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• Research Shows Inducing Labor at 39 Weeks Just as Safe as Natural Labor

  08-08-2018 23:55
  
  NBC 5 Health Reporter Bianca Castro talks to NBC News Medical Correspondent Dr. John Torres about a new study that shows inducing labor at 39 weeks is just as healthy as waiting the full 40 weeks for natural...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Remaining Cars Removed From Partially Collapsed Parking Garage

  08-08-2018 23:47
  IRVING (CBSDFW.COM) – All out.
  After more than a week all remaining vehicles trapped in a collapsed parking garage in Irving are free.
  “I feel thrilled, relieved, happy, medicated. My medications are in that car,” says April Bergman.
  Bergman’s Prius was one of the last two vehicles driven away.
  “This is my camping trailer. It has a full bed, camping gear. That car doesn’t sit still for one moment. It means the world to me!” she says.
  Crews cut concrete a
  
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• Women Charged With DUI in Crash Into Southlake Pond

  08-08-2018 23:24
  
  A North Texas woman is facing a charge of driving while intoxicated after hitting another driver early Wednesday morning before crashing into a pond.Photo Credit: Southlake Police DepartmentThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Parkland School Shooter: ‘A Demon Made Me Do It’

  08-08-2018 23:24
  (CNN) — Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooter Nikolas Cruz told a detective shortly after the February massacre that a voice in his head the night before the shooting told him to hurt people.
  Cruz is accused of killing 17 students and faculty at the school in Parkland, Florida. Court documents show the former student has confessed to being the gunman. However, a judge entered a plea of not guilty on Cruz’s after he stood mute to the charges in March.
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• Dog Days of Summer - Aug. 8, 2018

  08-08-2018 22:17
  
  August and Nigel were featured during the Dog Days of Summer segment on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018.Photo Credit: Shara Sears
  
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• New developer aiming to buy, revamp Plano’s ailing Collin Creek Mall

  08-08-2018 21:49
  A new but well-known North Texas developer armed with a more than $800 million makeover plan is under contract to buy Collin Creek Mall in Plano.Farmers Branch-based Centurion American Development Group has most of the mall under contract and is negotiating to acquire the rest, Mehrdad Moayedi, the firm’s president and CEO, told the Dallas Business Journal in an interview.Moayedi’s plans include tearing down parts of the mall and restructuring others to use the shell. His vision also
  
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• Texas schools and student loans: Where last year's college undergraduates left with the most debt

  08-08-2018 21:41
  More than a dozen Texas colleges are among the universities across the U.S. that sent students off with the largest amount of debt last year, according to a study released by LendEDU.There is now more than $1.5 trillion in outstanding student loans in the U.S., the second biggest form of debt only to home loans. The burden of student debt has shown to limit a generation entering the workforce today by delaying their ability to buy a house or save for retirement. Of the 250 public and privat
  
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• Police Need Help Identifying Beauty Bar Rapist

  08-08-2018 21:13
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Dallas are asking for help finding the man accused in a sexual assault of a woman in a nightclub bathroom.
  Detectives released a sketch today in hopes someone would recognize him.
  The brazen attack happened on June 22 just before 1 a.m. at the Beauty Bar, 1924 N. Henderson Avenue while numerous people were inside.
  Police described the suspect as a Hispanic male with a light complexion, 20-25 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches tall, between 150
  
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• Jack In The Box Under Fire For Sexually Charged Ad

  08-08-2018 20:40
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/CBSNEWS.COM) – Burger chain Jack in the Box is under fire for a sexual innuendo-laden TV commercial to promote a new menu offering.
  The spot features “Jack,” the chain’s fictitious CEO known for his oversized plastic head, likening the chain’s Teriyaki Bowls to a part of the male anatomy. “You’ve got some pretty nice bowls, but so does Dan,” the company’s mascot says. A female colleague then compliments “Dan”
  
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• How a McKinney company uses video games to help cure diseases

