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• Dirk Takes Stage With Timberlake in Dallas

  28-05-2018 23:49
  
  While the Dallas Mavericks' 2017-18 season may not have lasted into May, that didn't stop Dirk Nowitzki from making an appearance at the American Airlines Center Sunday.Photo Credit: Associated PressThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Heat Buckles Pavement On Bridge In Grapevine

  28-05-2018 22:53
  GRAPEVINE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Part of a bridge had to close in Grapevine due to pavement that buckled in the heat.
  The trouble is in the eastbound lanes of Bass Pro Drive bridge over State Highway 121.
  The eastbound lanes of the bridge could remain closed through Tuesday, TxDOT said, but crews said Monday afternoon they were making great progress and it could reopen sooner.
  The service road remains open.
  A TxDOT crew makes repairs to the bridge. (CBS11)
  
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• Special Olympics Texas Summer Games in Arlington

  28-05-2018 22:52
  
  Nearly 3,000 athletes were on the UT Arlington campus Saturday for the 49th annual Special Olympics. The Texas Summer Games featured a slew of track and field events and cycling also part of the meaningful...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Longtime CBS Radio Correspondent Bob Fuss Dies At 64

  28-05-2018 22:25
  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Longtime CBS radio reporter Bob Fuss has died. He was 64.
  A close friend, Peter Maer, sent a note to Fuss’ colleagues saying the network’s Capitol Hill correspondent died Sunday from a rare form of leukemia.
  Bob Fuss (CBS News)
  Fuss covered every presidential election from 1980 to 2012 for CBS Radio, but also was a fixture on the entertainment beat, covering 15 straight Academy Awards ceremonies.
  Fuss graduated from Stanford University at age 19 and got
  
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• Abused Woman Held Captive By Boyfriend Slips Note To Vet

  28-05-2018 22:14
  DELAND, Florida (CBS News) – Florida authorities say a woman who was beaten and held captive for two days at gunpoint by her boyfriend escaped when she convinced him bring their dog to an animal hospital – and then slipped a note to a staff member.
  note asking for help (WKMG-TV)
  CBS affiliate WKMG-TV, citing the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, reports that 39-year-old Jeremy Floyd was arrested at DeLand Animal Hospital.
  Jeremy Floyd
  He is being held without bond on domestic vi
  
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• Soldier Who Died Training In Texas Laid To Rest

  28-05-2018 21:18
  BASTROP, La. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Authorities say a soldier who died during training in Texas has been laid to rest in his native Louisiana.
  The 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team said in a news release Monday that 34-year-old Duke Gilmore died May 12 during pre-mobilization training at Fort Bliss in Texas.
  Duke Gilmore (Cox Funeral Homes)
  He was laid to rest May 20 in his hometown, Bastrop, La.
  Gilmore was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 98th Cavalry Regiment, headquartered in Amory.
  Col. Rober
  
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• Buckled Bridge in Grapevine Causes Bouncing Vehicles

  28-05-2018 20:36
  
  Drivers in Grapevine may want to be extra careful this Memorial Day as concrete buckled up about a foot high on an overpass.
  
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• PD Investigation After Video Shows Officer Punching Woman In Head

  28-05-2018 20:32
  WILDWOOD, N.J. (CBSDFW.OM/AP) — Police have launched an investigation after video posted online shows an officer punching a woman in the head on a beach in New Jersey.
  Wildwood police said on its Facebook page that 20-year-old Emily Weinman of Philadelphia faces multiple charges, including assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest.
  I was sleeping on the beach and I woke up to this.. i can’t believe it.. pic.twitter.com/UJE5Sy7E4G
  — Lexy (@HewittLexy) May 26, 2018Video of
  
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• Experts Say Starbucks Training Is First Step In Facing Bias

  28-05-2018 19:51
  SEATTLE (AP) – Starbucks will close more than 8,000 stores nationwide Tuesday to conduct anti-bias training, the next of many steps the company is taking in an effort to restore its tarnished diversity-friendly image.
  The coffee chain’s leaders reached out to bias training experts after the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks last month.
  The plan has brought attention to the little-known world of “unconscious bias training” used by corporations, police dep
  
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• Keep Your Cool This Summer: Safety Tips for the Heat

  28-05-2018 19:42
  
  With temperatures in some parts of the country soaring as high as 120 degrees this summer, combatting the heat is no easy task. Last year 94 people suffered from heat related deaths more than double the...Photo Credit: APThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Conservative Christian Attorneys Gain Influence Under Trump

