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• Woman Discovers Hidden Camera in Whataburger Toilet

  26-06-2018 22:36
  
  Restaurant managers in Abilene are being asked by police to check their restrooms for hidden cameras after a recording device was found in an area Whataburger restaurant.
  
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• Famous Movie Costumes On Display In Arlington

  26-06-2018 22:31
  ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A new exhibit at the Arlington Museum of Art is putting both the city and the museum on the arts and culture map.
  “CUT! Costume and the Cinema,” features 43 costumes worn in some of the most recognizable films of our time.
  The Jack Sparrow costume worn by Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean, and the dress worn by actress Emmy Rossum in Phantom of The Opera are just some of the big-name costumes on display.
  The Museum’s president Nancy T
  
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• Flyers Laced With Fentanyl Found On Sheriff’s Vehicles In East Houston

  26-06-2018 22:22
  HARRIS COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – Flyers laced with the opioid Fentanyl were found on windshields of Harris County Sheriff’s Office vehicles in east Houston on Tuesday. One sergeant received medical treatment after coming in contact with one of the flyers.
  The flyers were found Tuesday afternoon on some sheriff’s vehicles, according to a tweet from authorities. Anyone that sees the flyers anywhere are urged to call authorities and to not touch them.
  URGENT: Flyers placed on the wind
  
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• Mom-Daughter Lemonade Stand for Families Separated at Border

  26-06-2018 22:19
  
  Lilly Neubauer and her daughter, Heidi, put up a lemonade stand on Monday on Townsend Drive.Photo Credit: Lexie Houghtaling, NBC 5 News
  
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• New Tax Form Is Indeed Smaller, But Filing Is No Simpler

  26-06-2018 22:17
  NORTH TEXAS (AP) – The Trump administration may deliver on its promise to reduce a commonly used tax form to postcard size, but it does not shrink the workload for many Americans filling out their taxes.
  A draft copy of the new 1040 income tax form given to The Associated Press by a staffer on the Ways & Means Committee shows that the form will be reduced from two full pages to a double-sided half page. But the legwork to claim many popular deductions and provide other critical informa
  
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• Ken Foote Summer Songs: UB40 And ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’

  26-06-2018 22:07
  (CBS11) – UB40 is an English reggae/pop band from Birmingham, England that formed in December 1978. The name “UB40” came from a British governmental form, which stood for “Unemployment Benefit, Form 40.”
  Since they started, they have had more than 50 singles on the UK Singles Chart and have achieved significant international success. They have been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album four times and in 1984 were nominated for the Brit Award as Best B
  
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• Flamingo From Kansas Zoo Missing Since 2005 Spotted In Texas

  26-06-2018 22:05
  (CBSNEWS) – A flamingo that escaped from a Kansas zoo over a decade ago has been spotted hundreds of miles away in Texas. The bird, known as No. 492, was seen near Lavaca Bay, on the Gulf Coast, by a Texas Parks & Wildlife crew last week. The flamingo fled the Sedgwick County Zoo in 2005 and has been on the run ever since, CBS affiliate KEYE reports.
  In No. 492’s lifetime, the bird has traveled much farther than Kansas to Texas. No. 492 was born in Tanzania and spent time in Sout
  
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• Utah City Receives $50 From Texan Over Long-Ago Stolen Stop Sign

  26-06-2018 21:57
  HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A nearly 90-year-old anonymously mailed $50 from Texas to a community near Salt Lake City to express remorse for stealing a stop sign years ago as a “thoughtless teenager.”
  City officials in Midvale tweeted details of the June 11 letter.  The actual letter was handwritten.
  We received the sweetest anonymous letter from a 90-year-old Texas gentleman, and just had to share with y'all. #texas #BlessHisHeart pic.twitter.com/z2A5k78gBz
  — Midvale
  
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• Can Dogs Perform CPR? Madrid Police Would Have You Think So

  26-06-2018 21:49
  MADRID (AP) — Can dogs perform CPR? Probably not, but a video posted by police in Madrid sure makes it seem so.
  In a video posted on Facebook, Poncho the dog springs into action when his partner falls to the ground and pretends to be unresponsive. The dog’s actions mimic CPR.The dog pounds up and down on the officer’s chest and pauses to place its ear on the officer’s neck. Poncho continues until the officer stands up.
  Police write that Poncho “did not hesitate for
  
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• Superhero Window Washers Bring Joy At Children’s Hospital

