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• Cowboys Cornerback Charged With Aggravated Assault With A Deadly Weapon

  09-07-2018 23:55
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – A Dallas Cowboys player faces a felony charge after what appears to be a road rage incident in Collin County.
  Cornerback Marquez White, 23, was indicted June 7 on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
  Police records show the incident happened last October on Dallas Parkway between Tennyson Parkway and Legacy Drive.
  Details of the incident were unclear.
  In a statement to his hometown newspaper, the Dothan Eagle, Marquez wrote, “Me and my legal t
  
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• Help On Way To North Texas Woman Living With Tube In Her Back

  09-07-2018 23:26
  MIDLOTHIAN, Texas (CBDSFW.COM) – Help is on the way to a North Texas woman who has lived with a tube in her back for more than a month.
  Amy Boykin was diagnosed with a kidney stone in early June.
  Amy Boykin – kidney stone patient
  Doctors installed a tube to relieve pressure on her kidney.
  That procedure was covered by her health insurance but the removal of the stone and the tube were not.
  Boykin has been in and out of the hospital for infections caused by the tube.
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• Pay-As-You-Ride Scooters Hit The Streets, Bringing Safety Concerns With Them

  09-07-2018 23:07
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The latest transportation trend — electric scooters — in Dallas has some police officers and city leaders concerned.
  Pay-as-you ride electric scooters are hitting the streets all over uptown and downtown but a number of them were already recently seen in places they aren’t supposed to end up.
  It has one council member angry, saying the city acted too fast and should have created more bike lanes and safe areas for riders.
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• 15-Year-Old Flees Police, Crashes Car Into Squad Car

  09-07-2018 23:01
  
  A 15-year-old driver fled Carrollton police and crashed into a CPD squad car early Monday morning, police 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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• Teen Charged After Crashing Into Police Car In North Texas

  09-07-2018 22:40
  CARROLLTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A 15-year-old Carrollton boy is facing charges after taking off during an attempted traffic stop overnight and crashing the vehicle he was driving into a Carrollton Police squad car.
  Police said when an officer initiated a traffic stop on the SUV in the 2600 block of E. Trinity Mills Road at 3:50 a.m., the boy refused to stop.
  The pursuit ended moments later at the intersection of Seedling Lane and Kelly Boulevard when the boy ran a stop sign and hit a
  
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• Crews Rescue Man Trapped in a Trench

  09-07-2018 22:39
  
  Crews have rescued a man trapped in a trench in Irving.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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• Rescuers Save Worker Stuck In Drainage Ditch He Was Digging

  09-07-2018 22:30
  IRVING (CBSDFW.COM) – First responders rescued a worker in Irving who was trapped while digging a drainage ditch alongside a commercial building when the dirt collapsed.
  Several fire trucks from the Irving Fire Department and Coppell Fire Department converged in the parking lot Monday afternoon and set up by the trench. Dozens of first responders worked furiously in the dirt in sweltering heat to help the worker who was trapped up to his waist.
  A spokesperson for the Irving
  
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• Mom Says Texas Officer Choked Boy Before Aiming Gun At Kids

  09-07-2018 22:18
  EL PASO (AP) — A mother has accused a West Texas police officer of choking her son before a video recording captured the officer pointing a gun at a group of children.
  The video, which has millions of views online, shows an El Paso officer briefly pointing his weapon at a group of boys. One boy is heard cursing at the officer right before the officer draws his weapon.
  Elizabeth Flores tells the El Paso Times the video started after the officer choked one of her sons and forced him to the g
  
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• Superhero Pose: Wonder Woman Gal Gadot Visits Kids’ Hospital

  09-07-2018 21:58
  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Movie star Gal Gadot surprised children at a Virginia hospital with a super-powered superhero moment: She visited them wearing her iconic Amazonian armor costume from the popular “Wonder Woman” film.
  Gadot doled out hugs, kisses, and autographs last Friday at Inova Children’s Hospital in northern Virginia.
  She posed for photos with patients and staffers, and those started popping up on social media over the weekend.
  One mom, Kelly Sahad
  
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• Aww Man! Shiner And Whataburger Not Teaming Up On A Beer

