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• Another Broken Heat Record; High Could Reach 109 Friday

  20-07-2018 23:49
  
  An Excessive Heat Warning is in effect through the weekend with forecasted high temperatures expected to climb to 110 Friday, 110 Saturday and 109 Sunday.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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• Man Convicted in Murder of UT Student Haruka Weiser

  20-07-2018 23:48
  
  Jurors have convicted a man in the 2016 death of a student who was sexually assaulted strangled on the University of Texas campus.
  
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• North Texas Father Found Guilty Of Criminally Negligent Homicide In Hot Car Death

  20-07-2018 23:42
  McKINNEY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – After a little more than four hours of deliberations, a Collin County jury finds Michael Thedford guilty of criminally negligent homicide and abandoning or endangering a child in the death of his 6-month-old baby. He left her in the family’s minivan for 4 hours in June 2016.
  Michael Thedford was arrested and charged with manslaughter when his 6-month-old daughter died after being left in a hot car in June 2016.
  Collin County father Michael Thedford
  
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• Texas Utility In ‘Storm Mode’; Could Pre-Position Crews Due To Excessive Heat

  20-07-2018 23:39
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Electricity delivery company Oncor is preparing for the potential for significant power outages during the North Texas heat wave.
  Storm Mode is an internal designation Oncor uses when there’s the expectation of severe thunder or snow/ice storms that they also use for excessive heat.
  Right now they are taking power outages on a case by case basis.
  If they see outages as becoming more of a problem, they will pre-position crews and equipment in places that wil
  
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• Lubbock Family's Business is Booming in Record Heat

  20-07-2018 23:38
  
  A family in Lubbock is cashing in on the summer heat with their new business "Nick's Shaved Ice." But it's the reason behind the business that has people coming back time and time again.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Royse City Fire Department Shows ‘The Right Stuff’ In Lip Sync Video 

  20-07-2018 23:36
  ROYSE CITY (CBSDFW.COM) – They may be a little late to the party, but the Royse City Fire Department is making up for it with their newly-shared lip sync video.
  It kicks off with a montage set to heavy music, then abruptly goes back to the late 80s with an homage to the The New Kids On The Block.As their performance flickers from black and white to color, firefighters dance to “You Got It (The Right Stuff)”.
  Despite pretty nice production, the firefighters said in their po
  
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• 2 Arrested After Attempted Bank Robbery Left 3 Women Hurt

  20-07-2018 23:05
  
  Two people have been arrested by police after three women were injured during an attempted bank robbery in Fort Worth Thursday morning, the FBI says.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• It's a Girl! Dallas Zoo Confirms Baby Gorilla's Gender, Name

  20-07-2018 22:58
  
  It's a girl! The Dallas Zoo's first baby gorilla to be born in 20 years has been named.Photo Credit: The Dallas Zoo
  
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• Neil Armstrong's Collection Goes to Auction

  20-07-2018 22:38
  
  Admirers of Neil Armstrong and space exploration have a chance to own artifacts and mementos that belonged to the modest man who became a global hero by becoming the first human to walk on the moon.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 Convicted Of Murdering UT Student

  20-07-2018 22:18
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jurors have convicted a man in the 2016 death of a student who was sexually assaulted strangled on the University of Texas campus.
  Meechaiel Criner
  Twenty-year-old Meechaiel Criner was found guilty of capital murder Friday in the death of 18-year-old Haruka Weiser.
  Haruka Weiser
  Weiser was a freshman dance major from Portland, Oregon. She was walking to her dormitory after a rehearsal when she was attacked.
  Criner was a 17-year-old foster care runaway at the time.
  He s
  
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• Republicans Pick Charlotte To Host 2020 Convention

  20-07-2018 22:05
  AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Move over, Las Vegas. The Republican Party will host its 2020 presidential nominating convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.
  The Republican National Committee finalized its convention site on Friday, picking an East Coast swing state over Las Vegas, the only other finalist. The vote came as hundreds of Republican activists gathered in Texas for the RNC’s summer meeting.
  “We are so thrilled. Congratulations, Charlotte,” RNC Chairwoman Ronn
  
