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• Outdoor Job Fair For Those Who Can Take The Heat

  21-06-2018 23:42
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Vincent Herrera offered a firm handshake, and a thoughtful “thank you.”
  The Houston native walked from one table to another, set up under a sweltering produce shed at Dallas’ Farmers Market.
  The tables were interview stations for a variety of employers with one connection: The companies are offering jobs that typically place workers in outdoor conditions. Hence the name – “Some Like It Hot” Job Fair.
  outdoor job fair in Dallas (CBS1
  
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• Body Cam Video: Trooper Runs In To Save Driver As Bullets Go Off

  21-06-2018 23:23
  LAS VEGAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Nevada Highway Patrol shared the aftermath of a violent car fire on U.S. 95.
  Body camera video shows troopers risking their lives to drag the driver to safety as car fire sends bullets flying toward them.
  Troopers said a man’s car burst into flames because he was driving so fast when he crashed into the side of the highway.
  He was also carrying ammunition and the extreme heat caused the bullets the combust and shoot off in different directions.
  
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• Kate Spade’s Father Dies Night Before Her Funeral

  21-06-2018 22:53
  KANSAS CITY, Missouri (CBSDFW.COM) – Kate Spade’s father died Wednesday night, a family spokesman said right before his daughter’s funeral in Kansas City was about to start on Thursday.
  The Kansas City Star said a statement was sent to them at 2:58 p.m., two minutes before the funeral mass for Spade, who took her own life in her New York City Park Avenue apartment on June 5.
  The statement reads:
  “We are deeply saddened to announce that Katy’s father, Earl F. Br
  
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• Police Searching For Man After Robbery, Attempted Kidnapping

  21-06-2018 22:46
  
  Cedar Hill police are searching for a man in an alleged armed robbery and attempted kidnapping case.Photo Credit: Cedar Hill Police
  
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• Woman Wanted For Stealing Glasses From Dallas Optical Store

  21-06-2018 22:35
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas Police detectives are trying to find a woman they say stole several pairs of glasses from the Glass Optical on W. Davis Street.
  Police said it happened on Sunday, June 10 around 11:00 a.m.
  Police said surveillance video showed the woman taking the glasses.
  Glass Optical burglary suspect (surveillance)
  Police believe the suspect is about 20 to 30 years old with a medium to heavy build. She has long black hair and was wearing all black clothing.
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• Dallas Man Dubbed ‘Frack Master’ Arrested On $62.6 Million Investment Fraud Scheme

  21-06-2018 22:20
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Christopher A. Faulkner, 41, aka the ‘Frack Master’ was arrested at the Los Angeles International Airport by special agents on a federal complaint, charging him with securities fraud, mail fraud and money laundering, in connection with a scheme to defraud investors of millions of dollars.
  The 41-year-old  made an appearance Monday in Los Angeles, California before a U.S. Magistrate Judge and will remain in custody pending further court hearings i
  
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• Bottled Hot Dog Water: It’s A Thing

  21-06-2018 21:55
  VANCOUVER, Canada (CBSDFW.COM) – When it comes to different variations of bottled water, one thing they have in common, is the idea they’re healthy.
  Well, here’s another one said to be healthy, but it may not sound like it.
  During a festival in Vancouver last weekend, among the vendors selling food, drinks, and crafts was one selling “hot dog water.”
  A man wearing a full-body hot dog costume spent the day selling bottled hot dog water — water used to boil hot
  
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• Dallas investment firm raises $800M for pair of real estate funds

  21-06-2018 21:53
  Dallas investment firm Banner Oak Capital Partners, which has ties to Hunt Realty Investments, has raised $800 million for two new real estate funds.
  
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• Storm Knocks Down Trees, Cuts Power in Highland Village

  21-06-2018 21:50
  
  A fast-moving storm Wednesday night left a big mess for some folks in Highland Village.Photo Credit: Seth VoorheesThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Turkey receives first F-35 from Lockheed Martin despite U.S. Senate opposition

  21-06-2018 21:38
  The Republic of Turkey became the ninth international country to receive an F-35 fighter jet from Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) on Thursday, even after an attempt by the U.S. Senate to block Turkey from acquiring the aircraft.The Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 on Tuesday. Within that act, the Senate seeks to remove Turkey from the F-35 program. The act would cover both manufacturing operations, as Turkey produces parts for the F-35, as well as the&h
  
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• Chaos In Dallas After Overturned Tanker Truck Closes High Five

  21-06-2018 21:35
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A crash involving an overturned tanker truck created chaos in Dallas on Thursday, as the High Five interchange was shut down for hours, through the morning rush hour and beyond. This is where the LBJ Freeway and Central Expressway intersect. It is often the busiest area of North Texas.
  The incident happened at about 4:30 a.m. on a ramp from southbound Central Expressway to the eastbound LBJ Freeway.
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  According to Dallas Fire-Rescue, the t
  
