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• 'Supreme Court Must Never Be Viewed As a Partisan Institution': Kavanaugh

  04-09-2018 23:44 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Judge Brett Kavanaugh said in opening remarks at his confirmation hearing Tuesday that the "Supreme Court must never be viewed as a partisan institution." He vowed to always keep an open mind if...
  
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• Homeowners Affected By Ruptured Water Line Frustrated, Repairs Draining Their Wallets

  04-09-2018 23:43
  RICHARDSON (CBSDFW.COM) – A Richardson water line that ruptured last week is up and running again, but the damage it caused remains.
  More than 20 homes flooded off Crystal Mountain Drive last Thursday and now homeowners are trying to figure out how to pay for repairs.
  “Everything was taken out by the well of water,” homeowner Ken Hutchenrider said.
  Hutchenrider estimated that the pipeline rupture caused at least $100,000 worth of damage to his home. He said after it floode
  
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• Parole Officer Accused Of Buying Gun For Felon She Dated

  04-09-2018 23:28
  MESQUITE (AP) — A Dallas-area parole officer is accused by federal authorities of buying a firearm for one of the individuals she had supervised in her job and who she was also dating.
  The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports Shawnetta LaRuth Jones is facing four counts, including one count of conspiracy to acquire a firearm by false statement and one count of making a false statement to a licensed firearms dealer.
  According to an indictment, Jones is accused of buying a pistol from a gun stor
  
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• Possible Cases Of Tuberculosis Reported At Dallas High School

  04-09-2018 23:23
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Two possible cases of tuberculosis have been reported at W.T. White High School. Dallas ISD officials said they were alerted of the possible cases by the Dallas health department.
  In a statement, the school district said the Dallas County Health and Human Services alerted them of the exposure to one of their campuses. Skin testings will take place for students and faculty who may have been exposed.
  Here’s the full statement:
  “The health and safety of all D
  
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• 2 Cases Of Tuberculosis Confirmed At Dallas High School

  04-09-2018 23:23
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Two cases of tuberculosis by two brothers were confirmed at W.T. White High School, the Dallas County Health and Human Services confirmed Tuesday.
  In a statement, the school district said the Dallas County Health and Human Services alerted them of the exposure to one of their campuses. Skin testings will take place for students and faculty who may have been exposed.
  Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that can spread through the air and usually affects the lungs, ac
  
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• Video Posted Of Racially Charged Incident At Dallas Pizza Place

  04-09-2018 23:03
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A far North Dallas restaurant owner is under fire after video surfaced showing a racially-charged incident.
  A woman posted a video of an incident she said happened at Carmine’s Pizzeria on Campbell Road a little more than a week ago.
  The person who posted the video, Tamika Sanders, says she was called a “darkie” and said on video to an employee, “You shouldn’t work for him. You’re a darkie, too and that’s what he said, ‘
  
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• Nurse Reunited With NICU Baby She Cared For 28 Years Ago

  04-09-2018 22:47
  (CBSNEWS) – A California nurse had a heartwarming reunion with a baby she cared for nearly three decades ago. He’s now grown up and works in the same hospital he was born in. Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford shared the tale of the serendipitous reunion on Facebook, and the powerful story has gained widespread attention.
  Nurse Vilma Wong has been on the job for 32 years, a local publication, The Mercury News, reports. A recent chance encounter exemplifies the long-las
  
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• CDC Warns ‘Don’t Eat Kellogg’s Honey Smacks’

  04-09-2018 22:47
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Center For Disease Control is warning people not to eat Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal, which is linked to a Salmonella outbreak that continues to make people sick.
  This includes any size package and with any “best if used by” date.
  The CDC tweeted a warning to consumers not to “eat this cereal”.
  OUTBREAK Update: 100 Salmonella infections in 33 states linked to Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal. Do not eat this cereal. http
  
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• Chaos Marks Start Of Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearing

  04-09-2018 22:44
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Quarreling and confusion marked the Senate hearing Tuesday for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, with politically charged arguments about White House documents and confirmation rules getting as much attention as the role the conservative judge will likely play in shaping rulings on abortion, executive power and other national issues.
  Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing
  
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• Parkland Parent Attempts to Shake Kavanaugh's Hand

  04-09-2018 22:38 via nbcdfw.com
  
  As Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing was breaking for lunch on Tuesday, a man whose daughter was killed in the Parkland school shooting attempted to shake Kavanaugh's hand.
  
