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• Top Students Selected For Dallas Mayor’s Intern Fellows Program

  27-07-2018 23:49
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Approximately 400 Dallas area high school students completed summer youth job programs this week, provided by local companies and corporations.
  The Mayor’s Intern Fellows Program partners selected students with firms for real day-to-day job experience.
  Skyline High School student Emma Martina starts her day before dawn, so she can get to the offices of MyCon Contracting Services in Addison by 8:00 a.m.
  The 16-year-old is interested in engineering.
  She had to app
  
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• Lone Star Politics: Sunday, July 29, 2018

  27-07-2018 23:35
  
  This week on Lone Star Politics, we focus on a top issue for many Texans: education. Two Texas senators join us in studio to discuss their work on the Senate Education Committee, and the agenda for the...
  
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• Weatherford Man Accused Of Indecency With 9-Year-Old Girl

  27-07-2018 23:34
  WEATHERFORD, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A 32-year-old Weatherford man faces a charge of indecency with a 9-year-old girl.
  The Parker County Sheriff’s Office arrested Andrew Safigan for two separate incidents in the spring of 2017.
  The alleged crimes happened at a home on Deerwood Court.
  Investigators said while Safigan was tucking the girl into bed, he touched her inappropriately.
  It’s unclear what the relationship is between the man and now 10-year-old girl.
  According to the ar
  
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• CBS Independent Directors Respond To Report Of Misconduct By CEO Les Moonves

  27-07-2018 23:34
  The Independent Directors of CBS have responded to reports of an upcoming story expected to allege misconduct on the part of CEO Les Moonves.
  
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• Texas Senators Debate Funding Education and School Safety

  27-07-2018 23:27
  
  Democratic Sen. Royce West and Republican Sen. Don Huffines debate how to fund education in Texas, and discuss how to keep schools safe. You can watch Lone Star Politics Sundays at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5.Photo Credit: Lone Star Politics
  
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• Summer Listening Camp Helps Children With Hearing Loss

  27-07-2018 23:21
  
  More than three dozen children who are deaf and wear cochlear implants are attending the Summer Listening Camp, put on by the UT Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Dak Prescott’s Leadership Skills Set Him Apart: JJT

  27-07-2018 23:16
  
  Here are five highlights from coach Jason Garrett’s daily news conferencePhoto Credit: Gus Ruelas/AP
  
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• TWU Student Heading to National Rubik’s Cube Competition

  27-07-2018 23:10
  
  Texas Woman’s University student Channae Anderson is preparing to compete in the CubingUSA Nationals, where she will be one of few women solving a Rubik's Cube within seconds.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Indictment Levels New Charges Against Backpage.com Officials

  27-07-2018 22:52
  PHOENIX (AP) — A new indictment in Arizona against operators of Backpage.com alleges the classified ad site gave free ads to prostitutes and cultivated arrangements with others who worked in the sex trade to get them to post ads with the company.
  The indictment filed Wednesday repeats allegations in an initial round of charges and adds six new money laundering charges against founder Mike Lacey and 50 charges of facilitating prostitution against chief financial officer John Brunst.
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• Cowboys QB Dak Prescott Shares Thoughts on Anthem Protests

  27-07-2018 22:52
  
  "I will never protest during the anthem and I don't think that's the time or the venue to do so." Prescott said. "When you bring such a controversy to the stadium... it takes away from that, from the joy and the...
  
