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• Ernie Banks Statue Coming Soon to Booker T. Washington HS

  07-06-2018 23:26
  
  Chicago Cubs great Ernie Banks will be immortalized in a 6-foot bronze statue outside Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas this fall.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Woman Visiting Fort Worth Stockyards: ‘It’s Too Hot For The Horses’ 

  07-06-2018 22:59
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A Fort Worth woman is leading an online effort to help protect horses working in extreme heat.
  Her online petition already racked more than 5,500 signatures in support of her cause.
  Brandi Cole says she was visiting the Fort Worth Stockyards over the weekend when a horse pulling a carriage caught her attention.
  “There was a heat index of 113 and I saw horses doing lap after lap, and it was just too hot for the horses.”
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• White Settlement Apartment Becomes Housing for Vets

  07-06-2018 22:54
  
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• Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing in Water at an Ala. Beach

  07-06-2018 22:34
  
  A helicopter pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in the Gulf of Mexico in Gulf Shores, while thousands of beach goers watched.Photo Credit: Titus Brown
  
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• School Bus Involved in Crash With 18-Wheeler in Hunt Co.

  07-06-2018 22:09
  
  An 18-wheeler slammed into the back of a parked school bus in Hunt County Thursday afternoon, officials said.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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• Scientists Predict Average Dead Zone, But 3X Long-Term Goal

  07-06-2018 22:05
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal scientists are predicting an average dead zone this summer in the Gulf of Mexico. But they note that this would still be three times greater than the long-term goal for reducing the size of the largely human-caused area where there’s too little oxygen to support marine life.
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts this year’s will cover about 5,780 square miles or about the size of Connecticut. The 33-year average is about 5,460 s
  
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• Woman Wanted For Shoplifting $20K In Merchandise From Dallas Clothing Store

  07-06-2018 22:03
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas Police released surveillance images Thursday of a woman investigators said grabbed $20,000 worth of merchandise off the counter of a Northwest Dallas clothing store.
  Police said the crime happened on May 28, 2018 around 6:30 p.m., at a clothing store in the 6100 block of Sherry Lane.
  Dallas shoplifting suspect (surveillance)
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  Police said the woman wandered around the store as if she was shopping before grabbing and
  
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• 1080 KRLD: Texas Runs First State-Run Gold Depository in U.S.

  07-06-2018 22:01
  
  Texas now has the first state-run gold depository in the country.Photo Credit: Science Photo Library via Getty Images
  
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• Nowitzki Holds Training Camp For Charity Event Game

  07-06-2018 21:48
  
  Training camp was held Thursday for Dirk Nowitzki's 2018 Heroes Celebrity Baseball Game at Dr. Pepper Ballpark. He spoke with media about the charity event and the NBA Championship.Photo Credit: NBC 5 Sports
  
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• What's the biggest disruption in technology right now? North Texas experts weigh in

  07-06-2018 21:33
  What's the biggest disruption in technology right now?North Texas experts weighed in on this and other topics at the Dallas Business Journal's first NTX Disruptors event on Wednesday, hosted at Bottle Rocket.
  The theme for this panel discussion centered on businesses in the travel and hospitality space and how these companies are both reacting to and creating innovation in their respective verticals.
  Steve Dumaine, president and CEO of CheapCaribbean.com, Andres Fabris, founder and CEO of&h
  
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• J.C. Penney gears up for apparel growth with Fanatics partnership

  07-06-2018 21:23
  J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is geared up for a partnership with Fanatics Inc., which will now have physical shops inside J.C. Penney store locations.Since 2014, sports e-commerce leader Fanatics has operated retail shops online at jcpenney.com. But, according to a June 7 press release, 325 JCPenney stores will now house Fanatics shops with local collegiate and professional sports team merchandise.“We're delighted to combine their best-in-class assortment with a dynamic in-store experi
  
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• No Indictments For 2 Baylor Football Players Accused Of Sex Assault

