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• 4 North Texans Drown During Memorial Day Weekend

  29-05-2018 23:14
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The long holiday weekend proved to be deadly in North Texas. Four people drowned during the three-day weekend.
  The victims are a 3-year-old girl at Little Elm Beach Park, 6-year-old Kash Kinney at a west Forth Worth pool, an 18-year-old man at a Melissa Quarry and 39-year-old Mandy Mizzell at Lake Ray Hubbard.Mizzell died celebrating her birthday.
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  “It was busy weekend for Texas game wardens,” Texas Parks and Wildlife Game Ward
  
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• Northwest ISD Bus Full Of Students Crashes In Denton County

  29-05-2018 23:04
  JUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) – Authorities are responding to a Northwest ISD bus rollover crash in Denton County in the 12600 block of FM 407.
  The Justin and Krum Fire Departments are currently at the scene of the crash.
  A Northwest ISD spokesperson says there were 18 students on the bus from Justin Elementary School.
  Emergency crews from Wise County are also aiding in the crash.
  This is a developing story and will be updated.
  
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• Former Officer Pleads Guilty in Shooting Unarmed Teen

  29-05-2018 22:58
  
  A former Dallas police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to shooting an unarmed teenager in 2013.Photo Credit: Dallas Police Dept. DashcamThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Get Connected: A Closer Look at Stories for Tuesday, May 29

  29-05-2018 22:31
  
  It's Tuesday, May 29, 2018. Let's GET CONNECTED!
  
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• National Guardsman Died While Trying To Help Someone During Maryland Flash Floods

  29-05-2018 22:30
  ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) — Searchers scouring a river Tuesday that runs alongside a historic Maryland town ripped apart by flash flooding found the body of a man last seen being swept away by brown waters racing downhill, gutting shops and pushing parked cars into bursting tributaries.
  Volunteers and crews with trained dogs had been methodically hunting for 39-year-old Eddison Hermond who disappeared Sunday afternoon, following torrential rains that prompted destructive flash flooding in hi
  
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• New Driver License Office Opens Monday In Grand Prairie

  29-05-2018 22:14
  GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A bigger, more efficient driver license office is about to open in Grand Prairie.
  The Texas Department of Public Safety will open the new driver license office on Monday, June 4, at 8:00 a.m. 
  driver license office in Grand Prairie (DPS)
  In preparation for this opening, the nearby Irving Driver License Office will permanently close at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 30, and all staff will be transferred to the Grand Prairie location. DPS said it di
  
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• Astronauts Spot Kilauea Lava Flow From Space

  29-05-2018 21:59
  
  Mount Kilauea eruptions are so huge, astronauts can see them from space. NASA and the ESA released stunning photos from space showing the unstoppable lava flow from Kilauea's latest activity.Photo Credit: NASA
  
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• Police: FW Firefighter Arrested For Placing Hidden Camera In Ex-Girlfriend’s Bathroom

  29-05-2018 21:39
  ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A Fort Worth firefighter has been arrested after Arlington Police say he placed a hidden camera in his ex-girlfriend’s bathroom.
  Edgar Benito Aguilar was taken to jail charged with burglary with the intent to commit invasive visual recording. His bond was set at $15,000.
  Edgar Aguilar
  Investigators said the camera was disguised as a smoke detector.
  The woman spotted the camera and called police who lifted a fingerprint that matched Aguilar’s.
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• ABC Cancels “Roseanne” After Barr’s Racist Tweet

  29-05-2018 21:39
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – ABC has canceled its hit reboot of “Roseanne” following Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett.
  ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey says the comment “is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel the show.”
  The “Roseanne” revival this spring was an unexpected major hit for ABC. It was particularly popular among many conservative viewer
  
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• Host, Ninja From American Ninja Warrior Discuss Upcoming Season

  29-05-2018 21:35
  
  New obstacles and challenges are in store for the latest season of American Ninja Warrior. Matt Iseman and Grant McCartney are here to talk about the American Ninja Warrior craze that has made “ninja...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Governor Abbott To Unveil Plan To Address School Safety

