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$35,000 Worth of Compound Bows Stolen From Archery Store
Dozens of compound bows worth about $35,000 total were stolen from a Lewisville archery store early Friday morning.
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Naperville Student Charged With Hate Crime for ‘Slave for Sale' Craigslist Ad
A Naperville high school student was charged with a hate crime after allegedly posting a racist Craigslist ad featuring another student, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
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Investigators Focus on Rogue Vape Brand as Illness Spreads
It’s a widely known vaping cartridge in the marijuana economy, but it’s not a licensed brand. And it’s got the kind of market buzz no legitimate company would want. The vaping cartridges that go by the catchy, one-syllable name “Dank” — a slang word for highly potent cannabis — are figuring prominently in the federal investigation to determine what has...
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Videographer For San Diego Porn Company Admits To Lying to Models To Get Them to Appear In Pornographic Videos
A former videographer for a San Diego porn company that has been accused of luring young women into appearing in sex videos admitted in court Thursday that he knowingly lied to the women.
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‘Yelp for Sex': Review Boards That Rate Women Flourish After Crackdown on Ad Sites
On review boards for commercial sex, buyers denigrate the women they rate and spin fantasies about sex acts. They use forums on the sites to warn one another about anti-trafficking busts and to answer each other’s questions about the “hobby.”
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Amazon Delivery Drivers Accused of Stealing Dog from Parker County Family's Yard
A Parker County family says during their last Amazon delivery, the drivers dropped off the package and then took the family dog.
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Tech-Savvy San Diego Toddler Accidentally Buys $430 Couch While Playing With Mom's Phone
A San Diego mom is thinking twice about handing her cellphone over to her toddler after her tech-savvy tot – unbeknownst to mom – bought a $430 couch online while playing with her mom’s cellphone.
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Uncovering A San Diego Porn Scheme: Deception, Humiliation Follow Online Ads
Nearly two dozen women say what started with a response to a modeling ad on Craigslist ended with videos of them having sex posted to some of the most popular porn websites in the world.
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Fire Rages in San Francisco After Gas Line Explosion
Parents, this one is really just for you: a San Diego, California mom is thinking twice about handing her cellphone over to her toddler after her tech-savvy tot – unbeknownst to mom – bought a $430 couch online while playing with her mom’s cellphone. “I was just so shocked,” Isabella McNeil told NBC 7 Thursday. “I thought, ‘Did I buy…
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Shoveling Snow, Walking Dogs: Furloughed Workers Turn to Odd Jobs, Gig Economy
When the nation’s capital was hit by almost a foot of snow this past weekend, Nick Elger saw a chance to make a buck. Elger, 28, usually spends his days working for the Environmental Protection Agency, but he’s one of nearly 400,000 furloughed employees out of work during what’s become America’s longest government shutdown. “I’ve been getting stir crazy just...
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Shutdown Relief: Easing the Burden
As the government shutdown drags on, companies, restaurants and service providers across the country are coming up with ways to help the estimated 800,000 Americans not getting paid. NBC’s Dan Scheneman reports.
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Free Toys Prank Has Happy Ending
A Nebraska man goes into full Santa mode after his address is used as part of a cruel “free toys” prank on Craigslist.
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Baby Alligators Go Flying When Driver Crashes During Chase
Before last week, Duncanville police Officer Doug Sisk had never dealt with alligators on the job.
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Side Effect of Trafficking Law: More Street Prostitution?
Recent crackdowns targeting the sex-for-hire industry have reduced the number of commercial ads on the internet and helped fight online trafficking. But activists and police say the efforts may have had unintended consequences — landing women and girls back on the streets, where dangers also lurk. The impact was almost immediate after the seizure of Backpage.com by the federal government...
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LBJ's Boat Restored and Back on the Water
A Glastron boat that was used by President Lyndon Baines Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson more than 50 years ago has been restored and is now back out on the water.
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Rising Insulin Prices Push Woman to Buy Medicine on Craigslist
Insulin prices have tripled in recent years, forcing families to make drastic choices when purchasing the lifesaving medication, including one local woman who has resorted to purchasing insulin on Craigslist.
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High Prices Compel Woman to Buy Insulin on Craigslist
Insulin prices have tripled in recent years, forcing families to make drastic choices when purchasing the lifesaving medication, including one local woman who has resorted to purchasing insulin on Craigslist.
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Ways to Avoid the ‘Rental Property Scam' in North Texas
The NBC 5 Responds team takes a closer look at what you can do to protect yourself from a scam targeting home renters.
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LA's ‘Bitcoin Maven' Faces Sentence for Running an Illegal Money Exchange
Sentencing was postponed Monday for a Los Angeles woman who made at least $300,000 annually by operating an illegal, unregistered multi-million dollar money transmitting business that exchanged the digital currency Bitcoin for cash.
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Game Wardens Crack Down on Illegal Animal Sales
Lubbock game wardens are back out on area lakes and looking for hunting violations. They’re also busy inside, scanning websites like Craigslist, looking for illegal exotic animal sales. Here’s a first-hand look at some of the bizarre things game wardens have confiscated.