  07-06-2018 21:15
  WACO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A Texas grand jury has declined to indict two Baylor football players in an alleged sexual assault.
  Baylor head football coach Matt Rhule said in March that John Arthur and Tre’von Lewis had been suspended from the team.
  McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna announced Wednesday a grand jury determined there wasn’t enough evidence to proceed to trial for either player for a reported November 2017 assault.
  Abel said the grand jury reviewed inf
  
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• Rangers Give Jon Daniels a Multi-Year Contract Extension

  07-06-2018 21:11
  
  The Texas Rangers have reached an agreement on a multi-year contract extension with President of Baseball Operations and GM Jon Daniels.
  
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• School Bus And Big Rig Collide On Texas Highway

  07-06-2018 21:07
  COLLIN COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – Chopper 11 is over the scene of a crash between a Bland ISD school bus and an 18 wheeler on HWY 80 near the Collin County line.
  Triage was set up there and several ambulances responded along with Highway Patrol troopers.
  The school bus was stopped at an apartment complex in the 1000 block of US 380 when, for an as yet undetermined reason, the driver of a truck tractor semi trailer, failed to see the school bus and crashed into the back of the bus.
  There we
  
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• DFW Airport to spend $34.6 million on new hotel

  07-06-2018 21:07
  DFW Airport will spend $34.6 million to design and build an extended-stay hotel at the transportation hub.The hotel, which will be called the Southgate Hyatt House Hotel, will be six stories and feature 125 rooms. More details of the project — initially reported by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in March — emerged Thursday as the DFW Airport Board of Directors voted to approve the expenditure.
  The hotel will be located in the Southgate Plaza Development, intended to be a mixed-used dev
  
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• Rangers GM Daniels Signs Multi-Year Extension

  07-06-2018 20:58
  ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Despite the Texas Rangers recent struggles, the franchise believes its future is brightest with the current general manager Jon Daniels sticking around.
  Rangers Co-Chairman and Managing Partner Ray Davis Thursday issued the following statement following the team’s announcement that President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Jon Daniels has signed a multi-year contract extension:
  “Coming into this season, extending Jon Daniels’ con
  
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• Cleanup & Repairs Continue After Hail Damages Homes & Cars

  07-06-2018 19:43
  
  North Texas saw a big hail storm in the early morning hours on Wednesday, with softball-sized hail falling in parts of Coppell and Carrollton. Golf-ball-sized hail fell in Arlington and Irving.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Severed Rattlesnake Head Bites Texas Man Who Decapitated It

  07-06-2018 19:20
  CORPUS CHRISTI (CBSNEWS.COM) – According to a South Texas television station, Jennifer Sutcliffe and her husband were out doing yard work near Corpus Christi when they spotted a four-foot rattlesnake on their property. As any hot-blooded Texan would, her husband promptly grabbed a shovel and beheaded the snake. However, when he bent down to dispose of the reptile, it retaliated — or rather, its severed head did.
  (credit: CBS)
  It turns out snakes can still attack even an hou
  
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• Reward Offered For Information Leading To Arrest Of Person Who Shot, Killed Dog

  07-06-2018 18:57
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The SPCA of Texas is offering a $5,000 reward to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of any individual(s) who allegedly shot a dog to death in May.
  “There is a well-documented link between animal cruelty and human violence,” said SPCA of Texas President James Bias. “Helping the City of Dallas bring these individuals to justice will help stop the cycle of abuse.”
  On Saturday, May 26, 2018, the organi
  
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• Arrest After Fire & Standoff With Barricaded Suspect In Dallas

  07-06-2018 18:44
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A barricaded suspect in one North Dallas neighborhood frightened residents and caused damage to an apartment before being taken into custody.
  The roommate of the suspect called 911 this morning warning that the man had come to the second-floor apartment, off Preston Road, making threats. The roommate said he felt unsafe and had left the apartment, but that the man had followed him outside.
  When police got to the complex, in the 6200 block in Bentwood Trail, they
  
