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• Texas Comptroller Revises Plan To Protect Lizard Species

  14-08-2018 23:58
  AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas comptroller’s office is seeking federal approval to reform a troubled state program designed to protect a rare lizard species in the petroleum-rich Permian Basin.
  Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar has requested the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approve the state agency’s new version of the Texas Conservation Plan, the Austin American-Statesman reported. The move comes amid threats by the federal agency to designate the dunes sagebrush lizard as endangered,
  
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• Tarrant County Calls For $800M Bond Election To Improve Hospital District

  14-08-2018 23:57
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM)  – The Tarrant County Commissioners Court voted unanimously Tuesday to approve an order to call a bond election to authorize the issuance of $800 million in bonds to acquire, construct, improve, equip or enlarge facilities of the Tarrant County Hospital District, operating as the JPS Health Network.
  The bond issue will appear on the November 6 ballot.  The county said there would be no tax increase.
  Proposed improvements include a new mental health and beh
  
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• Come Together: John Lennon And Paul McCartney’s Sons Pose For Selfie

  14-08-2018 23:49
  (CBSNEWS) – John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s sons came together and posed for an epic selfie, giving Beatles fans a blast from the past on Monday. Sean Ono Lennon posted photo of him and James McCartney on Instagram — and followers couldn’t help to point the striking resemblance between them and their legendary dads.
  Lennon uploaded the picture with the caption: “Peakaboo…” The photo now has more than 26,000 likes on social media platform, with many com
  
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• Budget Battle Underway In Dallas Over Police Pay, Staffing

  14-08-2018 22:43
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s going to take $1.3 billion to keep the City of Dallas running next year.
  But the proposed 2019 city budget isn’t enough to keep the streets safe according to police officers.
  This is typically the case every year around this time. The city manager presents a budget and no one is satisfied with it… especially police officers and firefighters who say their ranks will continue to dwindle to unsafe levels of this budget is approved.
  On Tuesday in a
  
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• Driver, Child Escape Serious Injury in Road Rage Shooting

  14-08-2018 22:29
  
  Multiple people, including a 3-year-old child, escaped serious injury when they were targeted and shot at along East Seminary Road early Tuesday morning, Fort Worth police say.
  
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• Richardson Woman Donates Savings to Help Animals

  14-08-2018 22:00
  
  Richardson woman donates portion of her life savings to help injured rescue animals.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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• Report Reveals More Than 1,000 Child Victims Of Priest Abuse In Pennsylvania

  14-08-2018 21:57
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — More than 1,000 children — and possibly many more — were molested by hundreds of Roman Catholic priests in six Pennsylvania dioceses, while senior church officials took steps to cover it up, according to a landmark grand jury report released Tuesday.National Child Abuse HotlineThe grand jury said it believes the “real number” of abused children might be “in the thousands” since some records were lost and victims were afraid to come
  
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• Dallas only major U.S. office market to lose ground in Q2, study says

  14-08-2018 21:57
  The Dallas office space market saw a slight reversal of fortune in the second quarter of the year, as net absorption turned negative, making it the nation's only metro in the top 10 to lose ground.The local office vacancy rate rose by 0.4 percent to 15.2 percent, with more uncommitted construction set to deliver by year-end, according to a report released Tuesday by Colliers International.The shift in absorption was modest, at negative 288,945 square feet, meaning that much less space was leased
  
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• Travel software firm wants to use AI to book 2B more vacations

  14-08-2018 21:53
  Tech Titans, the largest technology trade association in Texas, has announced its 2018 finalists for the Tech Titans Awards. 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.
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• Rangers to Honor Bartolo Colon Before Saturday's Game

  14-08-2018 21:52
  
  The Texas Rangers will hold an on-field ceremony prior to Saturday's game, honoring Bartolo Colon for becoming the all-time Major League Baseball leader in wins for a native Latin American.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Which Dishwashers Have Staying Power: Consumer Reports

  14-08-2018 21:45
  
  How to help your dishwasher last longer, and do a better job.Photo Credit: Consumer Reports
  
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• Rare Pink Crickets Bred In Japan

  14-08-2018 21:22
  TOKYO, Japan (CBSDFW.COM) – An agricultural college near Tokyo has successfully bred rare pink bush crickets.
  They are a species called euconocephalus thunbergi. Chiba Prefecture Agricultural College says the insect is usually green, but mutations can sometimes result in pink ones.
  The school says a pink female was found last September in a nearby rice paddy. The school says researchers made it lay eggs without copulation and confirmed 12 pink babies have hatched since late July.
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• Southwest Airlines not horsing around with new service-animals policies

  14-08-2018 21:08
  Southwest Airlines signaled Tuesday that it is following the lead of United Airlines, American Airlines and other carriers that have recently updated their policies regarding service animals onboard flights.The updates could mean Southwest passengers will soon hear the sound of little hooves clomping down the aisles of planes they're on.Noted Steve Goldberg, senior vice president of operations and hospitality for Southwest: “We welcome emotional support and trained service animals that pro
  