  09-07-2018 21:37
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – They say if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is, and once again, it was.
  A Reddit graphic showed a collaboration beer between Shiner and Whataburger.
  Shiner Whataburger beer isn’t happening (Reddit)
  But Shiner told the Houston Chronicle it’s not true and Whataburger went on Twitter to dispel the rumor as well.
  “We’re not sure where the graphic originated and although we have love for Whataburger it is not a real collaboration,&rdq
  
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• VITAS building third inpatient hospice unit in Dallas-Fort Worth

  09-07-2018 21:36
  VITAS Healthcare has started construction on a new inpatient hospice unit at Methodist Dallas Medical Center.The 13,000-square-foot project is a $2.8 million renovation on the fifth floor of Schenkel Tower at Methodist Dallas.
  The IPU will have 16 private patient rooms as well as family rooms, a children’s room, a quiet room, kitchen amenities and overnight accommodations for family members. it is expected to serve more than 800 patients each year.It will also be equipped with support spac
  
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• Argument Over Fireworks Leads To Deadly Shooting In North Texas

  09-07-2018 21:04
  DALLAS (AP) — Authorities in North Texas say an argument over fireworks lead to the deadly shooting of an 80-year-old man over the weekend.
  Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin told The Dallas Morning News Edward Cordero was shot Saturday evening in Lake Bridgeport after complaining to his neighbors about the fireworks they were setting off.
  The sheriff alleges Cordero retrieved a gun from his house and fired the first shot at his neighbors.
  Akin says a 33-year-old shot back at Cordero with
  
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• Remaining Wreckage Of United Flight 93 Buried At Memorial

  09-07-2018 20:58
  SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — The remaining wreckage of United Flight 93 has been buried near the Pennsylvania memorial marking where it crashed on 9/11.
  Flight 93 National Memorial says in a statement Monday that four shipping containers holding the wreckage were buried in a private ceremony on June 21.
  The burial was in a restricted area accessible only to loved ones of the victims.
  Rain falls on mementos left on the fence by visitors who came to look over the crash site of Flight 93 in Shanks
  
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• Rescue Attempt Underway For Worker Caught In Trench

  09-07-2018 20:45
  IRVING (CBSDFW.COM) – First responders are on-scene in Irving where a worker is trapped up to his waist in a trench next to a warehouse.
  Several fire trucks from the Irving Fire Department and Coppell Fire Department converged in the parking lot and set up by the trench.
  Dozens of first responders worked furiously in the dirt in sweltering heat to help the worker.
  CBS 11 News has a crew on their way to gather information about how the worker ended up in the trench.
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• Luxury residences underway at $1B master development in Frisco

  09-07-2018 20:37
  General contractor JPI is looking to meet a demand for luxury residences at a $1 billion mixed-use development in Frisco.The Irving-based developer announced Monday that it has broken ground on Jefferson at The Gate, which will offer 425 multifamily units at the northwest corner of the Dallas North Tollway and John Hickman Parkway. The rental homes will be equipped with kitchen islands, 10-foot (or higher) ceilings, granite and quartz countertops, appliance packages, washers and dryers, and mud&
  
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• Something Good: Couple Spends Retirement Helping Others

  09-07-2018 20:30
  
  After living in New York for 26 years, North Texas native George Crittenden Jr., says he recently decided it was time to move back home and care for his aging parents -- but he's having a hard time keeping...Photo Credit: Tell Me Something Good
  
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• Trial Begins For Man Accused In 2016 Slaying Of UT Student

  09-07-2018 20:26
  AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A 20-year-old man accused of strangling and sexually assaulting a University of Texas freshman on campus in April 2016 is facing trial.
  Jury selection began Monday in the capital murder trial of Meechaiel Criner, who is accused in the death of Haruka Weiser.
  Meechaiel Criner
  Criner is not eligible for the death penalty because he was 17 at the time of the killing. If convicted, the foster care runaway faces a sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parol
  
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• Jordan Spieth Sits Down on 'Today' to Talk About PGA Life

  09-07-2018 20:20
  
  In this week’s Sunday Sitdown, Willie Geist joins Spieth at the Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas as he prepares to defend the famous Claret Jug at the Open Championship in Scotland.Photo Credit: Pat Doney - NBC 5 Sports
  
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• Texas to get nearly $5B in flood-mitigation funding

  09-07-2018 20:13
  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced July 5 how it will allocate billions of dollars for more flood-mitigation efforts. Of the allocations announced July 5, the largest portion is more than $13.9 billion for the construction of nearly 60 projects to reduce damage from floods and storms across multiple states and Puerto Rico. Texas projects account for nearly $4.88 billion:Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay: nearly $3.96 billion 
  Clear Creek: $295.165 million  
  Dallas Floodway: mor
  
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• Student Feels Like 'Superhero' With Help From Communities

  09-07-2018 20:10
  
  NBC5, T39, Albertson's and Tom Thumb joined once again to launch the school supply drive called Supporting Our Schools.
  
