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• National Politics Injected Into Texas Senate Dist. 10 Race

  30-08-2018 23:25
  
  The race for Senate District 10 is heating up. National politics have made their way into the race.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• President Trump Cancels Pay Raise For Federal Workers

  30-08-2018 23:24
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump informed Congress on Thursday that he is canceling pay raises due in January for most civilian federal employees, citing budget constraints. But the workers still could see a slightly smaller boost in their pay under a proposal lawmakers are considering.
  Trump said he was axing a 2.1 percent across-the-board raise for most workers as well as locality pay increases averaging 25.7 percent and costing $25 billion.
  “We must maintain efforts to put
  
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• Police: North Texas Mother Tried To Kill Self, 5-Year-Old Son

  30-08-2018 22:54
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Fort Worth Police are investigating an attempted murder-suicide involving a mother and her 5-year-old son.
  Police said around 8:20 a.m. Thursday, officers were called out to the 7200 block of Ranger Way regarding a suicide attempt.
  When officers got there, they said they found the the woman and her son inside her vehicle which was running in the closed garage. 
  The mother, Marsha Philesten, 33, was taken to the Crimes Against Children Unit for questioning and
  
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• Dallas County Prosecutors To Decide On Other Charges For Ex-Officer Convicted Of Murder

  30-08-2018 22:37
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Jordan Edwards’ family said the jury that convicted former Balch Springs officer Roy Oliver of murder, went too light on the punishment, sentencing him to 15 years in prison Wednesday night, when he could have gotten up to life in prison.
  Roy Oliver (credit: Dallas County Jail)
  Oliver fired into the car filled with teens the night of the April 2017 party in Balch Springs, killing 15-year-old Jordan Edwards.
  “He can actually see life again after 15 years
  
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• Rubber Toys From North Texas Company Recalled Due To Lead

  30-08-2018 22:11
  FARMERS BRANCH, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A Farmers Branch company is recalling thousands of toys because they have too much lead in them.
  BSN SPORTS sold rubber critter toys online, including on Amazon.
  rubber critter recall (BSN SPORTS)
  Customers could buy them individually or as a set.
  If you have one, you can return it for a credit.
  rubber critter recall (BSN SPORTS)
  Here is the recall notice:
  Description:
  This recall involves all rubber critter toys sold in various colors and animal shapes
  
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• Temporary Road Closures in Downtown Dallas

  30-08-2018 21:30
  
  Starting in early September, drivers can expect to see some temporary road closures throughout downtown Dallas both during the day and night.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Red Door Food Pantry Getting New Location

  30-08-2018 21:25
  
  The "Red Door Pantry" in McKinney started out as a small box with a red door that provided food to those in need, no questions asked. Now that pantry is moving out of the box and into a church.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• John McCain Memorialized As Hero, Fighter, Imperfect Friend

  30-08-2018 20:46
  PHOENIX (AP) — Sen. John McCain was eulogized Thursday as a “a true American hero” — and a terrible driver with a wicked sense of humor and love of a good fight — as 3,500 mourners crowded into an Arizona church to pay their final respects to the maverick politician.
  Former Vice President Joe Biden recalled “the sheer joy that crossed his face when he knew he was about to take the stage of the senate floor and start a fight.”
  Biden, a Democrat who was am
  
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• Useful Or Creepy? Machines Suggest Gmail Replies

  30-08-2018 20:38
  NEW YORK (AP) — Google is suggesting auto-responses to emails in its latest version of Gmail on the web, expanding on a feature already available on Android devices and iPhones.
  The responses toe the line between useful and creepy and are drawing mixed responses from users. They’re just one more example of how artificial intelligence is seeping into everyday online life, whether to tailor product recommendations or correct spelling.
  The feature, dubbed Smart Reply, offers three short
  
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• Sarah’s Weekend Picks: Aug. 30-Sept. 2

  30-08-2018 18:50
  
  GuideLive Editor Sarah Blaskovich is here with all there is to do this Labor Day weekend, including deals for fantasy football teams, the Riverfront Jazz Festival, and dinosaurs at the Perot Museum.Photo Credit: Kimberly Richard
  
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• Cowboys' Gregory Scheduled to Meet NFL Doctor Thurs: JJT

  30-08-2018 18:31
  
  Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Randy Gregory is scheduled to meet with a league doctor Thursday morning to determine whether he gets a chance to start the season with the Cowboys on Sept.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Air Leaking From Russian Side Of International Space Station

  30-08-2018 17:48
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A small air leak has developed on the Russian side of the International Space Station.
  NASA and Russian space officials stressed Thursday that the six astronauts are in no danger. But both the crew and ground controllers are working hard to isolate the leak.
  Russian officials say the pressure leak was detected Wednesday night and may be the result of a micrometeorite strike. It’s believed to be in the most recent Soyuz capsule docked at the space station.
  