  29-05-2018 21:13
  AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – After three days of roundtable discussions on school safety last week in the wake of the deadly Santa Fe School shooting near Houston, Governor Greg Abbott will join state and local leaders Wednesday “to unveil a plan to enhance school safety in Texas.”
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott hosts roundtable discussion on school safety.
  During the roundtables, the Governor spoke to and received input from victims, parents, educators, lawmakers, law enforcement and
  
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• Houston Astrodome Gets Texas Historic Landmark Designation

  29-05-2018 20:52
  HOUSTON (AP) – The Houston Astrodome, which became known as the Eighth Wonder of the World as the world’s first domed stadium, is getting the highest honor Texas can give a historic structure.
  A marker designating the Astrodome as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark is being unveiled at ceremonies Tuesday outside the Houston icon.
  The stadium opened April 9, 1965, for an exhibition baseball game between the Houston Astros and New York Yankees. For more than three decades, it hosted co
  
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• Parents To Cop Photographed Comforting Child: ‘Please Don’t Let My Babies Die’

  29-05-2018 20:24
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A photo of a Dallas police officer comforting a 3-month-old boy at a car crash scene is making the rounds on social media today.
  Senior Corporal Dominique Erwin tweeted out the image, saying it was from a traffic accident Saturday night.
  The officer depicted, Sergeant Donald Boice, gazes lovingly down at the baby boy, smiling and holding him firmly as if to say — everything is alright.
  It’s a calm image from what was actually a very “chaotic&rdq
  
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• Active, Visible Gas Leak Forces Evacuation

  29-05-2018 20:22
  
  A construction crew is being blamed for rupturing a gas main in Garland Tuesday morning.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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• Hawaii Officials Go Door-To-Door To Get Holdouts To Flee Lava

  29-05-2018 19:56
  PAHOA, Hawaii (CBSDFW.COM/ NEWS) – Emergency officials in Hawaii say a massive new lava flow has destroyed at least 10 more homes. The lava poured into a neighborhood near the Kilauea volcano when a fissure suddenly reactivated over the Memorial Day weekend.
  The eruption has now destroyed 82 buildings, including 41 homes.
  Lava continues to devastate homes more than three weeks after the crisis began. Newly reactivated fissures are spewing molten rock and toxic gas, destroying building
  
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• Man Arrested After Crashing Stolen Vehicle Into Home: Police

  29-05-2018 19:44
  
  A man was arrested Tuesday morning, accused of crashing a stolen vehicle into a home in Dallas, police say.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Police Looking For Teen Who Stabbed 14-Year-Old To Death

  29-05-2018 19:42
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The search is on by Fort Worth police for a teenage girl who stabbed a 14-year-old girl to death.
  Police said an argument between the two girls at an apartment complex on Peyton Lane, near Sycamore School Road turned deadly shortly before 4 a.m. Tuesday.
  Paramedics found the victim — Nylah Lightfoot — with fatal stab wounds to her neck and chest when they arrived.
  She died on her way to the hospital.
   
   
  
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• TDMN: The Future of Valley View Center

  29-05-2018 19:07
  
  Valley View mall was supposed to be torn about two years ago but the city desperately wants the mall to be redone. The Dallas Morning News' City Columnist Robert Wilonsky is here to talk about what's next...
  
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• Classes Resume At Santa Fe High School For First Time Since Shooting

  29-05-2018 18:58
  SANTA FE, Texas (AP) – Students returning to class Tuesday at a Texas high school where 10 people were killed less than two weeks ago were greeted by an increased police presence and supporters holding signs saying “Santa Fe Strong” and “United We Stand.”
  Tuesday marked the first day of class at Santa Fe High School since the mass shooting that left eight students and two substitute teachers dead. Students who had classes in the area of the May 18 shooting were firs
  
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• Summer Weather Could Cause Road Issues

  29-05-2018 18:44
  
  Heat and humidity can cause concrete to buckle, just as it did on Bass Pro Drive in Grapevine over the weekend. Crews closed the road and planned to get it fixed. The Texas Department of Transportation says it's...
  
