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IRVING -  Police have released the chilling 911 recording in the Akhter murder case.

One can hear  30 year old Saiqa Akhter explain to the dispatcher that she killed her children because of their autism and she wanted normal children.

After they refused to drink bathroom cleaner, she strangled them with a wire.

The boy, 5-year-old Zain, died Monday while, her daughter, 2-year-old Faryaal, died Tuesday night.

Akhter was arraigned on Wednesday and is  being held without bond.

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Fort Worth (WBAP News) – F-35 Joint Strike Fighter flight testing is picking up as Lockheed Martin and the Defense Departments try to show an impatient congress and public that the f-35 project is still on track.

The test program has completed 146 flights this year.  This is approximately 35% of the nearly 400 test flights scheduled for this year.

Lockheed Martin has indicated through its spokesman, John Kent,that  company officials are pleased with the overall progress of the aircraft and program.

In the past nine months …

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ARLINGTON (WBAP)-Assistant Fire Chief Don Crowson has been selected to fill the position of Arlington Fire Chief. Chief Crowson has served as the interim Fire Chief since former Fire Chief Robin Paulsgrove retired in May.

Crowson joined the Arlington Fire Department in 1983, he will assume his new duties July 26th.

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FORT WORTH (WBAP) – A Fort Worth police officer received a severe head injury Thursday afternoon after he crashed his squad car during a pursuit of a fleeing motorcycle.  Officer Richard Lambing had to be extracted out of his car because parts of the roof trapped him inside.  The 37-year-old was unresponsive for most of Thursday.

The 15-year veteran officer underwent emergency life-saving surgery for severe head trauma.

Early Friday morning, the 15-year veteran officer was upgraded from critical to serious condition.  He was evaluated overnight and he’s shown promising signs and positive results.  Police officials said late Friday morning that Ofc. Lambing was “no longer completely unresponsive.”

The pursuit was actually started by Tarrant County sheriff’s deputies after undercover officers saw two motorcycles leaving a suspected drug house in Mansfield.

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NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) A rain-packed tropical depression is headed out of the Gulf toward the Texas-Mexico border region.

Police in Laredo were evacuating people in low-lying areas as the rain-swollen Rio Grande rose to more than 25 feet above flood stage.

Tens of thousands of people already had been forced from their homes in Mexican towns as officials dumped torrents of water into flood-swollen rivers to avoid the risk of dams overflowing out of control due to last week’s Hurricane Alex.

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ARLINGTON (WBAP) – A Lake Cities firefighter fell nearly 30 feet from the second deck at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington while trying to catch a foul ball at Tuesday night’s Rangers game.

Tyler Morris was with some of his fellow firefighters enjoying the game on the club level in the park’s upper deck.  They had just finished their shift.

“It was the third time that a foul ball had come toward them,” says Ben Westcott, a fried of Morris. “This one hit behind them and bounced forward. I guess he wasn’t paying attention and he was going to get that ball one way or another.”

Westcott says Morris remembers going over the rail and trying to grab it, but he does not remember anything more.

“He thought he was going to catch the ball,” said Rangers president and Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan.  “Then the next thing he knew, he was falling.”

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WASHINGTON  – The cost of a first class stamp will probably rise from 44 cents to 46 cents early next year.   The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) must approve the rate increases.  The new rates could take effect on January 2, 2011.

One can save money, however, by stocking up on Forever Stamps now.  You can use those forever – hence the name.

The proposed rate changes are expected to generate about $2.3 billion in additional revenue over a nine month period.  However, it’s not nearly enough to offset the Postal Service’s projected budget deficit of nearly $7 billion.

Among other proposals is the elimination of Saturday mail delivery.  Congress would have to approve this action.

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FT. WORTH (WBAP)-Ft. Worth Police are searching for 10 year old Andy Arvizu.

Arvizu was last seen Monday at about 5:30 p.m. in the 2600 block of Gould Avenue at a home across the street from his residence.  Police and volunteers searched the area around his home overnight Monday.

Arvizu is Hispanic, approximately 4’05, 105 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.  He was wearing a green shirt, blue jeans and white tennis shoes.

Anyone with information about this missing child is asked to call the Fort Worth Police Department at 817-335-4222.

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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – AMR, the parent company of AMerican Airlines has reported that the personal information of nearly 80,000 retirees, former and current employees  has been compromised.  The information had been stored by the pension department at the company.

AMR says the breach occured when a hard drive was stolen from its company headquarters in Fort Worth, but that no customer data was compromised.

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Ft. Worth (WBAP) – A 51 year old man drowned Monday when investigators say he tried to rescue a seven year old child who fell into the Trinity River in Fort Worth. Rescuers say the man and his wife were planning to adopt two children and took one of them to the river …

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