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• The Foote Files: Stevie Wonder As Little Stevie Wonder

  04-09-2018 22:06
  (CBS11) – Before Steveland Morris became better known today as Stevie Wonder, he started off being called Little Stevie Wonder, and came out of the box with a #1 hit.
  Born in Saginaw, Michigan on May 13, 1950 (by the way, the late country music star Lefty Frizzell had a top hit in 1964 called “Saginaw, Michigan”), he has been blind since birth. He signed with Berry Gordy’s Motown Records in 1960 (at the age of 10) and did some backup work. It was Gordy, Jr. who coined the
  
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• Dallas' latest blockchain hedge fund: 'Hold on for dear life'

  04-09-2018 21:52
  Amir Baluch launched a hedge fund, SmartBlock Capital, earlier this year to trade and invest in cryptocurrencies or companies that are finding new ways to use the underlying technology of blockchain.
  
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• Police Recover Eagle Carving Stolen From Irving Nature Trail 

  04-09-2018 21:48
  IRVING (CBSDFW.COM) – A tipster led Irving police to a stolen eagle statue taken from the Campion Trial last week.
  According to a tweet from the department, the wooden carving is “damaged beyond repair” but its creator — Rob Banda — has offered to make a new one.Investigators said the eagle, valued at $1,200 was taken sometime between Aug. 24 and Aug. 26.
  The custom carved wooden statue was found at a man’s home among several stolen City of Irving street signs
  
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• ‘Cosby Show’ Actor Geoffrey Owens Thankful For Support About Grocery Store Job

  04-09-2018 21:45
  TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNEWS) — Geoffrey Owens, an actor who was a regular on “The Cosby Show,” said he’s thankful for the support he has received since photos of him working at a grocery store showed up on news sites.
  Owens said Tuesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that he did feel some people were trying to job shame him. But he stressed that “every job is worthwhile and valuable,” adding that what’s important is the honor of the working
  
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• Epic Prank: College Students Create Poster Of Themselves And Hang It In Texas McDonald’s

  04-09-2018 21:43
  PEARLAND, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A couple of college students near Houston are taking social media by storm after an epic prank they pulled at a McDonald’s restaurant.
  The Asian pair noticed there wasn’t a lot of diversity on the walls at the restaurant in Pearland so they decided to create their own poster.
  Jevh M, the student with the Twitter account @Jevholution, posted three photos of the poster and wrote, “i noticed there was a blank wall at mcdonald’s so i decid
  
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• Dallas area sees surging demand for data centers among other big markets

  04-09-2018 21:42
  The Dallas data center market is drawing more interest, keeping it among the top players in the country, even as tenants get more of the upper hand.
  The local region is basically on pace to meet – yet again – its longer-term pattern of demand this year, according to Haynes Strader Jr., senior associate with CBRE Data Center Solutions. Net absorption, or the net change in existing and commissioned wholesale power capacity, was a healthy 19 megawatts during the first half of the year,
  
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• Man Apparently Shot Wife, Then Himself After Teens Escape Carrollton Home

  04-09-2018 21:12
  CARROLLTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Carrollton Police detectives are investigating the shooting deaths of a man and woman whose bodies were found in a North Carrollton home on Monday, September 3.
  Officers were called to a home in the 4200 block of Capstone Drive shortly after 3:00 p.m. by a neighbor who called 911 to report a shooting.
  Carrollton murder-suicide (CBS11)
  Police said the caller reported two teenagers had escaped to his home and said their father shot their mother.
  The firs
  
