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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 02:14 pm

Tarrant County News

Local, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

5 hrs ago | Fort Worth Star-Telegram

4-month-old Haltom City girl succumbed to sudden infant death

A 4-month-old girl's death just hours after being treated at a Fort Worth hospital in May was ruled death by natural causes, according to an autopsy result released Wednesday by the Tarrant County medical ...

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Related Topix: Haltom City, TX, Fort Worth, TX, Dallas Metro, Fort Worth Metro

Fri Jul 18, 2008

WFAA-TV Dallas

Tarrant health department gets hundreds of claims of parasite from Burger's Lake

The Tarrant County Public Health Department is being inundated with calls today from people who believe they might have been infected with the waterborne parasite Cryptospordium at Burger's Lake.

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Related Topix: Fort Worth, TX, Dallas Metro

Carrollton Leader

SeekingSitters: Seeking a sitter, seek no more

Babysitter cutlines Sitter01-02 Matt Nachtrieb/Staff Photo Lacy Blue with SeekingSitters helps Ava Glaser, 2, make a puppet during a babysitting job.

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Related Topix: Dallas County, TX, Denton County, TX, Southlake, TX, Grapevine, TX, Coppell, TX

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Star-telegram.com

Tarrant County business closes pending waterborne illness investigation

By JAN JARVIS Berger's Lake in west Fort Worth has closed while health officials investigate whether a waterborne parasite has sickened at least eight patrons at the popular swimming hole, Tarrant County ...

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Related Topix: Fort Worth, TX

Denton Record-Chronicle

Tarrant County sheriff hospitalized after falling through ceiling 11:13 Am CT

Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson remained hospitalized today after falling through the ceiling at his home while making repairs in his attic.

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Wed Jul 16, 2008

Sulphur Springs News-Telegram

Four suspects jailed following Monday traffic stop arraigned on multiple felony charges

July 1, 2008 - Four people were being held at the county jail today on charges stemming from the theft of merchandise from a discount store and use of a computer system to print fake merchandise receipts.

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Related Topix: Grand Prairie, TX, Arlington, TX, Fort Worth Metro, Dallas County, TX

Tue Jul 15, 2008

Free Republic

Church suspends bishop indicted on sex assault charges

Christian Methodist Episcopal Bishop Kenneth Wayne Carter has been suspended by the church until his criminal case is resolved.

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Related Topix: Wayne State College, Wayne State University, The College of New Jersey, The College of Wooster, The University of Findlay

KSLA-TV Shreveport

Indicted Arlington CME bishop suspended, Dallas minister alleges sexual assault

The College of Bishops of the Christian Methodist Episcopal has suspended 1 of their own who was indicted on sexual assault charges involving a 46-year-old man.

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Mon Jul 14, 2008

Quick

As gas prices increase, so do crowds at park-and-ride lots

Along the DART Red Line north of Dallas, commuters are parking at big box stores or along curbs up to a half-mile from the station.

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Related Topix: Murphy, TX, Richardson, TX, Garland, TX, Hurst, TX, Dallas Metro

Sun Jul 13, 2008

The Dallas Morning News

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: Arlington, TX

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Star-telegram.com

Dalworthington Gardens officers can still draw blood from DWI suspects

By NATHANIEL JONES STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER Dalworthington Gardens police officers can continue drawing blood from DWI suspects after a state judge denied an attorney's request for a temporary restraining ...

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Related Topix: Dalworthington Gardens, TX

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Star-telegram.com

Man accused of selling steroids indicted

A Mansfield man accused of selling anabolic steroids out of homes in Oklahoma City and Mansfield was arrested Wednesday in Oklahoma City.

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Related Topix: Fort Worth Metro, Mansfield, TX

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Watauga teen says he didn't put LSD in police cookies

A Watauga teen accused of delivering drug-tainted cookies to the Lake Worth police department told investigators he did not put drugs in the cookies but that friends may have been using marijuana while he baked ...

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Related Topix: Drug Testing, Watauga, TX, Blue Mound, TX

Wed Jul 09, 2008

John Dvorak

Teen Sends LSD-tainted Cookies to Police; Signs Package, Mothers Against Drunk Driving

During his arrest, police found a list of 25 police agencies across Dallas and Tarrant counties that they presume Mr.

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Related Topix: Lake Worth, TX, Blue Mound, TX, Fort Worth Metro, Dallas Metro

Tue Jul 08, 2008

News-journal.com

Arlington man remains jailed for aggravated robbery

Westmoreland was transported Wednesday afternoon from Tarrant County to Gregg County.

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Related Topix: Arlington, TX, Gregg County, TX, Longview, TX

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers a...

Railroads must find safest routes for toxic cargo

FORT WORTH, Texas - Railroad companies are beginning a months-long process to determine the safest routes for transporting hazardous rail shipments as part of a new federal law that could have a big impact in ...

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Related Topix: Fort Worth, TX, Fort Worth Metro, Federal Prisons, Federal Medical Center, Carswell, Federal Medical Center, Fort Worth

WFAA

Objects found in Fort Worth freezer neither hands nor human

The icy objects shaped like human hands that a Fort Worth man found in his apartment freezer Friday aren't hands after all.

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Sun Jul 06, 2008

The Post Chronicle

Frozen 'Hands' Prove To Be Animal Gonads

The new owner of a Texas apartment called police when he found what appeared to be human hands in the freezer -- only to learn they were animal testicles.

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Related Topix: Offbeat

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Quick

Teen sought in shooting death of Arlington 17-year-old

An Arlington 17-year-old died Saturday morning after another 17-year-old allegedly shot him, according to Arlington police.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Arlington, TX

Fri Jul 04, 2008

KSWO

Brimer files suit against fall opponent

Republican state Sen. Kim Brimer has filed a lawsuit against his Democratic opponent, attempting to get her disqualified from the race.

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