  08-08-2018 20:23
  Tech Titans, the largest technology trade association in Texas, has announced its 2018 finalists for the Tech TitansAwards. The Dallas Business Journal is profiling the finalists ahead of the Tech Titans Awards Gala, which will be held on Friday, Aug. 24 at Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West. The reception kicks the event off at 5:30, with the awards portion of the program beginning at 7 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.When pe
  
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• Austin Stadium Vote Could Trigger Crew’s Move To Texas

  08-08-2018 20:15
  AUSTIN (AP) – Texas’ thriving capital city may finally become a major league sports town. It will just take moving a bedrock franchise of Major League Soccer out of its home turf to do it.
  Anthony Precourt, owner of the Columbus Crew, has been pushing for months to move his team to Austin, the largest city in the country without a major professional sports franchise.
  While the league front office has supported Precourt’s desire to look around for a new city, picking up and relo
  
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• 'Today's technology is sorcery from two decades ago:' Richardson company takes on high-tech manufacturing

  08-08-2018 20:13
  Tech Titans, the largest technology trade association in Texas, has announced its 2018 finalists for the Tech TitansAwards. The Dallas Business Journal is profiling the finalists ahead of the Tech Titans Awards Gala, which will be held on Friday, Aug. 24 at Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West. The reception kicks the event off at 5:30, with the awards portion of the program beginning at 7 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.If you
  
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• Local Animal Shelter Fighting to Contain Distemper Outbreak

  08-08-2018 19:58
  
  Garland’s Animal Shelter staff members have confirmed several cases of canine distemper and are taking proactive measure to stop the spread of the disease.
  
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• Accounting firm becomes latest tenant at Legacy West

  08-08-2018 19:35
  Plano’s Legacy West development continues to lure tenants, with accounting firm Whitley Penn signing on as its newest occupant.JLL and CBRE brokered a 13,451-square-foot lease for the company, which is opening an office to better serve its client base in Far North Dallas.“Our firm continues to grow at a steady pace, not only in human capital but in the number of clients we support,” Larry G. Autrey, managing partner at Whitley Penn, said in a prepared statement. “We are c
  
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• New Disney Hotline Adds Character Voices To Children’s Bedtimes

  08-08-2018 19:31
  LOS ANGELES (CBS News) – It can be tough trying to get kids to sleep after a long day of summer fun, but Disney is here to help, by lending the voices of some of their most beloved characters.
  The company announced Monday the launch of the Disney store’s Sleep Shop Hotline. “Families and fans can add a little Disney magic into the bedtime routine,” they said, by calling the “toll-free number, 1-877-7-MICKEY,” the official release explained.
  Parents or kids who
  
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• Driver, Immigrants In Fake Emergency SUV Caught By Texas Border Patrol

  08-08-2018 18:47
  FALFURRIAS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Officers caught and arrested a driver and three immigrants who fled through a South Texas border checkpoint in an SUV falsely decked out as an emergency response vehicle.
  Border Patrol Agent Carlos Ruiz said Wednesday that investigators believe it’s a fake fire/emergency medical services vehicle and the driver pretended to be an off-duty employee.
  (credit: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
  A Border Patrol statement says the white SUV pulled into
  
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• Dallas-based professional services provider becomes Houston company's fourth acquisition in a year

  08-08-2018 18:45
  G&A Partners, a Houston-based professional employer organization, has acquired Dallas’ Zogg Benefits for an undisclosed amount.The purchase is G&A’s fourth acquisition over the past year. With the addition of Zogg, G&A serves nearly 45,000 employees and more than 1,300 clients in the U.S. and Latin America.G&A will also retain all of Zogg’s corporate employees.Like G&A, Zogg is a PEO, which means it provides services like human resources, employee benefits a
  
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• Cabaret Security Guard Injured in Fatal Shootout

  08-08-2018 18:10
  
  A man is dead and a security guard wounded after a shootout in front of a cabaret in Dallas late Tuesday night, police said.Photo Credit: MetroThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Dak Not Among Players Having the Best Camp: JJT