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• Jordan Speith Sits Down on 'Today' to Talk About PGA Life

  09-07-2018 20:09
  
  In this week’s Sunday Sitdown, Willie Geist joins Spieth at the Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas as he prepares to defend the famous Claret Jug at the Open Championship in Scotland.Photo Credit: Pat Doney - NBC 5 Sports
  
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• Texas WWII Soldier Gets Proper Burial After Being MIA For 73 Years

  09-07-2018 20:06
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – He was missing in action for 73 years, but now a World War II soldier from Texas is finally home.
  It’s been a long time coming for his family. Today funeral services were finally held for Army Private Kenneth Dayle Farris.
  Army Pvt. Kenneth Farris (credit: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency)
  Private Farris’s sisters and brothers never stopped looking for him. In fact, they traveled the world searching for his remains.
  While emotions were high today, fa
  
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• Mesquite approves economic incentives for new housing development

  09-07-2018 20:00
  The city of Mesquite has approved a resolution providing economic incentives to a homebuilder seeking to build 900 new residences.The resolution exempts a portion of local sales taxes on building materials for Bloomfield Homes, the company constructing the residences. The city will refund approximately $308,000 to Bloomfield Homes over the next 10 years for the taxes paid on the materials, according to the resolution.
  David Witcher, director of Mesquite’s Department of Economic Development
  
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• Texas Church Announces $3M In Donations After Mass Shooting

  09-07-2018 19:19
  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS (AP) — Church leaders say nearly $3 million was donated for victims and their families after more than two dozen worshippers died in a South Texas mass shooting last year.
  The San Antonio Express-News reports that the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs on Sunday announced the $2.91 million in donations. Gunman Devin Patrick Kelley opened fire during church services Nov. 5.
  Church leaders say $840,000 was designated for victim relief. Pastor Frank Pomeroy says abo
  
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• TDMN: How Companies Manage Rental Scooters in Dallas

  09-07-2018 18:53
  
  Rental bikes are seen all over Dallas and now rental scooters are the newest items in the streets. Dallas Morning News Reporter Melissa Repko is here to talk about the new companies.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• How to Help 'Supporting Our Schools' at the Checkout Lane

  09-07-2018 18:41
  
  For many families, back to school can be stressful as they try to figure out how to pay for school supplies. A $10 donation can help a student have everything they need. Donations can be made at Albertsons...
  
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• From Farm to Table: Texas Ranchers Weigh in on Trade War

  09-07-2018 18:32
  
  The agriculture industry is bracing for new tariffs placed on American goods and products and potential impacts on profits, the effects of which are expected to trickle down to the American consumer.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Texas Firefighter Accused Of Burglarizing Louisiana Fire Station

  09-07-2018 18:28
  SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Authorities say a firefighter is accused of burglarizing a fire station in Louisiana.
  A Shreveport police news release says 32-year-old Michael Keener, of Atlanta, Texas, arrived at Shreveport Fire Station 4 and asked to use the bathroom on Friday.
  News outlets report that fire personnel advised that they located Keener in an unauthorized area of the station, allegedly rummaging through a secured storage cabinet. Firefighters alerted police and an investigation was l
  
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• Condemned Killer Who Wanted Fancy Car Wheels Loses Appeal

  09-07-2018 18:21
  HOUSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal from a Houston gang member on death row for killing the driver of car on a Houston freeway so he could steal the vehicle’s fancy wheels.
  The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision moves 30-year-old Teddrick Batiste a step closer to execution for the April 2009 slaying of 26-year-old Horace Holiday. Appeals attorneys unsuccessfully argued Batiste had deficient legal help at his trial.
  Evidence showed Batiste confessed t
  
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• Police: Teenager Admits Killing 12-Year-Old After Meeting Up To Sell Phone