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• Dak Prescott: ‘I Never Protest During The Anthem, I Don’t Think It’s The Time Or Venue To Do So’

  27-07-2018 22:45
  OXNARD, California (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott made his feelings known about players kneeling to protest social injustice during the national anthem before football games.
  He’s still having no part of it.
  “No, I never protest. I never protest during the anthem and I don’t think that’s the time or the venue to do so,” Prescott said to the media during training camp Friday.
  Dak Prescott at Cowboys training camp (CBS11)
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• Teen Accused of Plotting Frisco Mass Shooting Indicted

  27-07-2018 22:40
  
  A Collin County grand jury indicted Matin Azizi-Yarand, 17, Friday on a charge of solicitation to commit capital murder of a police officer and for making a terroristic threat, KRLD is reporting.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Life In Prison For Man Guilty Of Murdering Dallas Mother Marisol Espinosa

  27-07-2018 22:35
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A jury has found Faustino Valdez guilty of murdering Dallas mother Marisol Espinosa. The jury deliberated for about an hour and half before reaching its decision on Friday.  It then sentenced him to life in prison.
  In a surprising move, the defense rested without calling any witnesses. Both sides delivered closing arguments.
  Faustino Valdez (credit: Dallas County Sheriff’s Department)
  The jury of 10 women and two men found that Valdez killed his e
  
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• Grand Jury Indicts Teen In Mall Terror Plot

  27-07-2018 22:29
  PLANO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) –– A Collin County grand jury has indicted 17-year-old Plano West Sr. High School student Matin Azizi-Yarand Friday for charges related to an alleged terror plot targeting Stonebriar Mall in Frisco. He has been in jail since his arrest in May.
  Yarand was arrested during an undercover operation by the Collin County District Attorney’s Office and FBI which thwarted the plot.
  Azizi-Yarand was said to have spent $1,400 on weapons and tactical gear for his
  
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• Robert Mueller, Donald Trump Jr. Spotted At Same Airport Gate

  27-07-2018 22:03
  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Special counsel Robert Mueller and Donald Trump Jr. were spotted — by POLITICO Playbook — at the notoriously dreaded Gate 35X at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Friday.
  Cue the Twitter jokes.
  “Avoiding an ex in a confined space like,” wrote CBS Politics reporter Katie Watson.
  Avoiding an ex in a confined space like: pic.twitter.com/J038MTYYcw
  — Katie Watson (@kathrynw5) July 27, 2018“AWKWARRRRRRD,” CNN’s Brooke
  
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• Improving technology company aims to expand under Dallas PE firm

  27-07-2018 22:02
  The company that helps others with application development is getting help from PE firm with majority interest
  
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• Eagles’ Malcolm Jenkins: Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones ‘Bully,’ Uses Position To ‘Intimidate’ Players Over Anthem Stance

  27-07-2018 22:00
  PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) — Philadelphia Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins is calling Jerry Jones a “bully” after the Dallas Cowboys owner insisted his players will stand for the national anthem.
  Speaking to reporters during training camp on Friday, the Eagles locker room leader says other NFL owners are allowing Jones to push the narrative about why some players protest during the anthem.
  “The one thing is we have owners like Jerry Jones who speak so strongly and has drawn his l
  
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• Officer Rescues Baby Locked In Hot Car

  27-07-2018 21:36
  ATLANTA (CBSDFW.COM) – The Atlanta Police Department released body cam video of an officer rescuing a one-year-old child from a hot car.
  A woman called police after she accidentally locked her granddaughter in her car while loading groceries.
  She told police the baby was trapped after she closed the door when she was finished, only to realize her doors were locked and her keys had fallen into the vehicle.
  Officer Gilchrease was able to get into the vehicle by breaking the opposite window o
  
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• Form D Friday: Dallas startup raising $5M to help cryptocurrency miners from the cloud

  27-07-2018 21:31
  Dallas startup Spartan Crypto is currently raising up to $5 million from investors with plans to offer computing power for cryptocurrency mining and machine learning through a remote cloud-based system.
  
