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Teens Flee After Crashing Car Into Arlington Yard

Arlington police are searching for two teenagers seen running away after they crashed a car through a fence and into a back yard near Sam Houston High School just after 6:30 this morning.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers

Thu Jul 24, 2008

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They love 'Nashville Star' finalist Melissa Lawson in Arlington

More than 1,000 came to see Nashville Star finalist Melissa Lawson on Wednesday night.

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Related Topix: Fort Worth Metro, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Arlington prostitution sting leads to 9 arrests

Police are investigating a new hot spot for prostitution in east Arlington. Nine men were arrested for soliciting sex along Park Row Drive east of Texas 360 on Friday.

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Wed Jul 23, 2008

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Arlington schools chief offers to take paid leave

Arlington superintendent Hector Montenegro voluntarily offered to take a paid administrative leave of absence while the district investigates his relationship with outside nonprofits that paid him honorariums.

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Related Topix: University of Texas System, Education Etc.

Tue Jul 22, 2008

CBS 11

Arlington Family Terrorized During Home Invasion

A North Texas family was terrorized in broad daylight, in their own home. Police say two teenagers stormed in and tied the family up, while they ransacked the house.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Arlington trustees may place superintendent on paid leave

School trustees could put Superintendent Hector Montenegro on paid administrative leave this week.

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Related Topix: University of Texas System, Fort Worth, TX, Dallas Metro

Mon Jul 21, 2008

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Authorities investigating fire in Arlington strip mall

Fire department investigators were still on the scene about 10:15 a.m. today of a "highly suspicious" fire at a strip mall in the 1500 block of East Abram Street, a battalion chief said.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

Sun Jul 20, 2008

Neighbors Go

Garage Sale - Friends of Arlington Animal Services

Come out to the Friends of Arlington Animal Services Garage Sale -- find a great deal, and help a great cause! Sunday, July 20, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Re/Max Parking Lot, 4150 S. Bowen Road, Arlington 76106 You'll ...

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Related Topix: Computers

Sat Jul 19, 2008

NBC5i.com

Fort Worth, Arlington Top 50 U.S. Cities For Business

Arlington and Fort Worth are among the Top 50 Best Cities for Doing Business, according to a national ranking released this week by Inc.

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Related Topix: Tarrant County, TX, Fort Worth, TX, Irving, TX, Dallas Metro, Fort Worth Metro

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Arlington driver dies after collision with pickup

A 62-year-old man died Friday from injuries suffered when his car collided with a pickup truck at an intersection in central Arlington.

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Related Topix: Fort Worth Metro, Grand Prairie, TX

Thu Jul 17, 2008

The Dallas Morning News

Arlington ISD names interim superintendent while honorariums reviewed

Arlington Independent School District's trustees named an interim superintendent Thursday evening, hours after Hector Montenegro offered to take a paid leave of absence while attorneys look into whether he ...

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Related Topix: University of Texas System, Arlington (University of Texas System)

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Seaplane limits on Lake Arlington are turned down

Boaters on Lake Arlington could find themselves sharing the waves with seaplanes.

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Wed Jul 16, 2008

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Arlington man pleads guilty in teen's fatal shooting

Two weeks after a jury couldn't agree whether he did it, a 20-year-old man has pleaded guilty to killing a teenager during a confrontation over a minor car crash.

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

Lansing State Journal

E.L. man finishes 10th in poker world series, wins $590,000

LAS VEGAS - East Lansing's Dean Hamrick was eliminated from the World Series of Poker this morning when his ace-jack failed to beat the pocket queens of 23-year-old amateur Craig Marquis of Arlington, Texas.

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Related Topix: Fort Worth Metro

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Arlington police arrest two in Wal-Mart kidnapping

Arlington police have arrested two 20-year-olds in connection with the July 8 kidnapping of a woman from a south Arlington Wal-Mart. The men are suspected of asking her for change, then forcing her into a car, ...

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Sun Jul 13, 2008

Denton Record-Chronicle

Doctors-insurers confrontation heats up

Doctors complain of shrinking payments from health insurers, pointing to insurance companies' fat profits and seven-figure CEO salaries.

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Related Topix: Tarrant County, TX

Star-telegram.com

Briefs: Brush fire burns 20 acres near homes on Arlington border

ARLINGTON - A brush fire threatened a park and nearby homes on the Arlington-Mansfield border Saturday afternoon before it was extinguished.

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Related Topix: Mansfield, TX, Fort Worth Metro, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Carrollton, TX, Dallas Metro

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Arlington killer given new execution date

An Arlington killer whose date with the executioner was delayed last fall while the U.S. Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of the lethal injection process will head to the Huntsville death house ...

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Related Topix: US Supreme Court, US News, Tarrant County, TX

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Star-telegram.com

Arlington steps up crackdown on gambling, seizes eight-liners

By SUSAN SCHROCK ARLINGTON - Police have seized more than 600 eight-liner machines since February, when undercover officers began investigating illegal gambling at Arlington game rooms.So far, search ...

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Thu Jul 10, 2008

The Dallas Morning News

Crosstown Traffic: I-20 in Arlington is open now

This just in from Arlington PD: I-20 is open eastbound and westbound. Earlier, some 18-wheelers got into a wrestling match and I-20 in southwest Arlington was shut down for most of the afternoon.

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Arlington, Texas is located in Tarrant County and is part of the Fort Worth Metro Area. Zip codes in Arlington, TX include 76017, 76010, and 76016.

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