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Wednesday, June 05, 2013  The latest headlines from across the state.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Dallas Police have issued an Amber Alert for 16-year-old Aron Lavon Jones.

Friday, August 20, 2010  A man arrested after an hour-long chase that ended when he crashed a stolen pickup through a fence at Dallas Love Field was charged with evading arrest, criminal mischief, unauthorized use of a vehicle and aggravated robbery, officials said Friday.

Thursday, August 12, 2010  A 59-year-old Dallas man is dead after a Dallas police car answering a call slammed into the man's stalled vehicle.

Tuesday, July 06, 2010  A Dallas cab driver is in jail on aggravated assault and drunken driving charges.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010  The city's new police chief faces one of the worst tragedies that could befall a law enforcement officer: living with the knowledge that his dead son was a cop killer.

Friday, April 30, 2010  Police say they've arrested a Dallas man after he showed them a human foot he said he'd dug up from a grave.

Monday, April 26, 2010  Dallas police say a 58-year-old newspaper delivery man has been found fatally shot in an apparent robbery attempt that turned deadly.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010  A suburban Dallas man faces child endangerment charges after police say he left his 3-year-old and 9-month-old children locked in the car while he visited a strip club.

Friday, November 27, 2009  Authorities say a man who led police on a long chase was fatally shot after his pickup truck slammed into a tree and he pulled out a gun during a confrontation with officers.

Sunday, November 22, 2009  Suburban Dallas police shot and killed a man they say pointed a BB gun at officers. Irving police say officers were investigating a shots-fired call early yesterday when they came upon the unidentified man, who was carrying the BB gun. Officers ordered the man to drop the gun, but instead he pointed the weapon at them and was shot.

Friday, October 23, 2009  A Dallas County courtroom erupted in applause Friday as two men wrongly convicted of capital murder 12 years ago were set free.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009  Dallas police say a man who was fatally shot after he disregarded commands in English and Spanish to drop an object he pointed at an officer was holding a cell phone.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009  Dallas police say two boys talked their stepfather into letting them live after he allegedly killed their mother and 6-year-old sister.

Saturday, September 19, 2009  The Innocence Project of Texas said Friday that scent identification lineups, in which trained dogs determine if a suspect's smell matches the smell of crime scene evidence, are based on faulty science and have led to a number of wrongful convictions.