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• Doors, Locks Being Analyzed in Botham Jean Case: Doc

  14-09-2018 23:45
  
  New search warrants returned Friday show that law enforcement authorities have focused part of their attention on the locks to the doors of both Botham Jean and the Dallas police officer who shot him, Amber...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Natural Beauty in Texas: Lake Mineral Wells State Park and Trailway

  14-09-2018 23:41
  
  This is the place where you can do a little bit of everything: camping, hiking, fishing, horseback riding and you can even ride your bike to explore the beauty in the area. It is located on the 100 block of Park...Photo Credit: José A. Herrera/Telemundo39.com
  
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• Guadalupe River: A Great Place to Enjoy Your Weekend

  14-09-2018 23:31
  
  The Guadalupe River runs from Kerr County to San Antonio Bay on the Gulf of Mexico. It is well known for fly fishing, rafting, camping, and many other outdoor activities. Here are some pictures where you...Photo Credit: José A. Herrera/Telemundo39.com
  
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• Sen. Cruz, Rep. O’Rourke To Hold 3 Debates; 1st In Dallas Next Friday

  14-09-2018 23:28
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Senator Ted Cruz and Congressman Beto O’Rourke will participate in three mutually agreed upon debates leading up to the 2018 U.S. Senate election in Texas, the O’Rourke campaign confirmed on Friday.
  The debates will happen in Dallas on September 21, Houston on September 30 and San Antonio on October 16.
  The topics will be domestic policy and foreign policy.
  Each will be one hour in length and will be conducted in the formats outlined below:
  DEBATE ONE
  Date
  
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• Manafort Pleads Guilty, Will Cooperate With Special Counsel

  14-09-2018 22:42
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort agreed Friday to cooperate with the special counsel’s Russia investigation as he pleaded guilty to federal charges and avoided a second trial that could have exposed him to even greater punishment.
  The deal gives special counsel Robert Mueller a key cooperator who led the Trump election effort for a crucial stretch during the 2016 presidential campaign. The result also ensures the investigation will extend far beyond the
  
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• Mother, Baby Among Dead As Florence Drenches The Carolinas

  14-09-2018 22:35
  UPDATE: Florence downgraded to a tropical storm; surges, flooding will continue as it lashes South Carolina.
  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Blowing ashore with howling 90 mph winds, Hurricane Florence splintered buildings, trapped hundreds of people and swamped entire communities along the Carolina coast Friday in what could be just the opening act in a watery, two-part, slow-motion disaster.
  At least three people were killed.
  Forecasters warned that drenching rains of anywhere from 1 to 3½
  
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• Clerk Shot in Hand After Attempted Robbery

  14-09-2018 22:12
  
  The clerk refused to cooperate with the suspects, and that's when gunshots rang out.Photo Credit: Mesquite Police Department
  
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• North Texas Woman Attacked While Jogging Shares Story: ‘It Keeps Me Up At Night’

  14-09-2018 21:25
  HALTOM CITY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A victim of an attack by a serial groper who has been terrorizing women jogging in Tarrant County in recent weeks shared her story with CBS 11 in hopes it will help lead to the suspect’s arrest.
  Amanda Eberheart is one of at least six victims.
  Amanda Eberheart – jogger who was attacked
  Eberheart says she did everything she thought a woman should do to stay safe while jogging.
  She’s been a runner for years. On September 2, she went for a r
  
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• Family Of Botham Jean To DPD: End “Character Assassination” & Fire Amber Guyger

  14-09-2018 21:15
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The family of Botham Jean, the man killed by an off-duty Dallas police officer, is calling for the termination of the officer involved and is speaking out about what they call the “distasteful attempt to assassinate the character” of the 26-year-old.
  During an afternoon news conference, the family’s attorney Lee Merritt spoke specifically about the Dallas police search warrant obtained after Jean’s murder.
  “The warrant that
  
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• Frisco Man Arrested For Touching A Child Inappropriately For A Second Time

  14-09-2018 21:13
  FRISCO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Frisco Police arrested a man who they say touched a girl while she was walking with her “adult caretaker.”
  It happened shortly after 5:00 p.m. in the 6000 block of Blazing Star Road.
  The girl told police the man touched her in an inappropriate area of her body and ran into a nearby home.
  Officers located the suspect, Chinh Van Dang, at his house.
  Chinh Van Dang was arrested in Frisco for indecency with a child.
  Dang was arrested for indecency with a
  
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• NBC 5 Gives Some Tips for a Cowboys-Style Tailgate Party

  14-09-2018 20:49
  
  NBC 5's Deborah Ferguson offers some tailgate party tips for football game day.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Man Accused Of Driving Drunk In Crash That Killed Construction Worker, In US Illegally

  14-09-2018 20:39
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A man who allegedly plowed through a construction zone causing the death of a construction worker was in the country illegally according to the Dallas County Jail.
  Juan Rangel-Rodriguez was arrested Thursday and charged with Intoxication Manslaughter With A Vehicle after — according to police — he drove his pickup truck through construction barrels near Overton Road and hit a utility door on a parked construction truck in an early
  
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• Exclusive: Nation’s top site selectors to gather in Dallas

  14-09-2018 20:24
  The world’s foremost professional site selection consultants will converge in Dallas for their annual conference next year, giving North Texas officials the chance to show off one of the top corporate relocation hotspots in the nation.
  
