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• NCAA Women's Final Four Returning to Dallas

  24-09-2018 23:41
  
  San Antonio, Minneapolis, Dallas and Cleveland have been selected as future host cities for the Women's Final Four.Photo Credit: Dallas Sports Commission
  
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• Former Officer Emotional on the Stand in Shooting Trial

  24-09-2018 23:31
  
  A former Mesquite police officer accused of unlawfully shooting and injuring a man got emotional while taking the stand Monday.Photo 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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• Ducks Enjoy Flooded White Rock Lake

  24-09-2018 23:10
  
  An NBC 5 viewer sent in video of ducks enjoying the water at the White Rock Lake spillway.Photo Credit: Stacy Holmes
  
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• Keystone XL Developer Plans To Start Construction Next Year

  24-09-2018 22:32
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – The developer of the Keystone XL oil pipeline says it plans to start construction next year, after the U.S. State Department concluded major environmental damage from a leak is unlikely and could quickly be mitigated.
  TransCanada spokesman Matthew John said Monday that the company remains committed to moving ahead with the project following years of reviews from federal and state regulators.
  But the report issued Friday from the Trump administration’s State Depar
  
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• 3D Gun Advocate Accused Of Sex With Minor Freed On Bond

  24-09-2018 22:05
  HOUSTON (AP) — The owner of a Texas company that sells plans to make untraceable 3D printed guns is free on bond after being accused by authorities of having sex with an underage girl.
  Jail records show 30-year-old Cody Wilson was freed Sunday evening from the Harris County Jail in Houston after posting a $150,000 bond.
  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: K
  
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• Health Links Between Gluten And Diabetes, Air Pollution And Dementia

  24-09-2018 21:54
  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Gluten intolerance is a sensitivity to a family of proteins found in grains like wheat, rye and barley. It can cause symptoms that include bloating, abdominal pain, diarrhea and constipation.
  It now seems that gluten can affect more than just the person who eats it, reports Dr. Max Gomez.
  Danish scientists, after analyzing data from thousands of pregnant women, say a high gluten diet may put offspring at higher risk for type 1 diabetes.
  
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• Dallas To Host 2023 Women’s Final Four

  24-09-2018 20:58
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – For the second time in six years, the NCAA Women’s Basketball champion will be crowned in Dallas.
  The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee announced Monday the Big 12 Conference and the Dallas Sports Commission have been selected to host the 2023 Women’s Final Four.
  The American Airlines Center will host the games to be played on March 31 and April 2, 2023.
  “We look forward to bringing the Women’s Final Four back to Dallas,”
  
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• These 8 local defense contractors just received millions from the government

  24-09-2018 20:33
  Several defense contractors with operations in Dallas-Fort Worth received money from the U.S. government this month.
  
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• Cleanup Continues After Devastating Flooding In Everman

  24-09-2018 20:05
  TARRANT COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – Cleanup is underway at dozens of homes in Everman. The city, just south of Fort Worth, suffered historic flash flooding Friday night.
  The contents of a number of homes on Christie Avenue were ruined after heavy rains sent several feet of water rushing inside. Residents made it out safely, but dozens of homes are unlivable.
  With high humidity still in the forecast, plus the potential for more rain this week, it will be a while before the nei
  
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• Rosenstein Speaks With Trump, Will Meet With Him Thursday

  24-09-2018 20:01
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBSNEWS.COM) – Rod Rosenstein spoke with President Trump Monday morning — White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement, “At the request of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, he and President Trump had an extended conversation to discuss the recent news stories.”
  This comes after the New York Times published a story last week claiming Rosenstein brought up the 25th Amendment and taping the president. Rosenstein remains the deput
  
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• Blue Bell Caters To Fall Cravings With New Spiced Pumpkin Pecan Ice Cream

  24-09-2018 19:41
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Never one to miss a marketing opportunity, Blue Bell released its newest specialty flavor just in time for Fall: Spiced Pumpkin Pecan Ice Cream.
  The flavor favored by those obsessed with anything ‘pumpkin spiced’ is available for a limited time starting in stores Monday.
  Blue Bell described it as “a delightful spiced pumpkin ice cream combined with tasty sugar-coated pecans and a rich cinnamon-honey-praline sauce.”
   
