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• Police Officers Save Baby Choking On Plastic Wrapper

  15-08-2018 23:51
  RED OAK (CBSDFW.COM) – Two officers with the Red Oak Police Department will receive awards after saving a baby from choking.
  Officer Michael Fitzgerald was the first to arrive at a home where the baby was conscious and breathing but appeared to have something lodged in his throat.
  That something was a plastic wrapper, according to Red Oak Police PIO Lt. Marc Schroeder.
  Officer Fitzgerald tried to remove the lodged object from the infant’s throa
  
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• Witnesses Help Dallas Police Foil Kidnapping

  15-08-2018 23:43
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas Police said officers stopped a kidnapping thanks to witnesses who followed the suspects and victim.
  Police said a man followed a woman into a Walgreens Tuesday night near North Central Expressway and kidnapped her at gunpoint.
  Witnesses said the man, Concepcion Rosales-Zuniga, forced her into a waiting car with two other people inside in the parking lot.
  Witnesses decided to follow the car as it drove away.
  “They saw a squad car and flagged officers down,
  
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• Cary Deuber of Real Housewives of Dallas Talks With NBC 5

  15-08-2018 23:42 via nbcdfw.com
  
  It’s premiere night of season three and Cary Deuber is here to talk about big storylines to watch for, including her new business venture and her relationships with the other ladies.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• North Texas Police Department Relaxes Tattoo Policy To Keep, Attract Officers

  15-08-2018 23:00
  IRVING, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A new policy allowing arm and leg tattoos on uniformed police officers to be visible s the latest recruitment tool being used by the Irving Police Department.
  “You go to our recruiting events our entrance exams 60-70 percent of everybody coming through the door these days has some form of art work,” said Irving Police Chief Jeff Spivey.
  Chief Spivey said the change in policy also reflects modern day societal norms that no longer consider tattoos to
  
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• Dog Days of Summer - Aug. 15, 2018

  15-08-2018 22:53 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Norman and Nikon were featured during the Dog Days of Summer segment on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018.Photo Credit: Bo Cantrell
  
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• Elephant Born At San Diego Zoo On World Elephant Day

  15-08-2018 21:35
  SAN DIEGO, California (CBSDFW.COM) – It was a picture-perfect celebration of World Elephant Day, one day after the official event on August 13, at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, as the entire elephant herd gathered to greet their newest member — a 1-day-old calf.
  The baby was born just before midnight on Monday to mother Ndlulamitsi, better known as “Ndlula.”
  The calf, a male, was born without complications and began nursing shortly after birth, according to the San
  
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• Trump Revokes Brennan's Security Clearance

  15-08-2018 21:31 via nbcdfw.com
  
  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Wednesday that President Donald Trump is revoking former CIA Director John Brennan's security clearance. Brennan has been a prominent critic...
  
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• Street Improvements Big Part Of Arlington’s Call For $189M Bond Election

  15-08-2018 21:14
  ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Arlington taxpayers will vote in November on a proposed $189 million bond program the city says would provide funding for streets and sidewalks, parks, fire stations and other public facilities.
  After months of public input, the Arlington City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved placing the bond program on the November 6 ballot.
  In 2014, Arlington voters approved a $236 million, five-year bond program that is nearing completion.
  The city said t
  
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• Weed-Killing Chemical Linked To Cancer Found In Some Children’s Breakfast Foods

  15-08-2018 20:23
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW/CBS NEWS) – A new report found glyphosate, a weed-killing chemical that some health authorities link to cancer, in a number of popular breakfast foods and cereals marketed to children. The study by the non-profit Environmental Working Group(EWG) discovered trace amounts of the most widely used herbicide in the country in oats, granolas and snack bars. Thirty-one out of 45 tested products had levels higher than what some scientists consider safe for children.
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• Spacewalkers Flinging Satellites, Installing Bird Trackers

  15-08-2018 20:19
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Russian cosmonauts took a spacewalk Wednesday to fling tiny satellites into orbit and install an antenna for tracking birds on Earth.
  Soon after leaving the International Space Station, Sergey Prokopyev released all four research satellites by hand.
  “I’m ready for the launch,” Prokopyev told Russian flight controllers near Moscow.
  The first satellite tumbled away as the space station soared 250 miles above Illinois. By the time the fourth one w
  
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• Ex-Dallas Bishop Whose Tenure Marred By Scandal Dies At 87