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• Spanish Royal Couple To Visit US, Meet President Trump

  07-06-2018 18:27
  MADRID (AP) — Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will travel later this month to the United States, where they will visit the White House as well as Louisiana and Texas.
  Authorities said in a statement Thursday that the royal couple will begin their trip June 14 with stays in New Orleans and San Antonio, cities that this year are celebrating the 300th anniversary of their foundation and which have close historical ties with Spain.
  The royals will be in Washington on June 19, wh
  
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• Starbucks Raising Price Of Brewed Coffee In Most U.S. Stores

  07-06-2018 17:08
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — It doesn’t matter if you get the tall, grande, or venti — your Starbucks habit just got a little more expensive.
  Starbucks says it’s raising the price of a regular drip coffee by 10 cents to 20 cents this week in most U.S. stores. It says a small brewed coffee is now $1.95 to $2.15 in a majority of locations.
  The company said Thursday prices remain unchanged on drinks such as lattes and iced coffees in most stores.
  Overall, Starbucks Corp. says
  
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• Reese Witherspoon Confirms ‘Legally Blonde 3’

  07-06-2018 16:49
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reese Witherspoon confirms there will be a “Legally Blonde 3.”
  The actress on Thursday posted a video on social media of her floating in a pool wearing a pink bikini. The caption read: “It’s true…# LegallyBlonde3.”
  It’s true… #LegallyBlonde3 pic.twitter.com/i9zBrUpRCp
  — Reese Witherspoon (@RWitherspoon) June 7, 2018Witherspoon starred as Elle Woods in the 2001 comedy, in which the fashion merchandising student enrol
  
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• Retail Gasoline Prices In Texas, Nationwide Down 2 Cents

  07-06-2018 16:35
  COPPELL (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Retail gasoline prices in Texas and across the country eased this week by declining an average 2 cents per gallon.
  AAA Texas on Thursday reported the average price at the pump statewide was $2.76. Nationwide retail gasoline prices settled at $2.94 per gallon.
  The association survey found Midland has the most expensive gasoline in Texas this week at an average $3.10 per gallon. Drivers in the Brownsville-Harlingen area have the state’s cheapest gasoline at an
  
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• Teen Arrested After Chase From Longview to Dallas

  07-06-2018 16:26
  
  A teenager was arrested Thursday morning after stealing a pickup and leading officers on a chase from East Texas to Dallas, authorities say.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• U.S. Asylum Seekers Wait Their Turn On Mexican Border

  07-06-2018 16:21
  TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The Trump administration’s tough talk on immigration did not deter Telma Ramirez from making the trip from El Salvador to seek asylum in the United States.
  She arrived at the border in Tijuana with her 5-year-old son and 1-year-old daughter only to find a crush of other immigrant asylum-seekers already in line ahead of them.
  The 27-year-old mother had been checking in at the Mexican entrance to the border crossing to see if civilian volunteers were close to cal
  
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• HUD Proposal Could Raise Rents For Poor By 20-Percent

  07-06-2018 16:14
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Housing Secretary Ben Carson says his latest proposal to raise rents would mean a path toward self-sufficiency for millions of low-income households across the United States by pushing more people to find work. For Ebony Morris and her four small children, it could mean homelessness.
  Morris lives in Charleston, South Carolina, where most households receiving federal housing assistance would see their rent go up an average 26 percent, according to an analysis done by
  
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• Iceland, Las Vegas Among New Seasonal Routes From DFW

  07-06-2018 16:01
  
  New flights to Iceland and Las Vegas are starting up at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• CEO Says She’s Devoted To Keeping The ‘Girl’ In Girl Scouts

  07-06-2018 15:35
  DETROIT (AP) — The head of the Girl Scouts says that while the organization is disappointed that the Boy Scouts have decided to accept girls it is focused on helping “parents understand the benefits of Girl Scouts.”
  “At Girl Scouts, we’re going to stay completely focused on girls. The ‘girl’ is going to stay in Girl Scouting,” Sylvia Acevedo, the CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA, told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “We were disappointed
  