  08-08-2018 18:01
  
  The Cowboys will play their first preseason game Thursday against San Francisco. With that in mind, here’s my list of the 10 players having the best training camp.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Cabaret Security Guard Fatally Shoots Man

  08-08-2018 17:40
  
  A man is dead and a security guard wounded after a shootout in front of a cabaret in Dallas late Tuesday night, police said.Photo Credit: MetroThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Missing Fort Worth Boy, 8, Found Safe

  08-08-2018 17:34
  
  Fort Worth police launched a search for an 8-year-old boy reported missing Tuesday, authorities said.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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• Red-Hot Voyage To Sun Will Bring Us Closer To Our Star

  08-08-2018 17:26
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A red-hot voyage to the sun is going to bring us closer to our star than ever before.
  NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will be the first spacecraft to “touch” the sun, hurtling through the sizzling solar atmosphere and coming within just 3.8 million miles of the surface.
  It’s designed to take solar punishment like never before, thanks to its revolutionary heat shield that’s capable of withstanding 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit.
  Liftoff is set f
  
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• JJT: Dak Prescott Not Among Players Having the Best Camp

  08-08-2018 16:39
  
  The Cowboys will play their first preseason game Thursday against San Francisco. With that in mind, here’s my list of the 10 players having the best training camp.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Advocates Condemn Psych Techniques Used To Keep Kids Online

  08-08-2018 16:38
  CHICAGO (AP) — Children’s advocates want the American Psychological Association to condemn the tech industry’s practice of using persuasive psychological techniques to keep kids glued to their screens.
  The advocates, citing research that links excessive use of social media and video games with depression and academic troubles, say it’s unethical for psychologists to be involved in tactics that risk harming kids’ well-being. Skeptics say the research is inconclusive,
  
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• Judge Who Overturned Other Obama Program Hears DACA Case

  08-08-2018 16:19
  HOUSTON (AP) — Opponents of a President Barack Obama-era program shielding young immigrants from deportation will go before a federal judge who they hope will rule that the program cannot continue.
  Protesters hold up signs during a demonstration against President Donald Trump during a rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), also known as Dream Act. (credit: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)
  Three federal judges have ruled against President Donald Trump’s ad
  
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• Papa John’s Sales Drop Amid Founder’s Racial Slur Controversy

  08-08-2018 16:04
  NEW YORK (AP) – Papa John’s wants to move on from its famous founder, but John Schnatter says he isn’t going away.
  The fight underscores the challenges facing the pizza chain, which has slashed its sales outlook for the year after reporting a third straight quarter of sales declines in North America. Rival Domino’s continues to post gains.
  Even before the Forbes reported on July 11 that founder John Schnatter used a racial slur, a key sales figure had been down around 6 p
  
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• Disney Says New Streaming Service Won’t Rival Netflix

  08-08-2018 15:47
  NEW YORK (AP) – Disney’s upcoming streaming service won’t try to compete directly with Netflix and Amazon, but will focus instead on quality — namely original programs from Disney’s “Star Wars,” Pixar and Marvel brands.
  The details from Disney CEO Bob Iger came as Disney reported a growth in earnings for the latest quarter, though results missed expectations.
  With Comcast out of the bidding war, Disney is planning to move forward with its $71.3 billion p
  
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• Bovine PD? Cows Lend A Hoof Corralling Suspected Car Thief

  08-08-2018 15:45
  SANFORD, Fla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A herd of 16 cows helped police officers in Florida corral a fleeing suspect who bailed out of a SUV and ran through a pasture.
  A Seminole County Sheriff’s helicopter captured the Sunday night incident with an infrared camera as the crew gave play-by-play to officers on the ground. A crew member offered this nugget to pursuing officers: “If you see a large group of cows, they’re literally following her.”The cows eventually ran Je
  
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• Fort Worth Teenager Shot & Killed During Home Invasion