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• Six Flags Over Texas Building “World’s Largest Loop Coaster”

  30-08-2018 17:14
  ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Construction is about to get underway on what officials with Six Flags Over Texas say will be the world’s largest loop coaster.
  Hang on to your hats! The new Lone Star Revolution roller coaster will swing like a pendulum, taking riders back and forth on a loop before completing several 360-degree revolutions.
  “We are excited to welcome another record-breaking attraction to an already stellar thrill ride arsenal,” said Park President
  
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• Campbell Soup Plans To Sell International, Fresh Units

  30-08-2018 16:29
  CAMDEN, New Jersey (AP) – Campbell Soup Co. plans to focus on its core snacks and soup business in North America and sell its international business, paying down debt.
  Officials with the company said Thursday it’s working urgently to complete all the moves by next July.
  The planned sales will leave Campbell Soup with brands including Goldfish, Pepperidge Farm and Snyder’s of Hanover.The company announced a reorganization in May, along with the retirement of then CEO Denise Morr
  
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• Cowboys' Randy Gregory to Meet NFL Doctor Thursday: JJT

  30-08-2018 16:25
  
  Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Randy Gregory is scheduled to meet with a league doctor Thursday morning to determine whether he gets a chance to start the season with the Cowboys on Sept.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Real Life 'Friday Night Lights' Star Dies at Age 46

  30-08-2018 16:06
  
  Former Odessa Permian running back Chris Comer - a member of the 1988 "Friday Night Lights" team - died Wednesday in Houston. He was 46.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Dallas Police Department Already Losing Some New Recruits

  30-08-2018 14:53
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A Dallas Police Academy graduate who was set to begin working for the police department Monday, instead turned in her resignation.
  The 34 recruits in Academy Class #359 graduated on Friday, offering hope of much needed reinforcement to the department’s dwindling number of officers.
  “It’s disappointing, certainly,” said Deputy Chief Bill Humphrey, who oversees personnel and training, of the new officer’s quick departure.
  Humphrey reca
  
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• Russia Says It Will Hold War Games In Mediterranean This Week

  30-08-2018 14:27
  BRUSSELS (CBSNEWS.COM) – NATO says the Russian navy is building up its presence in the Mediterranean Sea amid growing tensions over the war in Syria. Russia has provided crucial military support for Syrian government forces, which are expected to mount an offensive in the northern Idlib province, the last major rebel stronghold in the country.
  “We will not speculate on the intention of the Russian fleet, but it is important that all actors in the region exercise restraint and refrain
  
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• TMSG: Community Helps Woman With Medical Bills

  30-08-2018 14:16
  
  A woman in Parker County is grateful for her community after neighbors organized a yard and bake sale to help with the family's medical debt.
  
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• See the Latest Ride Coming to Six Flags Over Texas

  30-08-2018 14:15
  
  Lone Star Revolution is slated to open in 2019 as the world's largest coaster of its kind. The 100-foot-tall loop coaster will take riders, who are placed face-to-face, around the loop multiple times.
  
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• After Church Service, McCain To Depart Arizona For Last Time

  30-08-2018 13:45
  PHOENIX (AP) — The celebration of Sen. John McCain’s life as a former prisoner of war and maverick politician enters a second day with a church service and a military salute before his casket departs his adopted state of Arizona for the U.S. Capitol.
  A motorcade with McCain’s remains leaves Thursday morning from the Arizona Capitol, where McCain has been lying in state so thousands of people could say goodbye.
  Visibly bereft family and friends gathered there Wednesday for an em
  
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• Wood Carved Eagle Statue Stolen From Irving Nature Trail

  30-08-2018 13:29
  
  Police in Irving want to find the person who stole a city statue of a wood carved eagle.Photo Credit: City of IrvingThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Flight Attendants Plan to Protest American Airlines