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• Chiefs Offensive Lineman Earns His Medical Degree

  29-05-2018 18:33
  Ryan Mayer
  Playing professional football is difficult enough as is. Being an NFL lineman, while also studying to finish your medical degree, seems impossible simply due to the amount of time needed to maintain excellence in both. However, Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif proved that it is in fact possible, earning his degree from McGill University over the weekend.
  This is it! Today I become a doctor! It also marks the beginning of a great new adventure for all 2018 g
  
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• Former Dallas Police Officer Pleads Guilty For Shooting Unarmed Teen

  29-05-2018 17:54
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A former Dallas police officer has pled guilty to a reduced charge for the December 2013 on-duty shooting of an unarmed teenager.
  In 2014, Senior Corporal Amy Wilburn became the first Dallas police officer to be indicted for shooting a suspect in more than four decades but, as CBS 11 News Investigator Brian New reported earlier this month, it had been more than four years and the case hadn’t gone to trial.
  BREAKING: Former Dallas Police Senior Cpl. pleads g
  
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• Diocese Of Las Cruces Investigating ‘Weeping’ Virgin Mary

  29-05-2018 17:51
  HOBBS, N.M. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — North Texans are traveling to southeastern New Mexico as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces is investigating reports that a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe at a church there is weeping.
  The Hobbs News-Sun reports the investigation comes after alleged witness accounts of tears coming down the eyes of a bronze statue at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Hobbs, New Mexico.
  The first alleged occurrence was during the noon Mass earlier this m
  
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• Studies Say Online Dating Lowers Self-Esteem & Increases Depression

  29-05-2018 17:50
  NEW YORK (CNN) – Before there were smartphones, singles would often go to bars or clubs to try to meet “the one,” or at least the one for that night. Alcohol-induced courage and a steep bar tab later, singles were either on top of their game or it was game over — until the next weekend.
  Technology has saved singles from all that.
  With smartphones, we can now carry millions of potential love interests in our pockets. The next person is just a few clicks, swipes or texts aw
  
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• 18-Wheeler Fire Closes I-635 in Grapevine

  29-05-2018 17:33
  
  A burning big rig trailer closed Interstate 635 early Tuesday morning, snarling eastbound traffic on Texas 114 into Grapevine.Photo Credit: Grapevine PD
  
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• 74 Years Late, WWII Veteran Receives His High School Diploma

  29-05-2018 17:28
  OHIO (CNN) – A 94-year-old decorated war hero from Ohio held back tears on Sunday as he was awarded his high school diploma.
  Robert Lockard officially graduated as part of Circleville High School Class of 2018, but his journey at the school began more than seven decades ago.
  It means everything to me. Everything,” Lockard told CNN affiliate WBNS. “All these years man, I thought about this.
  Lockard was originally supposed to graduate in 1944 but dropped out of school a
  
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• Justices Allow Arkansas To Enforce Abortion Restrictions

  29-05-2018 17:23
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing Arkansas to put in effect restrictions on how abortion pills are administered. Critics of a challenged state law say it could effectively end medication abortions in the state.
  The justices did not comment Tuesday in rejecting an appeal from the Planned Parenthood affiliate in Arkansas that asked the court to review an appeals court ruling and reinstate a lower court order that had blocked the law from taking effect. The law says doctors who
  
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• How to Rescan Your TV to Get NBC 5 With an Antenna

  29-05-2018 17:17
  
  NBC 5 and COZI-TV are moving to a new frequency on Wednesday, May 30, 2018. You will still find us on Channel 5, but if you are an over-the-air viewer who watches us with an antenna you will need to rescan your...
  
