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• Ivanka Trump Tours Walmart Academy in Mesquite

  21-09-2018 23:56
  
  Special assistant to the president Ivanka Trump continued her tour through Texas Friday, stopping at a Mesquite Walmart. It was part of an event to showcase the growth of the retail giant's training academy.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Seven-Minute MRI

  21-09-2018 23:46
  
  A new approach to the MRI is detecting bone cancer sooner and saving lives.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Ivanka Trump Visits Mesquite Walmart, Tries Virtual Reality Training

  21-09-2018 23:43
  MESQUITE (CBSDFW.COM) – Ivanka Trump visited a Mesquite Walmart Friday to learn about the company’s workforce training program.
  President Trump’s daughter and advisor met with members of Walmart Academy, a training curriculum for supervisors and managers.
  She toured the Academy and tried out the training herself via virtual reality.
  “It has changed my world upside down. My family, if they could be here today, they would tell you how proud they are,” saod Walmar
  
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• Flood Concerns in Fort Worth Ahead of Weekend Storms

  21-09-2018 23:42
  
  People in some neighborhoods in Fort Worth are concerned about storms this weekend that could bring heavy rain to areas that saw flash flooding just two weeks ago.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Amtrak Train Collides with Tractor-Trailer

  21-09-2018 23:19
  
  An Amtrak train collided with a tractor-trailer Friday afternoon in Missouri City, Texas.Photo Credit: KPRC-TV
  
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• Timelapse Video Shows Rain Move Through Dallas

  21-09-2018 22:21
  
  Timelapse video taken from the Omni Dallas Camera shows rain and clouds move through Dallas Friday afternoon. Photo Credit: Omni Dallas Camera
  
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• Big Tex Lifted Into Place Friday Morning

  21-09-2018 22:06
  
  Big Tex, the 55-foot-tall cowboy mascot, took his post as the official State Fair of Texas welcomer at 10 a.m. Friday.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• New Search Warrants in Amber Guyger, Botham Jean Case

  21-09-2018 21:56
  
  Newly released court records show three additional search warrants have been served in the investigation into the death of Botham Jean, the Dallas man shot and killed in his own apartment by Dallas police...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Form D Friday: Energy investor raising more than $200M for Permian oil and gas firm

  21-09-2018 21:50
  EMG has been on a capital raise for Houston oil and gas operator Sable Permian Resources, which was restructured last year. Meanwhile, a special private equity firm based in Midland is raising a new fund to focus on commercial real estate in the Permian with help from a Dallas investment bank.
  
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• Georgia Mom, 3 Children Killed In 8-Vehicle Texas Crash

  21-09-2018 21:40
  BEAUMONT (AP) — Police say a Georgia woman and her three children were killed in a fiery eight-vehicle accident on westbound Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas.
  A Beaumont police spokeswoman said traffic had slowed around dawn Thursday due to an unrelated accident ahead when an 18-wheeler at the rear plowed into the other vehicles.
  Officer Haley Morrow on Friday identified the victims as 36-year-old Chelsea Stanbury, 10-year-old Anthony Stanbury Jr., 8-year-old Anaiyah Stanbury and 6-year-ol
  
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• Allen Gym Employee Indicted For Hiding Phone In Changing Room And Recording

  21-09-2018 21:38
  ALLEN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – An employee at an Allen gym has been indicted for improper photography after authorities say he hid a phone inside a changing room and recorded employees without their consent.
  Jeremiah Hierbert, an employee at Metroplex Gym and Swim in Allen, was indicted on five counts of improper photography.
  Authorities say Hierbert hid a phone inside a pair of shorts that were hanging on a wall. He is said to have recorded other employees without them knowing.
  
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• Friends And Family Gather For Funeral Of Slain Fort Worth Officer

  21-09-2018 21:30
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Family and friends of fallen Fort Worth police officer Garrett Hull gathered for his funeral Friday.
  He was gunned down a week ago during a robbery sting.
  Lt. Governor Dan Patrick was one of many to speak about the husband and father of two.
  “You’re willing to give your life for total strangers if called upon. And that day Garrett was there to remove evil from the streets,” he said.
  Fort Worth police chief Joel Fitzgerald was almost overcome with
  
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• North Texas Giving Day breaks record, raises $48M during 10th anniversary

  21-09-2018 20:56
  This year's North Texas Giving Day raised a record-breaking $48 million to close a decade of fundraising.
  The event, organized by Communities Foundation of Texas, beat last year's total of $39 million and raised nearly 12 times what it garnered in its first year. Nearly 160,000 donations were made to more than 2,600 organizations from across 20 counties in North Texas.
  "We are really blown away again by the generosity of North Texans," said Susan Swan Smith, chief giving day officer. "
  
