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• New Renderings of Rangers' Globe Life Field North Plaza

  19-07-2018 23:59 via nbcdfw.com
  
  The Texas Rangers released new renderings of Globe Life Field and Texas Live! Thursday, showing off the North Plaza which will be the north entrance to the new ballpark.Photo Credit: Texas RangersThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• AC Units Not Working At Some Church Summer Camps

  19-07-2018 23:45
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Hundreds of children are spending their day at summer camps – held inside area churches. The camps are hosted by Project Transformation North Texas.
  The executive director of the non-profit says there have been some cooling challenges.
  “Here at Casa Linda United Methodist Church, we do all our recreational activity in the gym, which has four units. Only one is working,” says executive director, Alyson Gregory Richter.
  About 200 children and college v
  
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• Excessive Temperatures Can Take a Toll on Your Car

  19-07-2018 23:29 via nbcdfw.com
  
  AAA offers some tips on how to keep your car in working condition during the hot summer months.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Serial Insurance Company Burglars On Loose In Dallas

  19-07-2018 22:54
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying two burglary suspects captured on surveillance video at a Southeast Dallas insurance office.
  Police said on July 13 around 1:20 a.m., the suspects forced their way into the office in the 2500 block of S. Buckner Blvd.
  The suspects used a sledge hammer to open the safe and took approximately $2,000.
  It is believed the suspects are responsible for multiple burglaries of insurance companies in the Pleasant
  
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• Putin Goes To Washington

  19-07-2018 22:27
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has asked national security adviser John Bolton to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington in the fall.
  That’s the latest update Thursday from White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders following Trump’s meeting with Putin earlier this week in Finland.
  In Helsinki, @POTUS agreed to ongoing working level dialogue between the two security council staffs. President Trump asked @Ambjohnbolton to invite President Putin t
  
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• 3 Women Shot Inside Fort Worth Bank; 3 Detained

  19-07-2018 22:09 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Three people are being questioned by police after three women were injured during a shooting inside a Fort Worth bank Thursday morning.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Texas Meat-Lovers Appalled About WeWork’s Meat-Free Policy

  19-07-2018 22:08
  HOUSTON (AP) — Texas meat-lovers are expressing outrage over a coworking company’s announcement that it won’t serve beef, pork or chicken at work events in order to be more environmentally conscious.
  New York City-based WeWork said it’s committed to being a “meat-free organization,” the Houston Chronicle reported. WeWork won’t buy meat dishes for the shared workspaces provided to members, including its 8,000 Texas members at nine facilities. The company
  
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• Melania Trump Listens As Students Discuss Being Civil Online

  19-07-2018 21:45
  WASHINGTON (AP) –  Melania Trump is listening to teens talk about their best practices for being civil online.
  The first lady’s spokeswoman tweeted Thursday that Mrs. Trump is meeting with students at Microsoft’s office in the nation’s capital.
  Microsoft created a teen council in 2017 to help improve online safety and promote civility.
  Digital civility is one element of a nationwide campaign Mrs. Trump announced this year to focus on child well-being.
  Her husban
  
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• Dallas Zoo Hosts Annual Dollar Day

  19-07-2018 21:37 via nbcdfw.com
  
  The Dallas Zoo hosted its annual Dollar Day on one of the hottest days of the year so far.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Premature Penguin Saved By Zoo

  19-07-2018 21:15
  LONDON, UK (CBSDFW.COM) – A premature penguin chick has been saved by zookeepers in London.
  Keepers at ZSL London Zoo found one of this season’s eggs had been accidentally broken by its parents and were astonished to find a tiny chick still alive inside.
  They feared the Humboldt penguin chick, nicknamed Rainbow, wouldn’t survive without help, so they rushed her to the Zoo’s onsite vet clinic, where the vet team sprang into action.
  ZSL vets carefully set about removing bit
  
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• Crowds Still Turn Out for a Hot Dallas Zoo Dollar Day

  19-07-2018 20:58 via nbcdfw.com
  
  It's Dollar Day at the Dallas Zoo meaning $1 gets visitors through the gates. For many families, that's too good of a deal to pass up even as triple digits approach.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Physician Offers Tips To Stay Safe in High Temperatures