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• Underwood Makes History Again, Shelton Wins Top CMT Award

  07-06-2018 15:21
  NASHVILLE (AP) – Carrie Underwood continued to make history as the most decorated act at the CMT Music Awards with 18 wins, while Blake Shelton walked away with the night’s top prize.
  Shelton, the only person to win two awards Wednesday, won video of the year for “I’ll Name the Dogs” at the Bridgestone Arena.
  “I’ve been doing this for 18 years. I have been making records and luckily enough you guys have accepted them,” said Shelton, who also w
  
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• SUV Dangerously Navigates Rush Hour In Reverse

  07-06-2018 14:54
  CANAL WINCHESTER, Ohio (AP) — Officials are speculating a motorist who navigated a highway while driving in reverse during morning rush hour may have had transmission problems.
  The Ohio Transportation Department on Tuesday released a video showing an SUV going through traffic for little more than a mile backward up a ramp to U.S. 33 in Canal Winchester. The vehicle turned onto another road, crossed an overpass, went through a traffic light and turned into a parking lot.
  The SUV did not hit
  
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• Volcano Creates New Land After Lava Fills Hawaii Ocean Bay

  07-06-2018 14:52
  HONOLULU (AP) — A neighborhood called Vacationland on Hawaii’s Big Island has disappeared after lava poured into two oceanfront subdivisions, smothering hundreds of homes and filling an ocean bay, turning it into new land that now juts into the sea.
  Molten rock entirely covered Vacationland and only a few buildings remained in the nearby Kapoho subdivision, officials with the U.S. Geological Survey said Wednesday.
  “The bay is completely filled in and the shoreline is at least 0
  
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• North Texas Home to the Hottest Property on the Internet

  07-06-2018 14:47
  
  The most popular home on Realtor.com? The most Texan home imaginable.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Something Good: Lewisville Nonprofit

  07-06-2018 14:41
  
  Journey to Dream, a Lewisville nonprofit, accepted a big boost in its mission to help teenagers overcome adversity in their lives.Photo Credit: Calvin Jordan
  
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• Longview Teen Leads Police On 130-Mile Chase Into Dallas

  07-06-2018 14:38
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A teenager from East Texas found himself in a lot of trouble on Thursday morning after police chased him from Longview to Dallas. That is a pursuit that kept authorities busy for about two hours heading west covering roughly 130 miles.
  According to officials, the incident began when the 16-year-old boy stole his father’s pickup truck back in Longview. Police spotted him and followed him westward all the way into Dallas County. Once there, the Dallas County Sheri
  
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• Children Hurt in Guatemala Eruption Arrive in Texas

  07-06-2018 14:14
  
  Six children severely injured in the Guatemala Volcano of Fire eruption arrived in Texas for treatment early Thursday morning.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Dez Bryant Still Needs a Team, How About the Cowboys?

  07-06-2018 13:54
  
  Former Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant is still a free agent and Hall of Famer Deion Sanders thinks the team should just welcome him back. But NBC 5 Sports Director Newy Scruggs and Cowboys Insider Jean-Jacques...Photo Credit: NBC 5 Sports
  
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• American Airlines Beginning New Seasonal Flights from DFW

  07-06-2018 13:47
  
  The airline is hosting a special gate event for their flight from DFW-International to Reykjavik, Iceland - the capital.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Boeing DFW unit awarded millions to work on special aircraft for the Navy

  07-06-2018 13:34
  Welcome back to another edition of DFW Defense, where we scour the U.S. Department of Defense contracts to see what defense contractors with North Texas ties are getting money.
  