  15-08-2018 19:49
  DALLAS (AP) — The Catholic Diocese of Dallas says that the Most Rev. Charles Grahmann, whose 17-year tenure as bishop of the diocese was marred by one of the first church sex abuse scandals to explode into public view, has died. He was 87.
  The diocese says in a statement that Grahmann died Tuesday in San Antonio following a long illness. He was the sixth bishop of the Dallas diocese and served from 1990 to 2007.
  Grahmann was appointed the first bishop of the Diocese of Victoria in 1982 bef
  
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• John Lennon’s Killer Is Up For Parole For 10th Time

  15-08-2018 19:13
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The man who killed John Lennon is up for parole again.
  Mark David Chapman is scheduled to go before New York’s parole board next week, in what will be his 10th attempt to win release. A decision is expected within two weeks of the parole hearing.
  The now 63-year-old Chapman is serving 20-years-to-life in the Wende Correctional Facility in western New York. He shot and killed the former Beatle outside his Manhattan apartment on Dec. 8, 1980.
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• TDMN: Dallas’ Different Stance on DACA

  15-08-2018 18:48 via nbcdfw.com
  
  State leaders in Austin want to end the DACA program, but Dallas and other cities are pushing in a different direction. Dallas Morning News Reporter Mitchell Schnurman is here to talk about it.
  
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• Teen Loses Contact Lens – Docs Find It In Her Eyelid 28 Years Later

  15-08-2018 18:44
  UNITED KINGDOM (CBSNEWS.COM) – Nearly three decades ago, a 14-year-old in the UK got hit in the eye during a game of badminton and lost her contact lens. No big deal, right? Well, 28 years later, doctors found the missing contact… embedded in a cyst in her left eyelid.
  Two brain scans (one from the top of the woman’s head, and one from the side) showing the small cyst in her eyelid. The red arrows indicate the cyst. (credit: BMJ Case Reports 2018)
  It’s not like the woman
  
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• School Districts Report Cards Released

  15-08-2018 18:44 via nbcdfw.com
  
  School districts across Texas will receive grades on Wednesday under a new rating system that has public school officials grumbling. The Texas Education Agency on Wednesday will label school districts A-F.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer Says Guatemalan Family Reunited

  15-08-2018 18:05
  HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The attorney taking on President Donald Trump over his alleged affair with an adult film actress says he’s successfully reunited a 9-year-old boy with his mother in Guatemala.
  Michael Avenatti posted a photo on Twitter of the 9-year-old — who is being identified only by his first name, Antony — hugging his mother, months after the two were separated at the southern U.S. border. Antony’s mother had been deported in June.
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• Proposed 2019 Emojis Include Service Dog, Deaf Person And Mixed Race Couples

  15-08-2018 17:57
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Unicode Consortium has 179 proposed draft candidates for the next generation of emoji.
  Tuesday Emojipedia shared some details on new emoji candidates suggested for inclusion to Unicode 12 in 2019.
  Their draft list for 2019 is a big win for diversity… and for those with disabilities.
  The Emoji draft list for 2019 is a big win for diversity… and for those with disabilities. (photo courtesy: emojipedia.org)
  New candidates include a servic
  
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• Arlington Recognized in DOJ Video on Police-Race Relations

  15-08-2018 16:30 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Building trust with communities of color is one of the key issues police departments across the nation face today. In a new video, the U.S. Department of Justice is highlighting one North Texas agency that...Photo Credit: U.S. Department of Justice
  
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• Southwest Changes Emotional Support And Service Animal Policies

  15-08-2018 16:27
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Southwest Airlines is making changes to its policies for emotional support and trained service animals.
  Starting next month the Dallas-based air carrier will only allow trained service dogs, cats, and miniature horses in its cabins. The airline will also accept fully trained psychiatric service animals as trained service animals.
  The only emotional support animals the airline will accept are dogs or cats, and each customer can only bring one. The animal must be i
  
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• Texas Doc Among 3 Sharing $500,000 Prize For Work On Cancer Therapy

  15-08-2018 16:21
  ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Tumors once considered untreatable have disappeared and people previously given months to live are surviving for decades thanks to new therapies emerging from the work of three scientists chosen to receive a $500,000 medical prize.
  (credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center)
  The recipients of the annual Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research are being recognized for their studies of the immune system that have led to innovative treatments for
  
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• 2,000-Pound Bull Escapes, Runs Loose Through Oklahoma City

  15-08-2018 15:28
  OKLAHOMA CITY (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Police say a rodeo bull broke free from the Oklahoma City Stockyards and charged through streets and chased people, including one person who jumped into a river to escape the animal’s path.An Oklahoma City Police Department report identifies the bovine suspect as “Rodeo Bull,” standing 4 feet tall, with brown hair and black eyes, and weighing 2,000 pounds.
  A police spokesperson says the animal managed to escape a pen at the stockyards late
  