  19-07-2018 20:45 via nbcdfw.com
  
  ER Physician with Texas Health Resources, Dr. Glenn Hardesty, offers tips on how to stay safe in high temperatures.Photo Credit: Linda Angelle
  
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• ‘Gruesome Death By Violent Hands’, Man Strangles Abandoned Dog

  19-07-2018 20:36
  WEATHERFORD (CBSDFW.COM) – Parker County Sheriff’s Deputies are looking for a 25-year-old man who they said strangled a dog.
  “This was an atrocious act – as bad as we have ever seen,” said Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler. “This poor dog was first abandoned by its owner and ultimately met a gruesome death by the violent hands of another. He only knew love for a brief moment though a stranger who tried to care. Even that was stripped away from him when t
  
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• Sarah's Weekend Picks: Concerts and Fun Indoor Activities

  19-07-2018 20:34 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Sarah Blaskovich with The Dallas Morning News discusses upcoming shows and some fun indoor activities to stay cool in the weekend heat.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Stolen Car Parked in Grassy Field, Destroyed by Grass Fire

  19-07-2018 20:31 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Fort Worth firefighters contained a grass fire Thursday police say was sparked by car thieves.
  
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• Dog Days of Summer - July 19, 2018

  19-07-2018 20:13 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Winnie and Coco were featured during the Dog Days of Summer segment on Thursday, July 19 2018.
  
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• Police Searching for Woman Who Drove Her Car Off Freeway

  19-07-2018 20:02 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Plano police are searching for a 28-year-old woman who drove her car off the freeway.Photo Credit: Family of LibbyThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Fatal SUV Crash Driver Among 5 Charged In Smuggling Scheme

  19-07-2018 19:49
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A federal grand jury in Texas has indicted several people connected to an alleged immigrant smuggling scheme, including the driver in an SUV crash that killed five of 14 people inside.
  Federal prosecutors say the driver, 20-year-old Jorge Luis Monsivais Jr., and four others were indicted by a grand jury in Del Rio on Wednesday for their roles in a smuggling scheme that led to the June 17 crash.
  Authorities say the Border Patrol became suspicious of three vehicles t
  
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• AAA: Texas, U.S. Retail Gasoline Prices Decline This Week

  19-07-2018 19:43
  COPPELL (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Across Texas and nationwide retail gasoline prices have declined this week.
  AAA Texas on Thursday reported prices at the pump statewide slipped 3 cents to settle at $2.63 per gallon. Drivers across the country are paying an average $2.86 per gallon, which is down 2 cents from a week ago.
  The association survey found Midland has the most expensive gasoline in Texas this week at an average $3.12 per gallon. Three cities have the cheapest gasoline in Texas — Sa
  
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• Fort Worth Fire Dept. Investigating Grass Fire on Moresby

  19-07-2018 19:33 via nbcdfw.com
  
  The Fort Worth Fire Department is investigating a grass fire that started near Moresby road, which has since been contained.
  
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• 3 Women Shot Inside Fort Worth Bank; Standoff Nearby

  19-07-2018 19:18 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Three women were shot inside a Fort Worth bank early Thursday morning in what appears to be an attempted bank robbery, police say.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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• Mavs Owner Mark Cuban Helps Texas Couple With Gender Reveal

  19-07-2018 19:03
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The child isn’t exactly a namesake, but Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban braved the heat to help a Texas couple with their gender reveal.
  Lucas and Britney Currin are sharing video of Cuban, apparently drenched in the oppressive Texas heat, letting the world know about the couple’s new bundle of joy.
  (credit: Britney Currin/Facebook)
  Lucas asked the Mavs owner to help them out since this is their first child and Cuban stepped up to plate…
  
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• Search Ongoing For Missing Plano Mom Who Drove Car Off The Road

  19-07-2018 18:55
  PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) – Plano police are searching for a 28-year-old woman who drove her car off the freeway into a grove of small trees then fled on foot.
  It happened at George Bush Tollway and the exit to Preston Road on Wednesday around 5 p.m.
  Libby Elizabeth Michelle Davis’ family wants desperately to find the young mother. She’s 5’7″ with brown eyes and hair. The special needs teacher was wearing black gym shorts and a black tank at the time of the
  
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• Search Ongoing For Missing Plano Mom Who Drove Car Off The Freeway