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• McDonald's will invest $448M in Texas to modernize 840 restaurants

  14-08-2018 20:57
  McDonald's plans to invest $448 million in Texas to modernize 840 local restaurants by 2019, the company announced.These upgrades will include new furniture and interiors, self-ordering kiosks, GPS-embedded number stands to help employees find customers, new digital menu boards and new electronic table games in the play areas.
  Dallas-Fort Worth's nearly 300 locations will receive these upgrades by the end of 2019, a McDonald's spokesman said. It is unclear, however, how much McDonald's will spen
  
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• Tinder Founders, Execs File Suit Against IAC And Match Group

  14-08-2018 20:52
  NEW YORK (AP) — The founders of the dating app Tinder, along with current executives and some of its employees, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against IAC/InterActiveCorp and its Match Group subsidiary for allegedly bilking them by manipulating financial information to create a lowball estimate of Tinder’s value.
  They are seeking at least $2 billion in the lawsuit against Match and IAC, which is controlled by media mogul Barry Diller.
  IAC and Match Group, of which Tinder is now part, called
  
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• Baby Sitter Charged In Homicide Of Baby Given Antihistamine

  14-08-2018 20:13
  KEENE (CBSDFW.COM) – Grand Prairie police arrested a woman on a charge of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a 2-month-old baby earlier this year.
  Keene police officers responded to a call of an infant who wasn’t breathing in May, according to a release.
  They attempted CPR on the child who showed no signs of life.
  And they interviewed the woman who was caring for the baby, Adonna Townsend that day.
  Police said there were no signs of additional trauma to the child
  
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• Southlake private equity firm exits Canadian drug company in $18M deal

  14-08-2018 20:06
  Ancor had previously carved up pieces of WellSpring. It sold off the prescription drug operation in 2014 and its consumer health unit last year. The deal with ANI was the last part of the company to be unloaded.
  
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• Police Searching for Multiple Shoplifting Suspects: APD

  14-08-2018 20:00
  
  Arlington police are searching for multiple alleged shoplifters and a third person who allegedly assaulted an employee who confronted them, according to police.Photo Credit: Arlington 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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• Match Group faces $2B lawsuit from Tinder co-founders, others over financial manipulation

  14-08-2018 19:54
  Dallas’ Match Group (Nasdaq: MTCH) is having relationship problems.The company and its parent IAC (Nasdaq: IAC) are being sued by founders of Tinder, along with current executives and early employees, for manipulating financial information, according to a new filing. The lawsuit seeks at least $2 billion.Tinder, which operates out of Los Angeles, is owned by Match Group.“(The) defendants' path to Tinder ‘gold' was paved with systematic exploitation and greed,” the suit st
  
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• Motorcyclist Dies After Colliding with Stopped Vehicle: DPD

  14-08-2018 19:46
  
  A motorcyclist traveling northbound on the North Central Expressway collided with the back of a vehicle stopped in the left lane and died at the scene late Monday night, according to police.
  
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• Ariana Grande And James Corden Melt Hearts With Musical Ode To ‘Titanic’

  14-08-2018 19:42
  (CBSDFW.COM/CNN) — James Corden’s latest musical celebrity segment will have you swimming in emotions.
  On Monday night’s “Late Late Show with James Corden,” the late-night host and superstar singer Ariana Grande teamed up for a 13-song tribute to “Titanic” that relived the movie’s plotline through tunes like “Come Sail Away” by Styx, “Rich Girl” by Hall & Oats and, naturally, “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice.
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• Abilene House Fire That Killed 2 Blamed On Lit Cigarette

  14-08-2018 19:36
  ABILENE (AP) — Investigators blame a lit cigarette for starting a West Texas house fire that killed an 82-year-old woman and her son.
  KTXS-TV reports Abilene Fire Department investigators have determined the July 20 fire was an accident.
  Officials say Barbara Cocke was transported to an Abilene hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Her 58-year-old son, Michael Cocke, was flown to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, where he died hours after the pre-dawn blaze.
  Authorities say the fire
  
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• Hot Wheels Legends Tour Headed to DFW

  14-08-2018 19:18
  
  The Hot Wheels Legends Tour arrives in Garland later this month with several life-sized versions of some of the die-cast 1:64th scale classics -- with a bonus for creative custom car makers.Photo Credit: Mattel
  
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• Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer Appears In Texas Immigration Court

  14-08-2018 19:16
  HOUSTON (AP) — The attorney taking on President Donald Trump over his alleged affair with an adult film actress has appeared in Houston immigration court to try to secure the release of a 9-year-old boy from Guatemala.
  Attorney Michael Avenatti, who represents adult film actress Stormy Daniels, walks from the courthouse during a break in a motions hearing on July 27, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (credit: David McNew/Getty Images)
  A judge on Tuesday denied Michael Avenatti’s reque
  