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• Jury Convicts Doctor of Sexually Assaulting Patient

  27-07-2018 21:20
  
  A Texas doctor accused of sexually abusing several patients was convicted Friday of assaulting a woman in her 70s who was in his care.Photo Credit: McKinney Police / NBC 5
  
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• What's in Your Garage? A $30,000 Polaris Slingshot SLR LE

  27-07-2018 21:14
  The Polaris Slingshot is a game changer for wannabe motorcycle riders craving an open-air thrill. Whereas my wife objects to me buying a speedy two-wheeler, especially the Suzuki Hayabusa I have an eye on, she’s cool with the Slingshot.
  Polaris Industries, based in Medina, Minnesota, has mastered the art of marketing. You don’t feel like you’re missing out on the motorcycle experience. Their website is filled with images of Slingshot riders doing things motorcyclists do —
  
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• Dallas County Offering Free Back-To-School Vaccinations

  27-07-2018 21:13
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas County Health and Human Services is offering families a weekend opportunity to get school-aged children immunized for free at New Light Church’s Back-To-School Bash Saturday, July 28 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
  The  address is 9314 Elam Road in Dallas.
  Parents must bring their child’s immunization records.
  “Preparing to go back to school is a great time to catch up on vaccinations,” said Dr. Christopher Perkins, DCHHS medical direct
  
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• Wylie Animal Sanctuary Welcomes Tiger Abandoned At Border

  27-07-2018 20:44
  WYLIE (CBSDFW.COM) – A tiger cub that was found by U.S. Border Patrol agents earlier this year has finally arrived at his permanent North Texas home. In-Sync Exotics in Wylie officially welcomed Kenobi on Friday. The animal sanctuary is now tasked with caring for the animal going forward.
  The cub was discovered on April 30 by patrol agents near Brownsville. He was being smuggled across the border in a black duffel bag by three men. Officials said that the men were most likely trying to sel
  
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• Video Shows Illegal Migrants Scatter Upon Reaching Spanish Beach

  27-07-2018 20:40
  TARIFA, Spain (CBSDFW.COM) – More than 30 illegal migrants, pursued by a police boat, landed their dinghy Friday on a Spanish beach. They then scattered into the surrounding sand dunes and woodlands, and the entire incident was captured on video.
  The footage shows the migrants — mostly young men — throwing their life jackets overboard as they approach the Spanish shore. Then, the migrants jump onto the beach and begin running in multiple directions, leaving the small boat behin
  
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• Fort Worth's historic Petroleum Building marketed by Sundance Square

  27-07-2018 20:15
  The landmark Petroleum Building, a 14-story structure on a full city block in Fort Worth, is on the market for tenants.Sundance Square on Thursday announced it will begin marketing the 117,000-square-foot building at West Sixth Street between Houston and Throckmorton streets. Sundance Square bought the building in January from XTO Energy Inc. for an as-yet undisclosed price.XTO, an affiliate of Irving-based Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), is shifting its corporate operations and about 1,500 jobs to&hel
  
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• Driver Dies in Crash With DART Bus

  27-07-2018 20:04
  
  A driver died after crashing into a Dallas Area Rapid Transit bus, causing it to flip on its side, police said.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• I-35E at Beckley Closed This Weekend

  27-07-2018 19:51
  
  A section of Interstate 35E in Dallas will be closed Friday night through Monday morning, while construction crews work to remove an overpass.
  
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• Jailed Rapper Tay-K 47 Sued by Victims Over Record Deal

  27-07-2018 19:42
  
  A lawsuit claims a teenage rapper from Arlington known as Tay-K 47 cashed in on a recording contract during an alleged violent crime spree that ended with two dead and two others injured.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Dog Days of Summer - July 27, 2018

  27-07-2018 19:30
  
  Gracie Lou and Nelli were featured during the Dog Days of Summer segment on Friday, July 27, 2018.Photo Credit: Madeleine Crawford
  
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• Deals Day: Developer tops out newest addition to Dallas' Harwood District

  27-07-2018 19:22
  Developer Harwood International this week topped out the latest addition to the Harwood District in Uptown Dallas.Harwood No. 10, at 2850 N. Harwood St., is set to open this winter. The 22-story tower, designed by Dallas-based HDF, includes 220,548 square feet of office space and 14,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Its top floor has 10,411 square feet of office penthouse space and two private green roof gardens.Additionally, the ground floor of the building, dubbed La Rue Perdue,&
  
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• Lanes to Close at I-35E in Southern Dallas This Weekend

  27-07-2018 19:16
  
  All lanes of Interstate 35-E at Beckley Avenue will be closed this weekend starting at 9 p.m. Friday. The lanes will reopen 5 a.m. Monday to remove the overpass bridge. The Zang Boulevard and 12th Street...
  