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• Report proposes solution for affordable housing in Dallas

  21-06-2018 21:29
  At a time when affordable housing in the United States, even in Dallas, is hard to find, a new report says manufactured homes, commonly referred to as “mobile homes,” could be the solution.Today, mobile homes are the largest source of unsubsidized affordable housing in the U.S., with one in ten mobile home households living below the poverty line, according to Apartment List.
  In Dallas, the median cost live in a mobile home is $696 per month, compared to $1,132 to live in a non-mobil
  
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• First Lady’s ‘I Don’t Care’ Jacket Causes A Stir

  21-06-2018 21:23
  McALLEN (AP) — First lady Melania Trump boarded a flight to a facility housing migrant children separated from their parents wearing a jacket that read “I really don’t care, do u?”
  The green hooded spring military jacket has the words written graffiti-style on the back.
  When asked what message the first lady’s jacket intended to send, spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said: “It’s a jacket. There was no hidden message.”
  Mrs. Trump wore a different
  
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• Skateboarding Teen Hit By Car Dies

  21-06-2018 21:12
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Fort Worth Police said a 16-year-old boy was struck and killed while skateboarding down a hill on a side street Wednesday.
  It happened shortly before 6:00 p.m. at Riverside Drive and East Lancaster Avenue.
  The victim jumped off his skateboard just before Lancaster, but his momentum carried him into the roadway where he was struck by a vehicle.
  The victim was rushed to John Peter Smith Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
  There are no criminal charges pendi
  
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• Billboard Encouraging ‘Liberals’ To ‘Keep Driving’ Out Of Texas Removed

  21-06-2018 21:09
  FRITCH, TX (CBSDFW.COM) — A Texas billboard that sparked controversy and death threats online after going viral on social media this week has been removed.  That according to the company that manages the sign.
  “The billboard advertising ‘Liberals keep driving’ is now down,” Randy Burkett of Burkett Outdoor Advertising said in a statement to CBS 11 Thursday. “The client who paid for the Liberal sign requested [it] come down after only being up 24
  
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• ‘This Is How I Save My Life’ Excerpt From Amy B. Scher

  21-06-2018 21:04
  Amy B. Scher’s “This Is How I Save My Life” is the true story of a fiery young woman diagnosed with late-stage, chronic Lyme disease whose journey takes her from near-death in California to a trip around the world in search of her ultimate salvation. This excerpt coincides with the book’s release in paperback from Gallery Books, an imprint CBS sister company Simon & Schuster.
  I am twenty-eight years old when I arrive in magnificent India. I am here with my parents, an
  
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• Former Perot company headquarters on the market

  21-06-2018 21:04
  An office campus in Plano’s Legacy submarket could sell for up to $125 million, according to a report.As written by Real Estate Alert, a 1.6 million-square-foot property at 5400 Legacy Drive is being marketed by CBRE. It is currently owned by DXC Technology, a company formed last year when Computer Sciences merged with a division of Hewlett Packard Enterprise.DXC uses just 40 percent of the property’s square footage and would be willing to negotiate a leaseback deal with a new owner,
  
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• Epic move: Kimpton signs on to operate landmark Deep Ellum hotel

  21-06-2018 20:54
  The Deep Ellum mixed-use development called the Epic now has a hotel partner with the signing of San Francisco-based Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants.The new venture expands Kimpton’s presence in Texas and solidifies its role in revitalizing one of the city’s most historically significant neighborhoods.The Kimpton Pittman Hotel, scheduled to open in mid-2020, is east of downtown Dallas, and close to entertainment hot spots including the Dallas Arts District and the Bomb Factory.
  The
  
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• Authorities: Would-Be Thieves Blow Up ATM In Failed Heist

  21-06-2018 20:44
  PHILADELPHIA (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Authorities say two people blew up an ATM inside a business in Philadelphia during an unsuccessful theft attempt.
  City police say the explosion happened around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday inside a beer distributorship.
  Video shows a woman, with some type of cover on her face, placing the device into the ATM and lighting a fuse. The woman then joined a man who had given her the device and left the area. Seconds later there is an explosion.Authorities say the blast tor
  
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• Texas Live! official opening date announced

  21-06-2018 20:39
  Adjacent to the Texas Rangers’ future home, Texas Live! has risen from the ground and will be ready for public to enjoy this August.
  Cordish Companies, the city of Arlington and the Texas Rangers announced Thursday a 4-day grand opening celebration of Texas Live! that starts on August 9, according to a press release.
  The entertainment complex is the first phase of an expected $3 billion development that includes a luxury hotel and the highly-anticipated Globe Life Field.With a construction
  
