER CITY, La. (AP) — An airman assigned to a northwest Louisiana air force base is charged with stabbing a fellow airman to death on March 26 while both were in Guam.
  Officials at Barksdale Air Force Base say Airman 1st Class Isaiah Edwards is in custody there, charged with the murder of Bradley Hale. Both Hale and Edwards were assigned to the 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron as electronic warfare journeymen.
  Bradley Hale was found in his quarters at Anderson Air Force Base in Guam wi
  
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• Form D Friday: Dallas retail startup Neighborhood Goods bagging up $5.5M fundraising round

  25-05-2018 20:22
  A Dallas startup planning to build “social spaces” that include food, music and public speakers as a way to reboot the struggling brick-and-mortar retail space has raised capital.
  
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• Expect Pain At The Gas Pump This Holiday Weekend And Beyond

  25-05-2018 20:15
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A near record 41 million Americans plan to hit the road or take to the skies this Memorial Day Weekend. But the number of people traveling isn’t the only thing on the rise… so is the price at the gas pump!
  Prices for gasoline across North Texas are averaging from about $2.77 to $2.97 a gallon.
  Whether or not the price near you falls in that range, there’s no question gas prices have been on the rise for weeks. That means not only paying mo
  
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• Update on Subtropical Storm Alberto

  25-05-2018 20:09
  
  Hurricane season doesn't officially begin until June 1 but we already have our first named storm of the season. Subtropical Storm Alberto is creating high surf and strong winds as it pushes toward the Gulf Coast...
  
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• Tulsa Police Chase Ends When Patrol Car Hits Her

  25-05-2018 19:35
  TULSA (CBSDFW.COM) – A woman is recovering after she was struck by a patrol car in Tulsa.
  Officers tried to pull over Kayla Shelton when she drove by them in a truck that was reported stolen.
  But Shelton refused to stop, leading officers on a 15 minute chase. She nearly sideswiped several cars along the way. And when she did come to a stop, she jumped out of the truck and took off.
  And that’s when she was struck.
  Shelton faces several charges, including possession of a stolen vehicle
  
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• Frito-Lay adds Bare Snacks to its healthy offerings

  25-05-2018 19:16
  PepsiCo Inc. is buying a healthy snack company that will be overseen by its subsidiary Frito-Lay.New York-based Pepsi (NYSE: PEP) announced Friday is will acquire Bare Foods Co., which does business as Bare Snacks and makes baked fruit and vegetable snacks. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Bare is expected to expand Frito-Lay’s portfolio of healthy options. According to a news release from Pepsi, it is the leader apple, banana and coconut snacks."We are thrilled to work with&
  
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• DFW Airport expects a record-breaking summer for traveling

  25-05-2018 19:01
  DFW Airport is anticipating a record number of travelers will pass through its doors this summer.The airport projects 19 million customers will fly through its gates this summer, a 4.4 percent increase from last year. And the airport is prepping for more than 1.3 million people over Memorial Day weekend.
  DFW Airport didn't say why it's expecting the rise in passenger travel this summer, but the combination of a strong economy and some added flights out of the airport are likely the cause.Airline
  
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• Shooter Who Murdered His Children, Let Ex-Wife Live On Purpose

  25-05-2018 18:58
  PONDER (CBSDFW.COM) – The man responsible for shooting his own children, and his ex-wife’s boyfriend in Ponder, let his ex-wife live on purpose, according to investigators who are close to finishing their investigation.
  Justin Painter used a .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun in the murders, according to Ponder Police Chief Robert Genova. Painter had owned the gun for some time, Genova said, and it may have been a gift.
  Amanda Simpson’s children (Facebook)
  Investigators sa
  
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• Police Respond to Shooting at Indiana Middle School

  25-05-2018 17:52 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Authorities say a suspect is in custody after a shooting at a Indiana middle school.
  