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• Dallas' pool of highly educated residents stacks up favorably for Amazon's HQ2

  20-07-2018 22:00
  Amazon has made it clear that a highly educated labor pool will be a top consideration in its search for a second headquarters, and the Dallas-Fort Worth area stacks up favorably in that category, new research suggests.The Dallas area added roughly 402,000 “highly educated” residents between 2008 and 2016, according to a study released Tuesday by commercial real estate firm JLL (NYSE: JLL).The study defines highly educated as those holding a bachelor’s, master’s, professi
  
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• TRE Trains Slow Down in High Heat

  20-07-2018 21:54
  
  DART says TRE trains are operating at reduced speeds Friday due to excessive heat.
  
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• Generous Stranger Pays For North Texan’s Surgery

  20-07-2018 21:36
  MIDLOTHIAN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A CBS11 viewer stepped up in a big way to help a North Texas woman who spent weeks living with a tube protruding from her back.
  Doctors installed the tube in June to relieve pressure on Amy Boykin’s kidney.
  Amy Boykin – kidney stone patient
  She thought the doctors would remove the tube and the stone a few days later. It was only after the tube was put in that Boykin says she learned the removal of both were considered outpatient procedures. Boyk
  
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• Sensor Jolts Six Flags Roller Coaster To A Stop With Passengers Aboard In 100 Degree Heat

  20-07-2018 21:35
  ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – A ride on Six Flags Over Texas’ new The Joker rollercoaster wasn’t all fun and games Friday when it stopped unexpectedly.
  Video sent to CBS 11 News from viewer Kory Nelson shows riders appeared to be stopped near the top of the ride in the Texas sun.
  Luckily they weren’t stuck for long.
  Nelson claimed the coaster was stuck for about 30 minutes but there’s was no official word from Six Flags.
  A sensor was to blame, according to
  
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• Mavs Sign Second-Round Pick Ray Spalding From Louisville

  20-07-2018 21:28
  
  The Dallas Mavericks announced Friday that they have signed second-round pick Ray Spalding. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Riders Rescued After Being Stuck on Joker Ride at Six Flags

  20-07-2018 21:24
  
  Breaking news from NBC 5. People have been rescued after being stuck on a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Heatwave Puts Meals on Wheels in Overdrive

  20-07-2018 21:24
  
  Volunteers with Meals on Wheels, who deliver food, air conditioners and fans, are busier than ever due to the current heatwave.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• 10 Caught In North Texas Online Solicitation Sting

  20-07-2018 21:16
  DENTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – North Texas authorities arrested and charged ten people in a Joint Online Solicitation Operation on Tuesday, July 17 and Wednesday, July 18.
  Denton County Sheriff Tracy Murphree said officers involved in the operation took part in undercover online chats utilizing personal advertisements, covert social media and other platforms to communicate with potential targets looking to have sex with a minor.
  Men that agreed to meet were sent to a local location and
  
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• Gorilla Born At Dallas Zoo Named After Dedicated Caretaker In Democratic Republic Of Congo

  20-07-2018 21:10
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The first critically endangered gorilla born in 20 years at the Dallas Zoo now has a name — Saambili.
  Born in June, Saambili’s is second baby to mom Hope and a first for dad Subira.
  A close up of gorilla Saambili on mom Hope’s chest. (photo credit: Dallas Zoo)
  “It’s taken the Dallas Zoo 20 years to welcome a baby gorilla and we wanted her name to have real meaning,” said Dallas Zoo Curator of Primates and Carnivo
  
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• Austin company buys Dallas laminate plant

  20-07-2018 21:02
  Wilsonart LLC has taken control of a facility in Dallas that manufactures high-pressure laminate panels used in construction.Laminate Works Inc. of Kansas City, Kansas, sold its Laminate Works Dallas division to the Temple-based company. Financial details were not disclosed.The Dallas plant employs 25 people. For Wilsonart, adding the site supports its continued growth of its coordinated surfaces program and expands its capacity for manufacturing laminate panels that can mimic the surface of&hel
  
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• Form D Friday: Former exec at T. Boone Pickens' BP Capital reaches $11M with new firm

  20-07-2018 20:59
  An energy-focused investment firm has passed $11.3 million under management, a restaurant group behind a cocktail bar in Deep Ellum is raising funds, and a home flipper has hit $2.5 million with its first fund.
  
