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A strong storm system will bring rain and snow to North Texas on Christmas Day and night. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY is in effect from Noon until 9PM Tuesday for Denton, Collin, Jack, Wise, Hunt, Delta, Hopkins, Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Fannin & Lamar counties. 

The storm will begin to affect us around 3-5 AM as rain and storms develop Christmas morning.  A few storms could be severe with hail and damaging wind gusts, especially SE of Dallas near Athens, Corsicana and Palestine.  Between Noon and 3PM,  the rain will begin to mix with and eventually change to snow. By late Christmas afternoon and evening expect light snow across the Metroplex. The heaviest totals will likely occur over Bowie and Sherman with 2-4" expected.  1-2" of snow will fall near Denton and McKinney with up to an inch expected for Dallas and Fort Worth.  Snow should push out by 8PM

Temperatures will drop throughout the day on Christmas. Temperatures will start off in the 40s then drop to near freezing by the late afternoon. Winds will be Northwesterly gusting up to 40 mph. Wind chill values will be in the teens.

The strong winds will also create hazardous driving conditions. Blowing rain and snow will reduce visibility. With temperatures falling into the teens and 20s there may be icy spots on the roads Wednesday morning.

TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with rain and storms moving in after midnight. Low: 44. Wind: NE 10 mph.

CHRISTMAS DAY:  Morning rain and severe storms, rain/snow mix from Noon-3pm, then light snow from 3-8pm. A dusting up to an inch expected through Metroplex. 1-2" for Denton/Collin counties.  2-4" near Gainesville, Sherman & Bowie.  Very windy and turning colder.  Temperatures: 40s in the morning falling into 30s by afternoon.  Wind: NW 15-30 mph with gusts to 40 mph.

CHRISTMAS NIGHT: Snow ending. Cloudy and windy. Wind chills in the teens and single digits. Low: 21.

WEDNESDAY:  Mostly sunny and cold. There may be icy spots on roads and sidewalks.  High 33.  Wind:  NW 10-20 mph.

THURSDAY:  Partly cloudy and cold.  Low: 23.  High 45.  Wind:  S 10-15 mph.

FRIDAY:  Mostly cloudy with a 20% chance of showers.  Low 35.  High 51.  Wind: NW 10-20 mph.

SATURDAY:  Mostly sunny.  Low: 30.  High: 48.  Wind: N 10-15 mph. 

SUNDAY:  Partly cloudy.  Low: 32.  High: 54.  Wind: SW 10 mph.

MONDAY:  Partly sunny and cool.  Low: 39.  High: 56. 

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Teen Hit After Getting Off School Bus

Ellen Goldberg, NBC 5 News

A 16-year-old freshman from Shepton High School was hit by a car after getting off of a school bus Friday afternoon.

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A 16-year-old boy was hit by a car after getting off of a school bus Friday afternoon, officials say.

The student, a freshman at Shepton High School, was transported to the hospital but is expected to recover.

Plano police said the bus stopped on Windhaven Parkway east of Midway Road to let some students who live in the neighborhood off the bus. The injured student got off the bus and walked in front of it to cross Windhaven Parkway.

The driver of a black Lexus apparently didn't see the bus's stop sign and flashing lights. The car hit the boy, sending him flying over the front of the car and smashing the windshield.

In order for the school bus to open its doors to let students out, the stop sign on the side of the bus must be extended and the red flashing lights must be on.

Once the investigation is complete, police will determine if any charges will be filed.

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Deadly Robbery Kills Father Of Four

Ray Villeda, NBC 5 News

48-year-old Jose Salazar was returning home when suspects jumped him.

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A Dallas man was killed after two suspects tried to rob him, police say.

Neighbors say it happened around 1 on Sunday morning. Relatives say the man was walking home with a friend after playing cards in the neighborhood.

Police say two suspects tried to rob him on the 2400 block of Hawthorne, in the Oak Lawn section of the city.

48-year old Jose Salazar, may have tried to fend him off, according to relatives. He was shot and died at the scene.

"I'm just missing him, because he's a good man, friendly, he's a good worker, all time he's working," said family friend Sylvia Izeta.

She said he was a father of four, and a husband. His family is still in Mexico.

The suspects according to Dallas Police, are still at large, causing neighbors to be worried it may happen again.

Just two days before Christmas, a family is torn, saddened by the loss.

"Imagine, it's no good Christmas, because father is no longer with family," said Izeta.

