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World leaders from history speak once again. And an untimely power outage 'cooks' the land down under. Check out that video and more in this edition of 'Hot Shots'.

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It's a worry some Fort Worth business owners have every day: can emergency help reach them? The problem – the businesses are surrounded, literally, by busy railroad tracks. The trains often block access to the area for hours at a time.

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Flames broke out around midnight at a house in the 9200 block of Windy Crest Drive. Rescuers discovered the bodies of attorney Romina Mulloy-Levine, her husband Michael Levine, and their five-year-old son Ariel in an upstairs bedroom.

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Former President George W. Bush says education will be the first of four areas on which his planned Dallas-based think tank will focus

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The Dallas Police Department is losing its leader. On Wednesday evening, Chief David Kunkle confirmed that he is planning to retire. Kunkle will be stepping down from his position on April 30, 2010.

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A 36-year-old Tarrant County woman has been arrested for tampering with evidence in the case of skeletal remains found in a trailer park. Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson says the woman is the mother of the dead children.

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The sight and sound of constant construction is taking its toll on some people living in Allen. The North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) has been working on a stretch of Suncreek Drive since the summer of 2008.

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The mass shooting at Fort Hood is shedding light on the mental health of soldiers -- specifically post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD. Doctors say they're not sure if more soldiers are suffering from the illness or if we're just more aware of it.

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A Farmers Branch man is accused of killing a woman and her daughter whose bodies were found in a ditch in Kaufman County on Wednesday.

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More than 100 animals have been rescued from a rescue shelter. Dallas Animal Services workers found themselves rescuing the animals from the shelter Thursday in the 3000 block of Canton in Deep Ellum.

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The army major accused in the Fort Hood shooting spree that killed 13 people one week ago today has been formally charged. Maj. Nidal Hasan will be tried in military court on 13 counts of premeditated murder.

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Nearly half of all Americans are planning to spend less on presents this holiday season than they did last year. And some are finding a crafty way to do it, by using a little creativity to transform household items into unique gifts.

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During a Thursday news conference where the Dallas Police Department's Chief David Kunkle was announcing his retirement, Jack Hammack with Safer Dallas Better Dallas collapsed. Moments later, he was reportedly doing just fine.

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In November 2008, CBS 11 introduced you to Barbara Boylan. The busy mom was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and in the beginning stages of her treatment. One year later, there is an update to her story.

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A father, mother and child died in a house fire Thursday. Flames broke out around midnight at 9239 Windy Crest Drive. The family was found upstairs, where it's believed they were trying to escape the flames.

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Saline or silicone? It's a question many women ask themselves when deciding to have breast augmentation. A North Texas surgeon has started a 10-year trial, using a newly designed implant that includes a financial benefit for women who participate.

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For the second time in six months, Colorado-based Westwood College has been hit with a class action lawsuit. The college has physical campuses in both Dallas and Fort Worth, but it's their online offerings that have the school in hot water.

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The statistics are alarming. About 25 percent of Dallas/Fort Worth area children have some kind of vision problem, and most aren't wearing glasses. So for the past year, a Dallas-based charity has been working on a solution.

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A local veteran lost a lot of things 44 years ago, when his plane was shot down over Vietnam. His aircraft, his freedom, and his wedding ring were gone. The Plano man never thought he would see the ring again, but today it was returned to him.

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They are considered critical components to catching rapists -- DNA results taken from victims of rape. But across North Texas, many of those results are sitting on storage shelves belonging to police and prosecutors.

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Flower Mound police are looking for a 20-year-old man in connection with the apparent murder of his teenage girlfriend. Officers are looking for the girl's boyfriend, Garrett Cole Gower, seen at left.

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The H1N1 virus continues to plague North Texas, claiming two young lives Tuesday. Now, the Dallas County Department of Health and Human Services has some good news; more H1N1 vaccinations are on the way.

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Residents of a Kaufman County town have more questions than answers after the bodies of two people were found in a culvert. The bodies were found off of Kaufman County Road 280 in the town of Post Oak Bend.

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The Salvation Army used Veterans Day to kick off its holiday 'Season of Giving'. To help, the organization got a hand from a World War II veteran who credits the Salvation Army with helping him survive some very tough times.

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Though alternative medicine has never been proven to cure anything, these medications and treatments are used by over 1/3 of all Americans. And they might work simply because people have faith.