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• Texas 2nd In The Nation When It Comes To High Credit Card Debt

  29-05-2018 17:13
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York state comptroller’s office says the nation’s four most-populated states carry the highest total amount of credit card debt, with California leading the way followed by Texas, Florida and New York.
  The report released Tuesday says Californians had racked up more than $106.8 billion in credit card debt by the end of 2017.
  The Lone Star State was No. 2 at $67.3 billion, followed by Florida with $59.2 billion and New York with $58.1 billion.
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• 2 Policewomen In Belgium Shot & Killed With Their Own Stolen Guns

  29-05-2018 17:06
  LIEGE, Belgium (CNN) – Belgian authorities are investigating the killing of two policewomen and a passerby in the eastern city of Liege on Tuesday as a terror attack, the country’s prosecutor said.
  The incident occurred when an assailant stabbed two policewomen from behind, before stealing their service weapons and using them on the officers, Liege prosecutor Philippe Dulieu said at a news conference on Tuesday. After killing the two officers, the attacker continued walking thro
  
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• Pudge Rodriguez's Son Called Up to Big Leagues

  29-05-2018 16:53
  
  The San Francisco Giants called up right-handed pitcher Dereck Rodriguez on Monday. He is the son of former Rangers catcher and Hall of Famer Ivan Rodriguez.Photo Credit: NBC Sports Bay Area staffThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• 14-Year-Old FW Girl Stabbed to Death by Other Girl: PD

  29-05-2018 16:36
  
  A 14-year-old Fort Worth girl was stabbed to death early Tuesday by another girl after the two got involved in an argument, police say.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Twitter User Succeeds In Getting Band Weezer To Record “Africa” Cover

  29-05-2018 16:25
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The rains down in Africa have been blessed, along with a Twitter user who “jokingly” told alternative rock band Weezer to record a cover of the 1982 song “Africa” by Toto. The user, a 14-year-old girl named Mary from the Cleveland area, started her campaign in December 2017.
  It began with a simple song request sent to the band’s frontman, Rivers Cuomo.
  @RiversCuomo it's about time you bless the rains down in africa
  — weezer
  
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• Harvard Grad Surprises 6th Grade Teacher After 21 Years

  29-05-2018 16:24
  YUMA(CNN) – Judith Toensing didn’t just teach her students, she inspired them.
  A sixth-grade teacher from Yuma, Arizona, Toensing made a strong impact on one of her students 21 years ago.
  At the end of the school year in 1997, Mrs. Toensing, wrote a note on the student’s report card: “It has been a joy to have you in class. Keep up the good work! Invite me to your Harvard graduation!.”
  This week, the student, Christin Gilmer graduated from Harvard as a doctor of pub
  
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• Justin Timberlake Visits Texas Shooting Survivor In Hospital

  29-05-2018 16:21
  SANTA FE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Singer Justin Timberlake made a surprise visit to a Texas school shooting survivor as she recovers from her wounds in a hospital.
  Sarah Salazar was among the more than two dozen injured in the May 18 attack at Santa Fe High School. Her mother, Sonia Lopez-Puentes, shared a photo that shows Timberlake wearing a medical gown and rubber gloves as he poses next to a smiling Salazar in her hospital room last Friday.
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• How Homeowner’s Insurance Costs Vary Wildly

  29-05-2018 15:50
  NEW YORK (CBSNEWS.COM) – When it comes to homeowner’s insurance should you be shopping around? That depends — on where you live. If you reside in Missoula, Montana, shopping won’t save you much, but homeowner’s insurance doesn’t cost much there, either. But if you live in Texas or Florida, the cost of homeowner’s coverage is substantial, and the variation in premiums is massive.
  (credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
  An analysis by Gavop, a housing research
  
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• Man Wanted in Terrell Deadly Shooting

  29-05-2018 15:39
  
  A 24-year-old man is wanted in connection with the murder of a man in Terrell Monday, police say.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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• TMSG: DFW Women in Transportation Take Home Award

  29-05-2018 15:22
  
  Members of the DFW chapter of Women in Transportation Seminar took the gold at a recent industry gathering in San Diego. The group earned the 2018 award of excellence for helping to build the future of...
  