  30-08-2018 13:27
  
  Several American Airlines workers plan to picket outside the company’s headquarters Thursday morning in Fort Worth.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Miss America Hopefuls Arrive As Pageant Faces Dissension

  30-08-2018 13:26
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The 51 hopefuls vying for the title of Miss America are set to arrive in Atlantic City on Thursday amid changes and internal dissension for the pageant.
  Pageant Chairwoman Gretchen Carlson has feuded on Twitter with reigning Miss America Cara Mund after Mund said she’d been “silenced” by pageant officials seeking to control what she says.
  More than half of state organizations around the country have called for Carlson, a former Fox News host, an
  
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• Rankings: The wealthiest college football programs in Texas

  30-08-2018 13:15
  College football is big business, especially in Texas.
  The 46 Texas universities and colleges that play football generated more than $498 million during the 2016-2017 season. The San Antonio Business Journal took a look at all the colleges that play football in the Lone Star State — from the University of Texas at Austin down to Austin College — to see how much revenue and expenditures each school accrued through their respective pigskin programs.The data comes from the Department of
  
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• University of Texas to build supercomputer with $60M federal grant, support from tech giants

  30-08-2018 13:11
  The University of Texas at Austin is getting a new supercomputer that will be among the fastest in the world and the fastest at any higher-education institution in the United States. The Texas Advanced Computing Center at UT is being funded by a $60 million grant announced Wednesday by the National Science Foundation.The Frontera supercomputer is expected to come online in summer 2019.It's a boon to Central Texas' scientific and academic communities and also a chance for technology companies&hel
  
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• Experts: Unusual Factors In Ex-Texas Officer’s Murder Conviction

  30-08-2018 13:10
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Every case is unique, as is every jury. But experts say several factors seemed to stack up against former Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver this week when, in an extremely rare outcome, he was convicted of murder for a shooting that occurred while he was on duty.
  Criminal justice experts tell The Associated Press that fewer than 90 officers have been charged with murder or manslaughter for such shootings since 2005. Less than half were convicted or pleaded gu
  
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• CVS Health exec named CFO of At Home Group

  30-08-2018 13:07
  Jeffrey R. Knudson has been named chief financial officer of Plano-based At Home Group Inc. (NYSE: HOME), succeeding Judd Nystrom.Currently senior vice president of Finance and Retail controller at CVS Health Corp. (NYSE: CVS), Knudson will succeed Nystrom effective Sept. 28. Nystrom, who has been with At Home for roughly five years, is departing “to explore other early-stage growth opportunities,” At Home’s CEO Lee Bird said in a prepared statement.“During his time
  
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• Dallas' data center market powers ahead with potential for more from cloud

  30-08-2018 13:03
  North Texas is already home to massive facilities like Facebook's $1 billion data center in Fort Worth. But the cloud may spur demand for additional data center space, according to a study by JLL.
  
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• Tech services firm adding 1,100 jobs, $8M investment in Irving

  30-08-2018 12:59
  International technology services firm Cognizant Technology Solutions will hire 1,100 employees over the next five years for its new 50,000-square-foot center in Irving, more than doubling its presence in the city, company officers said Wednesday.“These are high-skilled technology workers,” Cognizant Chief Financial Official Karen McLoughlin said in an interview with the Dallas Business Journal. “People who are working on software development, digital engineering, applicat
  
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• Victim’s Family Calls Ex-Texas Officer’s 15-Year Sentence Too Short

  30-08-2018 12:56
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A Dallas County jury gave a white former police officer too lenient of a punishment when sentencing him to 15 years for the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager who was in a car leaving a house party, the victim’s family members said.
  Roy Oliver fired into the car filled with teens the night of the April 2017 party in suburban Dallas, killing 15-year-old Jordan Edwards.
  “He can actually see life again after 15 years and that’s not enough be
  
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• Hot Weather Today Through the Weekend

  30-08-2018 12:42
  
  Hot weather pattern will continue as we wrap up August and head into September. A few storms will be possible by Labor DayPhoto 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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• Group Provides Free Overdose Reversal Drug and Training

  30-08-2018 12:40
  
  A local group hopes they can help reduce drug overdoses through education and access to the overdose reversal drug Narcan.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• 1 Dead, 3 Wounded in Fort Worth Strip Club Shooting

  30-08-2018 12:29
  
  One person was killed and three others wounded in a shooting outside a strip club in West Fort Worth early Thursday morning, police said.Photo Credit: Metro
  
