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• New Harley Quinn Ride to Open at Six Flags Saturday

  10-07-2018 23:59
  
  A new villain has landed at Six Flags Over Texas -- and she's ready to take riders for one of the wildest spins they've ever experienced. The brand new "Harley Quinn Spinsanity" ride opens to the general public...Photo Credit: Tim Ciesco - NBC 5 News
  
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• Shooting at Dallas-Area Army Reserve Center Ruled Accidental

  10-07-2018 23:34
  
  A shooting reported at a Dallas-area U.S. Army Reserve Command center Tuesday is believed to be the result of an accidental discharge, Seagoville city officials say.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Southlake Police Say ‘Hello’ In Lip Sync-ish Challenge

  10-07-2018 23:25
  SOUTHLAKE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Southlake DPS is the latest North Texas police department to take part in the Lip Sync Challenge.
  Not quite the big production some other area police departments came up with.  They kept it simple.
  But they also didn’t lip sync the entire time!
  They said on their Facebook page, “We’re on the back end of this thing, but here we are, in all of our melodic glory. Bask in the glow of these fine lip syncers as they tickle your eardrums with
  
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• Southlake Police Say ‘Hello’ In Lip Sync Challenge

  10-07-2018 23:25
  SOUTHLAKE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Southlake DPS is the latest North Texas police department to take part in the Lip Sync Challenge.
  Not quite the big production some other area police departments came up with.  They kept it simple.
  They said on their Facebook page, “We’re on the back end of this thing, but here we are, in all of our melodic glory. Bask in the glow of these fine lip syncers as they tickle your eardrums with their smooth sounds. After all, the DPS in Southlake
  
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• Bullet Fragment Found Inside Dallas-Area Army Reserve Center

  10-07-2018 23:18
  
  A shooting reported at a Dallas-area U.S. Army Reserve Command center Tuesday is believed to be the result of an accidental discharge, Seagoville city officials say.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Storm Moves into Downtown Dallas

  10-07-2018 23:13
  
  Storms moved across North Texas on Tuesday afternoon. This is the view from the NBC 5 skycam on top of the Omni Hotel in Downtown Dallas, which had the perfect view as the storm moved in from the west.
  
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• 1st Human Case of West Nile Confirmed in Dallas Co. for 2018

  10-07-2018 23:09
  
  The first human case of West Nile virus has been recorded in Dallas County for 2018, the Dallas County Health and Human Services Department confirms.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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• Man Armed With Knives Killed by Garland Officer: Police

  10-07-2018 23:08
  
  A man armed with knives, described by callers as machetes, was shot and killed during a confrontation with Garland police Tuesday afternoon.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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• Texas Senator John Cornyn on Judge Kavanaugh Nomination

  10-07-2018 23:05
  
  NBC 5 spoke to Texas Senior Senator John Cornyn about President Trump's decision to nominate Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
  
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• Youth Football Coach Arrested After Police Say He Was Panhandling With Team

  10-07-2018 22:55
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas Police uncovered a criminal history on a youth football coach while his team was fundraising.
  It was at an intersection in the 7500 block of Northwest Highway where a youth football coach and some of his players were approached by Dallas Police officers on July 4.
  The coach said they were fundraising.  Police said technically they were panhandling.
  When they ordered coach Michael White of the Southside Rams and his players to leave the area they did a back
  
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• Officer Shoots, Kills Machete-Wielding Suspect In Garland

  10-07-2018 22:50
  GARLAND, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A man with a pair of machetes was shot and killed by a Garland Police officer Tuesday.
  It happened around 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in the 1500 block of I-30 at the Bass Pro Drive exit.
  Garland Police received multiple reports of a man with no shirt seen swinging two large knives at people driving by.
  No officers were hurt.
  Officer-involved shooting in Garland (Chopper11)
  A woman who answered the phone at the Lavender Spa and Massage said the suspect made a lot of noi
  
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• California Man Gored Twice By Bull While Checking Out Used Car

