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A worker drills holes into the cement pad to anchor a safe room shelter. (credit: Julie Denesha/Getty Images)

More Texans Inquiring About & Installing Storm Shelters

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A Goodwill donation station is surrounded by debris after a powerful tornado ripped through the area on May 20, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. (credit: Brett Deering/Getty Images)

Ways To Help Tornado Victims In Oklahoma

Solar-Powered Plane Lands In DFW

Vials to be used to collect samples for drug and alcohol testing. (credit: Ron Wurzer/Getty Images)

Approved Bill Would Drug Test Some Unemployment Benefit Applicants

DISD Board Supports Plan To Replace Principals, Teachers

DISD School Board trustees voted support of Superintendent Mike Miles’ controversial plan to replace a number of the district’s principals.

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Jose Canseco plays in Golden Baseball League

Jose Canseco Denies Sexual Assault Allegation

Former baseball slugger Jose Canseco is denying a woman’s claim that he sexually assaulted her, calling the allegations “laughable.”

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Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Mike Miles. (credit: CBSDFW.COM)

DISD School Board To Vote On Superintendent’s Principal Plan

At DISD Headquarters, a crowd is gathering and dozens of speakers have signed up to address the board over a controversial plan to replace a number of the district’s principals.

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Prosecutors Want Bond Revoked For Dallas Cowboy Josh Brent

Dallas Cowboy Josh Brent may be forced to stay in jail while he awaits his trial for intoxication manslaughter.

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Members of the Boy Scouts salute during a flag raising. (credit: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images)

Boy Scouts Vote To Allow Openly Gay Members

In one of their most dramatic choices in a century, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the nation’s leading youth organization.

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Dallas father Naim Muhammad is found guilty of Capital Murder, for the deaths of his two sons. (credit: CBSDFW.COM)

Man Convicted Of Drowning Sons Sentenced To Death

A jury has returned a death sentence for a North Texas man convicted of drowning his two young sons.

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A nine-months pregnant mother poses with her belly before having an examination. (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Nearly All States See Drop In Teen Births, But TX Still Leads Nation

The teen birth rates in Texas fell by some 24-percent over the last five years, but the Lone Star State still has the highest number of teen births in the nation, with nearly 43,000 in 2011.

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Police Seek Dallas Food Store Robber

Police in Dallas are searching for the man who robbed a food store last week. A portion of the incident was captured on video by the store’s surveillance camera.

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Approved Bill Would Drug Test Some Unemployment Benefit Applicants

It looks like a bill that would drug test some Texans who receive unemployment will become law.

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GameStop workers Patrick Moulin and Brandon Khan get ready to sell copies of the highly-anticipated video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" at a store on November 9, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

GameStop’s Q1 Net Income Falls 25 Percent

GameStop said that its first-quarter net income fell 25 percent as revenue declined, but results at the world’s biggest video game retailer surpassed Wall Street’s expectations.

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DFR firefighter Stanley A. Wilson. (credit: Dallas Fire Rescue)

Funeral For Firefighter Killed In Dallas Blaze

A funeral will be held this weekend for Stanley Wilson, a veteran Dallas firefighter who died after being trapped while battling a blaze at a condominium complex.

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