  28-05-2018 19:42
  AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Lawyers who espouse a conservative Christian agenda have found plenty of opportunities in Texas, suing on behalf of Bible-quoting cheerleaders and defending a third-grader who wanted to hand out Christmas cards that read in part “Jesus is the Christ!”
  But for the First Liberty law firm, the last few years have been especially rewarding: Their attorneys have moved into powerful taxpayer-funded jobs at the Texas attorney general’s office and advised
  
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• Parkland Parents Decry Video Game That Simulates School Shootings

  28-05-2018 19:25
  MIAMI (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – An upcoming computer video game that would allow players to re-create school shootings by stalking school hallways and racking up kills has been condemned as insensitive and inappropriate by the parents of students who were shot to death during the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
  The game is titled “Active Shooter” and is slated for a June 6 release. It is branded as a “SWAT simulator” that lets players choose between being
  
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• Trump Thanks Fallen Service Members In Memorial Day Tribute

  28-05-2018 18:59
  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) – President Donald Trump paid a Memorial Day tribute at Arlington National Cemetery to those who have fallen in battle or while protecting a nation forever thankful for their selfless service.
  “We mourn alongside their families and we strive to be worthy of their sacrifice,” the commander in chief told an audience of Cabinet members, military leaders, veterans and families assembled in the marble amphitheater near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
  Trump said
  
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• Man Killed in Dallas House Fire

  28-05-2018 18:28
  
  A house fire in Dallas left one person dead early Monday morning, authorities said.Photo Credit: MetroThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Carry The Load March Celebrates Heroes & Remembers The Fallen

  28-05-2018 18:28
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A relay that has included thousands of people across the country ends in Dallas, after hundreds walked through the night to remember the fallen this Memorial Day.
  Carry The Load’s national relay ended with a two-day Memorial Day weekend event.
  They started walking Sunday, and as they have in years past, will walk for 20 hours and 11 minutes. Some took a break, others walked through the night but all came together to honor and celebrate the sacrifices m
  
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• Law Enforcement Agencies Turning To Drones To Fight Crime

  28-05-2018 17:16
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — No longer a novelty, drones are becoming an everyday tool for more police and fire departments, new research has found.
  The number of public safety agencies with drones has more than doubled since the end of 2016, according to data collected by the Center for the Study of the Drone at New York’s Bard College.
  The center estimated that just over 900 police, sheriff, fire and emergency agencies now have drones, with Texas, California, and Wisconsin leading the way,
  
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• 125-Year-Old Levi’s Denim Jeans Sell For Nearly $100,000

  28-05-2018 16:44
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – A buyer with a penchant for vintage denim has plunked down nearly $100,000 for a pair of truly vintage jeans that come from the American Old West.
  The 125-year-old Levi Strauss & Co. blue jeans, which failed to sell at auction in 2016, now have a new owner somewhere in Southeast Asia.
  “It’s somebody who loves old Levis,” said Daniel Buck Soules from Daniel Buck Auctions, who worked for 11 years on public television’s “Antiques Roadsh
  
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• Making Sure Your Amazon Echo Doesn’t Send Secret Recordings

  28-05-2018 16:16
  PORTLAND, Ore. (CNN Money) – It was Alexa’s equivalent of a pocket dial. A woman in Oregon claimed that her Amazon Echo smart speaker secretly recorded a private conversation, and then sent the audio file to an acquaintance. She told her story to a local news outlet and it spread, stoking fears about ‘always listening’ devices invading privacy.
  Amazon confirmed the incident and claimed that it was caused by an extremely rare series of events. The Echo misheard four d
  
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• Police Recover Body of Teen Who Drowned in Melissa: PD

  28-05-2018 15:28
  
  Authorities are searching for a missing teen who went under water while swimming in Melissa Sunday night.
  