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• NBC 5 & Telemundo Staffers' Favorite School Subjects

  27-07-2018 19:06
  
  For our Supporting Our Schools drive, we asked NBC DFW and Telemundo staff members what their favorite subject in school was. Many school children and families in North Texas start the school year at a...Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Lockheed Martin's Grand Prairie division says its missile interceptor just set a record

  27-07-2018 18:47
  A key product for Lockheed Martin's missiles and fire control business unit, headquartered in Grand Prairie, just set a record in a test.The PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor successfully intercepted what's called an Air-Breathing Threat, or ABT, at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) said in a statement.Several countries use the interceptor. This latest test in New Mexico represented the longest distance a PAC-3 MSE has intercepted an&hel
  
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• $2 Million Wedding Dress to Headline Dallas Bridal Show

  27-07-2018 18:34
  
  The two day trade and fashion show is expected to appeal to every bride-to-be. Stanley Korshak Bridal will have 30 of their dresses on the runway, including a one-of-a-kind $2 million dress designed by...Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Friday Ties the Record for the Warmest Low Temperature

  27-07-2018 18:30
  
  Did you think it was quite warm Friday morning when you stepped out? You would be right! In fact, it was so warm we tied the all-time warmest low at DFW Airport.Photo Credit: NBC 5This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Jury Finds Man Guilty Of Murdering Dallas Mother Marisol Espinosa

  27-07-2018 18:23
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A jury has found Faustino Valdez guilty of murdering Dallas mother Marisol Espinosa. The jury deliberated for about an hour and half before reaching its decision on Friday.
  In a surprising move, the defense rested without calling any witnesses. Both sides delivered closing arguments.
  Faustino Valdez (credit: Dallas County Sheriff’s Department)
  The jury of 10 women and two men found that Valdez killed his ex-girlfriend on December 29, 2015. She was
  
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• DOJ wants to unseal conversations held at the judge’s bench during previous AT&T trial

  27-07-2018 18:00
  The U.S. Department of Justice wants the appeals court in the AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) case to be more public about past quiet conversations.The federal government, which earlier filed a notice of appeal for the case it lost, is asking the court to unseal transcripts of bench conferences, or meetings held at the judge’s bench with lawyers, according to a new filing. The Justice Department is asking that all “all nonconfidential portions of the trial transcript, including the district
  
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• Southwest: Other Carriers Finding Cracked Engine Fan Blades

  27-07-2018 17:58
  DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines says cracks in fan blades like the flaw blamed for a fatal accident have been found at other airlines, and the engine maker is considering recommending more frequent inspections.
  Southwest’s chief operating officer, Mike Van de Ven, says he knows of “maybe four or five” reports of cracked fan blades at other carriers.
  The engines are made by a joint venture of General Electric and France’s Safran, which didn’t immediately retur
  
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• Trump Slams Cohen Bombshell, Says 'Did Not' Know of Meeting

  27-07-2018 17:57 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, asserts that Trump knew in advance about a meeting at Trump Tower in June 2016 between his son Donald Trump Jr.Photo Credit: AP (File Photos)
  
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• Texas Surgeon Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Patients

  27-07-2018 17:47
  DALLAS (AP) — A Texas jury found the orthopedic surgeon who state authorities say sexually assaulted nine patients and engaged in inappropriate sexual contact with others — guilty.
  Donald Ozumba faced a jury in Collin County, northeast of Dallas, on a single count of aggravated sexual assault of an elderly person. The charge carries a penalty of life in prison.
  Jurors were handed the case Thursday and resumed deliberations Friday. They reached a guilty verdict at 10:15 a.m.
  Ozum
  