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• Paycom to relocate Texas operations center to Grapevine in 1,000-job move

  07-06-2018 13:31
  Oklahoma City-based Paycom Software Inc. will relocate its Texas operations center to Grapevine, where the company plans to create 1,000 high-paying jobs.Paycom (NYSE: PAYC) will occupy a building to be constructed on 14 acres of city property across from Kubota’s North American headquarters, the company and the Grapevine City Council announced Wednesday.The company will start with a new, single building, but expects to start with several hundred employees before eventually expanding its f
  
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• Home goods retailer shuttering North Texas support center, laying off 123 workers

  07-06-2018 13:27
  Home goods retailer Restoration Hardware is shutting down a North Texas support center this month, resulting in more than 100 layoffs.In a letter sent to the Texas Workforce Commission under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the company intends to permanently shutter its Dallas Customer Support Center, located at 1303 W. Pioneer Parkway in Grand Prairie, on or around June 29.At that time, 123 jobs will be cut. Calls to the center were not returned. As reported by the Da
  
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• Toy Grenade Causes Bomb Scare Houston’s Hobby Airport

  07-06-2018 13:17
  HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A toy grenade in a passenger’s bag forced the shutdown of a security checkpoint at Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport Thursday morning, inconveniencing hundreds of people catching early-morning flights.
  The TSA security line has been closed due to a suspicious device being found during screening. Please check with your carrier to see if your flight is being impacted by this delay. We will post updates as they become available.
  — Hobby Airport (@H
  
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• Samantha Bee Is Back, Both Angry And Apologetic

  07-06-2018 12:46
  NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Samantha Bee returned to her TBS show Wednesday, apologizing again for using a crude epithet to describe Ivanka Trump but expressing anger that the ensuing controversy distracted from more important issues.
  President Donald Trump had called for her to be fired for what she said on last week’s episode of “Full Frontal,” but TBS accepted her apology.
  Immediately addressing the issue at the opening of her show, Bee said she hated to “contribute
  
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• Facebook Marketplace Adds Home Plumbing, Cleaning

  07-06-2018 12:09
  
  Facebook recently announced it has expanded it's Marketplace to home improvement services.Photo Credit: Facebook
  
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• Fort Worth Zip Code is America's Fastest for House Flipping

  07-06-2018 11:45
  
  According to a new report, released Thursday from ATTOM Data Solutions, one Fort Worth zip code in particular is tied for the fastest place to flip a house in the entire country.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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• N. Texas Attorney Fought for Clemency for Woman Trump Freed

  07-06-2018 08:44
  
  After more than two decades behind bars, Alice Johnson is a free woman. Her freedom is due in part to Kim Kardashian and the work of Brittany Barnett, a former SMU law student.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Colon's 243rd Win Matches Marichal When Rangers Beat A's

  07-06-2018 06:24
  
  Bartolo Colon worked five innings for his 243rd career victory, matching Hall of Fame pitcher Juan Marichal for the most by a player born in the Dominican Republic when the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland...Photo Credit: Lindsey Wasson/Getty Images
  
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• Free Sunscreen Dispensers Popping Up in Frisco

  07-06-2018 05:42
  
  Frisco Water Park is the first location in the city to have sunscreen dispensers available. It's part of a new initiative to make sunscreen available this summer.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Amazon Deliveryman Follows Request to Hide Packages

  07-06-2018 05:31
  
  An Amazon deliveryman followed the instructions of a doormat that read "Please hide packages from husband!" Without hesitation, the deliveryman hid the package out of view of the front door.Photo Credit: Vanessa O'Shea
  
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• Texas Grandmother Fights Back After Teens Storm Into Her Home

  07-06-2018 05:06
  DeSOTO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Married for more than 50 years, Christina Nichols says her fight instincts took over when she saw her husband being held at gun point.
  The teens holding her hostage had forced their way into her house seconds before when Nichols answered a knock on the door.
  Christina Nichols – DeSoto grandmother who fought back against intruders (CBS11)
  “That’s why I opened the door because all I saw was a young boy standing there,” said Nichols. &ldquo
  
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