  08-08-2018 15:36
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A teenager was shot and killed early Wednesday morning during a home invasion in east Fort Worth. Authorities were called just after 4:00 a.m. to the scene along Warren Lane, near Brentwood Stair Road, to the east of Loop 820.
  (credit: Diana Rocco/CBSDFW.COM)
  First responders found the teenage boy dead from multiple gunshot wounds. His brother was also shot in the shoulder, but was able to run to a neighbor’s house to call for help. The teen was pronounced d
  
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• Amazon Brings Curbside Grocery Pickup To Whole Foods

  08-08-2018 15:21
  NEW YORK (AP) – Amazon, known for bringing items to shoppers’ homes, is adding a curbside pickup option at Whole Foods for Prime members.
  Shoppers will be able to order eggs, milk and other groceries on the Prime Now app and park in reserved spaces for workers will place the items in their cars.
  Curbside grocery pickup is a feature that Walmart, Kroger and other grocers have been expanding to make shopping more convenient and boost sales. At Walmart, for example, the service has been
  
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• Battling 18 Blazes, California May Face Worst Fire Season

  08-08-2018 14:32
  LAKEPORT, Calif. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The largest wildfire ever recorded in California needed just 11 days to blacken an area nearly the size of Los Angeles — and it’s only one of many enormous blazes that could make this the worst fire season in state history.
  Some 14,000 firefighters from Texas and as far away as New Zealand are struggling to curb 18 fires. The Texas Mutual Aid Strike Force is made up of crews from Dallas, Frisco, Little Elm, Aledo and other departments.
  Fi
  
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• Rowlett Not Giving Up on Crystal Lagoon Plans

  08-08-2018 14:13
  
  The city of Rowlett is not giving up on plans for a crystal lagoon. The city council members are seeking more information from the developer.
  
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• Humid With Increasing Rain Chances

  08-08-2018 14:09
  
  Rain chances go up later today and high temperatures will go downThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Fort Worth Working To Fix Pension Fund Before Bankruptcy

  08-08-2018 14:04
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Fort Worth is facing some tough choices as it tries to keep its promises to city workers while fixing a pension fund that could go bankrupt. Raising taxes is an option.
  An army of firefighters dressed in red and police officers dressed in black packed into Fort Worth City Hall. Even though the city council did not take action Tuesday night, first responders were at the council chambers, lobbying to protect their retirement benefits.
  “I would say anything tha
  
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• Northwest ISD Gets All New Buses With Seat Belts

  08-08-2018 13:57
  
  The 240 new buses will carry up to 77 students and transport the nearly 12,000 students who use the district's school buses.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Groom Rescues Struggling Swimmer Moments After Beach Wedding

  08-08-2018 13:55
  ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) — A bridegroom has been credited with saving a struggling swimmer just moments after his beach wedding on the Gulf Coast.
  Zac and Cindy Edwards had just gotten married at Orange Beach, Alabama, and were taking wedding photos when a woman came up and said someone was struggling in the surf.
  (credit: Cindy Edwards/Facebook)
  Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Zac Edwards is a former lifeguard, so he stripped off his shirt and went in after the swimmer. Edwards got to
  
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• Economic Surge Leaves Trucking Industry With Driver Shortage

  08-08-2018 13:54
  
  The economic growth over the past six months has increased the need for freight transportation, but the industry is facing a lack of drivers.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Police Search for Missing Boy, 8, in South Fort Worth

  08-08-2018 13:49
  
  Fort Worth police launched a search for an 8-year-old boy reported missing Tuesday, authorities said.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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• 900 Lewisville ISD Students on Mission of Spreading Kindness

  08-08-2018 13:44
  
  Nearly 900 students from all five LISD high schools joined with one voice to encourage kindness.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Ex-Movie Gunslingers Quaid And Kilmer To Visit Tombstone

  08-08-2018 13:42
  TOMBSTONE, Ariz. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Dennis Quaid and Val Kilmer are heading back to the Wild West.
  The actors, who both portrayed gunslinger Doc Holliday on screen, will take part this weekend in the town of Tombstone’s annual “Doc Holli-Days” event.
  (credit: amc.com)
  The historic mining town is the site of the infamous 1881 shootout involving Holliday and Wyatt Earp. It remains a popular tourist attraction with gunfight reenactments occurring almost daily.
  According to th
  