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• UNT QB Mason Fine Is the Best in Texas at 5'10"

  21-09-2018 19:41
  
  UNT football is 3-0. Quarterback Mason Fine might be the best QB in the state of Texas. Can they run the table? Fine joined me on NBC Sports Radio.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Dallas furniture retailer acquired by UK lifestyle brand

  21-09-2018 19:41
  Dallas furniture and home decor retailer Wisteria has been acquired by a United Kingdom-based lifestyle brand.OKA Direct Ltd. purchased Wisteria for an undisclosed amount, marking OKA’s first majority acquisition in its 20-year history. The transaction is expected to close in September.“Both Wisteria and OKA are family-founded companies that have a long history of traveling the world to discover the best of global design,” Wisteria co-founder and CEO Andrew Newsom said in a pre
  
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• Illegal Immigrant, Rapist Who Kidnapped 6-Year-Old Given 4 Life Sentences

  21-09-2018 19:40
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – An illegal immigrant convicted of kidnapping and raping a 6-year-old girl was given four life sentences for the heinous crime.
  “What this defendant did is every parent’s worst nightmare. The scars he caused will never go away,” said prosecutor Cami Gildner.
  Edis Moya Alas kidnapped the child who was asleep on her living room couch in 2016. Her parents awoke in the night to find her missing, and a large-scale search was immediately launched,
  
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• Texas Instruments shows off its cash strength with stock buybacks, dividend boost

  21-09-2018 19:19
  Texas Instruments (Nasdaq: TXN), in a display of its healthy cash flow, made a couple of significant moves with its dividend and share repurchases that are making investors happy.The semiconductor company will raise its quarterly cash dividend by 24 percent to 77 cents, TI said in a statement Thursday. Its board also gave the green light for an additional $12 billion worth of stock purchases over time. That’s separate from the roughly $7.4 billion in repurchases authorized in Jun
  
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• Fire Claims Two Lives in Fort Worth

  21-09-2018 19:18
  
  An adult and a child are dead following an overnight fire in Cresson.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Chris Cornell’s Widow To Release Never-Before-Heard Songs

  21-09-2018 19:12
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — More than a year after musician Chris Cornell’s suicide, fans will have a chance to hear new music from him.
  Cornell’s widow Vicky is behind a new album “Chris Cornell,” as well as a four-disc box set. Both are set for release November 16.
  The first track from both projects is titled “When Bad Does Good.” Vicky Cornell says it came from her husband’s archives.The box set will contain 11 unreleased tracks. Both projec
  
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• Texas Company Recalls 690 Pounds Of Buc-ee’s Beef Jerky

  21-09-2018 18:54
  EL CAMPO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A South Texas company has recalled nearly 700 pounds of Buc-ee’s beef jerky after regulators say a consumer reporting finding hard metal in a product.
  The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday announced Junior’s Smokehouse Processing Plant in El Campo recalled about 690 pounds of ready-to-eat teriyaki beef jerky.
  The 4-ounce items were produced August 9 for Texas retailers. The plastic pouches say “Buc-ee’s Hill Country bran
  
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• TDMN Critic Chris Vognar Reviews Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 11/9'

  21-09-2018 18:49
  
  Chris Vognar from the Dallas Morning News reviews the new Michael Moore film "Fahrenheit 11/9."
  
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• Economy Keeps Growing Even With Rising Oil Prices

  21-09-2018 17:56
  DALLAS (AP) — America’s rediscovered prowess in oil production is shaking up old notions about the impact of higher crude prices on the U.S. economy.
  It has long been conventional wisdom that rising oil prices hurt the economy by forcing consumers to spend more on gasoline and heating their homes, leaving less for other things.
  Presumably that is happening again with the 2018 run-up in crude prices, but it has hardly slowed the economy, which grew at its fastest rate in nearly four y
  
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• Texas Woman Gets Prison In Virtual Kidnapping, Ransom Scam

  21-09-2018 17:19
  HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas woman has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for her role in what investigators called a “virtual kidnapping” extortion scam with ties to Mexico.
  Yanette Rodriguez Acosta was sentenced Thursday to 88 months in prison. The 35-year-old Houston woman pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
  Investigators last year warned about the scam, in which callers from Mexico tell pa
  
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• Texas 3D-Printed Gun Company Owner Arrested In Taiwan