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• NBC 5 Throws Tailgate Party in Preps for SNF

  14-09-2018 20:19
  
  Albertsons, Tom Thumb and the Sunday Night Football bus helped NBC 5 throw a tailgate party in preparation for the Cowboys game on Sunday night.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• It has been months. Here's what Jeff Bezos finally had to say about Amazon's HQ2

  14-09-2018 20:14
  Never had so many business leaders packed into the massive ballroom at the Washington Hilton on the off chance the tech leader and richest man alive said … something.
  
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• Form D Friday: Dallas startup looking to help ranchers raise herds is raising $2M

  14-09-2018 19:48
  A Dallas startup that makes a system allowing ranchers to monitor and record the fluids they inject into their herds is raising $2.2 million, a investment firm gets in on the venture capital game, and the largest shareholder in Hilltop Holdings is raising funds for an East Texas apartment deal.
  
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• TMSG: Journalist Receives Posthumous Award for Work

  14-09-2018 18:41
  
   A Dallas Morning News Columnist Mercedes Olivera who wrote for the paper for decades died in June of cancer. Her husband and daughter accepted the Latina Legend award on her behalf Thursday at the Hispanic...
  
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• WATCH LIVE: FWPD to Update on the Officer Shot After Robbery

  14-09-2018 18:40
  
  A Fort Worth officer who was shot in the head is currently in the intensive care unit in critical condition after a shooting during a robbery early Friday morning, police said.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Texas Instruments CEO, wife donate $5M to SMU to spur local tech talent

  14-09-2018 18:35
  The Dallas area is getting more money for engineering research after Rich and Mary Templeton committed $5 million to a Southern Methodist University school.The CEO of Texas Instruments (Nasdaq: TXN) and his wife are bolstering research at SMU’s Lyle School of Engineering with one of its largest gifts ever.“This investment in research is critical to strengthening SMU’s academic quality and attracting top graduate students who will seek solutions to some of the world’s most
  
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• Dallas PD Search Warrant Gives Different Account of Shooting

  14-09-2018 18:34
  
  The family of Botham Jean, the 26-year-old worship leader who was shot and killed inside of his apartment, is calling for greater transparency in the investigation.
  
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• Medical City to Giveaway Free Helmets

  14-09-2018 17:49
  
  The program promotes fun exercise and teaches parents and children about the importance of wearing a helmet.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Facebook To Expand Fact-Checking To Photos, Videos

  14-09-2018 16:16
  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says it is expanding its fact-checking program to include photos and videos as it fights fake news and misinformation on its service.
  Malicious groups seeking to sow political discord in the U.S. and elsewhere have been embracing images and video to spread misinformation.
  The company has been testing the image fact-checks since the spring, beginning with France and the news agency AFP. Now, it will send all of its 27 third-party fact-checkers disputed photos and vi
  
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• Prosecutors File New Manafort Charging Documents; Plea Deal Expected

  14-09-2018 16:00
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Prosecutors have filed new charging documents against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, signaling he may plead guilty ahead of a second trial next week.
  The charges in Friday’s filing were contained in a criminal information, a document that can only be filed with a defendant’s consent and typically signals a deal has been reached.
  The charges include conspiracy against the United States and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
  Manafort is ex
  
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• VW To Stop Making Iconic Beetle Next Summer

  14-09-2018 15:35
  DETROIT (AP) — After selling it on and off in the U.S. for nearly seven decades, Volkswagen has decided to squash its iconic Beetle.
  The company’s American unit announced Thursday that it would end global production of the third-generation bulbous bug in July of next year after offering two special editions for sale.
  The compact Beetle was introduced in Germany in 1938 during the Nazi era and came to the U.S. 11 years later, where it became a symbol of utilitarian transportation ofte
  
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• Texas Suspends Notary Who Handled Stormy Daniels Agreement