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• Girl From Guatemala Burned In Volcano Eruption Dies In Texas

  21-06-2018 20:09
  GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Authorities in Guatemala say a child severely burned in this month’s volcano eruption and transferred to a Texas hospital has died.
  Guatemala’s Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare announced the girl’s death Tuesday night in an online statement. Her name and age weren’t released.
  Officials with Shriners Hospital for Children-Galveston did not immediately provide details Thursday. Spokeswoman Jennifer Anderson said a statement would be
  
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• GREAT VIDEO: Bear Cub Climbs Ladder To Reunite With Mom

  21-06-2018 19:53
  VILAS COUNTY, Wisconsin (CBSDFW.COM) – It was one paw ahead of the other that helped a bear cub in Wisconsin make a great escape — up a ladder!
  Game wardens with the Department of Natural Resources were called to home to help rescue a bear cub trapped in a newly constructed open basement.Warden Supervisor Dave Walz had just finished his shift when he got the call about the curious bear cub.
  The cub’s mother watched from afar, but the little bear’s cries cou
  
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• Teens Kept At Virginia Center Say They Were Cuffed, Beaten

  21-06-2018 19:42
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigrant children as young as 14 housed at a juvenile detention center in Virginia say they were beaten while handcuffed and locked up for long periods in solitary confinement, left nude and shivering in concrete cells.
  The abuse claims against the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center near Staunton, Virginia, are detailed in federal court filings that include a half-dozen sworn statements from Latino teens jailed there for months or years. Multiple detainees say the guards
  
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• OPEC Enters Meeting That Could Set Direction Of Oil Prices

  21-06-2018 19:22
  VIENNA, Austria (AP) – Officials from major oil-producing nations are expected to agree this week to boost output, but just how much they will open the spigot — and the effect on oil prices — remains a wild card.
  Ministers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-OPEC nations led by Russia are meeting Friday and Saturday in Vienna, and it could be a difficult and uncomfortable gathering. The cartel’s largest producer, Saudi Arabia, wants hig
  
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• Guaranty Bank & Trust moving headquarters to Addison in October

  21-06-2018 19:21
  Guaranty Bank & Trust (Nasdaq: GNTY), a smaller firm that went public last year, is moving its Dallas headquarters to Addison in October, according to a top executive.The bank is set to take possession of an office space in Bent Tree Tower I off the Dallas North Tollway next week and will eventually move about 50 employees there after a redo of the property, Guaranty Vice Chairman Chuck Cowell told the Dallas Business Journal in a recent interview. “It’s seen as a growth mar
  
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• Sprint CEO says federal judge’s decision on AT&T gives more ‘comfort’ on T-Mobile deal

  21-06-2018 19:14
  The CEO of Sprint stopped in Dallas to rally the troops and talk up the merger with T-Mobile.
  
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• New Evidence That Viruses May Play A Role In Alzheimer’s

  21-06-2018 19:10
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Viruses that sneak into the brain just might play a role in Alzheimer’s, scientists reported Thursday in a provocative study that promises to re-ignite some long-debated theories about what triggers the mind-robbing disease.
  The findings don’t prove viruses cause Alzheimer’s, nor do they suggest it’s contagious.
  But a team led by researchers at New York’s Mount Sinai Health System found that certain viruses — including two extremely com
  
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• Traffic Backups at the Dallas High Five

  21-06-2018 18:52
  
  U.S. 75 and Interstate 635 were closed for a few hours Thursday morning. Check out the images of the massive backups.
  
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• First Lady Visits Migrant Children At Texas Detention Center

  21-06-2018 18:35
  McALLEN (AP) — Melania Trump is visiting two Texas facilities housing some of the more than 2,300 migrant children sent by the U.S. government after their families entered the country illegally.
  The first lady’s visit to Upbring New Hope Children’s Center on Thursday comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting the practice of separating families. However, his policy of criminally prosecuting illegal border-crossers remains.
  Mrs. Trump, whose focus is on
  
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• Burned Body Identified As Missing Texas College Student

  21-06-2018 17:44
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A burned body found in a San Antonio apartment was identified as that of a missing college student.
  The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s office on Wednesday said the body is that of 20-year-old Northwest Vista College student Jared Vargas.
  The body was found Monday, three days after Vargas was last seen.
  The cause of death is listed only as homicidal violence.
  Police have arrested 20-year-old Ernesto Esquivel-Garcia on charges of murder, arson and abuse of a corpse.
  