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• New 3-D Scanning Program Gets Exact Clothes Measurements

  04-09-2018 21:11
  
  Company partners with Texas Tech University in utilizing a new 3-D scanning program that gets exact clothes measurements down to the millimeter.Photo Credit: KLBK/KAMC
  
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• Live Radar: Scattered Showers Continue

  04-09-2018 21:09
  
  Keep the rain gear handy this week as we find ourselves in a showery and muggy weather pattern.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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• Fort Worth Police Looking for 'Bracelet Bandit'

  04-09-2018 21:01
  
  Fort Worth Police are looking for a man that asked to see a bracelet at a jewelry store and then ran off with it.Photo Credit: Fort Worth Police Department
  
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• Twitter CEO Says Company Isn’t Biased, Wants Healthy Debate

  04-09-2018 20:45
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter’s CEO says the company isn’t biased against Republicans or Democrats and is working on ways to ensure that debate is healthier on its platform.
  In prepared testimony released before a House hearing Wednesday, Jack Dorsey says he wants to be clear about one thing: “Twitter does not use political ideology to make any decisions, whether related to ranking content on our service or how we enforce our rules.”
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• Stephenville's Iconic Bovine Gets a Bath

  04-09-2018 20:27
  
  Firefighters in Stephenville got a strange call over the Labor Day weekend: Come give our cow a bath.
  
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• Gordon Aims To Hit Gulf Coast As Hurricane After Nightfall

  04-09-2018 20:20
  GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Sandbags were filled, patio furniture was taken inside and shoppers stocked up on batteries and bottled water as people along the Gulf Coast prepared Tuesday for Tropical Storm Gordon, which was forecast to become the second hurricane to hit the region in less than a year.
  Just hours before the storm was expected to come ashore, a few people remained on the beach, soaking in the sun before the tropical rain bands became more numerous. Others did their familiar pre-st
  
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• Former Sen. Jon Kyl to Replace John McCain

  04-09-2018 20:00 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Longtime Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., will return to Washington to fill John McCain’s Senate seat, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced Tuesday. Kyl served in the Senate from 1995 to 2013 and rose to Senate...
  
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• Amazon Is 2nd US Company To Reach $1 Trillion Market Value

  04-09-2018 19:41
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is now the second publicly traded company worth $1 trillion, hot on the heels of iPhone maker Apple.
  Amazon has revolutionized how people shop online and is the world’s dominant internet retailer. In two decades the company expanded far beyond its bookseller beginnings, combining its world-spanning retail operation with less flashy but very profitable advertising and cloud computing businesses.
  The company’s blowout success has made its founder and CEO, J
  
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• DFW units of Bell, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and more awarded millions

  04-09-2018 19:25
  Welcome back to another edition of DFW Defense, where we scour the U.S. Department of Defense contracts to see what local defense contractors are getting money.
  
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• TDMN: Company Helps Residents Appeal Property Taxes

  04-09-2018 19:19
  
  Property taxes have created sticker shock for many North Texas residents but for aging residents in gentrified neighborhoods, it could mean the difference between moving or staying put.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Dallas debt firm launches $330M private equity fund

  04-09-2018 19:05
  Dallas investment firm Elm Park Capital is raising up to $330 million for a new private equity fund, according to a regulatory filing.Elm Park typically invests in debt provided to private companies in an increasingly popular wrinkle in the private equity space. Firms like Elm Park blossomed in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis as crippled major banks pulled back lending. A total of 19 private debt funds closed on $14 billion in combined capital raised during the first quarter of 2
  
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• Inside Attack: Afghan Policeman Kills U.S. Service Member 

  04-09-2018 19:02
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The U.S. military says it has determined that the shooting death of an American service member Monday in Afghanistan was a so-called insider attack.
  Lt. Col. Martin O’Donnell, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition in Kabul, said in a telephone interview Tuesday that the American was killed in eastern Afghanistan by a member of the Afghan national police force. Another U.S. service member was wounded; O’Donnell said that person is in stable conditio
  