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Teen Hit After Getting Off School Bus

Ellen Goldberg, NBC 5 News

A 16-year-old freshman from Shepton High School was hit by a car after getting off of a school bus Friday afternoon.

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A 16-year-old boy was hit by a car after getting off of a school bus Friday afternoon, officials say.

The student, a freshman at Shepton High School, was transported to the hospital but is expected to recover.

Plano police said the bus stopped on Windhaven Parkway east of Midway Road to let some students who live in the neighborhood off the bus. The injured student got off the bus and walked in front of it to cross Windhaven Parkway.

The driver of a black Lexus apparently didn't see the bus's stop sign and flashing lights. The car hit the boy, sending him flying over the front of the car and smashing the windshield.

In order for the school bus to open its doors to let students out, the stop sign on the side of the bus must be extended and the red flashing lights must be on.

Once the investigation is complete, police will determine if any charges will be filed.

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Random Acts of Kindness After Newtown Tragedy

Christine Lee, NBC 5 Irving Reporter

Some people in Irving are honoring the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., with 26 random acts of kindness.

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The Irving Convention and Visitors Bureau is taking action after being inspired by NBC's Ann Curry.

This week Curry sent out a tweet motivating those throughout the country to provide random acts of kindness on behalf of the 26 victims of the massacre in Connecticut.

The Irving CVB staff has been planning out the most meaningful ways to pay tribute to all of the shooting victims in Connecticut.

"We are trying to take the characters of students and match them up with some kind act that we can do," said Diana Pfaff, director of communications at the Irving CVB.

The organization is spending roughly $500 to perform 26 random acts of kindness throughout the city. To do so, they have partnered with local businesses to accomplish their mission.

Marlen Torreblanca got her cat food paid for at PETCO in honor of 6-year-old animal lover Catherine Hubbard.

"I'm sad that she is not here and I'm grateful that y'all are doing this for her," said Torreblanca.

As the random acts continued throughout the day, Pfaff said she's grateful to Ann Curry for motivating her to do something positive for her community.

"Her philosophy is, when you do something good, you feel good. And I think a lot of us have felt not very good because of what has happened up there. Even though it's half a country away, we're still affected here in Irving, Texas," she said.

Pfaff said the Irving CVB's 26th act of kindness will be to send a special delivery to Curry, thanking her for inspiring them. That act will be in honor of 27-year-old Vicki Soto, who was an inspiration to all of her students.

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Teen Hit After Getting Off School Bus

Ellen Goldberg, NBC 5 News

A 16-year-old freshman from Shepton High School was hit by a car after getting off of a school bus Friday afternoon.

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A 16-year-old boy was hit by a car after getting off of a school bus Friday afternoon, officials say.

The student, a freshman at Shepton High School, was transported to the hospital but is expected to recover.

Plano police said the bus stopped on Windhaven Parkway east of Midway Road to let some students who live in the neighborhood off the bus. The injured student got off the bus and walked in front of it to cross Windhaven Parkway.

The driver of a black Lexus apparently didn't see the bus's stop sign and flashing lights. The car hit the boy, sending him flying over the front of the car and smashing the windshield.

In order for the school bus to open its doors to let students out, the stop sign on the side of the bus must be extended and the red flashing lights must be on.

Once the investigation is complete, police will determine if any charges will be filed.

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Random Acts of Kindness After Newtown Tragedy

Christine Lee, NBC 5 Irving Reporter

Some people in Irving are honoring the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., with 26 random acts of kindness.

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The Irving Convention and Visitors Bureau is taking action after being inspired by NBC's Ann Curry.

This week Curry sent out a tweet motivating those throughout the country to provide random acts of kindness on behalf of the 26 victims of the massacre in Connecticut.

The Irving CVB staff has been planning out the most meaningful ways to pay tribute to all of the shooting victims in Connecticut.

"We are trying to take the characters of students and match them up with some kind act that we can do," said Diana Pfaff, director of communications at the Irving CVB.

The organization is spending roughly $500 to perform 26 random acts of kindness throughout the city. To do so, they have partnered with local businesses to accomplish their mission.

Marlen Torreblanca got her cat food paid for at PETCO in honor of 6-year-old animal lover Catherine Hubbard.

"I'm sad that she is not here and I'm grateful that y'all are doing this for her," said Torreblanca.

As the random acts continued throughout the day, Pfaff said she's grateful to Ann Curry for motivating her to do something positive for her community.