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• D&M Auto Leasing moving headquarters, 100 employees to downtown Fort Worth

  14-08-2018 19:15
  D&M Auto Leasing is moving its headquarters to downtown Fort Worth into an office building purchased from accounting firm Whitley Penn.Grand Prairie-based D&M’s owner and partner, Anthracite Realty Partners LLC, bought the four-story office building at 1400 W. Seventh Street that formerly housed Whitley Penn.
  The accounting firm, meanwhile, is relocating its headquarters to Frost Tower in Fort Worth, where its recent 45,900-square-foot lease took the city’s newest high-rise t
  
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• North entrance to Love Field Airport considered by Dallas officials

  14-08-2018 19:09
  To alleviate growing congestion at Dallas Love Field Airport's entrance, city officials are kicking around the idea of a second entrance at the north end of the airport.After giving an update on the airport's master plan to the city's Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure and Sustainability Committee on Monday, Mark Duebner, Dallas' director of aviation, said his team is in the preliminarily stages of planning a north entrance. Whether that entrance would be off Shorecrest Drive, Northwest Highway&
  
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• TDMN: Gentrification of the Mount Auburn Neighborhood

  14-08-2018 18:57
  
  The historic Mount Auburn neighborhood in East Dallas is among the remaining stable working-class enclaves in the inner city. The Dallas Morning News’ Metro Columnist Sharon Grigsby is here to talk...Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• FWPD Searching for Woman Who Charged $7K to Victims' Cards

  14-08-2018 18:57
  
  Fort Worth police are searching for a woman accused of breaking into multiple cars; stealing purses and wallets; and then charging $7,000 to multiple victims' credit cards throughout Monday afternoon.Photo Credit: FortWorthpd TwitterThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• McDonald's and Franchisees Investing More Than $400M in TX

  14-08-2018 18:47
  
  McDonald's announced that the company and its franchisees are investing $448 million in restaurants around Texas throughout 2018 and 2019.
  
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• Pre-Trial Hearing Held in Fatal Case of Jordan Edwards

  14-08-2018 18:30
  
  A pre-trial hearing was scheduled for Tuesday morning in the death of black teenager Jordan Edwards. He was shot and killed by Officer Roy Oliver while he was leaving a party, police said. The trial is scheduledPhoto Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Man Held on $1M Bond in Fatal Dallas Apartment Shooting

  14-08-2018 18:27
  
  Dallas police have arrested a man in connection with a robbery and fatal shooting at an apartment complex over the weekend.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Grand Prairie Students ‘Shop With A Cop’ For School Supplies

  14-08-2018 18:20
  GRAND PRAIRIE (CBSDFW.COM) – In less than one week, children in Grand Prairie will be heading back to school, and the police department is making sure that no student goes into their first day of classes without the proper school supplies. A handful of Grand Prairie’s finest took kids shopping on Tuesday.
  Police officers filled up 50 backpacks with school supplies and donated them to elementary schoolchildren — some of the 2,500 kids on a school meal program, whose parents cann
  
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• Police: Man Admits Killing Another After Stealing His Cell Phone And Wallet

  14-08-2018 17:30
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Police have arrested a man who they say shot and killed another man after stealing his wallet and phone.
  Kevin Mead was arrested for the capital murder of Marin Deleon, 26.
  Mead, who is from New Orleans, shot Deleon in the parking lot of the Mountain Creek Apartments, the arrest affidavit says.
  Deleon late died at Baylor Hospital from a gunshot wound.
  During his interview, Mead admitted to a role in the murder, the arrest affidavit says.
  His bond set at $1 million.
  
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• DeSoto ISD Opening New Tech Academy for Children

  14-08-2018 17:25
  
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• McDonald’s Investing $448 Million To Modernize Texas Restaurants

  14-08-2018 17:18
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – McDonald’s announced Tuesday that the fast food chain is investing $448 million in 2018 and 2019 to modernize 840 restaurants across Texas. This includes extensive remodeling, the addition of new technology and even changes to the parking lots.
  More than $6 billion is being spent to update McDonald’s restaurants nationwide by 2020, and the chain has already added McDelivery and Uber Eats options at more than 5,000 locations. McDonald’s promises
  
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• Staff Surprised With Teachers' Lounge Makeover

  14-08-2018 16:52
  
  Some North Texas teachers were putting the final touches on their classrooms when they were surprised by a makeover of their teachers' lounge.
  