  14-09-2018 15:14
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Texas has suspended the notary who handled porn actress Stormy Daniels’ hush-money agreement with President Donald Trump, but state officials say the notary’s actions have no bearing on the validity of the agreement.
  The Dallas Morning News reports that notary Erica Jackson was faulted for not properly witnessing and documenting Daniels’ signature.
  Erica Jackson says she didn’t do anything wrong. (photo credit: CBS 11 News)
  Jackson is the Fo
  
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• Dallas Gay Pride Parade & Weekend Celebrate 35 Years

  14-09-2018 14:40
  
  Nearly 55,000 people are expected to descend on Dallas during the annual Pride weekend.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• FW Officer Shot in Head, in Critical Condition Identified

  14-09-2018 14:38
  
  A Fort Worth officer who was shot in the head is currently in the intensive care unit in critical condition after a shooting during a robbery early Friday morning, police said.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Category 1 Hurricane Florence Makes Landfall In North Carolina

  14-09-2018 14:08
  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) —  Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina early Friday, pushing a life-threatening storm surge of floodwater miles inland and ripping apart buildings with screaming wind and pelting rain.
  More than 60 people had to be pulled from a collapsing motel at the height of the storm, and many more who defied evacuation orders were hoping to be rescued. Pieces of buildings ripped apart by the storm flew through the air.
  Most ominously, forecasters said the ter
  
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• Julie Chen Signs Off ‘Big Brother’ As Julie Chen Moonves

  14-09-2018 13:53
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Julie Chen returned to television with an unusual sign-off days after her husband, Les Moonves, resigned as the CEO of CBS after sexual misconduct allegations.
  The 48-year-old ended Thursday’s “Big Brother” broadcast by saying, “From outside the ‘Big Brother’ house, I’m Julie Chen Moonves. Good night.” Usually, she just says “Julie Chen.”
  (credit: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
  Chen did not address her husband&
  
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• Boeing rolls out its first 777X widebody, but it will never fly (Photos)

  14-09-2018 13:41
  Boeing has built and rolled out its first 777X widebody from its factory in Everett last week, but it will never actually fly.Instead, the first of the Chicago-based jet maker's largest and most advanced airplane ever built will undergo 12 months of "static" testing and verification of load-bearing parts in its airframe and wings.The first test aircraft, featuring wings made by its new automated composite wing center, will be followed by four more 777Xs being produced for full Boeing flight test
  
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• Deals Day: Digital homebuying platform expands to North Texas

  14-09-2018 13:40
  Bungalo, an Austin-based real estate platform that’s digitizing the homebuying process, has expanded into North Texas.Through Bungalo's website, buyers can search, tour, finance, make offers and close on homes in one place. Bungalo offers exclusive listings by purchasing, inspecting and renovating each home before putting it up for sale.“It’s increasingly difficult to find the right home, especially if you are looking to avoid the stress and uncertainty of a fixer upper,”
  
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• Texas Central secures loan of up to $300 million for Bullet Train

  14-09-2018 13:28
  The Texas Bullet Train has inched closer to the goal of becoming a reality with the securing of a loan of up to $300 million.Texas Central, the company implementing the high-speed train between Houston and North Texas, announced Thursday that it has secured the loan from the Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corp. for Transport & Urban Development, or JOIN, and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.Texas Central will use the funds to move ahead on permitting, design and en
  
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• Fort Worth Police Officer Shot, In ‘Very Serious Condition’

  14-09-2018 09:37
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A Fort Worth Police officer was shot and is in “very serious condition” after confronting a group of robbery suspects early this morning.
  It happened after midnight near the Los Vaqueros bar on Biddison Street near I-35.
  According to police, a group of officers was doing surveillance at the bar when a group of suspects came inside and committed a robbery.
  The officers confronted the group a short distance away, and one suspect pulled a weapon and
  
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• Fort Worth Police Officer In ICU After Being Shot In The Head

  14-09-2018 09:37
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A confrontation with a group of armed robbery suspects ended with a Fort Worth police officer shot and in critical condition this morning.
  Officer Garrett Hull was shot just after midnight outside of the Los Vaqueros bar in the 400 block of Biddison Street.
  (credit: Fort Worth Police Department)
  “Unfortunately, here we are again,” Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald said at the start of an early morning press conference. &l
  
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• Rain Chances Continue Into the Weekend

  14-09-2018 09:13
  
  Warm and humid with low rain chances today, but increasing by the weekend..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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• Hurricane Blows Away North Texas Couple's Wedding Plans

  14-09-2018 05:36
  
  A couple from Plano spent the week scrambling to rearrange their wedding that was supposed to happen in Charleston, S.C., a city now under an evacuation order.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Warrant Lists Property Seized From Botham Jean's Apartment