"Her philosophy is, when you do something good, you feel good. And I think a lot of us have felt not very good because of what has happened up there. Even though it's half a country away, we're still affected here in Irving, Texas," she said.

Pfaff said the Irving CVB's 26th act of kindness will be to send a special delivery to Curry, thanking her for inspiring them. That act will be in honor of 27-year-old Vicki Soto, who was an inspiration to all of her students.

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Fort Worth Service Remembers Conn. Victims

Scott Gordon, NBC 5 News

North Texans came together for an interfaith service to remember the victims of the shooting in Newtown, Conn.

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An emotional interfaith service in Fort Worth Thursday night brought together people of different religions united in their grief over the school shooting in Connecticut.

The service at First United Methodist Church downtown was called Candles for Connecticut.

Mayor Betsy Price sent the city's condolences to Newtown.

"Please know our thoughts and prayers are with you tonight and every day going forward," she said.

Police Chief Jeffrey Halstead represented first responders. Officers and firefighters filled the first pews.

An imam from the Islamic Association of Tarrant County got emotional.

"It doesn't have to be a Muslim or a Christian or a Jewish or any other faith," said Imam Moujahed Bakash. "As a human issue, the picture will never go away from my head."

He said he can't stop imagining the Christmas gifts the young victims will never receive.

The pastor at Fort Worth's Wedgwood Baptist Church, the site of a massacre in 1999, spoke from his heart.

"Deliver us from our nonchalance from those hundreds of thousands -- millions -- who suffer in the darkness of mental illness with no help and no hope," he said.

The names of the 27 victims were read as candles were lit one at a time.

The bells at First Methodist Church and several other churches will ring at 8:30 a.m. Friday to remember the massacre victims.

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Police Chiefs Mull Distracted-Driving Policies

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An NBC 5 investigation into the distractions caused by police computers in cars is now gaining national attention. And a prominent group of police leaders is pledging new nationwide guidelines to help police prevent crashes caused by officers driving distracted.

In the last six months, the NBC 5 Investigates team reported on crashes caused by police officers who are looking at their computers instead of the road.

After the original stories aired in Dallas-Fort Worth, NBC5 Investigates worked with "NBC Nightly News" to produce a national story using videos and interviews from the Texas reports.

The story gained the attention of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the world's largest organization of police leaders. The IACP recently sent the story to the state police commanders in all 50 states.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has made the story mandatory viewing in safety training.

"I thought it was extremely important for our people to view it," Sgt. William Lowe said.

All Missouri troopers have to sign off that they've watched it.

"Showing this and having the other troopers see this footage and the video of these crashes, I think they were pretty taken aback by what can happen in the blink of an eye," Lowe said.

Col. Mike Edmonson, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police and the head of IACP's division of state police, is now leading a nationwide effort to rethink the way computers are used in police cars.

"It's not OK when we know it's an unsafe situation, when we know that it's not the right thing," he said. "We've got to be leaders and step up. We got to be different. We got to change the culture and say, 'You know what? Not acceptable.' We got to fix it."

Working with fellow IACP members, Edmonson plans to create policy guidelines that any police department in the world could use.

The challenge is to balance the benefits and dangers of the computers, cameras, phones, radios and scanners that have turned police cars into offices on wheels where driving can seem almost secondary.

"I think we're going to look at what's going on around the country that's successful," Edmonson said. "Whether we look at Fort Worth and what they've done successfully, I think you have to take those things -- those are templates that can be used to move forward."

Fort Worth's new computer policy, which was implemented after NBC 5 started investigating, gives officers flexibility to key in simple, one-touch responses but prevents them from typing messages while the car is moving.

Edmonson said typing and driving is not only dangerous, but it also creates a double standard in because police are telling the rest of us not to text and drive.

"You pull up alongside a police officer, there they are, texting away," he said. "Well, what makes it right? The bottom line, it doesn't make it right."

At a meeting in San Antonio last week, the Texas Police Chiefs Association told NBC 5 Investigates that it also plans to study the issue in its safety committee.

It could result in the publication of papers and study materials, the development of training and model policies. The group says it is very early in the process.

The Texas Police Chiefs Association does not have a model policy to guide Texas police departments. Neither does the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

A small group of IACP member state police commanders from around the country met last weekend in Louisiana to start looking closer at the issue. They plan to meet again in March and develop recommendations that give police chiefs everywhere a starting point to deal with this.

They recognize every police department has different technology and different challenges, but they want to make a strong statement about the dangers of distracted driving and give some general guidelines.

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