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• Man Scales Building Like Spiderman To Save Child Dangling From Balcony

  28-05-2018 15:20
  FRANCE (CBSDFW.COM/CNN) –  A young man from Mali is being hailed a hero in France after he sprang into action to save a four-year-old child dangling from a fourth-floor balcony by scaling the facade of the building and hauling the youngster to safety.
  Now Mamoudou Gassama will be made a French citizen and has been offered a job by the Paris fire brigade, the office of the French presidency said.
  Video of the rescue showed the 22-year-old climbing up four floors of the apartm
  
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• “Texas 7” Gang Member Gets August Execution Date

  28-05-2018 14:26
  HUNTSVILLE (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A death row inmate who was part of the notorious “Texas 7” gang of escaped prisoners has received an execution date for late this summer.
  Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials say they’ve received documents setting 45-year-old Joseph Garcia for lethal injection August 30.
  Mugshots of wanted armed convicts, who escaped from Connally Unit Prison, December 13, 2000. The convicts are top row L-R; Joseph C. Garcia, Randy Ethan Halprin, Lar
  
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• North Texas Hosts Annual Armed Forces Hockey Classic

  28-05-2018 14:25
  
  The almost decade-old Memorial Day Weekend tradition continues in North Texas.
  
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• Red Flags to Look Out for at Texas Nail Salons

  28-05-2018 14:04
  
  Nail salons can be breeding grounds for some nasty germs and infections. NBC 5's Samantha Chatman walks you through what to look out for during your next salon visit.
  
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• Maryland Community Heartbroken After Second Flood In 2 Years

  28-05-2018 13:34
  ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) — After flash floods sent cars floating down Main Street in historic Ellicott City, Maryland, local officials said they were heartbroken to see the community so severely damaged again less than two years after a devastating flood killed two people and caused millions in damages.
  As the flood waters receded late Sunday, officials were just beginning the grim task of assessing the destruction.
  During an evening news conference, Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman
  
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• Crews Recover Teen’s Body From Private Quarry In Collin County

  28-05-2018 13:20
  MELISSA (CBSDFW.COM) – Crews pulled out the body of a teenager from a quarry in Melissa on Sunday night. It appears as though the teen was swimming with friends when he drowned. Authorities were called about the incident at around 6:00 p.m. on Sunday evening.
  The 18-year-old swimmer from Bonham and his group of friends hopped into the water Sunday at a private quarry located about a quarter of a mile from the road. He tried to swim from one side of the quarry to the other, but got tir
  
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• Storm Alberto Maintains Strength As It Approaches Gulf Coast

  28-05-2018 13:13
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Subtropical Storm Alberto gained the early jump on the 2018 hurricane season as it headed toward anticipated landfall sometime Monday on the northern Gulf Coast, where white sandy beaches emptied of their usual Memorial Day crowds.
  Though the Atlantic hurricane season doesn’t officially start until Friday, Alberto has become the first named storm this year, throwing disarray into long holiday weekend plans up and down Florida’s Gulf Coast. And just a
  
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• Besides Lava And Ash, Hawaii Volcano Is Pumping Out ‘Vog’

  28-05-2018 12:59
  HONOLULU (AP) — Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island has had it all over the past three weeks: molten rock shooting toward the sky, lava oozing from the ground and ash clouds rising miles into the air.
  You can also add “vog” to the mix.
  Scientists say higher sulfur dioxide emissions recorded at the volcano’s vents in recent days are creating the potential for heavier than usual vog, or volcanic smog. So far, trade winds have been mostly blowing the gray haze offsh
  
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• Bloody But Forgotten WWII Battle Still Haunts Soldiers

  28-05-2018 12:45
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — William Roy Dover’s memory of the World War II battle is as sharp as it was 75 years ago, even though it’s been long forgotten by most everyone else.
  His first sergeant rousted him from his pup tent around 2 a.m. when word came the Japanese were attacking and had maybe even gotten behind the American front line, on a desolate, unforgiving slab of an occupied island in the North Pacific.
  “He was shouting, ‘Get up! Get out!'” Dover said.
  
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• Transgender Teen Says School Won’t Use Name He Identifies With At Graduation

  28-05-2018 05:52
  ALLEN (CBSDFW.COM) – A transgender Allen High School senior said he’s fighting his school’s decision to use his birth name at his graduation ceremony instead of the name he identifies with.
  Jay Alfie started transitioning from a girl to a boy his freshman year. That’s when he said he changed his name from Hannah to Jay.
  Alfie said a few months ago he checked with school administrators to make sure that name would be called at his graduation ceremony. He said he was told t
  
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• North Texans Hospitalized as Temperatures Soar on Sunday

  28-05-2018 05:49
  
  The Texas heat packed a dangerous punch this Memorial Day holiday weekend. The soaring temperatures have landed people of all ages in emergency rooms across North Texas.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Several People Hurt After Boat Collision on Possum Kingdom Lake

  28-05-2018 05:48
  
  Two adults and one child were hospitalized on Sunday after two boats crashed into each other on Possum Kingdom Lake.Photo Credit: NBCDFW
  