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• Coast Guard Saves 3 Boaters Clinging To Hull Off Galveston

  14-08-2018 16:50
  GALVESTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued three boaters found clinging to the hull of their capsized 24-foot vessel off the coast of Texas.
  A Coast Guard statement says all three men were unharmed in Monday afternoon’s incident shortly after leaving Galveston. On social media the USCG said, “The passengers were able to don their personal flotation devices and climb on top of the hull while the[y] waited for help.”
  (credit: USCG Station Galveston)
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• Arrest Made in Mountain Creek Apartments Shooting: DPD

  14-08-2018 16:41
  
  Dallas police arrested Kevin Mead, Monday afternoon, for capital murder in the shooting death of 26-year-old Marin Deleon.Photo Credit: DPD
  
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• Denton PD Searching for Armed Man Accused of Robbing Store

  14-08-2018 16:26
  
  Denton's Major Crimes Unit investigators are seeking help in identifying the man seen in this surviallance image captured during the armed robbery of a cell phone store back in July.Photo Credit: Denton PD
  
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• TMSG: 'Wake Up Party' in Keller

  14-08-2018 15:59
  
  Students and parents in the Keller Independent School District were treated to a "Wake Up Party," hosted by Sleep Happy Consulting.
  
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• Houston Tex-Mex Restaurant Under Fire After Serving Sessions

  14-08-2018 15:54
  HOUSTON (AP) – A popular Tex-Mex restaurant in Houston is facing backlash after it posted a photo of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has pushed for a wide crackdown on immigration.
  El Tiempo Cantina was targeted by hundreds of tweets and Facebook posts after Roland Laurenzo, president of the company that operates the chain, posted a photo Friday with Sessions. The photo caption said it was an “honor” to serve Sessions, who delivered a speech in Houston that day.
  The post dr
  
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• Driver Suspected Of Terrorism After Car Rams UK Parliament Gate

  14-08-2018 15:31
  LONDON (CBS News) – London’s Metropolitan Police said Tuesday that a man was under arrest on suspicion of terrorism after driving through a group of pedestrians and then ramming a gate outside of the Houses of Parliament in the British capital.
  Police said that they were treating the crash as a terrorist incident, and noted that the investigation was being led by their counter-terrorism division.
  “The driver of the car, a man in his late 20s, was arrested at the scene by armed
  
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• 3-Year-Old Inside Vehicle That Was Shot at in Fort Worth: PD

  14-08-2018 15:31
  
  Multiple people, including a three-year-old child, were inside a vehicle that was shot at near East Seminary road, according to Fort Worth police. No gunshot wounds were reported.
  
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• Lawyers: Balch Springs Officer Who Killed Teen Was Protecting His Partner

  14-08-2018 15:14
  DALLAS COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – A former North Texas police officer charged with the murder of a teenager in 2017 is in court today.
  Attorney’s for Roy Oliver went before Judge Brandon Birmingham with a number of motions; including requesting a continence in the case and asking that the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office be recused from prosecuting the case.
  The defense claimed the Dallas DAs office and the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department gained
  
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• Hearing For Former Balch Springs Officer Accused In Teen Murder

  14-08-2018 15:14
  DALLAS COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – A former North Texas police officer charged with the murder of a teenager in 2017 is in court today.
  Attorney’s for Roy Oliver went before Judge Brandon Birmingham with a number of motions; including requesting a continence in the case and asking that the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office be recused from prosecuting the case.
  The defense claimed the Dallas DAs office and the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department gained
  
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• Trump & Omarosa Spar Over Claim That He Used The N-Word

  14-08-2018 14:47
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump escalated his messy clash with former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman on Tuesday, referring to the longtime colleague, who had been the top African-American in his White House, as “that dog!”
  Trump tweeted a barrage of insults Tuesday morning as Manigault Newman continued promoting her White House tell-all and releasing secret audio recordings. Her book paints a damning picture of Trump, including her claim that he used racial slurs on the
  
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• Many Feared Dead After Italian Highway Bridge Collapses

  14-08-2018 14:39
  MILAN, Italy (CBS News/AP) – A raised highway partially collapsed in the northern Italian port city of Genoa on Tuesday, leaving an unknown number of people trapped under rubble. There was no immediate confirmation of deaths or injuries, but Italian media said that rescuers were digging through the rubble, looking for people in cars that fell.
  News agencies reported multiple deaths, and Interior Ministry officials stated that at least 11 people were killed. Transport Minister Dan
  
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• Glacier Latest U.S. Park To Be Scorched By Western Wildfires

  14-08-2018 14:25
  CALIFORNIA (AP) – A wildfire destroyed structures and forced evacuations Monday from the busiest area of Montana’s Glacier National Park, as officials in California prepared to reopen Yosemite National Park following a two-week closure at the height of the summer season.
  Meanwhile, a Utah firefighter died Monday battling a massive blaze in Northern California — the sixth fatality in a matter of weeks.
  The fighter was injured and died at a hospital, state fire officials sai
  
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