  
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• Sketch Released Of Suspect Who Followed, Killed Woman Walking Her Dog

  24-09-2018 19:21
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas police have released a sketch of a man they say may have followed a woman walking her dog and killed her inside her apartment.
  It happened at the Churchill On The Parks complex in the 7600 block of Churchill Way.
  Police said the victim went out for a walk just before 8 p.m. Friday night before returning home.
  The suspect, described by police as a white male, 6,0″ to 6,2″, with a tall/skinny build and wavy hair followed her inside. He
  
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• NBC 5 Forecast: Clouds and Drizzle Hanging Around

  24-09-2018 19:05
  
  Patchy drizzle and a couple more showers possible today ... but a little sun will try to peek out too. Warmer on Tuesday.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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• Psychologist: Cosby A Predator With Uncontrollable Urges

  24-09-2018 19:00
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (CBSNEWS.COM/AP) — Bill Cosby’s sentencing hearing opened Monday with a debate over whether the 81-year-old comedian should be branded a “sexually violent predator” – a scarlet letter that would make him subject to mandatory lifetime counseling and community notification of his whereabouts. Cosby, who faces up to 30 years in prison for drugging and molesting a Temple University women’s basketball administrator in 2004, fought the
  
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• Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger Fired

  24-09-2018 18:46
  
  Amber Guyger, the Dallas police officer accused of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of her neighbor Botham Jean, has been fired.Photo 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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• Girl, 11, Found After Amber Alert Issued Monday

  24-09-2018 18:30
  
  A statewide Amber Alert sent for an 11-year-old last seen in Bellmead, near Waco, has been discontinued.
  
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• Amber Guyger, Dallas Police Officer Who Shot Unarmed Neighbor In His Apartment, Fired

  24-09-2018 18:25
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Amber Guyger, the Dallas officer who shot and killed her neighbor, was summoned to Dallas Police Department headquarters Monday and fired.
  Dallas Police Chief U. Renee Hall terminated Guyger, who was arrested for manslaughter in the shooting death of Botham Jean, 26. DPD tweeted a news release that said she was fired after an internal investigation found she had engaged in “adverse conduct” when charged with manslaughter.
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• AT&T rolling out new store in Seattle that’s more like Starbucks

  24-09-2018 18:10
  Ready to chill out at an AT&T store?The telecommunications and media giant soon will open a retail spot in Seattle called The Lounge by AT&T, complete with a coffee shop, that aims to get folks lingering among the shiny new smartphones. The new store is in the backyard of the home of Starbucks, which is famous for helping create the “Third Place,” where customers gather and connect as they sip on espressos.“We want it to be a second living room for Capitol Hill resident
  
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• Decatur High School Flooded After Major Storms Hit North TX

  24-09-2018 17:55
  
  Restorations crews will be working around the clock to clean up Decatur High School after Friday’s massive down pour flooded portions of the building.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Best Places to Work share tips for managing multigenerational workforce

  24-09-2018 17:54
  The Dallas Business Journal asked the 2018 Best Places to Work to explain what they're doing to leverage the unique perspectives and talents of the four generations currently in the workforce to drive productivity and revenue.
  Leaning on the expertise of these 100 top workplaces, many companies pointed to forming teams that featured at least one member from the Baby Boomer, Generation X, Millennial and Generation Z subsets to create innovation and balance.
  Other companies noted changes they'd&he
  
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• TMSG: United Way in Johnson County Rallies to Give

  24-09-2018 17:43
  
  Nonprofit groups in Johnson County are about to get a boost from United Way. The campaign to make a difference had a group of members who rallied donors. The donations to United Way support 21 groups in...
  
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• Ambit Energy laying off nearly 100 from Plano call center

  24-09-2018 17:39
  Dallas electricity and gas provider Ambit Energy is laying off 92 workers from its call center in Plano, according to a notice filed with the state last week.The layoffs will begin in mid-November and severance packages were offered to workers based on the number of years at the company, Ambit CEO Jere Thompson said in an statement to the Dallas Business Journal. “The decision to move an increased percentage of our call volume away from our Plano center was made to ensure that Ambit i
  
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• Score! Scrabble Dictionary Adds ‘OK,’ ‘Ew’ To Official Play

  24-09-2018 17:36
  NEW YORK (AP) — Scrabble players, time to rethink your game because 300 new words are coming your way, including some long-awaited gems: OK and ew, to name a few.
  Merriam-Webster released the sixth edition of “The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary” on Monday, four years after the last freshening up. The company, at the behest of Scrabble owner Hasbro Inc., left out one possibility under consideration for a hot minute — RBI — after consulting competitive players w
  