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• Perez Plays Ball Off Choo’s Nose To Help Duffy, KC Top Texas

  25-05-2018 17:38
  ARLINGTON (AP) — Danny Duffy didn’t need much help Thursday night. Still, he and catcher Salvador Perez got a nifty assist from Shin-Soo Choo’s face.
  Duffy took a shutout into the eighth inning after Perez threw out a baserunner on a ball that hit Choo in the nose, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 8-2 for their season-best third straight victory.
  Perez had four RBIs on a pair of two-run singles with two outs, first in the fifth and then the seventh innings. But
  
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• Forecasters Expect Active Tropical Season

  25-05-2018 17:33
  
  U.S. government forecasters said Thursday that they expect an active Atlantic hurricane season -- an announcement that came as odds increased that the first tropical weather system of the year was forming in the...Photo Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
  
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• Tropical Weather System Strengthens As It Moves Toward Gulf

  25-05-2018 16:52
  MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say a tropical weather system moving toward the Gulf of Mexico is strengthening.
  The National Hurricane Center said Friday that a low pressure system in the northwestern Caribbean Sea has become better defined overnight and could be a tropical depression or storm by Saturday. The center put chances of formation at 90 percent over the next two days.
  The system sits east of the Yucatan Peninsula and is moving northward. Forecasters say heavy rains are likely across w
  
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• Survey: Hispanic business owners more optimistic about their companies' futures

  25-05-2018 16:49
  Hispanic owners of small businesses across the country were generally more bullish about their companies' growth than small business owners overall, according to a survey conducted in fall 2017 by GfK Public Affairs and Corporate Communications on behalf of Bank of America Corp.The organization surveyed more than 1,000 owners of companies with less than $5 million in revenue and fewer than 100 employees. Nearly 400 of them self-identified as Hispanic, with many saying Spanish was their primary&h
  
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• Two Shot, Two Arrested in Dallas Shooting

  25-05-2018 16:29
  
  Police have arrested two people following an overnight shooting and standoff in Dallas Friday.
  
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• Fiat Chrysler Warns 4.8M Owners: Don’t Use Cruise Control

  25-05-2018 15:54
  DETROIT (AP) — Fiat Chrysler is recalling 4.8 million vehicles in the U.S. because in rare but terrifying circumstances, drivers may not be able to turn off the cruise control.
  The company is warning owners not to use cruise control until the cars, SUVs and trucks can be fixed with a software update.
  Fiat Chrysler says the condition can occur if the cruise control accelerates at the same time an electrical short-circuit happens. But the brakes are designed to overpower the engine and the v
  
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• Hottest Weather of 2018 Coming This Weekend

  25-05-2018 15:53
  
  The hottest temperatures so far this year will happen over this Memorial Day Weekend. High temperatures will be in the mid-90s under a mostly sunny sky. The normal high for Memorial Day Weekend is 86.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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• New Digital Effort To Find Dallas Teen Missing Since 2015

  25-05-2018 15:24
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Today the face of a Dallas teenager missing since 2015 will be posted where tens of thousands of drivers can see it.
  Maria Elizalde would be 18 years old and now billboards across North Texas will flash her picture more than 50 times an hour in hopes someone knows where she is or who is responsible for her disappearance.
  The Texas Center for the Missing is partnering with Clear Channel Outdoor Americas for the month-long digital billboard effort. Maria
  
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• 'No Truth' in Rumored Threat Against Flower Mound School

  25-05-2018 15:18
  
  Flower Mound police say they will step up their presence at Forestwood Middle School Friday following rumors that a threat was made against the Lewisville Independent School District campus.Photo Credit: Tim Ciesco
  
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• Skin Cancer Less Common, More Deadly for People of Color

  25-05-2018 15:16
  
  Even though skin cancer impacts a larger number of Caucasians, people of color are not immune to the damaging effects of the sun. “With patients of color, the incidents of skin cancer are much lower, however...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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• Harvey Weinstein Arrested On Rape, Criminal Sex Act Charges

  25-05-2018 14:16
  NEW YORK (AP) —Harvey Weinstein surrendered Friday to face rape and other charges from encounters with two women, wearing both handcuffs and a strained smile as officers led him from a police precinct to court.
  “You sorry, Harvey?” came a shout from a throng of media as the once powerful movie mogul walked into a lower Manhattan courthouse, his head bowed with the cuffs behind his back. Asked “What can you say?” he mildly shook his head and softly said “No.&rd
  
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• More Roundabouts Planned for North Texas Cities

  25-05-2018 14:11
  
  This week two cities in North Texas – Fort Worth and Allen – discussed plans to install new roundabout intersections.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Parents Angered by Urban Outfitters Selling Boy Scout Shirts

  25-05-2018 14:10
  
  A group of North Texas parents are furious after finding their iconic Boy Scout shirts and insignia sold online to young adults by Urban Outfitters.
  
