Man Gets A Ticket After Being Hit By His Own Truck

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A Massachusetts man who hit himself with his own truck (not the one shown in this file image) received a $35 citation Monday.

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A Massachusetts man just couldn't catch a break Monday when he got a ticket after being hit by a truck. What's worse, the truck was his own.

Salem police responding to reports of a motor vehicle accident instead found Brian Reynolds, 40, lying facedown in the road, Boston.com reported. Reynolds told police that the brakes on his 1987 Chevy locked up, so he opened the driver's door and tried to stop the truck with his left foot. Reynolds next tried turning the vehicle up a hill, but fell out the open door. The truck then ran over his left leg before crashing into a fire hydrant, police said.

Reynolds was taken to Salem Hospital for what police said was road rash and a minor leg injury, Boston.com reported. He was issued a $35 citation for driving with defective equipment.

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Plano Officer's Dog Rescue a Facebook Hit

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A Plano police patrolman who saved a dog from drowning is drawing kudos from around the country.

Officer Eric Elliott pulled the 15-year-old dog from a pool after the pooch fell in and couldn't get out.

"As I got closer to the gate, I could hear the bark, and he was definitely getting tired, and you could hear the stress in the bark," he said.

Elliot was working a special traffic detail when he heard a call that a dog had been clinging to the edge of a backyard pool for 20 minutes and couldn't hang on much longer.

"Just reading the notes on the call, it sounded like the dog was in some serious trouble," Elliott said.

It wasn't his call, but Elliott took it anyway.

"He really didn't want anything to do with me," he said. "He turned his head away, and I just said, 'If he's going to bite me, he's going to bite me, but I'm going to pull him out anyway, so I did and was just glad I was close enough to help."

The Plano Police Department posted the story with Elliot's picture on its Facebook page, and the story quickly took off.

"It's gone viral," Plano police spokesman David Tilley said.

The department's Facebook postings normally get between 150 and 200 views, but hundreds of thousands of people have seen the post about the dog rescue.

"As of right now, we're sitting, we're about 333,000 people across the nation have actually seen this post because over 2,000 people have shared it on their Facebook page to their friends," Tilley said.

Even people whom Elliott has arrested are posting about the rescue, saying they forgive the officer for arresting them because he saved the dog.

"It's actually a lot of fun to be part of it, and it's good to let people see the other side of what we do," Elliott said.

NBC 5's Randy McIlwain contributed to this report.

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DISD Ending 45-Minute Teacher Workday Extension

Ellen Goldberg, NBC 5 News

Dallas school trustees unanimously vote to overturn a policy passed in January that added 45 minutes to teachers' workdays without extra pay.

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Dallas school trustees voted on Thursday to end a 45-minute extension to teacher workdays that was approved in January.

Teachers filed into the Dallas Independent School District board meeting prepared for battle.

They called on the board to overturn a policy that added 45 minutes to their day without any extra pay. After several hours of discussion, the board agreed with them, voting unanimously to put an end to the extended workday.

"It's emotional," said Rena Honea, Alliance AFT president. "They have a history with this district. They are here for these kids, and they have continued with all the confusion and chaos. As I was walking out, teachers were like, 'Yes, they listened. They heard.'"

Teachers had argued that they were never given any direction on how to spend the extra 45 minutes of their day. In many cases, the time was spent in meetings or on paperwork instead of with students, teacher said.

"From what I have seen at my child's school, the extra 45 minutes has done nothing to improve quality of teaching," parent Lakashia Wallace said.

Superintendent Mike Miles had proposed a measure suggesting how teachers spend the extra 45 minutes of their day, but trustees decided to go back to the way things were -- a 7-hour-45-minute workday.

"Sometimes we make a mistake, and I think this is one of those times," Trustee Nancy Bingham said. "We as a board did make a mistake."

Miles said teachers would remain on their current schedules until they have a plan in place to transition back to shorter work day, which should happen on or before the first of the year.

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Dash Cam Gives New View of Hurst Teen Arrest

Scott Gordon, NBC 5 News

Hurst police have released dashboard camera video from the controversial arrest of a 17-year-old.

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Teen Files Complaint in Hurst Officer Video

The family of Andrew Rodriguez filed a complaint against the Hurst police officer they say used excessive force violating the teen's civil rights in a video posted on YouTube.

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Evaluations of the officer seen on a YouTube video threatening a teenager and kneeing him in the head during an arrest paint a picture of a hard-working officer who has done a good job of catching drunken drivers and helping crime victims.

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Video from the dashboard of a Hurst police car sheds new light on the controversial arrest of a teenager that led to an officer's suspension.

The video, which police released Thursday, shows that 17-year-old Andrew Rodriguez argued with Officer Miguel Jimenez when Jimenez told him he was under arrest and to put down his cellphone.

A previous video that Rodriguez's friend shot on a cellphone begins with the struggle that followed.

The police video shows that Rodriguez called his mother when Jimenez tried to arrest him.

"You want me to take the phone from you or you want to hang it up?" the officer asked.