  10-07-2018 22:39
  TRACY, Calif. (CBSNEWS) – Dean King’s trip to buy a used car took a bizarre and painful turn last week in Tracy, California. King, an Army veteran, went to check out the car on a rural property when he had a surprising encounter with an enraged bull, CBS SF Bay Area reports.
  King said he initially did not see the massive animal bearing down on him. All he remembers is being knocked to the ground and the pain as the bull gored him twice in the abdomen.
  Dean King was gored twice by an
  
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• Jackknifed 18-Wheeler Crash Causing Traffic Delays in Dallas

  10-07-2018 22:13
  
  Breaking news from NBC 5. A big rig crash is causing a traffic jam in Dallas.Photo Credit: TxDOT
  
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• Toyota HQ employees in Plano face highest housing costs in DFW, study finds

  10-07-2018 21:49
  Toyota employees relocating to work at the auto giant’s new North American headquarters in Plano face the highest price in the region to live near their corporate campus, with median sale prices in the area hitting $289,000, according to a study released Tuesday by buying platform Open Listings.The study also pegs the average employee salary at Toyota’s headquarters in Plano at $110,244, meaning employees pay an average of 18 percent of their paycheck to live within 20 minutes of wor
  
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• Officer Shoots Machete-Wielding Suspect In Garland

  10-07-2018 21:34
  GARLAND (CBSDFW.COM) – A man with a machete was shot by a Garland Police officer Tuesday.
  It happened around 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at I-30 and Bass Pro Drive.
  The Dallas County Sheriff’s Department said Garland Police received multiple reports of a man with no shirt seen swinging a machete at people driving by.
  Images from Chopper11 show the suspect on the ground and not moving.  He appears to be deceased.
  A woman who answered the phone at the Lavender Spa and Massage near by said t
  
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• Transportation company moves headquarters to Addison

  10-07-2018 21:15
  Transportation company TForce is relocating its headquarters to Addison.The company has leased a full floor encompassing 16,863 square feet at The Belvedere at The Quorum, located at 14881 Quorum Drive. TForce was previously housed at The Crossings off LBJ Freeway in Dallas.“To foster our unique company culture, we wanted a fresh, modern space that could truly lend to our collaborative business approach,” Scott Leveridge, TForce’s president for the U.S., said in a prepared stat
  
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• Ken Foote Summer Songs: The Boy Is Mine

  10-07-2018 20:58
  (CBS11) – This week’s song was the most popular one of the summer of 1998.
  Brandy Norwood (born February 11, 1979 in McComb, Mississippi) is a singer, songwriter, actress, model and record producer.
  Raised in Carson, California, she signed a record deal with Atlantic Records in 1993. The next year she released her self-titled debut album, selling ten million copies worldwide. In 1996, she starred in the UPN Television Network comedy Moesha that ran for six years and 127 episodes. Bot
  
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• FBI Agent Charged In Shooting While Dancing Gets Gun Back

  10-07-2018 20:56
  DENVER (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — An FBI agent accused of accidentally dropping and firing his gun while dancing at a Denver nightclub, hitting a bystander in the leg, has been cleared to carry his work weapon again.
  A judge allowed the change to Chase Bishop’s conditions for release from jail during a court hearing Tuesday.
  Bishop’s lawyer, David Goddard, told Judge Fran Simonet that the FBI strongly encourages its agents to carry the service weapons when they are not working. Prosecut
  
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• Government’s DNA Testing Of Migrant Parents Turns Up Surprises

  10-07-2018 20:47
  UNITED STATES (AP) – The U.S. government’s DNA testing of migrant families separated at the Southwest border has turned up some surprises.
  A Health and Human Services official said Tuesday that in two cases adults who thought they were parents of a child were determined not to be by DNA testing.
  Chris Meekins is helping to direct the court-ordered family reunifications of migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. He says the adults “may not realize they’re not the biological pa
  
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• American Airlines Latest Company Getting Rid Of Plastic Straws