  19-07-2018 18:55
  PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) – Plano police are searching for a 28-year-old woman who drove her car off the freeway into a grove of small trees then fled on foot.
  It happened at George Bush Tollway and the exit to Preston Road on Wednesday around 5 p.m.
  Libby Elizabeth Michelle Davis’ family wants desperately to find the young mother. She’s 5’7″ with brown eyes and hair. She was wearing black gym shorts and a black tank at the time of the crash.
  Yesterday, my w
  
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• Police Find Body Of Missing Plano Mom

  19-07-2018 18:55
  PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) – Plano police found the body of Libby Elizabeth Michelle Davis, 28, near where the young mother drove her car off the turnpike on Wednesday.
  #Breaking News: We are sad to announce that the body found today near Ohio & PGBT has been identified as Elizabeth “Libby” Davis, who went missing yesterday after a car crash.Please keep the family & friends in your thoughts and prayers.Foul play is not expected. pic.twitter.com/eQZmL8AVYl
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• 3 Women Shot Inside Fort Worth Bank

  19-07-2018 18:20 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Three women were shot inside a Fort Worth bank early Thursday morning in what appears to be an attempted bank robbery, police say.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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• Traffic Forecast July 19, 2018

  19-07-2018 18:06 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Traffic Reporter Lexie Houghtaling is here with all you need to know for a smooth commute home.
  
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• ‘Brady Bunch’ House For Sale For Nearly $1.9M

  19-07-2018 17:40
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The home featured in the opening and closing scenes of “The Brady Bunch” is for sale for $1.885 million.
  Records show George and Violet McCallister bought the two-bedroom, three-bathroom split-level home in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1973 for $61,000.
  Real estate agent Ernie Carswell tells the Los Angeles Times the house has been updated and upgraded, but the interior layout does not resemble what was featured on the show, which ran from 1
  
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• TMSG: Man Loses Nearly 70 Lbs

  19-07-2018 17:39 via nbcdfw.com
  
  James Bucklew is a big deal at the airport area YMCA in Bedford. He had two heart attacks and a stroke and his doctor told him to "do or die," so he did. He joined the YMCA in 2016 at 242 lbs and...Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Police: 3 Employees Shot At Fort Worth Bank

  19-07-2018 16:40
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Three female employees were shot at a Fort Worth Bank Thursday morning, police say. The three women are in serious condition but have non-life-threatening injuries.
  Police say officers responded to the Veritex Bank in the 2400 block of Merrick Street at around 9:20 a.m. According to police, the original call came in as a robbery, but they are still investigating if a robbery occurred.
  During a press conference, police said two suspects went into the bank with
  
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• Comcast Dropping Out Of Twenty-First Century Fox Bidding War

  19-07-2018 16:11
  NEW YORK (AP) — In a battle among media giants for control of Twenty-First Century Fox’s entertainment business, Comcast has blinked.
  The cable and media company said Thursday that it is dropping its bid, instead focusing on its pursuit of the European pay-TV operator Sky. Fox owns 39 percent of Sky and has also been trying to buy the 61 percent it doesn’t own.
  Comcast had been fiercely dueling with Disney for Twenty-First Century Fox assets, but on Thursday said that it would
  
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• Crews Battle Fire at IHOP in Fort Worth

  19-07-2018 16:07 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Fire crews are battling a fire at an IHOP restaurant in Fort Worth that broke out Thursday morning.
  
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• Bruce Springsteen Surprises Audience At Billy Joel Concert

  19-07-2018 15:49
  NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Springsteen propped himself on top of Billy Joel’s piano to sing a duet with The Piano Man, who was celebrating his 100th concert at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night.
  Joel told the energetic crowd he had a guest coming onstage who has won a Grammy, Oscar and Tony. Springsteen emerged, surprising the feverish and fanatic audience, who loudly cheered “BRUCE.”
  “Congratulations Billy on your 100th show,” Springsteen yelled.
  “Rea
  
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• Dallas Zoo Dollar Day Expected To Attract Thousands, Despite The Heat

  19-07-2018 15:27
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Journey to the surface of the sun… uh, no just another day in Texas! And in these dog days of summer the Dallas Zoo is giving families a break.
  Today is Dollar Day at the zoo and thousands are expected to brave the heat to take advantage of the deal.
  On their website the Dallas Zoo explains that Dollar Day is their way to thank the community that they say supports them year-round. The event happens every year and makes the zoo affordable for the entir
  