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• Grapevine Police Officers Fulfill Promise to Fallen Officer's Family

  28-05-2018 05:37
  
  When Grapevine Police Officer Darren Medlin was killed in the line of duty, his fellow officers promised to be father figures for his two daughters. On Friday they stood in for Officer Medlin as his daughter...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• North Texan Documents Military Sacrifice of Family After 100 Years

  28-05-2018 05:31
  
  A North Texas man has made it his mission to piece together the military history of a Texan, killed in World War I.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Surveillance Video Captures Violent Attack In Deep Ellum

  28-05-2018 05:15
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A violent attack involving a group of people in Deep Ellum was captured on a restaurant’s surveillance video early Saturday morning. The general manager of the restaurant said the violence is concerning.
  Martez Scott Sr., general manager of Bucky Moonshine’s, said watching the brutal attack left him in shock. It shows what appears to be a large group of people beating a woman. The woman was rushed to the hospital.
  Image from surveillance footage of a viole
  
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• Will Power Talks About Big Win at Indy 500

  28-05-2018 05:08
  
  NBC 5 Sports Anchor Pat Doney talks to Will Power about his big win at the Indy 500 on Sunday.
  
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• Crews Searching For Teen At Private Quarry In Collin County

  28-05-2018 04:56
  MELISSA, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Crews in Collin County are searching for an 18-year-old who was swimming in a pond at a private quarry and never resurfaced, authorities say.
  Melissa police say at around 6 p.m., they received a call that an 18-year-old from Bonham jumped into the water with a group of friends. They say he tried to swim from one side of quarry to the other, but he got tired, panicked and went under the water. He never came back up.
  According to police, two of his friends tried
  
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• More Than 220,000 Pounds Of Spam Recalled Over Oral Injuries

  28-05-2018 04:19
  AUSTIN, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is recalling more than 228,000 pounds of Spam and another product made by Minnesota-based Hormel after four consumers complained about metal objects in the food.
  The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service says the canned chicken and pork in question was produced in February at the company’s plant in Fremont, Nebraska. The agency says “minor oral injuries” have been reported.
  Spam (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Image
  
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• Authorities: Flash Flood Surges Through Maryland Community

  28-05-2018 01:50
  ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Flash floods struck a Maryland city on Sunday that had been wracked by similar devastation two years earlier, prompting emergency rescues as raging waters engulfed cars and rose above the first floor of some buildings, authorities said.
  News outlets showed local photos and video of the turbulent floodwaters cascading down Main Street in Ellicott City, some 13 miles (20 kilometers) west of Baltimore. The community set along the west bank of Maryland&rsqu
  
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• Lupe Valdez Talks About Gun Control

  28-05-2018 01:05
  
  Democratic Texas Gubernatorial Candidate Lupe Valdez appeared on MSNBC on Sunday where she talked about gun control in Texas.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• NRA's New President Oliver North Makes a Stop in North Texas

  28-05-2018 00:46
  
  The retired Marine lieutenant colonel made an appearance at Fellowship Church in Grapevine for a Memorial Day service.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Child Drowns in Apartment Complex Pool

  28-05-2018 00:40
  
  A 6-year-old boy drowned on Sunday in an Fort Worth apartment complex swimming pool.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• 6-Year-Old Boy Drowns In Apartment Pool In Fort Worth

  28-05-2018 00:26
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A six-year-old boy drowned in a pool at a Fort Worth apartment complex, officials say.
  Authorities responded to the apartment complex on Brian Way Circle in southwest Fort Worth Sunday afternoon. The boy was rushed to Cook Children’s but was pronounced dead at the hospital.
  The Tarrant County Medical Examiner identified the six-year-old boy as Kash Kinney. The investigation into the drowning is ongoing.
  This is coming a day after a three-year-old girl drowne
  
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• Body Of Missing Woman At Lake Ray Hubbard Recovered

  28-05-2018 00:21
  ROCKWALL (CBSDFW.COM) – The body of a 40-year-old woman who went missing at Lake Ray Hubbard after going into the water was recovered Sunday afternoon, according to officials.
  Cpt. Tony Norton with Texas Parks and Wildlife confirmed the woman was found, and her body is being transported to the Dallas County Medical Examiner.
  On Saturday, officials said the woman was on a pontoon boat when she went into the water and never resurfaced. The search for the woman resumed Sunday morning before f
  
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