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• TMSG: STEM Students Put Skills to Test During Internship

  15-08-2018 15:14 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Some Dallas ISD students head back to class next week with some real-world experience. These teens put their STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) skills that they learned in the classroom into...Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• NBC 5 Forecast: Hot With More Humidity

  15-08-2018 15:09 via nbcdfw.com
  
  The rain is gone, but the humidity will linger through the weekend with highs in the mid to upper 90s.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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• State Fair of Texas Announces Top 10 Foods for '18

  15-08-2018 15:07 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Officials with the State Fair of Texas announced the finalists for the 14th annual Big Tex Choice Awards.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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• '18 Big Tex Choice Awards Finalists

  15-08-2018 15:03 via nbcdfw.com
  
  The finalists for the 2018 Big Tex Choice Awards were announced early Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: State Fair of Texas
  
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• State Fair Of Texas Announces Finalists In The Big Tex Choice Awards

  15-08-2018 14:43
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – For you it might be the Ferris Wheel, the midway games, the concerts, or the Red River Showdown… but when you think of the State Fair of Texas you also think about fried foods.
  With the start of the fair less than two months away that means competition has begun in the Big Tex Choice Awards.  As always, the contest looks for the best new fair food creations. The ten finalists were announced this morning.  Among them, the Texas Twang-Kie, Fer
  
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• North Texas School Districts Criticize TEA’s New Rating System

  15-08-2018 14:41
  LEWISVILLE (CBSDFW.COM) – The Texas Education Agency has released letter grades for every public school district in the state, just as students across North Texas begin returning to classes for a new school year. But many North Texas districts were already criticizing the new rating system, even before the ratings were released.
  Classes started in the Lewisville Independent School District on Wednesday, the same day that the TEA is released the list which grades Texas school districts base
  
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• State to Give School Districts Report Cards Wednesday

  15-08-2018 14:37 via nbcdfw.com
  
  School districts across Texas will receive grades on Wednesday under a new rating system that has public school officials grumbling.The Texas Education Agency on Wednesday will label school districts A-F.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Every Classroom at Keller ISD School Gets Magical Upgrade

  15-08-2018 14:31 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Eagle Ridge Elementary School in Keller ISD has been transformed into colorful works of art and wonder.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• NBC 5 Helps Cowboys Fan Get Refund in StubHub Ticket Glitch

  15-08-2018 14:27 via nbcdfw.com
  
  A North Texas woman ordered Cowboys preseason tickets two months in advance, but when it was time to download those tickets, it wouldn't work.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Vigil Held At Detroit Church For Aretha Franklin

  15-08-2018 13:44
  DETROIT (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — People are praying for Aretha Franklin in the Detroit church where her father was once a pastor.
  The special vigil at New Bethel Baptist Church began before dawn Wednesday.
  The prayers come one day after Stevie Wonder visited the ailing Queen of Soul at her home. The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Franklin’s ex-husband, actor Glynn Turman, also visited Franklin, who is seriously ill.
  To the #QueenofSoul @ArethaFranklin, may you feel the LOVE and GRACE you've given u
  
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• Austin City Council To Try Again For MLS Stadium Vote

  15-08-2018 13:21
  AUSTIN (AP) – Another day, another scheduled vote on the future of pro soccer in Texas and Ohio.
  The Austin City Council is scheduled to decide Wednesday whether to move ahead with a stadium plan that could prompt Major League Soccer’s Columbus Crew to leave its home city after 22 years.
  Austin delayed the vote a week, but is expected to make a decision whether to enter formal and final negotiations with Crew owner Anthony Precourt.
  Precourt bought the Crew in 2013 and has been pushi
  
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• Twitter Suspends Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones For 1 Week

  15-08-2018 13:16
  NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter says it is suspending the account of the far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for one week after he violated the company’s rules against inciting violence.
  The New York Times reports that Jones tweeted a link to a video calling for supporters to get their “battle rifles” ready against media and others.
  Jones won’t be able to tweet or retweet from his personal account for seven days, though he will be able to browse Twitter.
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• Kroger To Start Selling Products Directly To Chinese Shoppers

  15-08-2018 13:00
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Kroger will start to sell some of its products to Chinese shoppers through a website owned by internet giant Alibaba, the latest move by the supermarket chain to boost its digital business.
  Kroger, which operates more than 175 stores in Texas alone, is working to catch up with Walmart and with Amazon.com, which bought grocer Whole Foods last year. In recent months, Kroger launched an online delivery service, upped its investment in a British online grocer and agr
  