  10-07-2018 20:37
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – American Airlines says it will stop using plastic straws and drink stirs and replace them with biodegradable alternatives.
  The Fort Worth-based company said that starting this month in its airport lounges it will serve drinks with straw and wood stir sticks and begin moving to what it called eco-friendly flatware.
  The world’s biggest airline says that in November it will replace plastic stir sticks with ones made from bamboo on board planes. The airl
  
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• A Florida bank usually found in a Walmart acquires a booming lender in Dallas

  10-07-2018 20:31
  Florida’s Axiom Bank acquired a Dallas lender that is giving small businesses the ability to borrow off of their outstanding invoices to clients – an increasingly popular kind of financing. The terms for the deal to buy Allied Affiliated Funding were not disclosed, but it’s another sign of smaller firms wanting to get in on the business. The new division will be known as Axiom Factoring and the company’s chief executive Clay Tramel will stay on to run it. The pr
  
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• DFW new home starts, sales soar despite higher land, labor costs

  10-07-2018 20:21
  Despite increases in land, labor and materials costs, Dallas-Fort Worth annual new home starts set another housing cycle record in the second quarter of the year, with area builders initiating construction on 9,902 units in the past three months.The housing starts pushed the annual rate to 35,399 new homes in the July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 timeframe, according to Dallas-based Residential Strategies Inc., or RSI. Annual starts are up 12 percent year-over-year, RSI reports.Increases in&hel
  
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• Coworking concept Common Desk acquires fitness studio

  10-07-2018 20:11
  Branching out further, yet complementing its coworking concept, Common Desk has acquired a physical fitness studio.Dallas-based Common Desk has purchased The Gym of Social Mechanics, which offers functional strength and conditioning fitness programs, as well as yoga, cardio, spin and other wellness classes.The acquisition expands Common Desk’s portfolio as an office amenities provider. Last year, the company acquired coffee shop concept Fiction Coffee. Now, alongside beverages and other se
  
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• ‘Straight Up Stealing’; Education Bait-And-Switch Scheme Cheated Veterans Of Tuition Benefits

  10-07-2018 20:07
  UNITED STATES (CBSDFW.COM) – In a bait-and-switch scheme, a group of fraudsters used educational programs for veterans to enrich themselves while cheating service members out of an education they were entitled to under the law, according to FBI.gov.
  The GI Bill provides the country’s service members and veterans a free or reduced-cost college education to those who qualify, offering them a head start on their return to civilian life. But one group of fraudsters used the Post-9/1
  
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• Family Desperate To Find Dog After July 4 Crash

  10-07-2018 19:58
  
  A Dallas family is desperate to find their dog after she disappeared during a traffic crash on the Fourth of July.Photo Credit: Michelle Jones
  
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• Car Crashes Into House, Catches Fire

  10-07-2018 19:12
  
  The driver of a stolen car crashed into a home and sparked a fire during a police chase in Forest Hill Tuesday morning, Fort Worth fire officials say.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Bike, Walk Section of McDermott Bridge Yet to Be Open

  10-07-2018 19:03
  
  Margaret McDermott Bridge is open to vehicles but the hike and bike side of the bridge has yet to be open a year after the goal of the initial opening date. Here to talk with us is Dallas Morning News Columnist...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Caught On Camera: Woman Rescued From Car Submerged In Canal

  10-07-2018 19:01
  MESA, AZ (CBSDFW.COM) – A woman in Arizona nearly lost her life while driving through storms on Monday. Her car became completely submerged, with her inside, in a canal.
  Mesa Fire and Medical crews were able to locate the woman and pull her from the water as she was losing oxygen.
  (credit: Merrill Brimley)
  Keven Braegger recorded the rescue on camera and said rescuers initially didn’t know if the person/persons inside the car had survived after being underwater for so long.
  
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• 'Parade of Playhouses' on Now at NorthPark

  10-07-2018 18:46
  
  Ten playhouses are up for raffle at NorthPark Center in Dallas and two more at Dallas CASA. The playhouses are free to view and tickets are $5 a piece or five for $20. The raffle drawing is Sunday July 15 at...
  
