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• Jaguar Escapes, Kills 6 Animals At New Orleans Zoo

  14-07-2018 23:43
  (CBSNEWS) – A jaguar escaped from its habitat and killed six animals at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans on Saturday, causing the zoo to shut down for the day. Zoo officials said this is the first time in at least 50 years that one of its animals has killed others.
  “This is by far the biggest incident we’ve had, the biggest magnitude, the biggest tragedy we’ve had,” Ron Forman, head of the Audubon Nature Institute, said in a news conference.
  The 3-year-old male jaguar
  
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• Pianos to Be Placed Around Dallas for People to Play

  14-07-2018 23:03
  
  Dallas' Office of Cultural Affairs is placing three colorful pianos, painted by artist Leigha Lugo, around the city for people to play in different parks.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Firefighter Killed In Wildfire Near Yosemite National Park

  14-07-2018 22:48
  YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A firefighter was killed Saturday while battling a wildfire burning near Yosemite National Park, California state fire officials said.
  The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said Heavy Fire Equipment Operator Braden Varney was killed while fighting the Ferguson Fire in the morning hours.
  The blaze broke out around 10:30 p.m. on Friday in Mariposa County, near the west end of Yosemite National Park and the Sierra National Forest.
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• Thai Soccer Players Eager To Return Home After Cave Rescue

  14-07-2018 22:26
  CHIANG RAI, Thailand (CBSNEWS/AP) – The 12 boys and their soccer coach rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand are recovering well and are eager to eat their favorite comfort foods after their expected discharge from a hospital next week. In video messages of the boys shown at a news conference on Saturday, they are seen wearing surgical masks — a safeguard against infection that’s been taken since the last of them were pulled from the Tham Luang cave on Tuesday, endin
  
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• Authorities Searching For Suspect In Deadly Hit-And-Run In Dallas

  14-07-2018 21:52
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A man was killed in a hit-and-run crash on northbound I-35E in Dallas early Saturday morning while he was on the side of the road dealing with an accident he was involved in.
  Authorities say at around 2:50 a.m., two vehicles, a Jeep and a Chrysler 300, were involved in an accident on northbound I-35E between Market Center and Medical District. Both drivers pulled over to the right lane, where they got out of their vehicles to exchange information. Both drivers went to
  
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• Deputies Searching for Driver in Deadly Dallas Hit and Run

  14-07-2018 18:30
  
  One man is dead after being hit after taking photos of a previous crash on the side of the roadway in Dallas.
  
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• Bedford Homeowners Frustrated They Can't Access Water Meters Anymore

  14-07-2018 05:35
  
  If you've ever had to shut off your water in an emergency, you know that every minute counts to stop a flood. But homeowners in Bedford no longer have access to the only shut-off valve many of them have...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Spirit Airlines Flight Diverted to Tulsa, Sits on Tarmac for Over Three Hours

  14-07-2018 05:31
  
  Passengers onboard a Spirit Airlines Flight headed to Dallas that was diverted to Tulsa where it sat on the tarmac for over three hours, are opening up about the nearly 17-hour journey to Dallas.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• NTX Mother Gives Birth On Friday The 13th

  14-07-2018 05:19
  
  People often associate Friday the 13th with bad luck, but it seems to be one North Texas family's lucky day.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Lake Worth Police Meeting With Women Who Believe They Were Secretly Recorded

  14-07-2018 05:10
  LAKE WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Lake Worth police have scheduled meetings with four women who suspect they’re among the hundreds appearing in what appear to be secretly recorded videos.
  Investigators say they discovered the videos after charging Alexander Martinez, 23, with invasive visual recording for allegedly capturing images of a woman undressing in a Target dressing room.
  Alexander Martinez
  Officers plan to sit down with the other women who’ve contacted them to review portions
  
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• Twin Brothers Lead Police on Two Separate Car Chases

  14-07-2018 03:39
  
  Twin brothers Joshua and Jonathan Aguilera led police on separate car chases across multiple counties.Photo Credit: Dallas and Grand Prairie Police Departments
  
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• Granbury Distillery Makes Spirits From Cow Milk Waste

  14-07-2018 02:37
  
  Along North Houston Street in Granbury, on what used to be a used car lot, a brand new local distillery is churning out homemade spirits using a unique ingredient -- cow’s milk.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• UT Southwestern Celebrates ‘Big Bang’ Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s Research

  14-07-2018 02:12
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s being called the “big bang” breakthrough in Alzheimer’s research. Doctors at UT Southwestern’s O’Donnell Brain Institute have detected what they believe are changes in a single molecule that could act as the starting point for the deadly, memory-stealing disease.
  Scientists are fairly certain that a molecule called “tau” is the culprit.
  “When the protein is in its good form, the reactive portions are hidden,&r
  
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• Waxahachie's Red Barn Could Be Demolished

  14-07-2018 02:08
  
  Because of eminent domain, Waxahachie's Red Barn Flea Market could be demolished to make room for US 77 upgrades.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Fort Worth Hospital Apologizes After Mother’s Milk Was Given To Another Child

  14-07-2018 01:49
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A Fort Wort hospital is apologizing after a mother’s breast milk was given to another child.
  Texas Health Harris Methodist said Friday it reviewed the incident and reinforced safeguards to avoid it happening again.
  Kandace Espinosa, who regularly brought breast milk to the hospital in March for her prematurely-born son, said the hospital called her in June to tell her some of it was still there. She said a nurse manager in the neonatal intensive care unit al
  
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• North Texas Luxury Doomsday Resort Files For Bankruptcy

  14-07-2018 01:25
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — A prepper’s paradise touted for North Texas will apparently not be realized.
  Trident Lakes, a residential community marketed as a five-star resort built to withstand a nuclear war, on Thursday filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to court records.
  The filing comes a week after CBS 11 News reported that the development’s owner, John Eckerd, is facing federal criminal charges. According to the FBI, Eckerd agreed earlier this year to launder millions of
  
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• Friday The 13th Is Day Of Tattoos Rather Than Bad Luck

  14-07-2018 01:14
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s supposed to be the unluckiest of days. But Friday the 13th has come to mean more than horror movies and superstition in the tattoo community. It’s a day tattoo parlors everywhere now embrace, thanks to an idea one local business owner had 25 years ago.
  At Elm St. Tattoo in Deep Ellum, it’s their Black Friday, with $20 tattoos enticing 800 to 900 customers to get inked during a 24-hour marathon.
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• Pulling Together: Boy Bravely Confronts Cancer Diagnosis — Twice

  14-07-2018 00:06
  (CBSDFW.COM) – Rhabdomyosarcoma. It’s a big name for a cancer that impacts young children. An eight-year-old boy, confronted with that diagnosis, bravely fought this disease while never giving up.
  His message: “Don’t get discouraged.”
  Now a 14-year-old, he’s a normal teenager who loves gadgets and sports, but his life has been anything but normal.
  At only eight years old, Caleb Lynn was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare pediatric cancer that impacts musc
  
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