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• Desk Exercises to Help Relieve Neck and Back Pain

  30-08-2018 12:28
  
  For those who spend a large chunk of the day sitting, pain or discomfort in areas like the neck, lower back and hips likely sounds familiar. But aside from causing discomfort, it can hinder someone's ability to...Photo Credit: Getty Images/Westend61, File
  
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• Trump Thinks US 'Did Fantastic Job in Puerto Rico' After Hurricane Maria

  30-08-2018 12:12 via nbcdfw.com
  
  President Donald Trump said he thought the U.S. “did a fantastic job in Puerto Rico” following Hurricane Maria despite Puerto Rico accepting a new study that said the death toll from the storm was in...
  
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• NBC 5 Responds to Frontier Communications' Billing Error

  30-08-2018 12:09
  
  A man in Grapevine said he was charged $200 for a DVR that was never returned. Problem is, the man said he's still using that DVR and gets billed for it every month. He called NBC 5's Samantha Chatman for help.
  
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• One Killed, Three Wounded After Cabaret Gun Battle

  30-08-2018 10:10
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A gun battle outside a Fort Worth cabaret left one person dead and  three others wounded early Thursday.
  Police said it began around 1:45 this morning with a fight inside the Corsets Cabaret on Camp Bowie West Boulevard near Cherry Lane.
  The argument spilled into the parking lot and “multiple shots were exchanged,” police said.
  The victims include a man, who died on scene, along with a woman and two other men, who were sent to local hospitals.&nbs
  
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• Public Safety Raises Still a Priority for Dallas Leaders

  30-08-2018 06:42
  
  Public Safety salary increases are still the priority for most Dallas City Council Members after a marathon budget amendment session Wednesday where very few spending cuts received support to make up for...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Dodgers Win 5th Straight With 3 Solo HRs at Texas

  30-08-2018 06:26
  
  Alex Wood pitched seven scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers hit three solo homers while stretching their winning streak to five games with a 3-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night.Photo Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images
  
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• Grapevine City Council Set to Address Regulating Short Term Rentals

  30-08-2018 06:07
  
  Grapevine is the next North Texas city set to consider regulating short-term rentals like Airbnb.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Vision 2020: What Will the North Texas Apartment Scene Look Like

  30-08-2018 05:51
  
  More than 17,000 new apartments are planning to open their doors in DFW this year.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Jury Sentences Former North Texas Officer To 15 Years In Prison For Murder

  30-08-2018 05:10
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The jury that convicted of former Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver of murder on Tuesday, sentenced him to 15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine in shooting death of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards.
  Around 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, the jury sent out a note asking the judge what do they do if they can’t reach a verdict.
  The judge replied they have all the information they need to make a decision.
  A little more than two hours later, they made their decision.
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• Dallas City Council Debates Police, Fire Pay

  30-08-2018 04:35
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Some Dallas City Council members say they will keep trying to propose ways to boost pay for first responders.
  Three amendments to the proposed budget by Councilman Scott Griggs would have boosted the starting salaries for police officers and firefighters to $54,263 a year and would have provided existing officers and firefighters either a three or five percent across the board raise.
  But none of them attracted eight votes needed.
  While the votes are not binding,
  
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• Horse Escapes Trailer After Crash on Highway

  30-08-2018 04:16
  
  A horse wound up under the highway after a crash involving its trailer slowed traffic during rush hour Wednesday near Balch Springs.Photo Credit: Texas Sky Ranger
  
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• Ex-Middleweight Champ Jermain Taylor Arrested For Domestic Battery, Assault

  30-08-2018 03:45
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Former middleweight boxing champion Jermain Taylor has been arrested in Arkansas after police allege he punched a woman, held a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her.
  Little Rock police say they were called to Taylor’s home Wednesday afternoon in regard to a disturbance with a weapon.
  The 40-year-old Taylor has been charged with third-degree domestic battery and aggravated assault on a family or household member. He’s been booked into the Pulas
  
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• Cowboys Host Kickoff Luncheon at AT&T Stadium

  30-08-2018 03:24
  
  The Dallas Cowboys are closing in on their regular season opener, but not before their annual Kickoff Luncheon. NBC 5’s Paul Jones has the story from AT&T Stadium.Photo Credit: NBC 5 Sports
  
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