  09-07-2018 18:06
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Police have arrested two people in connection to an aggravated robbery at 4700 Fellows Lane that ended in a 12-year-old’s death.
  Kendrion Sullemon, 17, admitted to police that he fired into a car, hitting the girl in the head and grazing a 15-year-old who had agreed to sell a phone via the LetGo app. Two other teenagers in the victim’s car were not injured.
  The shooting happened after the surviving victim tried to drive off after he felt uneasy w
  
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• Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings Unveils Back to School Fair Plans

  09-07-2018 17:50
  
  Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings will kick off the pre-registration drive for his "Mayor's Back to School Fair" Tuesday, July 10, at Fair Park's Grand Place Building.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Army Recruit In Texas On Path To Citizenship Faces Uncertain Future

  09-07-2018 17:46
  BEXAR COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM/CBSNEWS.COM) – Immigration lawyers say the Pentagon has begun discharging dozens of recruits who had been promised a path to U.S. citizenship. They were part of a program called “MAVNI” — military accessions vital to the national interest. It had brought more than 10,000 non-citizens into the military. The program was abruptly suspended in 2016, leaving more than 1,000 recruits in limbo.
  Private First Class Alina Kaliuzhna is a medic stationed at
  
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• North Texas Resident Claims $2 Million Powerball Prize

  09-07-2018 17:41
  
  A North Texas resident has claimed a Powerball prize worth $2 million, lottery officials announced Monday.
  
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• TV Commentator’s Cat Climbs Onto His Head During Interview

  09-07-2018 17:09
  POLAND (CBSNEWS. COM) – A Polish TV commentator had a surprise visitor jump into his interview last week — his cat leapt right onto his shoulders, curled itself around his head and stayed there.
  Historian and political scientist Jerzy Targlaski was discussing Poland’s Supreme Court on the Dutch news program Nieuwsuur when his cat hopped into the spotlight. Targlaski didn’t miss a beat. He just kept talking to journalist Rudy Bouma as his cat stood on his shoulders.
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• Police: Houston Toddler Dead After Self-Inflicted Gunshot

  09-07-2018 17:09
  HOUSTON (AP) — Police in Houston say a 2-year-old boy is dead after he apparently found a loaded gun in his home and shot himself in the head.
  The shooting happened Sunday afternoon in northwest Houston. Police Capt. David Angelo says investigators are still piecing together what happened, but that they believe the boy found the unsecured gun, pointed it at his head and pulled the trigger.
  The child was pronounced dead at Texas Children’s Hospital.
  Angelo says investigators found a 9
  
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• What Frisco's $2B Development Says About DFW Economy

  09-07-2018 17:00
  
  Observers of North Texas real estate may have noticed something unusual about Frisco’s $2 billion Wade Park development.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• 13-Foot Alligator Captured On Florida’s Gulf Coast

  09-07-2018 16:30
  VENICE, Fla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Sheriff’s deputies assisted Fish and Wildlife officers in capturing a 13-foot alligator on the Florida Gulf Coast.
  The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office posted photos on social media of the alligator Sunday at Shamrock Park in Venice. Deputies used the hashtags – #OnlyInFlorida and #AllInADaysWork.
  The trappers posed for a picture with the gator, which had its mouth taped shut.
  Sheriff’s Sgt. Tim Bauer and Deputy Rob Lowen and
  
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• Harvey Weinstein Pleads Not Guilty To 3rd Assault, Released On Bail

  09-07-2018 16:27
  NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein, who was previously indicted on charges involving two women, was released on bail on Monday while fighting sex crime accusations that now include a third woman.
  “We fight these battles one day at a time, and today we won this round,” defense attorney Ben Brafman said outside court. Brafman said during an arraignment that he expects more charges.
  Weinstein pleaded not guilty after he was brought into the courtroom while handcuffed from behin
  
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• Mesquite Chemical Plant Fire Forces Temporary Half-Mile Evacuation

  09-07-2018 15:45
  MESQUITE (CBSDFW.COM) – An early morning fire at a chemical plant in Mesquite forced a half-mile evacuation zone and sent workers to the hospital.
  It was around 1:00 a.m. when emergency crews were called out to Fritz Industries on Sam Houston Road.
  Firefighters say bromate chemical compounds were burning inside the plant for hours. Emergency crews were able to put the fire out before sunrise and after monitoring the air determined any risk to be over.
  Employees were working inside whe
  