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• Lawyer: Feds Unexpectedly Drop Charges Against 17 Immigrants

  21-06-2018 17:41
  McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A civil rights group attorney says federal prosecutors unexpectedly dropped misdemeanor charges against 17 adult immigrants who crossed the border with children.
  Efren Olivares, a lawyer with the Texas Civil Rights Project, said outside of the federal courthouse in McAllen, Texas, that the 17 immigrants were supposed to have been sentenced Thursday morning for improperly entering the U.S.
  Central American asylum seekers, including a Honduran girl, 2, and her mother (L
  
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• High Court: Online Shoppers Can Be Forced To Pay Sales Tax

  21-06-2018 17:19
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says states can force online shoppers to pay sales tax.
  The 5-4 ruling Thursday is a win for states, who said they were losing out on billions of dollars annually under two decades-old Supreme Court decisions that impacted online sales tax collection.
  The high court ruled Thursday to overturn those decisions. They had resulted in some companies not collecting sales tax on every online purchase. The cases the court overturned said that if a business was s
  
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• GE secures new locomotive order, work coming to Fort Worth

  21-06-2018 17:16
  GE Transportation nabbed a 50-locomotive order from a Class I railroad that will mean more business for its Fort Worth plant, the company announced Thursday.The order from Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) will be for both its U.S. and Mexican operations. Deliveries for the Tier 4 Evolution Series locomotives are expected to begin in 2019 and GE said digital solutions to improve operational and fuel efficiency are also part of the deal."This purchase will help us continue the modernization of&hel
  
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• President Trump’s Immigration Order Sparks Confusion, Deep Concern

  21-06-2018 16:52
  EDINBURG, TX (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — President Donald Trump’s reversal of a policy separating migrant families at the U.S.-Mexican border sparked confusion over how the new guidelines will play out and deep concern that the changes don’t go far enough, allowing children to still be held in detention even if they remain with their families.
  “We are pleased that the president is calling a halt to his inhumane and heartless policy of separating parents from their children,&rd
  
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• Venomous Caterpillar Sends Teen To Emergency Room

  21-06-2018 16:49
  Land O’Lakes, Fla. (CBS News/CBS Local)– A teen in Land O’Lakes, Florida, experienced what his mom said was “the worst pain he ever felt” after coming in contact with a venomous caterpillar. Fifteen-year-old Logan Pergola was doing volunteer landscaping work with his family on Saturday, WFLA-TV reports.
  His mom, Andrea Pergola, said Logan was picking up tree branches when his arm brushed up against the caterpillar. It wasn’t the kind of harmless
  
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• 1 Arrested After Shooting at High School Track in Dallas

  21-06-2018 16:25
  
  One person was shot while walking at a track at a Dallas ISD school Thursday morning, officials said.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Massive Backup Behind High Five Closure

  21-06-2018 16:24
  
  An 18-wheeler rolled onto its side on a ramp over the High Five interchange in North Dallas before the Thursday morning rush. All of Central Expressway and the LBJ Freeway was closed at about 8 a.m.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Mixed-Race Family Asks Blue Bell To Change ‘The Great Divide’ Flavor Name

  21-06-2018 16:18
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  In an open letter on Love What Matters, Traci Schmidley, a mother of six children and a foster mom to more, is asking Blue Bell Ice Cream to change the name of their chocolate and vanilla flavor, which is currently named “The Great Divide.”
  According to Schmidley, the family was sitting down to celebrate the end of a long week with some ice cream when her 10-year-old son saw the name on the carton and decided to make a joke calling it “The Civil War flavor.”
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• Suspect Arrested In Rapper XXXTentacion’s Shooting Death

  21-06-2018 16:09
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – Florida authorities said that they have arrested a man in the shooting death of rapper XXXTentacion.
  The Broward County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release sent Thursday morning that 22-year-old Dedrick Devonshay Williams of Pompano Beach was arrested shortly before 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
  Dedrick Devonshay Williams (credit: Broward County Sheriff’s Office)
  The 20-year-old rapper was ambushed by two suspects as he left an upscale motor sports de
  
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• Live: All Lanes, Ramps Closed at High 5 After Tanker Crash

  21-06-2018 16:08
  
  An 18-wheeler rolled onto its side on a ramp over the High Five interchange in North Dallas before the Thursday morning rush.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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• AT&T to transfer data center colocation operations, assets to Brookfield

  21-06-2018 16:00
  AT&T (NYSE: T) announced this morning that the company is transferring its data center colocation operations and assets to Brookfield Infrastructure as part of a "strategic alliance."
  According to a release, the Dallas-based telecom will transfer ownership of its colocation services, which serve more than 1,000 enterprise customers across a range of industries, at 25 internet data centers in the U.S. and abroad to Brookfield. The deal also includes the transfer of customer contracts, employe
  
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