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• Tyler Technologies keeps acquisition machine humming with another deal

  04-09-2018 19:00
  Tyler Technologies is keeping its checkbook open.
  The Plano-based software provider for local governments said Tuesday it has acquired CaseloadPro, a Modesto, California-based company that offers digital tools for managing probation cases, according to a prepared statement. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
  The acquisition will help bolster Tyler's courts and justice division. It is the second-largest unit at the company, contributing about 18 percent of sales, according to an investor prese
  
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• Protesting Dems Interrupt Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Confirmation

  04-09-2018 18:54 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Democratic senators interrupted the start of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing Tuesday, arguing that they were not given pertinent documents and that some were kept hidden.
  
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• New Song Search For ‘Don’t Mess With Texas’ Ad Campaign

  04-09-2018 18:50
  AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Organizers of the iconic “Don’t mess with Texas” advertising campaign are looking for a new tune to promote the anti-trash effort.
  The Texas Department of Transportation on Tuesday announced the “Don’t mess with Texas” original song contest. It’s open to people age 18 and above, and runs through October. But the contest rules on dontmesswithtexas.org clearly state the individual must be a Texas resident in a band with at le
  
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• Jerry Jones Talks Cuts, Reasons for Waiving Bailey

  04-09-2018 18:42
  
  Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says for All-Pro kicker Dan Bailey, it wasn't necessarily what he did or didn't do to get waived from the team after a 7-year run, but what the other kicker did do.
  
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• Deputies Say Scammer Flattened Tires, Then Charged To Change Them

  04-09-2018 18:30
  Madisonville, LA (CBSDFW.COM) — The Saint Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man who is accused of flattening the tires on cars only to charge the drivers to change them with the spare. The case is the latest one to roll on the Wheel of Justice.
  According to deputies, there were several cases. One of the locations is the Dollar General on Highway 22 in Madisonville, but deputies say the man has tried the same scheme at other businesses as well.
  They say the man intentio
  
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• South Texas Gets 9 Inches Of Rain, Not Related to Gordon

  04-09-2018 17:58
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Parts of South Texas have been soaked with more than 9 inches of rain in a system that experts say is not related to Tropical Storm Gordon in the Gulf of Mexico.
  The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch until early Tuesday afternoon for the San Antonio and Austin areas.
  Forecaster Nick Hampshire says some street flooding and high-water rescues were reported Monday night and early Tuesday in the San Antonio area, but nobody was hurt.
  Hampshire says parts of
  
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• 2 Bodies Found After Woman Sees Blood Dripping From Ceiling

  04-09-2018 17:14
  MARGATE, Fla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A neighbor’s call to police after noticing blood dripping from the ceiling of a South Florida apartment led to a grim discovery in the upstairs unit.
  Margate police Lt. Joseph Galaska told news outlets Monday that 84-year-old Nicholas Mantzouranis killed his 66-year-old wife Sally Mantzouranis before turning the gun on himself.
  Galaska said the tenant told a maintenance worker about the red substance seeping from the ceiling Sunday afternoon. Paramedic
  
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• Construction Closures to Bring Traffic Delays in Dallas

  04-09-2018 17:12
  
  The month of September kicks off with three important construction closures affecting traffic throughout Dallas.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Colin Kaepernick “Just Do It” Ad Sparks Nike Boycott

  04-09-2018 16:30
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/CBSNEWS.COM) – Nike’s long-running “Just Do It” campaign is geared toward getting consumers to pay attention to the brand, but analysts say its decision to add Colin Kaepernick as a new face of the campaign comes with risks.
  Honoree Colin Kaepernick speaks onstage at ACLU SoCal Hosts Annual Bill of Rights Dinner at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on December 3, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)
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• Wrong-Way Driver Crashes Into Plano Motel, Flees on Foot: PD

  04-09-2018 16:26
  
  A wrong-way driver who fled from police and crashed at a Plano motel Tuesday morning is still on the run, police said.Photo Credit: NBC 5This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• What's Next for H-E-B and Central Market in Dallas?