  21-09-2018 16:34
  TAIPEI, Taiwan – The owner of a Texas company that sells blueprints to make untraceable 3D-printed guns has been arrested in Taiwan. Cody Wilson has been accused of having sex with an underage girl and paying her $500 afterward.
  Cody Wilson, owner of Defense Distributed company, holds a 3D printed gun, called the “Liberator”, in his factory in Austin, Texas on August 1, 2018. (credit: Kelly West/AFP/Getty Images)
  Taiwan’s National Immigration Agency and Criminal Investiga
  
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• Big Tex Being Lifted Into Place Friday Morning

  21-09-2018 16:21
  
  Big Tex, the 55-foot-tall cowboy mascot, is expected to retake his post as the official State Fair of Texas welcomer at 10 a.m. Friday.
  
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• Live Radar: Flash Flood Watch Through Saturday Afternoon

  21-09-2018 16:17
  
  A Flash Flood Watch is effect from 7 a.m. Friday through Saturday afternoon. Rainfall totals will average between 2-5 inches with the highest totals north of Interstate 20. Numerous storms will move through...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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• Here's how much petroleum engineers make across Texas

  21-09-2018 15:46
  While Houston has the highest concentration of petroleum engineers in the country, Dallas pays those workers more than their colleagues in the Bayou City.According to data from the Occupational Employment Statistics program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Houston employed 10,950 petroleum engineers in 2017, while Dallas came in a distant second with 2,060. Midland followed with 1,310.However, petroleum engineers in Dallas average a slightly higher annual pay than in Houston: $179,520&hel
  
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• 19 Arrested On Drug Trafficking Charges In Central Texas

  21-09-2018 15:27
  WACO (AP) — Investigators say 19 suspects have been arrested on federal drug trafficking charges in an alleged Central Texas methamphetamine ring based in the Waco area.
  Prosecutors say all of the defendants remain in custody pending detention hearings next week in federal court in Waco.
  An indictment unsealed Thursday charges each defendant with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Officials say the male and female suspects are from Dallas, Waco, Whitney and Au
  
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• Big Tex Rises: Takes His Place Over The State Fair Of Texas

  21-09-2018 15:03
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – In just one week the booming “Howdy Folks!” welcome will greet visitors to the State Fair of Texas and today the fair’s favorite cowboy was moved into position.
  Big Tex was hoisted into place, in Big Tex Circle, Friday morning.
  Along with his cowboy hat, king-sized belt buckle and Dickies jeans, Big Tex has a new fashion accessory. This year Lucchese re-designed Big Tex’s boots — a surprise that was revealed as a crowd
  
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• Big Tex Preparing To Take His Place Over The State Fair Of Texas

  21-09-2018 15:03
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – In just one week the booming “Howdy Folks!” welcome will greet visitors to the State Fair of Texas and the fair’s favorite cowboy is being moved into position today.
  Big Tex is being hoisted into place in Big Tex Circle later this morning.
  Along with his Lucchese boots and Dickies jeans, Big Tex is getting a new accessory that fair officials say will “enhance his Texan spirit.”The biggest cowboy in Texas
  
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• Watch: Aledo Principal Leads Football Roller Coaster

  21-09-2018 14:58
  
  Dan Peterson, the school principal at Aledo High School, lead students in the roller coaster at their football game.Photo Credit: Billy McLaughlin
  
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• UNT QB Mason Fine Is the Best in Texas at 5'6"

  21-09-2018 13:36
  
  UNT football is 3-0. Quarterback Mason Fine might be the best QB in the state of Texas. Can they run the table? Fine joined me on NBC Sports Radio.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• American Joins Delta, United In Raising Checked-Bag Fees

  21-09-2018 13:30
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — It’s official: It will cost you more to check a bag on any of the three biggest U.S. airlines.
  Fort Worth-based American Airlines said Thursday that it is raising fees for checking bags by $5 apiece each way, matching Delta and United.
  The first bag is now $30 and the second is $40. Those are each way, so checking two bags on a round trip will cost $140. High-spending frequent flyers and customers who book with the airline’s credit card typically av
  
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• Star Wars 4D Experience Opens in Plano This Weekend

  21-09-2018 13:28
  
  Starting on Saturday, people will have the opportunity to step inside of a fully immersive, hyper-realistic version of the Star Wars universe at the Cinemark West Plano theater.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Wells Fargo CEO calls reports of his pending departure 'just not true'

  21-09-2018 13:21
  Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan denied a report that the bank's board is seeking to replace him and explained why the company needs to reduce its headcount by as much as 10 percent in the next three years.
  