  14-09-2018 05:30
  
  A search warrant obtained Thursday details crime scene evidence seized from Botham Jean's apartment the night he was fatally shot by a Dallas police officer.Photo Credit: Metro
  
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• ‘You Could Feel The Shaking’: Neighbors Say Road Construction Damaged Homes

  14-09-2018 04:55
  HASLET, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Some homeowners in Haslet, north of Fort Worth, say a project meant to improve their street has damaged their homes and possibly their foundations.
  The city had warned residents in the Brentwood Park neighborhood to expect the construction, so neighbors were not surprised when the equipment appeared. However they were shocked at the power of one of the machines.
  “I came in the kitchen and all the dishes were clinking,” said Andrew Polizzo. His fathe
  
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• Richardson Homeowners Still Seeking Answers After Major Damage From Broken Water Line 2 Weeks Ago

  14-09-2018 04:17
  RICHARDSON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Hung out to dry.
  It’s how some Richardson residents feel after their homes flooded two weeks ago.
  They said both their home insurance companies and water utility company won’t cover for the damage caused by a broken water line.
  On Thursday, looking for answers, they went to a special board meeting hosted by the North Texas Municipal Water District.
  “My house was ground zero,” Ken Hutchenrider said. “The sight I saw I hope to ne
  
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• Exclusive Look Inside New Collin County Children's Hospital

  14-09-2018 04:12
  
  Scottish Rite Hospital for Children is expanding from north of downtown Dallas to Collin County -- Frisco, specifically. The new state-of-the-art facility will concentrate on orthopedic and sports medicine.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• DART: Shooting On Train Was Act Of Self Defense

  14-09-2018 03:29
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – After arresting a man for shooting another rider aboard a DART train Wednesday evening, a DART spokesman said Thursday they released the shooter after finding he acted in self defense.
  DART spokesman Morgan Lyons said, “After talking with some of the witnesses, talking to the person who did the shooting, we decided not to file charges. However, this has been referred to the Dallas grand jury.”
  DART Police identified the man who fired his handgun as Malcolm
  
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• Video Of Off-Duty Officer Amber Guyger Booked On Manslaughter Charge Released

  14-09-2018 02:48
  KAUFMAN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The Kaufman County Jail released video Thursday of Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger getting booked on a manslaughter charge after turning herself in on Sunday, September 9.
  Amber Guyger booked in Kaufman County Jail (Kaufman County)
  This happened three days after she shot Botham Jean in his own apartment when she mistook it for hers.
  At one point in the video, Guyger leans down and puts her face in her hands before recomposing herself.
  Amber Guyger booked in
  
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• Docs List Property Seized From Botham Jean's Apartment

  14-09-2018 02:40
  
  A search warrant obtained Thursday details crime scene evidence seized from Botham Jean's apartment the night he was fatally shot by a Dallas police officer.Photo Credit: Metro
  
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• Neighborhoods Evacuated As Gas Blasts Destroy Homes Near Boston

  14-09-2018 02:05
  LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — A series of gas explosions left at least four people injured and ignited fires in at least 39 homes in three communities north of Boston on Thursday, forcing entire neighborhoods to evacuate as crews scrambled to fight fires and turn off gas and electric lines to prevent further damage.
  Massachusetts State Police urged all residents with homes serviced by Columbia Gas in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover to evacuate Thursday afternoon, snarling traffic and causing
  
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• Lawmakers Angered by Train Safety Delays

  14-09-2018 01:39
  
  Members of Congress today offered harsh words to commuter rail lines, like North Texas’ Trinity Railway Express, that are far behind schedule in implementing federally required safety equipment.
  
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• New Toll Road Idea A ‘Game-Changer’ Say Transportation Leaders

  14-09-2018 01:26
  HURST, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – An app that automatically detects how many people are in one vehicle, could help more drivers take advantage of discounted toll rates for high occupancy vehicles North Texas highways.
  The technology would also eliminate the need for police enforcement of HOV violators.
  It could roll out in early 2019 for toll roads in North Texas, and TxDOT is watching the program to see if it could be implemented statewide.
  The Regional Transportation Council of the North Centr
  
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• Pope Francis Meets With Clergymen to Discuss Scandal

  14-09-2018 01:24
  
  Pope Francis held an emergency meeting Thursday with a delegation of U.S. cardinals and bishops. The group was led by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Texas who faces his own allegations of not doing enough to...
  
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• Video Shows Amber Guyger Booked Into Jail Sunday Night

  14-09-2018 01:17
  
  Video shows Dallas officer Amber Guyger being booked into the Kaufman County Jail Sunday, September 9, 2018. Guyger turned herself in to face a manslaughter charge after she shot and killed Botham Jean...Photo Credit: Kaufman County Sheriff's Office
  
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