  26-06-2018 21:32
  DES MOINES, Iowa (CBSDFW.COM) – Some window washers in Des Moines take their game to another level when they go to work at a children’s hospital.
  Employees from Larry’s Window Cleaning service change into their secret identities of Captain America, Batman, Spiderman and Daredevil repelling down Blank Children’s Hospital as they clean the windows.
  window washer superheroes in Des Moines, Iowa (KCCI)
  But they do much more than provide a spectacle.  They entertain and i
  
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• 17 States Sue Trump Administration Over Family Separations

  26-06-2018 21:29
  SEATTLE (AP) — Seventeen states, including Washington, New York and California, sued President Donald Trump’s administration Tuesday in an effort to force officials to reunite migrant families who have been separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.
  The states, all of which are led by Democratic attorneys general, joined Washington, D.C., in filing the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Seattle. It’s the first legal challenge by states over the practice.
  “The administration&rsqu
  
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• Texas District Considers Renovations After School Shooting

  26-06-2018 20:24
  SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — A Houston-area high school is considering security measures and renovation proposals amid parent demands for changes following a mass shooting that killed 10 people.
  The Houston Chronicle reports that parents asked for safety changes at a Santa Fe Independent School District board meeting Monday following the May 18 massacre at Santa Fe High School. A 17-year-old suspected gunman faces capital murder charges.
  District officials discussed using reserve funds to add sa
  
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• Trump Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling Upholding His Travel Ban

  26-06-2018 20:23 via nbcdfw.com
  
  President Trump reacted to the Supreme Court's ruling Tuesday morning upholding the third version of his travel ban during a meeting with lawmakers that was focusing on immigration.
  
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• Lexus Recalls Cars To Fix Fuel Leaks That Can Cause Fires

  26-06-2018 20:10
  DETROIT (AP) – Toyota’s Lexus luxury brand is recalling about 121,000 cars worldwide because of fuel leaks in the engine that can cause fires.
  The recall covers certain 2006 through 2013 IS350 cars, as well as the 2010 through 2014 IS350C, and the 2007 through 2011 GS350 and GS450h. All have 3.5-liter V6 gasoline engines.
  Toyota says a diaphragm material in the fuel injection system can harden over time and crack, allowing fuel to leak. The company would not say if the problem has ca
  
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• Texas Law Enforcement Officers Launch Lip-Sync Battle

  26-06-2018 19:56
  BEXAR COUNTY, Texas (CBS News) — Lip-syncing law enforcement has taken Texas by storm. It all started with one video posted on the Bexar County Sheriff Department’s Facebook page.
  The video — which went viral and now has more than 1 million views — shows Deputy Alexander Mena lip-syncing to a song called “Fuiste Mala” by the group The Kumbia Kings. His suave serenade stole many people’s hearts, and also inspired other officers to join the fun with their
  
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• Texan Sues NPR For $57M Over Reports On Death Of Staffer

  26-06-2018 19:42
  DALLAS (AP) — Another lawsuit was filed in the fallout of a retracted Fox News report that claimed a Democratic National Committee employee had leaked DNC emails to WikiLeaks during the presidential campaign.
  Dallas-based investor Ed Butowsky is seeking $57 million in damages in a federal lawsuit against NPR and others employed by the network.
  Butowsky argues that NPR published false reports in 2017 claiming that he colluded with the White House and Fox News to push claims by conspiracy th
  
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• TDMN: Council Reaches Agreement for Heart of Dallas Bowl

  26-06-2018 19:03
  
  The Dallas City Council appears ready to pump money into the Heart of Dallas Bowl. The council earlier this year rejected a plan to pay $800,000 over two years to ESPN to put on the annual college bowl football...
  
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• Texas Inmate Wants To Be Executed By Firing Squad Or Gas

  26-06-2018 19:01
  HUNTSVILLE (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Attorneys for a 66-year-old Texas death row inmate say his health problems make him unsuitable for lethal injection so they’re proposing he be rolled in his wheelchair in front of a firing squad or be administered nitrogen gas to cut off oxygen to his brain until he stops breathing.
  If the state doesn’t accept one of their alternatives, lawyers for confessed multiple killer and rapist Danny Paul Bible contend his lethal injection, set for the evenin
  
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• Pancreas-Kidney Transplant Ends 40 Years Of Insulin Shots For Woman

  26-06-2018 18:57
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Lori Fulps began taking insulin injections for Type I diabetes when she was 13 years old. After 40 years of shots, her diabetes was so difficult to manage that she often needed five insulin shots a day. But that all changed recently when Fulps became the first patient to receive a simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant at Medical City Fort Worth.
  About 1,000 pancreas transplants are performed annually in the United States, with 80 percent of those performed
  
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• New Guide Ranks Safety of Bicycle Helmets

