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WARNING: Content may be disturbing for some. DENTON — A criminal investigation is unfolding in Denton after a 13-year-old girl is attacked on a school bus by adults. The bus was leaving Bettye Myers Middle School last week when the 8th-grade girl says she was attacked by someone she says she didn't really know. Earlier in the day, she'd heard rumors that the girl, new to the school, wanted to fight her. "She said if I didn't keep her name out of my mouth, then she was going to beat me up," explained the student we'll call "Nicole" to protect...

Steven Spainhouer rushed to Allen Premium Outlets — a shopping center in Allen, a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb, where the shooting happened — when his son called just after 3:30 p.m. local time and said he had heard gunfire. Just one problem… According to the Allen Police Department, Spainhouer is a total fraud. Spainhouer thought that he could make statements that would make him a material witness to mass murder and that they wouldn’t want to talk to him or investigate his claims. When Allen PD caught up with Spainhouer to discuss what he saw, it was determined that Spainhouer’s statements...

Two Muslim men from Texas say American Airlines profiled them and canceled their flight after crew members said they “didn’t feel comfortable” flying with the pair. Abderraoof Alkhawaldeh and Issam Abdallah said they filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Transportation against the Fort Worth-based airline, asking the federal agency to investigate the incident. The men say American Airlines discriminated against them Saturday for appearing Muslim and Middle Eastern during a flight from Birmingham, Alabama, that was headed to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The pair says flight attendants reported them because a crew member noticed Abdallah flush the toilet...

Farmers Branch police are warning residents about a strange scam targeting elderly men and women that involves dead squirrels. The "squirrel scam" involves two men who are dressed as roofers knocking on a victim's door and saying they saw a squirrel run down their pipes. For a couple hundred dollars, they say, they will remove it. But when they come back, police said, the squirrel the men show the homeowner is already dead – and has been for a long time. All of the victims targeted so far seem to be parishioners at Royal Haven Baptist Church on Valley View...

good Friend of Unfair Park, through a friend of a friend of a friend, just shot us this extraordinary video captured early yesterday morning at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Took place at the north toll plaza, which served as a launching ramp for one drunk driver trying to exit the airport in a hurry. DFW spokesman David Magana confirms: "The driver was, as you might guess, suspected of inebriation and investigated for such and arrested for such." We also have fiery post-crash pics after the jump -- because after the driver went all General Lee, she got out and made...

Outgoing US President George W Bush plans to open a presidential library in Texas and found a Freedom Institute to promote democracy, his wife Laura Bush confirmed to Peru's El Comercio daily. "The President will build a library in Dallas, where we will move to, and a Freedom Institute," she said in an interview published on Sunday, as her husband wrapped up his participation in a weekend summit in Lima by Asia-Pacific leaders. "The institute will give us both the opportunity to work on issues that are very important to us," she said, according to the Spanish-language translation by the...

Police evacuated the area around a Duncanville service station Tuesday afternoon after a bag containing what appeared to be explosive devices was found in the parking lot. Authorities responded just after 4 p.m. to an Exxon station at the intersection of Highway 67 and Danieldale Road after receiving a call about the suspicious item. The Dallas Police bomb squad, FBI and ATF officials were also called to the scene. Initial reports indicated that the bag appeared to contain several grenades, and possibly a launching apparatus for an anti-tank weapon. City officials shut down Danieldale and Candlelight roads, and the northbound...

Federal agents say they are investigating how a man succeeded in stowing away in a cargo plane on a flight from New York to Dallas by shipping himself in a wooden crate. After hours of traveling, Charles McKinley, 25, of New York City, pried open the crate with a crowbar Saturday morning, authorities said. He popped up outside his parents' doorstep in suburban DeSoto, shook the hand of a shocked deliveryman and walked away, The Dallas Morning News reported Tuesday. The deliveryman called DeSoto police, who arrested him on outstanding Texas warrants. McKinley has not been charged with a crime,...

"Texas United" A Pro-America Rally You asked for it, so we planned it. Join 570 KLIF for "Texas United," a Pro-America Rally, this Thursday (2/13) from 7pm to 8pm across the street from the Harris Hospital Medical Building off of 183 in Bedford. What: Talk Radio 570 KLIF "Texas United" Pro-America Rally When: Thursday, February 13th, 2003 Time: 7pm-8pm Where: Across the street from the Harris Hospital Medical Building (1613 Hospital Parkway) by Razoo's and On the Border in Bedford, Texas. (on the site where the Bedford Blues Festival is held every Labor Day weekend) Why: To show our support...