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• Officer Dedicates Retirement to Save Rescue Pets

  15-08-2018 12:14 via nbcdfw.com
  
  A retired Plano police officer is dedicating his retirement to help transport homeless pets to shelters and rescues that have room for them.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• National Anthem Protests May Shift to High School Gridiron

  15-08-2018 05:36 via nbcdfw.com
  
  From the NFL, to the high school gridiron. The controversy over national anthem protests is shifting to student-athletes. Team members at one Fort Worth high school approached their football coach asking to get...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Goldschmidt Homers, Corbin Sharp in D-Backs Win Over Rangers

  15-08-2018 05:32 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Paul Goldschmidt hit his 27th homer to put Arizona ahead to stay, All-Star lefty Patrick Corbin worked seven innings for his 10th victory and the NL West-leading Diamondbacks beat the Texas Rangers 6-4...Photo Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images
  
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• Councilman Asked to Resign Will Not Face Recall Election

  15-08-2018 05:27 via nbcdfw.com
  
  The Plano City Councilman who came under fire over a controversial post he shared on Facebook in February will not face a recall election, a judge ruled Tuesday.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Consumer Justice Fights For Full Report On Spending At Grand Prairie ISD

  15-08-2018 05:00
  GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Consumer Justice continues to fight for answers about the investigation into spending at Grand Prairie ISD.
  The 2018-19 school year is about to begin, but huge questions loom over how millions of dollars were spent in the last few years.
  The controversy began in 2017 after questions were raised about spending at the home where the superintendent lives.
  GPISD purchased it for $694,000 in 2015; Susan Hull rents it for $2,000 a month. Receipts show roughly
  
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• Back From Drug Ban, Cowboys' Gregory Speaks of Deeper Issues

  15-08-2018 04:29 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Randy Gregory understands the prevailing view that repeated use of marijuana is the reason the Dallas Cowboys defensive end has been suspended for 30 of the past 32 games.Photo Credit: NBC 5 Sports
  
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• Ted Cruz, Beto O'Rourke Woo Voters in North Texas

  15-08-2018 03:58 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke brought their Senate campaigns to North Texas Tuesday, looking for support in a key battleground area that could determine the outcome of the November election.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Former Baylor Basketball Star Vying for Cowboys Roster Spot

  15-08-2018 03:36 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Cowboys tight end Rico Gathers has show flashes of what he “might” be able to do on the football field, but the former Baylor basketball star just can’t seem to put it all together.Photo Credit: NBC 5 Sports
  
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• Elliott Could Be in Line for Bigger Role in Passing Game

  15-08-2018 03:29 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is already a focal point on the offense, but is he in line for an even bigger role in the passing game? NBC 5 Sports Director Newy Scruggs and Cowboys Insider Jean-Jacques...Photo Credit: NBC 5 Sports
  
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• How Much Can Cowboys D-Lineman Randy Gregory Contribute?

  15-08-2018 03:06 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Randy Gregory has missed almost all of the last two seasons for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. Now, he’s back with the team and says he’s ready...Photo Credit: NBC 5 Sports
  
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• Recall Election Of Plano Councilman Cancelled

  15-08-2018 02:47
  PLANO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Tom Harrison, the Plano City Councilman who was facing a recall election after sharing an anti-Islamic post on his Facebook page, will get to stay on the council.
  The City of Plano said a petition effort did not have enough signatures to force the recall election of the District 7 council member, after announcing in April it did have enough valid signatures and the recall election would happen in November.
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• Fort Worth Extends Camp Bowie Tax District 10 More Years

  15-08-2018 02:36 via nbcdfw.com
  
  The Fort Worth City Council on Tuesday night extended a special tax district that pays for improvements along historic Camp Bowie Boulevard.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• North Texan Says ‘Goodbye’ To Diabetes After Double Transplant

  15-08-2018 02:31
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Saying ‘goodbye’ to diabetes. After decades of finger pricks, insulin shots– and some scary close calls– Lori Fulps is getting a new lease on life and it’s sweet.
  “What do you want? Peppermint milkshake?” asks an Uncle as they approach the drive thru menu at Braum’s. “When I was a kid they used to have them,” replied Fulps longingly. “That was a long time go!” Uncle affectionately hits back.
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• Dallas Love Field Considers Adding North Entrance

  15-08-2018 02:29 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Officials at Dallas' Love Field Airport are considering plans to add a north entrance because of traffic backups at the airports lone entrance, on its south side.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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