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• Deals Day: Construction underway on Collin College Technical Campus in Allen

  21-09-2018 13:15
  McCarthy Building Companies Inc. will construct the new Collin College Technical Campus in Allen, the Dallas office of the St. Louis-based company announced last week.The 360,000-square-foot facility will specialize in technical workforce education and include a 151,000-square-foot academic building for classrooms, administration, common spaces and student services. Another 23,700-square-foot conference building will house meeting rooms and a conference center, and a 42,000-square-foot shared bu
  
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• Texas Nonprofit Housing Migrant Kids Could Have License Revoked

  21-09-2018 13:14
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona officials have moved to revoke the licenses for a nonprofit that houses immigrant children after it missed a deadline to show that all its employees passed background checks.
  Texas-based Southwest Key demonstrated an “astonishingly flippant attitude” toward the state’s concerns about delayed background checks for workers at its eight Arizona shelters, the state Department of Health said in a scathing letter Wednesday.
  A state investigation this summ
  
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• Growth at Love Field spurs on company's expansion at airport

  21-09-2018 13:04
  The Parking Spot added to its Dallas Love Field Airport capacity with the acquisition of 632 additional parking spots, the company announced earlier this week.The Chicago-based company now operates more than 2,700 spots at 6900 Cedar Springs Road after acquiring the additional spaces from the adjacent facility formerly known as Best Parking. The combined entity is now known as Parking Spot 1.When The Parking Spot decides to expand or enter a location, it looks at factors including the health&hel
  
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• Problem Solved: NBC 5 Helps Couple Get Hot Tub Refund

  21-09-2018 12:58
  
  NBC 5's Samantha Chatman saves the day for a North Texas couple who purchased a "faulty" hot tub from a local business.
  
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• Dallas holds its own in fight to find software developers

  21-09-2018 12:56
  Dallas has a lot of software developers — the most in the state to be exact – and that number is growing rapidly. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dallas has more software developers in the state, but is paying them less than their colleagues in Fort Worth and San Antonio.In 2017, Dallas’ metropolitan region had 26,100 application software developers and 8,000 system software developers. Projections from BLS show the state’s number of applicatio
  
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• O’Rourke: Won’t Go Negative Ahead Of Texas Senate Debate

  21-09-2018 12:53
  ATHENS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Democrat Beto O’Rourke’s mother is typically asked how her son got his name or if he was a troublemaker. But in a rural county Donald Trump overwhelmingly won in 2016, a supporter brings up different family history: Accusations her son pushed a project that would benefit his wealthy father-in-law.
  It’s a decade-old accusation that Beto O’Rourke has denied and stems from his days on the El Paso City Council. An attorney who filed two e
  
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• AT&T pushes back against DOJ over Time Warner deal, says claims 'fragile'

  21-09-2018 12:44
  AT&T is returning fire on the U.S. Department of Justice over the appeal of its Time Warner acquisition in key filing that will help determine the future of the case.  The telecom and media giant (NYSE: T) took more than 60 pages to make its case for why approval of the merger shouldn’t be overturned after the DOJ used more than 70 pages to argue its side last month.
  “In the crucible of litigation, the DOJ’s claims were exposed as both narrow and fragile,” AT&
  
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• Federal Court Orders Dallas County to Change Bail System

  21-09-2018 12:33
  
  In a major victory for civil rights groups, a federal judge has banned Dallas County from using a predetermined schedule to set bail without considering other amounts or alternatives that would allow the...
  
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• Private Funeral Ceremony Remembers FW Officer Hull

  21-09-2018 11:57
  
  Fort Worth police officer Garrett Hull's private funeral is planned for 1 p.m. Friday at Christ Chapel Bible Church in Fort Worth.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Former Southwest Employee Accuses Company of Discrimination

  21-09-2018 06:03
  
  A former Southwest ramp agent is suing the company after he says he was wrongfully terminated and subjected to “extreme race discrimination.”Photo Credit: LM Otero/AP (File)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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• Flash Flood Watch for North Texas Through Saturday Afternoon

  21-09-2018 06:01
  
  Continuing weather coverage from NBC 5's team of Weather Experts.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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• Fall Armyworms Invading North Texas

  21-09-2018 05:39
  
  There's an invasion underway in North Texas. Caterpillars known as fall armyworms are swarming yards, chewing up grass and damaging crops and fields. Now homeowners are fighting back to save their green grass.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Farmersville Reverses Decision, Allows Plans for Muslim Cemetery to Proceed

  21-09-2018 05:37
  
  After years of controversy, the City of Farmersville has approved a plan to allow the Islamic Association of Collin County to build a cemetery.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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