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CBS 11 / TXA 21 - Dallas / Fort Worth's Source for Breaking News, Weather, and Sports
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Much At Stake When Sooners Meet Red Raiders
Sam Bradford has all the impressive numbers that go along with a Heisman Trophy campaign: a few dozen touchdown passes, an impeccable quarterback rating and right around two miles worth of passing yards. Graham Harrell has all that, too, plus a couple of late-season marquee wins to go with it. When Harrell and No. 2 Texas Tech meet Bradford and No. 5 Oklahoma on Saturday night, the Heisman race -- as well as the national championship chase -- will be center stage.
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Newman Skips Cowboys Practice With New Injury
Dallas Cowboys cornerback Terence Newman was again missing from the team's practice on Friday due to a groin injury. But not the one that had kept him sidelined for the six games earlier this season. The former Pro Bowler has sustained a second groin injury. According to team owner Jerry Jones, it is uncertain if Newman will be on the field this Sunday afternoon, when the team meets the San Francisco 49ers at Texas Stadium in Irving.
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Good News/Bad News Announcements From GM
It's a good news/bad news situation. Friday General Motors Corp. announced it will extend its holiday shutdown or make other production cuts at some factories, while canceling a down week and continuing overtime at others.
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Cheney's Texas Indictment Hearing Turns Chaotic
A county prosecutor who brought indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others pounded his fist and shouted at the judge Friday about special treatment for high-profile defendants as a routine motions hearing descended into chaos.
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Fort Worth Police Looking For 40,000 Stolen Boots
Fort Worth Police are looking for some stolen boots.
$3 million worth, to be exact.
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TCU's Coach Patterson Not Thinking Post-Frogs
TCU has had more than two weeks off since being the first team to play its 11th game, a chance for some needed rest and extra time to prepare for a seldom-seen offense. Still, not everything about the extended break was good for the No. 15 Horned Frogs. Within hours after getting home in the middle of the night from Utah, players and fans became aware of an Internet report and rumors circulating that coach Gary Patterson had already taken another job.
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It's Cold: Keep Those Jackets Handy
Temperatures this morning started near freezing with a chilly north wind blowing. The wind chill has been in the 20s during the morning hours. We'll see a decent amount of sunshine today, but the thermometer won't be rising just a whole lot. Expect highs in the lower 50s at best.
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Jerry Jones Feels Blame For 'Pacman' Problems
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Thursday that one of the reasons he is willing to take another chance on Adam "Pacman" Jones is because he feels partly to blame for the cornerback's latest trouble. "Yes, I do take responsibility for the fact that it was my own security that the issue was part of," Jerry Jones said. "Because it was my guy there that created the problem. ... The way that it was supposed to work in my mind, to some degree, we wouldn't have had that problem."
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Rangers & Phillies Swap Former First-Rounders
The World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies and Texas Rangers swapped former first-round picks Thursday. Texas acquired outfielder Greg Golson from the Phillies for outfielder John Mayberry. In another of several moves to set their 40-man roster, the Rangers designated right-hander Kameron Loe for assignment in anticipation of selling his rights to a team in Japan.
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No. 2 Texas Tech's Defense Gaining Respect
Texas Tech coach Mike Leach knew something had to change when the Red Raiders rolled up 718 yards last year against Oklahoma State -- and lost. The offensive wizard's days of merely tolerating defense were over. It turned out that all he had to do to fix things was walk a few doors down the hall to the office of a coach who came with him to Lubbock seven years earlier.
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