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• Lockheed Martin could hire up to 400 workers at Fort Worth job fair

  20-07-2018 20:49
  Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) could hire 400 people to work in its Fort Worth plant at a job fair the company is hosting later this month.The defense contractor makes the F-35 aircraft in its Fort Worth plant. The hiring event is scheduled to take place between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. July 30 at the Sheraton hotel in downtown Fort Worth. So far, more than 1,000 people are registered for the event.
  "Our recruiters are reviewing to determine who will be invited for an interview," said company spokes
  
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• Dallas says goodbye bright yellow Ofo bikes

  20-07-2018 20:43
  Contraction is coming to the world of shared bikes and scooters in Dallas.Chinese dockless bike company Ofo announced Thursday it would cease operations in the city after rolling out its bright yellow bikes in November.The company is dramatically scaling back its operations across the United States to focus on a handful of markets after its initial expansion left it over-extended and cash-strapped, according to multiple media reports.
  A company spokesman confirmed in an emailed statement that&he
  
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• AT&T names three more cities getting 5G this year

  20-07-2018 20:18
  AT&T just unveiled three more cities that will get its 5G technology this year as the telecommunications giant readies the crucial next-generation network.
  The company is adding Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina, and Oklahoma City to the buildout for mobile 5G. The cities join Dallas, Waco and Atlanta as part of a dozen metros set to be revealed this year, AT&T (NYSE: T) said Friday.
  "We believe 5G will ultimately create a world of new economic opportunity, greater mobility, and smar
  
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• Police Seek Woman Who Stuffed Stolen Goods Down Her Underwear

  20-07-2018 19:38
  ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Police are on the hunt for a shoplifter who stuffed some merchandise down her underwear then shuffled out the door without paying.
  It happened at a retail store in the 100 block of East I-20.
  Arlington police tweeted the following video that shows the woman in action.
  Sometimes we just let the video speak for itself….This took place at a retail store in the 100 block of E. I-20. The suspect was confronted outside of the store but did get away with some
  
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• Texans Vent About Weekend Heat Wave

  20-07-2018 19:01
  
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• LiAngelo Ball Goes for 48 in Front of Zeke Elliott on 54

  20-07-2018 19:01
  
  LiAngelo Ball - brother of Lonzo, son of Lavar - scored 48 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in front of Ezekiel Elliott at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland.Photo Credit: Monte PooleThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Firefighters Battle Heat, House Fire in North Richland Hills

  20-07-2018 18:59
  
  Firefighters are battling a large house fire in North Richland Hills.Photo Credit: NRH FireThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Report: Cohen Secretly Recorded Trump Discussing Payment To Playboy Model

  20-07-2018 18:57
  (CBSNEWS) – Two months before the November 2016 election, longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen secretly recorded a conversation with then-candidate Donald Trump about payments to former Playboy model Karen McDougal, the New York Times reported Friday. McDougal alleges she had a roughly year-long relationship with the real estate mogul in 2006.
  The Times cited lawyers and others familiar with the recording.
  President Trumps lawyer Michael Cohen exits the US Federal Court on April 16, 2018,
  
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• Special Olympics Celebrates 50 Years Of Inclusiveness

