CBS 11 Dallas - Fort Worth

Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points, Erick Dampier finished with 20 points and 17 rebounds, and the Dallas Mavericks added to Miami's home woes by beating the Heat 106-93 Friday night. Full Story »

Thirty state representatives, including several from North Texas, are calling for the U.S. Army to charge Fort Hood shooting suspect Major Nadal Malik Hasan with taking the life of an unborn child. Full Story »

With one brilliant display of brute force, Ndamukong Suh altered the Heisman Trophy race like no other player this season. In fact, it's doubtful that any one performance by one player has ever done more to determine who wins college football's most prestigious award. Full Story »

A 27-year-old woman was killed early Friday morning after a major car crash with an off-duty Fort Worth police officer. A press release issued by the Fort Worth Police Department identified the officer as 37-year-old Jesus Cisneros. He has been with the department since September 2001. Full Story »

It may just be the most perfect gift for Dakota Clark. For the first time in her life the 9-year-old will be able to hear in both ears. Today doctors will activate, or turn on, her cochlear implants at Medical City in Dallas. Full Story »

A 16-year-old Lancaster student is in the hospital and a district employee is in jail following a fight Friday afternoon. Full Story »

A local candidate says he's fighting for his constitutional rights to free speech. Now, the man is taking Mesquite city leaders to court. Bob Fuller says he likes to workout at the Evans Recreation Center in Mesquite. But he claims the city won't allow him to exercise his First Amendment Rights. Full Story »

Fire crews spent Thursday night into Friday morning on the scene of a deadly blaze at a home in Farmers Branch. The flames started around 9:00 p.m. and an 86-year-old woman living inside was killed. Farmers Branch police officers were the first to arrive on the scene and found the home fully involved with smoke and flames pouring out. Full Story »

The annual Kwanzaa Fest at Fair Park supposed to be a fun and helpful community event, but last year's event was marred by disturbances outside the park. Now there are plans to increase security at Kwanzaa Fest this weekend. Full Story »

The state's prepaid college tuition plan will face a financial review during the 2011 Legislature after thousands dropped the program. The state comptroller's office says about 7,000 investors left the Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan since August, when the state announced a now-defunct plan to cut refunds. Full Story »

Police in Arlington are investigating a murder that happened early Friday morning at an apartment complex along Fair Oaks Drive. According to the Arlington Police Department, two men broken into an apartment unit and shot one of the residents. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's office has identified the Hispanic male victim as 21-year-old Francisco Tanguma. Full Story »

Since September it's been illegal in Texas to use a cell phone in a school zone. But the last time Dallas police wrote tickets for violating the city ordinance that banned texting or talking on phones in school zones was late August. Full Story »

Chase Autrey's family worries he might not make it to Christmas. So Thursday night Christmas made it to him. Full Story »

Rich Harden and the Texas Rangers completed a one-year contract Thursday that guarantees the pitcher $7.5 million. The deal calls for a $6.5 million salary next year and includes an $11.5 million mutual option for 2011 with a $1 million buyout. Harden can earn an additional $2.5 million next year in performance bonuses. Full Story »

Dallas school trustees, for the second straight year, declined to extend the contract of Superintendent Michael Hinojosa. His current agreement ends in 2012. Hinojosa's annual evaluation was Thursday. He did not seek a contract extension. Full Story »

A third person is now in custody in connection with the kidnapping and rape of an SMU student. Police say stolen cell phones helped crack the case, but they admit mistakes were made along the way.  Dallas police say the violent nature of the crimes led them to take very aggressive action in investigating the case. Full Story »

The Keller school board unanimously approved a rezoning plan Thursday night that has been months in the making. The changes will mean a new school for some elementary students who live feet from a nearby school. Full Story »

Grocery stores can often bring neighborhoods together. But one supermarket in northwest Dallas has divided neighbors; some say along racial lines. Full Story »

She's been called one of the richest kids in American, but as this young North Texan explains, for her, wealth is not just about how much money you make. Full Story »

A federal grand jury has formally accused an Arlington couple of keeping a widowed, Nigerian mother of six in domestic servitude, or in essence holding her as their slave. According to the Justice Department, husband and wife, Emmanuel and Ngozi Nnaji, held the woman for nine years. Full Story »

A Wylie football coach is in jail, charged with sexual assault of a child. 26-year-old Bradley Glenn Thompson is the head coach of the Wylie High School Freshman football team, as well as a varsity offensive line assistant. Collin County Sheriff's deputies say Thompson had allegedly assaulted a student when he was employed at Anna ISD last school year. Full Story »

Dallas Police have arrested two men in connection to an off-campus rape of a SMU student athlete. Full Story »

A group of North Texas fathers are fed up with speeders in their Frisco neighborhood. The men say they have had enough, and have launched the '20 is Plenty' campaign. Full Story »

Incumbent Texas Governor Rick Perry and challenger Kay Bailey Hutchison are the two front runners in the republican gubernatorial battle, but Debra Medina, and her upstart campaign, is hoping to change that. Full Story »

A man repossessing a car crashes into the bedroom of a young boy, just moments after the boy wakes up. Full Story »