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• Back-to-School Fair in Dallas Supports Families

  10-07-2018 18:43
  
  Mayor Mike Rawlings wants parents to know that help is available for providing school supplies. There are other services at the Back To School Fair, like health services, and a pre-registration is required...
  
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• Police Seek Woman And Man Who Kidnapped Her At Knifepoint

  10-07-2018 18:31
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Police are looking for a woman who was kidnapped at knifepoint by a man in Dallas last night.
  It happened on the 11700 block of Ferguson Road at 11:30 p.m.
  A witness told police she asked the victim, Shanique Banks to walk to the store with her. But when the women left Banks’ apartment, suspect Desmond Jennings approached them.
  The 56-year-old started yelling for Banks to come back outside after both women went back inside the apartment when they
  
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• WWII Plane Converted Into Food Truck to Help Children

  10-07-2018 18:30
  
  A World War II plane has been turned into a food truck, serving people outside of an aeronautical museum in California.Photo Credit: KNBC
  
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• Dallas Wants Input From Residents on Homeless Solution Plan

  10-07-2018 18:20
  
  The City of Dallas is seeking input on a new Homeless Solutions plan.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Widows of Fallen Dallas Officers Forge Friendship

  10-07-2018 18:14
  
  The widows of three of the five Dallas officers killed in the July 7, 2016 shooting in Downtown Dallas spoke to NBC 5’s Kristi Nelson about their lives since the shooting and the friendship they’ve formed.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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• Uniquely Crafted Playhouses Up for Grabs at NorthPark

  10-07-2018 17:53
  
  Ten playhouses are up for raffle at NorthPark Center in Dallas and two more at Dallas CASA. The playhouses are free to view and tickets are $5 a piece or five for $20 to get a chance to win the prize drawing.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• AT&T adds to its acquisition lineup with a security startup

  10-07-2018 17:36
  AT&T (NYSE:T) is making yet another acquisition, but this time it's about security instead of premium channels or ads.The telecom and media giant said Tuesday it plans to acquire AlienVault, a Silicon Valley company with more than $100 million in funding. Terms of the deal were not disclosed in a press release announcing the agreement.AlienVault specializes in security products that can help small- and medium-sized businesses. AT&T said it can benefit from both the technology and talent
  
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• Brett Kavanaugh Didn’t Think Dez Bryant Caught it

  10-07-2018 17:30
  
  “It’s better when the rules governing a catch are set forth before Dez Bryant falls to the ground,” Kavanaugh said. “Because the rule said, that was it. If we can do it in the NFL, we can do it here as well.”Photo Credit: NBC Sports
  
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• Bill Clinton, George W. Bush to Join 59 Scholars in Arkansas

  10-07-2018 17:21
  
  Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will join dozens of scholars who've been focusing on topics ranging from immigration to veterans issues.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• New Oyster Reef Off Texas Bay To Use Kentucky Limestone

  10-07-2018 17:18
  SAN LEON, Texas (AP) — Crews are putting millions of pounds of Kentucky limestone on the floor of a Texas bay for a 21-acre oyster reef on a private lease.
  The Galveston County Daily News reports San Leon-based Prestige Oysters held a blessing ceremony Monday for the oyster cultch in Galveston Bay. The mass of stones, broken shells and grit will form the bed off San Leon, 40 miles southeast of Houston.
  Hurricane Ike in 2008 battered the area’s oyster reefs.
  Prestige Oysters vice pres
  
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• George Clooney Injured In Scooter Accident In Italy

  10-07-2018 17:10
  ITALY (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Actor George Clooney was taken to the hospital on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia in Italy where he was treated released after being involved in an accident while riding his scooter, hospital officials said.
  The actor wasn’t badly hurt, but underwent a CAT scan at John Paul II Hospital in Olbia as a precaution. The results didn’t reveal any major injuries, but he did have minor trauma to one knee.
  The 57-year-old Clooney was headed to a film se
  
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• Justin Bieber Confirms Engagement To Hailey Baldwin