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• Coca-Cola Raising Prices Because Of Aluminum Tariffs

  27-07-2018 17:42
  NEW YORK (CNN Money) – America’s favorite soda is the latest victim of the Trump administration’s tariffs. Coca-Cola has hiked up the prices of its carbonated drinks because the recently enacted 10 percent tariff on imported aluminum has made Coke cans more expensive to produce.
  CEO James Quincey admitted on the company’s earnings call Wednesday that the hike was “disruptive,” but necessary.
  “Obviously, while [customers] may understand the cost pres
  
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• Surveillance Video Shows Shocking Video Of Felony Hit-And-Run

  27-07-2018 17:39
  MESQUITE (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Mesquite need your help identifying a man who backed over a pedestrian at a gas station then drove off without trying to help.
  It happened in the parking lot of Kwik Fuel and Food, located in the 3000 block of Big Town Blvd.
  The suspect’s vehicle is a full size 2007 to 2014 General Motors SUV with a sunroof.
  The driver of the suspect vehicle is a Hispanic male, approximately 16 to 20 years old with short hair, wearing a white “DALLAS COWBO
  
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• Shareholders Approve Disney’s $73.1B Acquisition Of Fox Entertainment

  27-07-2018 17:22
  NEW YORK (AP) — Disney’s $71.3 billion acquisition of Twenty-First Century Fox’s entertainment division is one step closer after shareholders approved the deal Friday.
  The tie-up brings together Marvel’s X-Men and Avengers franchises and creates an entertainment behemoth in the digital streaming era. The shareholder vote caps a saga that began in December 2017, when Disney made its first offer for part of Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate. It kicked off a bidding
  
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• Anthem Threats From Jerry, Stephen Jones Are Empty

  27-07-2018 16:48
  
  The Cowboys have a policy, and they're determined to enforce it no matter what the NFL and NFLPA decide is the league's policy.Photo Credit: Smiley N. Pool The Dallas Morning 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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• Toyota legal department faces first hometown litigation test

  27-07-2018 16:24
  For the next three weeks, the sixth floor of the Dallas County District Court Courthouse is home to lawyers and witnesses accusing Toyota of putting profits ahead of quality by allegedly designing and manufacturing a flawed vehicle that left two children permanently brain damaged.
  
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• Dallas Mayor to Honor Summer Interns of 2018

  27-07-2018 15:17
  
  Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings on Friday will honor about 400 children from the Dallas and Richardson Independent School Districts who took part in the annual Mayor's Intern Fellows Program.
  
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• Infamous Chopper Shop is a North Texas Hidden Gem

  27-07-2018 15:14
  
  Rick Fairless' Strokers Dallas opened in 1996 on Harry Hines Boulevard, and the legend has been growing ever since.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• US Economy Surged In Second Quarter, Powered By Consumers

  27-07-2018 15:09
  (CBSNEWS) – The U.S. economy sped up in the second quarter, expanding at 4.1 percent, the first time in four years it’s broken the 4 percent mark.
  Strong consumer and government spending fueled the increase, as did a short-term jump in trade ahead of tariffs announced by the White House and U.S. trading partners. First-quarter growth was also revised to 2.2 percent, a slight increase from the previous estimate.
  Economists were broadly expecting a strong growth figure, with some analy
  
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• Interstate-35E To Be Closed In Dallas For Bridge Demolition

  27-07-2018 15:07
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – If your weekend plans are going to take you south of downtown Dallas, then you might want to change your schedule. A construction project will completely close Interstate-35E, as crews work to demolish the Beckley Avenue bridge.
  This is all part of the Southern Gateway Project, where 11 miles of roadway is being rebuilt and widened, including parts of Highway 67 and Interstate-35E south of downtown Dallas. Construction on this project started earlier this year and wil
  
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