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Jessica Smith and her mother have been found safe in New Mexico

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One dead, two transported after Saturday morning house fire.

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Music lovers reminisce over the legendary show and its late founder, Don Cornelius.

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Friends and total strangers gathered Friday night at a Richardson bar to remember a bystander killed in a shooting at a Dallas Area Rapid Transit station

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An American Airlines flight attendant said he expected to be fired for posting to YouTube videos that poke fun at company executives.

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An Arlington 10-year-old helped her mother deliver her new sister in the back seat of the family car.

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The three people killed in an Irving car crash last month were had blood alcohol levels of more than twice the legal limit.

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The Women's Museum gifted its archives to Texas Woman's University in Denton.

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Winter Weather Advisory now posted for North Texas: today 6PM-tomorrow 9AM

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After holding an open practice for fans on Friday, the U.S. Women's National Team takes on New Zealand.

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An elementary school in Mesquite wins $1,000 for recycling 20,000 pounds of waste in a month.

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The First Lady made a lasting impression during her stop in North Texas. Students learned about the benefits of healthy eating.

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Grapevine businesses are joining together to overcome setbacks due to DFW Connector construction.

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The City of Arlington will design a new skate park at Vandergriff Park as well as modify current parks to incorporate skate features.

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A 15-year-old boy will not be tried as an adult in the murder of a man at a Dallas Area Rapid Transit station in November.

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Arlington Councilman Mel LeBlanc will resign from his seat after a recent scandal.

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The toddler severely injured when he was attacked by his family's dogs last month will remain in a foster home, his parents are in jail.

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No airbags, no problem.

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Guzick Elementary School in Dallas was partially locked down Friday.

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Police say a woman got lost near downtown Dallas and wound up driving into a creek.

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A security guard who was “at the right place at the right time” dragged a woman out of her car with seconds to spare.

]]> http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/UTA-Student-Calls-for-Public-Transportation-in-Arlington-139052399.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:15:40 -0600 http://media.nbcdfw.com/images/213*120/arlingtonmasstransit0209_722x406_2194917580.jpg
A nursing student has started an online petition calling for public transportation in Arlington.

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Mayor Mike Rawlings will release his plan to revitalize South Dallas in a series of community meetings beginning Monday.

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A Mesquite family is trying to change a state law about drunk driving memorial sign time limits after their daughter's signed was returned.

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Denton animal control officials have issued a rabies alert because a kitten tested positive for the deadly disease.

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The girls had the option of watching "Akeelah and the Bee" at school.

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The negotiations process is now beginning and 13,000 jobs hang in the balance.

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An Irving movie theater is catering to a growing demand to show Indian films.

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Two weeks after a historic south Fort Worth building caught fire, its owners are set to ask for permission to tear it down.

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La Nina will soon come to an end -- but don't expect spring showers in drought-stricken Texas.

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Cory Lamar Jones, the man police say opened fire on a DART platform earlier this week, did not committ suicide, officials say.

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The Amber Alert for 11-year-old Jessica Smith has been extended to all states bordering Texas.

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A Dallas police officer who fired her gun at a man she reported tried to rob her at knife-point has been terminated.

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One of the most wanted sex offenders and Texas can be scratched off the Most Wanted list.

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A child was killed early Thursday morning after being runover by a parent in the driveway.

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