  10-07-2018 17:04
  LOS ANGELES (CNN) – Justin Bieber has broken his silence about his relationship with Hailey Baldwin, and confirmed their engagement. The 24-year-old pop star posted a note on his Instagram page along with photos of him with his 21-year-old fiancee.
  “Was gonna wait a while to say anything but word travels fast, listen plain and simple Hailey I am soooo in love with everything about you,” the caption began. “So committed to spending my life getting to know every single
  
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• Drake’s “Scorpion” Breaks Historic Beatles Music Record

  10-07-2018 16:41
  LOS ANGELES (CNN) – A longstanding record from The Beatles felt the sting of a “Scorpion.”
  Drake’s “Scorpion” album set a record by posting seven simultaneous singles on Billboard’s Top 10. That toppled a record set by The Beatles of five singles set in 1964. But, Billboard noted that the band remains “the only act to monopolize the Hot 100’s entire top five in a week.”
  Drake’s rankings are as follows:
  1. “Nice For What
  
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• Mavs Esports Team to Visit East Dallas Boys & Girls Club

  10-07-2018 16:30
  
  The Mavs Gaming Team, as well as Coach Jonah Edwards, is heading to the Boys & Grils Club East Dallas Branch on Wednesday, June 11, to mix it up with the kids.Photo Credit: CSNPhilly.com
  
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• George W. Bush, Bill Clinton To Address Presidential Leadership Scholars

  10-07-2018 16:30
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton will join dozens of scholars who’ve been focusing on topics ranging from immigration to veterans issues.
  Graduation ceremonies are planned in Little Rock, Arkansas for 59 Presidential Leadership Scholars. The event at the Clinton Presidential Center is not open to the public but will be streamed live on the Presidential Leadership Scholars website.
  Former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton (L) and Ge
  
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• Armed Man Robs 2 North Texas Game Rooms In Less Than 24 Hours

  10-07-2018 15:52
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Police say a gunman first targeted a game room on Wilbarger Street in Fort Worth and then pulled a weapon at a game room on Mansfield Highway less than 24 hours later.
  At the Wilbarger location terrified witnesses say the suspect ordered everyone to the ground and threatened to kill anyone who didn’t comply. The armed man demanded money from everyone and even took a hostage after exchanging gunfire with someone inside the game room.
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• ‘Hot Dogs & Hope’ Delivers More Than Meals To Fort Worth’s Homeless

  10-07-2018 15:50
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – For many who are homeless, each day can be an unknown about where to find the next meal. In Fort Worth, three times a month, there is at least one certainty: home-cooked food served on the streets with a side of love.
  “We’ve got 10 pounds of rice, eight pounds of peas and carrots. Now we have rice pilaf,” explained Pam Casey.
  Oven-baked chicken, bottled water, homemade lemonade, chicken salad sandwiches and other sides round out the spr
  
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• No More Peanuts on Southwest Flights

  10-07-2018 15:13
  
  The Dallas-based airline is ending the tradition on all flights beginning August 1, citing the need to keep passengers with peanut allergies safe.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News Southwest Airlines
  
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• TMSG: Fundraiser Helps Veterans, First Responders

  10-07-2018 14:53
  
  Two North Texas businesses have joined forces to raise $25,000 to support a nonprofit that helps veterans and first responders with overcoming suicide.
  
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• Amazon’s Whole Foods Announces Its Deals For Prime Day

  10-07-2018 14:50
  AUSTIN (CNN Money) – Whole Foods is celebrating Prime Day with an appetizing offer: free money. The Amazon-owned grocery store chain is offering Prime members a $10 credit to use during the 36-hour Prime Day extravaganza when they spend $10 or more at Whole Foods between July 11 through July 17.
  Whole Foods is also offering other deals, including doubling the cash back bonus to 10 percent from 5 percent for Amazon Prime Rewards Visa card holders between July 14 through July 17.
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• Incoming Anna Police Chief Talks Vision for Booming City

  10-07-2018 14:49
  
  Jeff Caponera, a 10-year veteran with the Anna Police Department, will be sworn in as police chief on Tuesday.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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