  26-06-2018 18:54
  
  The same group that released crash test ratings for SUVs is back with results for bicycle helmets.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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• Carrollton PD Find Missing Grandfather and Grandson

  26-06-2018 18:25
  
  Carrollton police have located a missing grandfather and his grandson in Hudson Oaks after they went missing from Carrollton Monday.Photo Credit: Carrollton Police Department
  
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• DART Working To Keep Riders Safe Around Buses & Trains

  26-06-2018 18:16
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – June is National Safety Month and Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) wants to keep riders safe around buses and trains.
  On Tuesday workers were out in full force promoting the #respecttheride campaign.
  DART says they have more than 3,000,000 riders, with many of them looking to avoid the hustle and bustle of rush hour traffic. But that doesn’t mean riders are in the clear when it comes to safety.
  “You would be surprised how many people walk into th
  
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• Man Posing as Grapevine Officer Stops Woman, Wants $20

  26-06-2018 18:04
  
  Grapevine police say a man posing as a police officer pulled over a woman and ordered her to pay him $20 to dismiss a phony speeding ticket.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Sheriff: Texas Man Executed In 1999 Now Linked To 1981 Death

  26-06-2018 17:49
  BRYAN (CBSDFW.COM) – A Texas sheriff says investigators used developments in DNA technology to identify a man executed in 1999 as the killer of a real estate agent whose death went unsolved for more than 35 years.
  Brazos County Sheriff Chris Kirk said Monday that DNA collected from underneath the fingernails of Virginia Freeman in 1981 ultimately led investigators to James Otto Earhart.
  Freeman’s body was found behind a College Station home where she had gone after a man called
  
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• Judge Denies Rapper Meek Mill’s Request For New Trial

  26-06-2018 17:49
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge in Philadelphia has denied Meek Mill’s petition for a new trial in his decade-old drug and gun convictions despite support for the request by the district attorney’s office.
  The rapper’s attorneys cited credibility issues with a police officer who testified in his case. District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office agreed to the new trial, saying it had no confidence in the officer’s testimony.
  Rapper Meek Mill attends the 2018 NBA Award
  
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• Former President George H.W. Bush Gets Service Dog Named ‘Sully’

  26-06-2018 16:53
  KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush is welcoming a new member of the family: a yellow Labrador retriever who’ll be his first service dog.
  The 94-year-old and his new companion named “Sully” got acquainted Monday at the Bush family compound on the coast of Maine.
  The two hit it off.
  A photo sent via Twitter shows Sully lounging at the feet of Bush and former President Bill Clinton, who had been visiting on Monday.
  A great joy to welcome home the n
  
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• United States Supreme Court Upholds Trump Travel Ban

  26-06-2018 16:31
  WASHINGTON (CBS NEWS) – The Supreme Court has upheld President Trump’s travel ban on Tuesday by a 5-4 vote, saying in its opinion that the order is “squarely within the scope of Presidential authority.”
  The 5-4 decision Tuesday is the court’s first substantive ruling on a Trump administration policy.  The president reacted to news of the ruling, tweeting “wow.”
  SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS TRUMP TRAVEL BAN. Wow!
  — Donald J. Trump (@realDona
  
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• A Day With Border Patrol: At Risk Infant, Distraught Dad

  26-06-2018 16:12
  McALLEN (AP) — The 4-month-old Honduran had just entered the United States illegally with a man who first claimed to be her father, then said he was her uncle, and presented what appeared to be a false birth certificate.
  The girl, wrapped in white bedding, was placed in a white crib under close watch of U.S. investigators, who waited for a Honduran consular official to arrive Monday. She was among about 1,100 people in a former warehouse that tripled in size last year, largely to accommoda
  
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• Survey Finds India Is Most Dangerous Country For Women

  26-06-2018 16:11
  NEW YORK (CNN) – India is the most dangerous country in the world to be a woman because for the high risk of sexual violence and slave labor, a new survey of experts shows.
  The Thomson Reuters Foundation on Tuesday released the results of a survey of 550 experts on women’s issues, finding India to be the most dangerous nation for sexual violence against women, as well as human trafficking for domestic work, forced labor, forced marriage and sexual slavery, among other reasons.
  I
  
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• Dreaded Poliovirus Being Used To Fight Deadly Brain Tumors

  26-06-2018 15:36
  NEW YORK (AP) – One of the world’s most dreaded viruses has been turned into a treatment to fight deadly brain tumors. Survival was better than expected for patients in a small study who were given genetically modified poliovirus, which helped their bodies attack the cancer, doctors report.
  It was the first human test of this and it didn’t help most patients or improve median survival. But many who did respond seemed to have long-lasting benefit: About 21 percent were alive at
  
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