  20-07-2018 18:45
  SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Bases loaded, a gold medal on the line. Manuel Velasco Jr. stands in the batter’s box sniffling, tears streaming down his face.
  Seconds earlier, the 19-year-old known as Junior was behind the dugout, his coach imploring him to shake off a hard collision at third base in the top half of the inning. Junior was about to miss his turn at the plate.
  Once in the box, he quickly falls behind two strikes. A wipe of the face and a swipe of the bat, he hits a ball the th
  
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• Fire Fighters Responding to House Fire in North Richland

  20-07-2018 18:21
  
  Fire fighters are on scene at a house fire in North Richland Hills.Photo Credit: NRH FireThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• ‘I Didn’t Know It’s Illegal’; Dallas Woman Sentenced For Pilfering Conchs

  20-07-2018 18:20
  FLORIDA (CBSDFW.COM) – A woman from Dallas will spend 15 days in jail as punishment for taking 40 queen conchs from the waters that surround Key West.
  While it’s not illegal to take queen conch shells from the waters or lands in Florida, it is illegal if the removed shells contain a live animal at the time. Additionally, the mollusk must not be mutilated, removed from its protective shell, or killed before taking the shell.
  Diana Fiscal-Gonzalez told the
  
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• Texas Jobless Rate For June 4 Percent, Same As U.S. Figure

  20-07-2018 17:46
  AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Texas unemployment rate improved to 4 percent during June to mirror the nationwide jobless figure.
  The Texas Workforce Commission on Friday announced last month’s statewide jobless figure compares to 4.1 percent in May. The U.S. unemployment rate in May had reached an 18-year low at 3.8 percent before rising during June.
  (credit: Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)
  TWC officials say the Midland area had the lowest jobless rate in Texas last month at 2.4 percent
  
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• Neil Armstrong Collection Up For Grabs By Dallas-Based Auction House

  20-07-2018 17:37
  CINCINNATI (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Admirers of Neil Armstrong and space exploration have a chance to own artifacts and mementos that belonged to the modest man who became a global hero by becoming the first human to walk on the moon.
  The personal collection of Armstrong, who died in his native Ohio in 2012, will be offered for sale in a series of auctions handled by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, beginning Nov. 1-2 and continuing in May and November 2019.
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• See & Do: Fuel City's Longhorns, Tacos, Gas for All Texans

  20-07-2018 17:22
  
  Fuel City Taco opened in 1998, but quickly became a North Texas icon. It's a gas station that maybe best known for its tacos; tacos you can eat while sidled up alongside a Longhorn.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• See & Do: Fuel City's Longhorns, Tacos, Gas for Every Texan

  20-07-2018 17:21
  
  Fuel City in Dallas is one of many hidden gems we found in North Texas that are off the beaten path. The gas station has longhorns, gas and street tacos -- the perfect stop to truly feel Texan.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Dallas attorney joins Troutman Sanders as COO

  20-07-2018 17:17
  The chief operating officer at a top Dallas law firm has joined Atlanta-based Troutman Sanders LLP in the same position.Diane Scheffler served for more than 15 years as COO of Thompson & Knight LLP and before that spent 13 years as business manager to the executive committee at Scadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York City.Earlier in her career, she held IT and consultant positions at Merrill Lynch and Arthur Young Consulting."Diane's impressive background and trac
  
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• Big Move For Big Bird: Sesame Street Is Entering Classrooms

  20-07-2018 17:15
  SEATTLE (AP) — Sesame Street is taking its beloved, critically acclaimed brand of educational television into the highly profitable world of classroom curriculum — a move that experts say could open the door for other companies to move into the sensitive learning space with possible influence on children.
  Sesame Workshop, the company behind Big Bird and Elmo, and McGraw-Hill Education, a billion-dollar for-profit company known for school textbooks, announced their partnership Thursda
  
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• Houston-area bank grows North Texas presence through acquisition

  20-07-2018 17:09
  Conroe-based Spirit of Texas Bancshares Inc. (Nasdaq: STXB), the bank holding company for Spirit of Texas Bank SSB, will acquire a bank headquartered in North Central Texas, according to a July 19 press release. Spirit of Texas, which just went public two months ago, will acquire Comanche National Corporation and its subsidiary, Comanche National Bank, in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $55.9 million. That consists of more than 2.14 million shares of STXB, which closed at $20.36 per s
  