"You are not going to take it," Rodriguez replied.

"I'm going to take it," Jimenez answered. "I guarantee you I am going to take it."

Rodriguez can be heard having a brief conversation with his mother.

"I'm at the park, and this cop is harassing me," he said.

At that point, Jimenez apparently grabbed Rodriguez.

"Don't touch me, dog," Rodriguez is heard telling the officer.

Another teenager started taking pictures with his cellphone.

That video, posted on YouTube, stirred a controversy when a second officer, Disraeli Arnold, showed up to assist Jimenez. Arnold is seen on that video jumping on Rodriguez and unleashing a rash of obscenities.

"Move and die," Arnold said.

Arnold has been suspended while the police department investigates.

Rodriguez is charged with resisting arrest. He said he will plead not guilty.

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Bank Robber Claims Prayer as Motivation, Police Say

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Vance Police Chief Ralph Burnell said, "He said he even pulled over on the side of the road and prayed about it. He just couldn't find it in himself to do anything different."

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A bank robbery suspect allegedly told Alabama police that he performed the heists after praying for an answer to his problems.

Christopher Bruce has been charged with robbing the West Alabama Bank in Woodstock, Ala., on Monday and First Financial Bank in Vance, Ala., a week ago, Fox 19 reported.

Investigators told Fox 19 that Bruce had been having difficulties finding work as a convicted felon. After he was arrested, Bruce allegedly confessed to robbing the banks after praying for some way to help his situation, police said.

"He said he couldn't get a break and he didn't know how he was going to survive. He said he even pulled over on the side of the road and prayed about it. He just couldn't find it in himself to do anything different," Vance Police Chief Ralph Burnell told Fox 19.

Woodstock Police Chief Len Price said the Mustang Bruce used to flee the scene was found wrecked and abandoned miles from the West Alabama Bank, Fox 19 reported. Price said Bruce left a tag behind that led investigators to match his driver's license photo to the video caught by the bank surveillance cameras.

Bruce is in custody facing charges for the bank robberies along with outstanding warrants.

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Man Travels The Globe Without Flying

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A British man on Monday became the first person to travel to all 201 sovereign states in the world without flying.

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 A British man who went on a four-year odyssey has become the first person to travel to all 201 sovereign states in the world without flying, the Christian Science Monitor reported.

Graham Hughes, 33, arrived in South Sudan early Monday, capping off his 1,426-day journey. A Liverpool native, Hughes traveled 160,000 miles using only buses, boats, taxis, trains and his own two feet, the Monitor said. He also managed the trip on less than $100 a week.

Hughes told the Monitor he decided to attempt the trip without flying to "see if this could be done by one person traveling on a shoestring."

Some highlights included: swimming in a lake of jellyfish in the Pacific archipelago of Palau, seeing a NASA space shuttle launch, dancing with the jungle tribes of Papua New Guinea.

The challenges: traveling home to be with family after his older sister's death midway through the trip, being jailed for six days in the Democratic Republic of the Congo because officials suspected he was a spy, and navigating island countries amidst pirate threats.

Hughes' experiences were filmed as part of a documentary.

Hughes will stay in South Sudan until Wednesday before beginning his trek home to Liverpool. In an effort to "keep in the spirit of adventure," he will not be flying, the Monitor said.

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Woman Wakes Up to Bed on Fire

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A woman in east Dallas was taken to the hospital Friday morning after she reportedly woke up to find her bed on fire.

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Battery Recycling Plant Closes, 100 Workers Laid Off

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Exide Technologies, a controversial battery recycling plant, will close its doors in Frisco Friday morning. The closure comes as part of an agreement between the city of Frisco and the company.

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A controversial battery recycling plant in Frisco closes its doors Friday morning. 

The closure is part of an agreement between the City of Frisco and Exide Technologies.

For months, the city and citizens have raised questions about pollution and ground contamination coming from the plant. 

As part of a $45 million deal, the company has agreed to shut down its operations. About 100 employees will lose their jobs on Friday, right before the holidays. 

For now, 27 workers will remain on the job to help dismantle the battery recycling plant and clean up contaminated areas from the lead smelter.

It's been a long-time battle between the city and company over how to cut lead emission levels.

The city plans to buy the vacant 180 acres surrounding the plant, which frees up key space just off of the Dallas North Tollway. The area can be used for future development in the heart of Frisco.

"It was an opportunity to resolve all of our issues and create a return for our citizens," said Mayor Maher Maso.

Exide will keep the 90 acres its used since the 1960s to break down used lead-acid batteries and dispose of the waste in on-site landfills.

Smokestacks and buildings are expected to come down by the end of the year.

Some residents are happy about the closure due to environmental concerns.

Friends of workers say this progress comes at a cost. 

"They're going to develop it and make a ton of money off the back end, but these people are going to get jobs doing what?" said Paul Ford, of Lewisville.

Workers are getting severance packages and some people may be able to relocate with the company. 

Exide's four other plants will absorb the Frisco operations.

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