WFAA - Home http://www.wfaa.com/home RSS Feed for WFAA - Home en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:41:33 GMT Dallas police detective mishandled hundreds of cases http://www.wfaa.com/home/Dallas-Police-Detective-Mishandled-Hundres-of-Cases-139050054.html "It just makes me angry," a victim said. "Makes me upset that someone of his stature, someone that was put in that position to protect women and men, that he would just let this happen." Pepsi and Plano's Frito-Lay to cut 8,700 jobs http://www.wfaa.com/home/Pepsi-and-Planos-Frito-Lay-to-cut-8700-jobs-139030314.html PepsiCo will lay off 8,700 employees. That is three percent of the company's workforce. Man, woman sought for stealing hair extensions from Houston area salons http://www.wfaa.com/home/Man-woman-sought-for-stealing-hair-extensions-from-Houston-area-salons-139051444.html Authorities are asking the public’s help finding suspects who stole hair extensions from two beauty salons in the Mission Bend area. Parents of mauled North Texas toddler arrested http://www.wfaa.com/home/139039909.html FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Authorities have arrested the parents of an 18-month-old North Texas toddler who was mauled after he crawled through a doggie door into the backyard where the family's dogs attacked him. Child dies after Dallas mom accidentally backs over son with vehicle http://www.wfaa.com/home/Car-crushes-child-in-Dallas-139011899.html Dallas police say an Oak Cliff mother who accidentally ran over her 4-year-old son this morning is not facing charges. Amber Alert canceled in New Mexico for missing Fort Worth girl http://www.wfaa.com/home/Amber-Alert-canceled-in-New-Mexico-for-missing-Dallas-girl-139040774.html <strong> UPDATE </strong> The Amber Alert for 11-year-old Jessica Smith has been canceled in New Mexico. Authorities said there is no updated information that she may be in the state. Taxpayer-funded tree house spurs investigation in Wise County http://www.wfaa.com/home/Tree-House-starts-investigation-in-Wise-County-138981539.html A child's tree house is serious business in Wise County. The 130-square-foot fort could be big enough to bring down County Commissioner Terry Ross. EPA suspects fracking to blame for poisoned water http://www.wfaa.com/home/Tonight-at-Ten-139029419.html New 8's Jim Douglas travels to the town of Pavillion, Wyoming where EPA scientists suspect chemicals from gas well fracking have contaminated the ground water. First lady comes to North Texas to promote fitness http://www.wfaa.com/home/138996899.html DALLAS (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama spends the next two days in North Texas as she makes a three-day national tour to promote childhood fitness and the battle against childhood obesity. Kodak to stop making cameras, digital frames http://www.wfaa.com/home/139009919.html ROCHESTER, New York (AP) — Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday that it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames, marking the end of an era for the company that brought photography to the masses more than a century ago.