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• Water Levels in North Texas - A Look at the Lakes and Rivers

  24-09-2018 17:34
  
  North Texas Lakes have benefited from recent rains. All lakes are at least 70 percent full, many 100 percent full. Here is a look at lake levels as of Sept. 24.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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• American Airlines partners with Plano restaurant for new in-flight menu items

  24-09-2018 17:34
  In an attempt to offer more healthy options, American Airlines is teaming up with another DFW-based business to bolster its in-flight menu.Starting Dec. 1, flyers can buy food from Zoës Kitchen, Inc. (NYSE: ZOES) on most domestic American Airlines Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) flights longer than three hours. The offerings include the Grüben sandwich and a hummus plate. To learn more about those two dishes, see the attached slideshow.
  Other new menu items include a breakfast sandwich with
  
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• Rosenstein Headed To White House Amid Reports He Will Be Fired

  24-09-2018 17:29
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBSNEWS.COM/AP) – Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is on his way to the White House, expecting to be fired, CBS News confirms, according to a source familiar with the situation. He has not yet resigned.
  The news comes after the New York Times reported last week that Rosenstein had brought up the 25th Amendment and taping the president, something a Justice Department official said was done in jest.
  Mr. Trump left open the possibility of relieving Rosenstein of his du
  
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• Congress Takes Aim At Shrinking Seats, Legroom On Airplanes

  24-09-2018 17:15
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Aviation Administration would be required to set new minimum requirements for seats on airplanes under legislation to be considered in the House this week, possibly giving passengers a break from ever-shrinking legroom and cramped quarters.
  For years, most of the major airlines operating in the U.S., including Fort Worth-based American Airlines, have added seats on their jets — essentially shrinking the amount of room for passengers.
  The regulation
  
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• SiriusXM Buying Pandora Media In $3.5 Billion Deal

  24-09-2018 16:42
  NEW YORK (AP) — Subscription radio company SiriusXM says it’s buying music streaming service Pandora Media Inc. in a stock deal valued at about $3.5 billion that’ll allow it to expand its service beyond cars and into homes and other mobile areas.
  SiriusXM Holdings Inc. has more than 36 million subscribers in North America, while Pandora has more than 70 million monthly active users.
  Pandora stockholders will receive 1.44 newly issued SiriusXM shares for each Pandora share they
  
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• Oklahoma Astronaut Corn Maze Photographed From Space

  24-09-2018 16:23
  HYDRO, Okla. (AP) — It’s apt that a maze cut into an Oklahoma cornfield featuring the likeness of a former NASA astronaut can be seen from space — and has been photographed by a satellite orbiting Earth.
  The image of Oklahoma-born Thomas P. Stafford is cut into a 10-acre field at P Bar Farms in Hydro, about 60 miles west of Oklahoma City.
  The maze was created in partnership with the Stafford Air and Space Museum, named for the astronaut, in nearby Weatherford.
  A satellite photo
  
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• Is the Texas civil jury system facing a crisis? – Q&A with trial lawyer and new author Tom Melsheimer

  24-09-2018 15:55
  The number of civil jury trials in Texas has declined for the past two decades, and that is bad for the law and bad for business.Winston & Strawn partner Tom Melsheimer and Dallas District Judge Craig Smith recently published a book, On the Jury Trial, discussing the importance and effectiveness of juries in deciding disputes. The book is the focus of a CLE program next Wednesday, Sept. 26, at the SMU Dedman School of Law.The Texas Lawbook interviewed Melsheimer about the book and
  
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• Southwest Airlines to build $130M regional maintenance facility at BWI

  24-09-2018 15:45
  Southwest Airlines Co. will break ground next year on a $130 million regional maintenance facility to service the hundreds of planes flying daily in and out of Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
  Gov. Larry Hogan and Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly announced the project at an event marking the airline's 25th year of operations at BWI and looking ahead to its future at the airport.
  Construction on the three-bay, 130,000-square-foot hangar will begin in the airport's&he
  
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• Cosby, Accuser In Court For Start Of Sentencing

  24-09-2018 15:38
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (CBSNEWS.COM/AP) — Bill Cosby and his chief accuser arrived at a suburban Philadelphia courthouse Monday for the start of a sentencing hearing that will determine how the 81-year-old comedian will be punished for drugging and sexually assaulting her more than 14 years ago.
  Cosby was the first celebrity to go to trial in the #MeToo era and could be the first to go to prison — perhaps for the rest of his days — after being convicted in April of violating Temple Un
  