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• $175 million expansion of Longhorn football stadium would mean more suites, completion of 'bowl'

  08-08-2018 13:37
  Darrel K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium could be expanded in a big way, growing the sporting clout of the University of Texas at Austin and opening up new contracting opportunities for construction and design companies.University of Texas System regents are scheduled to vote Thursday on a $175 million expansion of the home of the Longhorn football team, according to the online agenda under item No. 12. The project would add to the south end zone and turn Royal-Memorial Stadium into a complete "bow
  
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• Dead Fetus Found In American Airlines Plane At New York Airport

  08-08-2018 13:24
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/CBSNEWS.COM) — A member of an American Airlines cleaning crew discovered a dead fetus in an airplane toilet at LaGuardia Airport early Tuesday morning.
  The fetus was found hours after Flight 1942 arrived Monday in New York City night from Charlotte, North Carolina.
  After the aircraft — an Airbus A321 — remained on the ground overnight, a cleaning crew came on board ahead of the plane’s planned Tuesday departure. One of the attendants noticed a large a
  
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• Study: Southwest Airlines evades major financial setback after fatal Flight 1380

  08-08-2018 13:19
  Southwest Airlines may have avoided a lasting financial setback in the wake of the fatal Flight 1380.The engine on a Southwest plane bound from New York to Dallas exploded. Shrapnel from the explosion punctured a window on the plane, and the subsequent rapid decompression of the airplane cabin caused a passenger to be sucked out of the window. The passenger subsequently died, becoming the first fatality aboard a Southwest flight in the company’s nearly 50-year history.New York-based Y
  
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• Southwest, American Airlines struggled with on-time arrivals in July

  08-08-2018 13:17
  Delta Air Lines’ late rally in what was an especially difficult July gave the carrier a comfortable victory in the monthly on-time arrival derby among the nation’s four largest domestic carriers. That's according to results released by airline data behemoth OAG.July was especially bad for American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL) and Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV), two carriers that have struggled with their on-time performance in recent months. United Airlines (NYSE: UAL), meanwhile, did
  
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• How this DFW entrepreneur, and former Olympian, uses tech to combat blindness

  08-08-2018 13:15
  Tech Titans, the largest technology trade association in Texas, has announced its 2018 finalists for the Tech TitansAwards. The Dallas Business Journal is profiling the finalists ahead of the Tech Titans Awards Gala, which will be held on Friday, Aug. 24 at Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West. The reception kicks the event off at 5:30, with the awards portion of the program beginning at 7 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.Patrick
  
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• Police, Family Search For Missing 8-Year-Old Boy

  08-08-2018 09:46
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Fort Worth Police are asking for the public’s help finding a missing 8-year-old boy.
  Dieudonne Babutu was last seen yesterday on a playground in the 4500 block of Campus Drive in Southeast Fort Worth.
  Source: Fort Worth Police
  Police describe him as 4-feet-4 inches tall, weighing 75 pounds.  He has black hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a black and red T-shirt and brown shorts.
  Police said the child was last seen on a playground and then we
  
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• Fort Worth Police Find Missing 8-Year-Old Boy

  08-08-2018 09:46
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – After asking for help from the public Fort Worth police located a missing 8-year-old boy this morning.
  Until now, Dieudonne Babutu hasn’t been seen since Tuesday afternoon near the Ladera Palms Apartments in the 4500 block of Campus Drive.
  This morning police had a helicopter circling the apartment complex and officers going door-to-door.
  “We have a huge map of the Ladera Palms Apartments and we’re checking off each building, each apartment
  
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• Man Recorded Stealing $5K Saddle From Racer's Trailer

  08-08-2018 06:07
  
  A woman is asking for the public’s help sharing video of a stranger she says stole a saddle worth $5,000.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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• Frisco's Largest Piece of Undeveloped Land Has New Owner

  08-08-2018 05:54
  
  Plans are moving forward to develop the largest untouched piece of land in Frisco.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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