  04-09-2018 14:59
  
  H-E-B's Central Market division has more plans for new stores in Dallas. With the opening Wednesday at Midway Road and Northwest Highway of its third Central Market in the city limits, other projects in...
  
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• Crimson Tide rolls over Bevo: Our College Football Success Index ranks revenue and success on the field

  04-09-2018 14:24
  If success was measured by money alone, the University of Texas Longhorns would be the undisputed national champs in the world of college football. Unfortunately for those who bleed burnt orange, there are other factors to a team’s success — that whole wins and losses thing, for example.
  With the college football season upon us, American City Business Journals analyzed the five-year records of all 65 Power Five teams, both on the field and in the back-end offices. Our aim was to iden
  
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• Alliance Airport sees rise in traffic, cargo shipped

  04-09-2018 14:22
  Fort Worth Alliance Airport saw a 4-percent rise in air cargo volume last year, the airport said last week.
  
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• Advisers Say Joe Biden To Decide On 2020 Run By January

  04-09-2018 14:18
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Shortly after Joe Biden boarded a recent flight from Washington to New York, a string of passengers began stopping at his seat in coach to deliver some version of the same message: Run, Joe, run.
  “We’re with you,” one said, according to a Democratic strategist who happened to be on the plane and witnessed the scene. “You’ve got to do this,” said another.
  Biden himself is more conflicted — but he is listening keenly to the su
  
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• Trump Says Sessions’ DOJ Has Placed GOP In Midterm Jeopardy

  04-09-2018 13:47
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Showing his disregard for the Justice Department’s independence, President Donald Trump tweeted that federal indictments against two Republican congressmen placed the GOP in midterm election jeopardy.
  Two long running, Obama era, investigations oftwo very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department. Two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time. Good job J
  
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• NBC 5 Forecast: Spotty Showers Today

  04-09-2018 13:45
  
  Expect a showery and muggy weather pattern continuesPhoto 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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• Feds: Stolen Ruby Slippers Worn In ‘Wizard of Oz’ Recovered

  04-09-2018 13:37
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities say they have recovered pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” that were stolen from a Minnesota museum 13 years ago.
  The slippers were taken from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids in August 2005 when someone went through a window and broke into the small display case. The shoes were insured for $1 million.
  Four pairs of ruby slippers worn by Garland in the movie are known to exist. The shoes are made from a
  
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• Mesquite Considers New Development Near Rodeo Grounds

  04-09-2018 13:23
  
  Mesquite city council members could allow development near the Mesquite Championship Rodeo if they approve a zoning ordinance change.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Gordon Strengthens, Expected To Hit Gulf Coast As Hurricane

  04-09-2018 13:12
  MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Gordon is continuing to strengthen and is expected to become a hurricane late Tuesday when it hits the central U.S. Gulf Coast, including coastal Mississippi. From there, it is forecast to move inland over the lower Mississippi Valley on Wednesday.
  Gordon formed into a tropical storm near the Florida Keys early Monday as it lashed the southern part of the state with heavy rains and high winds.
  The storm was centered 280 miles east-southeast of the mo
  
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• Dallas Man Dead After Apparent Rental Scooter Accident

  04-09-2018 12:48
  
  Jacoby Stoneking, 24, died Sunday after an apparent accident on a Lime scooter. Though police are not investigating the accident as a crash, his family is not convinced.Photo Credit: Stoneking Family
  
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• Frisco School Funding Vote Would Lower Tax Rate

  04-09-2018 12:47
  
  For the second time in two years, voters in the Frisco Independent School District will be asked to approve a Tax Ratification Election (TRE) meant to add millions of dollars for operational expenses.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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