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• Pilot Blamed For Australian Plane Crash That Killed Texans

  24-09-2018 15:25
  CANBERRA, Australia (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The pilot of a plane that crashed last year into an Australian shopping mall, killing him and his four passengers from Texas, didn’t properly check the aircraft before takeoff, crash investigators said Monday.
  Australian pilot Max Quartermain radioed “Mayday” seven times in 10 seconds but did not explain the emergency before the plane plunged into the Direct Factory Outlet mall in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon on February 21 last y
  
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• FW to Release Race and Culture Task Force Recommendations

  24-09-2018 15:15
  
  After more than a year of listening to citizen concerns and suggestions, the city’s Race and Culture Task Force is prepared to release its recommendations to residents.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• 3D Gun Advocate Out On Bond In Texas, Accused Of Sex With Minor

  24-09-2018 15:08
  AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The owner of a Texas company that sells plans to make untraceable 3-D printed guns is back in the U.S. after being arrested in Taiwan, where police say he flew after learning he was being investigated for allegedly having sex with an underage girl.
  Cody Wilson was booked into Harris County Jail in Houston early Sunday and released on a $150,000 bond later that evening.
  Wilson was arrested Friday at a hotel in Taiwan by local police. He is facing sexual assault char
  
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• Texas School Closed After Social Media Threat Discovered

  24-09-2018 14:52
  COLUMBUS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A Texas school district is closed after a threat was made against the district on social media.
  The Columbus Independent School District says in a post on its website that the school will be closed Monday after the threat was discovered late Sunday night.
  The district issued this statement:
  “On September 23, 2018, just before midnight, the Columbus Independent School District Administration received word that a threat had been made against our distri
  
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• Amber Alert Issued for 11-Year-Old Girl

  24-09-2018 14:48
  
  An Amber Alert is in effect for an 11-year-old girl who was last seen in Bellmead, near Waco. Law enforcement officials believe she is in grave or immediate danger.
  
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• Why The Container Store isn't worried about 'big, bad Amazon' (Video)

  24-09-2018 14:02
  As a 40-year-old company, The Container Store (NYSE: TCS) has encountered the same challenge facing many legacy retailers: How do you keep loyal customers while attracting new ones?To further complicate matters, TCS bills itself as selling solutions, not items. While that often means customers spend more per transaction, the Coppell-based company has to rely heavily on brick-and-mortar stores where customers can try out products.Today, digital sales make up just 15 percent of the roughly $1 bill
  
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• How data and innovation are disrupting North Texas' health care industry

  24-09-2018 13:53
  Health care today is a clinical science. But in the future it will be a data science supported by clinicians, according to a panel of experts who spoke at a Dallas Business Journal event.
  
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• How to avoid giving your kids too much money, too soon

  24-09-2018 13:47
  It’s one of the biggest challenges faced by wealthy families: How to avoid the “silver spoon” syndrome with their children.Ensuring that family wealth is a source of advantage and security without being a detriment that impedes maturity, responsibility and productivity is a balancing act that requires thoughtful planning, flexibility and ongoing communication.Open and honest communicationListen for comments from your children that give insights on how they view and relate to mo
  
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• Store Clerk in Critical Condition After Armed Robbery: PD

  24-09-2018 13:07
  
  A store clerk with a gunshot wound is hospitalized in critical condition following an armed robbery at a convenience store Sunday night in Fort Worth, police said.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Wet Roads Possible Early

  24-09-2018 12:56
  
  Patchy drizzle and a couple more showers possible today ... but a little sun will try to peek out too. Warmer on Tuesday.Photo 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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• Two Security Guards Shot Outside of Fort Worth Bar

  24-09-2018 12:30
  
  Two security guards were shot overnight Monday in the parking lot of a bar east of Downtown Fort Worth.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• NBC 5 Helps Couple Get Money Back From Local Roofer

  24-09-2018 12:22
  
  A Corinth couple says they hired a roofer and paid him thousands of dollars but he never showed up to start the job. They called NBC 5's Samantha Chatman to step in.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• JJT's 10 Thoughts on the Cowboys' Loss to the Seahawks

  24-09-2018 07:15
  
  The Cowboys dropped to 1-2 for the first time since 2010, a season that began with Wade Phillips as the head coach and ended with Jason Garrett as the head coach. The Cowboys turned in another inept offensive...Photo Credit: Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images
  
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