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• See the local stock aftermath from first quarter reports

  25-05-2018 13:46
  Quarterly reports early this year fueled some big stock moves – both on the upside and the downside.
  Among the largest North Texas public companies, shares declined as much as 22 percent and rose as much as 19 percent in the regular trading sessions following quarterly earnings announcements. The massive swings drew from many sectors, including retail, technology and health care, though some names were more recognizable than others.
  A majority, 15 of the top 25 examined for this report,&he
  
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• Trump Pardons Late Boxer Jack Johnson A Century Later

  25-05-2018 13:44
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has granted a rare posthumous pardon to boxing’s first black heavyweight champion, clearing Jack Johnson’s name more than 100 years after what many see as his racially charged conviction.
  “I am taking this very righteous step, I believe, to correct a wrong that occurred in our history and to honor a truly legendary boxing champion,” Trump said Thursday during an Oval Office ceremony. He was joined by WBC heavyweight champion
  
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• Deals Day: Local real estate titan expands residential portfolio

  25-05-2018 13:40
  Crescent Real Estate LLC, led by local real estate titan John Goff, has expanded its residential portfolio.Using money from its GP Invitation Fund I, Crescent purchased Edgewater Crossing, a 266-unit multifamily property in Panama City Beach, Florida, as well as 6.5 acres adjacent to the complex.Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Edgewater was built in 2014 and is adjacent to Hombre Golf Club, which has hosted PGA golf events.
  “Edgewater Crossing is an attractive property with&
  
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• In the last 10 days, DFW units of Lockheed Martin have scored nearly $1B in deals

  25-05-2018 13:36
  Lockheed Martin is DFW's largest manufacturer by employee count. Two of its business units are based in North Texas with aeronautics in Fort Worth and missiles and fire control in Grand Prairie.
  
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• Mayor Rawlings gives southern Dallas growth mission a B+ overall

  25-05-2018 13:31
  Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings gave his expansive initiative to jump start investment, development and job creation in the city’s southern half a B-plus overall in a “progress report” delivered to business, government and community leaders Thursday.“When you look at the initiative overall, I’m very proud of what we’ve done mainly because people are talking about it,” Rawlings said in remarks to the media at the Trinity Forest Golf Club, where the AT&T By
  
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• Hearing For Accused Florida School Shooter Rescheduled

  25-05-2018 13:31
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A court hearing for the teenager accused of fatally shooting 17 at a Florida high school has been rescheduled.
  A status hearing on the murder and other charges facing 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz that had been scheduled Friday in Fort Lauderdale will now take place June 21.
  Cruz is charged with killing 17 students and faculty and wounding 17 others Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
  No trial date has been set for Cruz. He faces the death penalty
  
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• Lava From Hawaii Volcano Enters Ocean From 3 Flows

  25-05-2018 13:00
  HONOLULU (AP) — Lava entered the ocean from a third flow, marking the third week of a Hawaii volcano eruption that has opened up nearly two dozen vents in rural communities, destroyed dozens of buildings and shot miles-high plumes of ash into the sky.
  Low lava fountains were erupting from a nearly continuous 2-mile-long portion of the series of fissures that have opened up in the ground, scientists said Thursday. The fountains were feeding channelized lava flows down to the coast. The east
  
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• Rachel Dolezal Accused Of Welfare Fraud After Race Scandal

  25-05-2018 12:54
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former NAACP leader in Washington state whose life unraveled after she was exposed as a white woman pretending to be black has been charged with welfare fraud.
  Rachel Dolezal, who legally changed her name to Nkechi Diallo in 2016, was charged this week with theft by welfare fraud, perjury and false verification for public assistance, Spokane news station KHQ-TV reported Thursday.
  She illegally received $8,747 in food assistance and $100 in child care assistance from
  
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• New Dashcam Video Shows Terrance Williams Arrest

  25-05-2018 11:20
  
  Dashcam video released by Frisco police Thursday appears to directly contradict the story of Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrance Williams and his attorney Chip Lewis.Photo Credit: Frisco PD
  
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• Pizza Delivery Man is Right on Time for Life Saving Delivery

  25-05-2018 06:49
  
  Pizza delivery driver says the Holy Spirit called on him to stop his route and talk to a distressed man on a bridge.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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