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• Cowboys Expect Assistant Coaches to Make Massive Impact

  29-05-2018 15:04
  
  The two men who might just have the biggest impact on the Cowboys this season aren't Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott. Their names? Receivers coach Sanjay Lal and passing game defensive coordinator Kris...Photo Credit: Pat Doney, NBC 5 Sports
  
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• Starbucks Closing More Than 8,000 Stores For Anti-Bias Training

  29-05-2018 14:25
  SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) – Starbucks will close more than 8,000 stores nationwide today to conduct anti-bias training, one of many steps the company is taking to try to restore its tarnished image as a hangout where all are welcome.
  After the arrests of two black men in Philadelphia last month at one of its stores, the coffee chain’s leaders apologized and met with the two men, but also reached out to activists and experts in bias training to put together a curriculum for its 175,000 work
  
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• Town Hall on Implicit Bias Hosted by Dallas Bar Association

  29-05-2018 14:10
  
  Dallas community leaders will host a town hall to shine a light on the issue of explicit and implicit bias.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Lobbyist Tied To Rick Perry Seeks Energy Firm Bailout

  29-05-2018 13:55
  WASHINGTON (AP) — At a West Virginia rally on tax cuts, President Donald Trump veered off on a subject that likely puzzled most of his audience.
  “Nine of your people just came up to me outside. ‘Could you talk about 202?'” he said. “We’ll be looking at that 202. You know what a 202 is? We’re trying.”
  One person who undoubtedly knew what Trump was talking about last month was Jeff Miller, an energy lobbyist with whom the president had dined the nigh
  
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• After Maryland Floods, Locals Ask ‘Should I Stay Or Should I Go?’

  29-05-2018 13:38
  ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) — After yet another devastating flash flood ripped apart their historic Maryland mill town, hundreds of residents and business owners are again asking themselves: Should I stay or should I go?
  Some business owners in picturesque Ellicott City — established in 1772 as a mill town along the Patapsco River surround by hills — say they’re determined to rebuild after Sunday’s devastation. Their hope: to pull together as a community again afte
  
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• Alberto, Now A Depression, Dumps Heavy Rains Across South

  29-05-2018 13:26
  FLORIDA (AP) – Alberto is a still-menacing depression after its Memorial Day landfall on the Gulf Coast, scattering heavy rains across the South and raising risks of flash floods.
  As the first named storm of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Subtropical Storm Alberto lumbered ashore Monday afternoon in the Florida Panhandle and then weakened overnight to a depression centered over Alabama. Now a vast, soggy system, it has been dumping warm waters gathered over the Gulf of Mexico in burst
  
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• Apple Maps Puts Fort Worth Police Station in Wrong Spot

  29-05-2018 13:23
  
  “The last thing we want is for someone to be directed to the wrong location, especially when in need of police assistance,” police said.
  
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• Trump Confirms North Korean Official Headed To New York

  29-05-2018 13:10
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump has confirmed that top North Korean official Kim Yong Chol is heading to New York for talks on an upcoming summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
  Trump tweeted early Tuesday: “Kim Young Chol, the Vice Chairman of North Korea, heading now to New York. Solid response to my letter, thank you!”
  We have put a great team together for our talks with North Korea. Meetings are currently taking place concerning Summit
  
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• Bugs Are Making Their Way Into Your Spices

  29-05-2018 11:57
  
  Finding bugs in you spices could be more common than you think. So much so, that the federal government even has guidelines about how much bug is too much in your spices.
  
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• Family of Fort Worth Woman Killed by Hit and Run Driver Seeks Justice

  29-05-2018 05:37
  
  The family of a Fort Worth woman hit and killed by a driver while riding in her power chair is still searching for closure.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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