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• Swiss Rolls Recall For Possible Salmonella Contamination

  20-07-2018 16:53
  THOMASVILLE, Ga. (CBSNEWS.COM) – Flowers Foods has issued a nationwide recall of Swiss Rolls, as well as a brand of bread. The company says salmonella may be lurking in the products.
  The Georgia-based food producer, which features brands such as Wonder Bread, Nature’s Own and Tastykake, voluntarily recalled the Swiss Rolls and bread on Wednesday.The Swiss Rolls are sold under the brand names Mrs. Freshley’s, Food Lion, H-E-B, Baker’s Treat, Market Square, and Gr
  
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• Diggins-Smith Earns Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award

  20-07-2018 15:50
  
  Dallas Wings guard Skylar Diggins-Smith has earned the Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award for her extraordinary work in the community in 2017 and the most recent offseason, the WNBA announced today.
  
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• Super Kids of North Texas: Dallas Texans Soccer Team

  20-07-2018 15:38
  
  This is the girls 15 and under Dallas Texans soccer team. They're competing in the Gothia Cup in Sweden. The Texans are dominating and 118 teams entered the event. The Texans are now in the elite eight and they...
  
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• Report: Yogi Ferrell Backs Out of Plans to Re-Sign With Mavs

  20-07-2018 15:33
  
  Just when it looked that the Mavericks had Yogi Ferrell coming back, it appears he's had a change of heart.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Triple-Digit Temperatures Causing More Heat-Related Illnesses

  20-07-2018 15:21
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The triple-digit temperatures happening across all of North Texas can be dangerous and even deadly. MedStar Mobile Healthcare, in Tarrant County, saw a near record number of calls Thursday and are expecting more today.
  Though you may not be outside for long, expert say it takes less than an hour to dehydrate in triple-digit temperatures.
  Heat stress, heat fatigue, heat cramps and heat exhaustion are all forms of hyperthermia. It’s important to fin
  
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• TMSG: Boss Hands Out Frozen Treats

  20-07-2018 14:26
  
  The branch manager at Uline Shipping Supplies in Coppell is handing out ice cream to his employees on a hot day.
  
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• Missouri Duck Boat Accident Death Toll Climbs To 17

  20-07-2018 14:20
  BRANSON, Mo. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Divers found four more bodies Friday in a Missouri lake where a duck boat packed with tourists capsized and sank in high winds, bringing the death toll to 17 in the tourist town of Branson, authorities said.
  Investigators blamed stormy weather for the accident Thursday evening on Table Rock Lake. Winds at the time were blowing as hard as 65 mph, according to the National Weather Service.
  Fourteen people survived, including seven who were injured when the
  
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• At Least 13 Dead After Duck Boat Capsizes In Missouri Lake

  20-07-2018 14:20
  BRANSON, Mo. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — At least 13 people, including children, died after a boat carrying tourists capsized and sank on a lake during a thunderstorm in a country music mecca in southwest Missouri, authorities said Friday.
  Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jason Pace said four people remain missing Friday after the Ride the Ducks boat sank on Table Rock Lake in Branson Thursday evening. He said 14 people survived, and that seven of them were injured.
  Patrol divers found two more bo
  
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• Amid Burn Ban, McKinney Requires 'Hot Work' Permits

  20-07-2018 14:07
  
  With a burn ban in place in Collin County, the city of McKinney is taking matters one step further by requiring businesses that perform “hot work” – anything that could potentially generate a spark – to...Photo Credit: Texas A&M Forest Service
  
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• Tenet shedding hospitals, debt as UnitedHealth explores Conifer acquisition

  20-07-2018 13:53
  Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. is whittling down its debt as it sells off hospitals and explores a sale of its Frisco-based subsidiary, Conifer Health Solutions.
  
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