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• Trump, Putin Morph Into Same Person On Time Magazine Cover

  19-07-2018 15:18
  (CNN) — For the second month in a row, Time magazine has put a provocative photo illustration of President Trump on its cover — this time, morphing him into Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  In it, Trump’s distinctive blonde hair, wispy eyebrows and pursed lips merge with Putin’s nose and blue eyes.
  Time magazine cover of President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin morphed into the same person. (TIME)
  The stunning photo illustration, by visual artist Nancy Burson, “is
  
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• Charity to Forgive More Medical Debt in North Texas

  19-07-2018 14:20 via nbcdfw.com
  
  RIP Medical Debt Co-founder Craig Antico visited Texas announcing more medical debt is being abolished and more letters will be going out to patients across North Texas.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Zuckerberg: Holocaust Deniers Won’t Be Banned From Facebook

  19-07-2018 14:12
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says while he finds Holocaust denial “deeply offensive,” he doesn’t believe that such content should be banned from Facebook.
  Speaking with Recode’s Kara Swisher, Zuckerberg, who is Jewish, said in an interview published Wednesday, “At the end of the day, I don’t believe that our platform should take that down because I think there are things that different people get wrong. I don’t think
  
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• Zuckerberg Clarifies Stance On Facebook Policy For Holocaust Deniers

  19-07-2018 14:12
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is clarifying his stance pertaining to Holocaust deniers after getting some blowback on social media.
  Speaking with Recode’s Kara Swisher, Zuckerberg, who is Jewish, said in an interview published Wednesday, “At the end of the day, I don’t believe that our platform should take that down because I think there are things that different people get wrong. I don’t think that they’re intentionall
  
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• See graduation rates for Tarrant County high schools

  19-07-2018 13:52 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Among 57 public high schools, Tarrant County logged a 90-percent graduation rate and 23,500 graduates in 2016. Five Tarrant County schools - Chisholm Trail High School, Everman Academy High School, Marine Creek Collegiate High School, Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences, and Frontier High School - reported four-year federal graduation rates of 100 percent without exclusions from 2016 based on the most recent figures available from the Texas Education Agency.Click through the slideshow abov
  
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• Man Accused In UT Student’s Death Says He Didn’t Kill Her

  19-07-2018 13:52
  AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A 20-year-old man on trial in the slaying of a University of Texas at Austin freshman on campus in 2016 has taken the stand and denied killing her.
  Defense attorney Ariel Payan on Wednesday asked Meechaiel Criner: “Mick, did you kill Haruka Weiser?” Criner replied: “No, sir.”
  Meechaiel Criner
  Criner also testified that he’d never seen her.
  Weiser, an 18-year-old dance major from Portland, Oregon, was last seen leaving the campus d
  
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• Dallas-Fort Worth attracting more international companies, investment, flights

  19-07-2018 13:51 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  International companies, trade and foreign investment have become critical and growing facets of the Dallas-Fort Worth economy, helping North Texas diversify, creating jobs, and giving the region texture, scale, sophistication and reach.
  
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• Stranger Joins Elderly Man In Celebrating His Late Wife’s Birthday

  19-07-2018 13:43
  (CBSNEWS) – Gregory R. Johnson saw an elderly man at the supermarket with red roses and a birthday cake in his cart. Thinking he was celebrating a happy occasion, Johnson struck up a conversation, but soon discovered the birthday girl died five years ago.
  Johnson wrote in a Facebook post that he was on a trip to his local Kroger supermarket Tuesday in Greenwood, Indiana, when he stood next to an older man in a shopping wheelchair at the deli counter.
  “He had a dozen roses and a big b
  
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• More Texas firms match associate compensation increases

  19-07-2018 13:40 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The number of large corporate Texas law firms increasing compensation for their associates continues to grow.Three firms – Bracewell, Haynes and Boone and Yetter Coleman – have either just agreed to boost salaries for associates or are expected to announce such plans within the next week.Ten Texas-based business law firms – including Akin Gump; Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing; Baker Botts; Susman Godfrey; Thompson & Knight; and Vinson & Elkins –
  
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