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• Air Force Vet Turns Tragedy Into Inspiration to Lift Others

  09-07-2018 15:41
  
  Jack Fanning, a decorated veteran who served six tours of duty in the Middle East, inspired his fellow soldiers while in combat. Now, he's inspiring people all over the world in a different way.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Swarm Of Bees Delays Minor League Baseball Game

  09-07-2018 14:59
  Ryan Mayer
  Professional baseball players are used to sitting through their fair share of delayed games during the course of the season. In most cases, those delays are due to weather related incidents. That wasn’t the case for Sunday’s Double-A contest between the Corpus Christi Hooks and Northwest Arkansas Naturals.
  Instead, the teams were forced to wait out an 85-minute delay caused by a swarm of bees taking over the home dugout. Carmen Benedetti, an outfielder for the Hooks, poste
  
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• ACLU: Less Than Half Of Child Reunions Will Meet Deadline

  09-07-2018 14:52
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union said it appears the Trump administration will miss a court-ordered deadline to reunite young children who were separated at the border with their parents in more than half of the cases.
  The ACLU said late Sunday the administration provided it with a list of 102 children under 5 years old and that “appears likely that less than half will be reunited” by Tuesday’s deadline.
  The Justice Department asked U.S. District Judge
  
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• Yodeling Kid From Viral Video Announces Debut Album

  09-07-2018 14:37
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Mason Ramsey is releasing his first album later this month. The 11-year-old boy from Illinois skyrocketed to fame with a viral video of him yodeling a Hank Williams classic inside of a Walmart store.
  That video has been watched more than 50 million times on YouTube and has spawned multiple remixes.
  Ramsey’s upcoming EP “Famous” includes both country classics and new songs. It will be released on July 20. It includes his version
  
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• Starbucks, Citing Environment, To Stop Offering Plastic Straws By 2020

  09-07-2018 14:27
  SEATTLE (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Starbucks says it will eliminate plastic straws from its stores globally by 2020, a nod to the growing push for businesses to be more environmentally friendly.
  The company will become the largest food and beverage company operating globally to ban plastic straws from all of its stores.
  The Seattle-based company said Monday it will instead use straws made from other materials, and lids designed not to need straws. McDonald’s also recently said it would s
  
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• TMSG: North Texas Family Visits Tarrant County Nursing Homes

  09-07-2018 14:22
  
  One retired North Texas couple never gave up working. George and Edith Crittenden formed the "League of Mercy" with the Salvation Army, visiting nursing homes in Tarrant County three to four days...Photo Credit: Tell Me Something Good
  
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• Family Fights Warranty Company Over Failed HVAC

  09-07-2018 14:17
  
  What you need to know if your HVAC system breaks during the peak of summer.
  
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• Family Spends Days Going Back & Forth With Warranty Company

  09-07-2018 14:15
  
  It’s so hot inside Ron McGuffey’s home, he would go outside just to catch a breeze."It was horrible I’ve got a heart condition," said McGuffey.After his air conditioning unit broke...
  
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• Texas Heat Drives Up Electricity, Water Bills

  09-07-2018 13:55
  
  The Texas heat has driven a lot of us inside. And, as a result, that has driven up our electric and water bills.
  
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• Crews Battle Destructive Wildfires Raging In The West

  09-07-2018 13:49
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters continued to build containment around several destructive wildfires burning in California, though one stubborn blaze in the northern part of the state grew significantly and crossed the border into Oregon.
  The blaze on the California-Oregon state line known as the Klamathon Fire grew to 55 square miles and leapt into Oregon overnight. It was 25 percent contained.
  The fire, one of many in the drought-ridden U.S. West, killed one person in their home and destr
  
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• Travis Pastrana Successfully Triplicates Evel Knievel’s Iconic Jumps

  09-07-2018 13:40
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Honoring the man who paved the way for dozens of daredevils, Travis Pastrana succeeded in triplicating three of Evel Knievel’s iconic motorcycle jumps Sunday night.
  Donning his own Knievel-like costume, Pastrana used an Indian Scout FTR750 to jump 143 feet to clear 52 crushed cars, 192 feet over 16 Greyhound buses and concluded the “Evel Live” event on the History Channel by jumping 149 feet to clear the fountains at Caesars Palace.
  “It’s just
  
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