Judge Says Pilar, Deion Prenup is Valid

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Judge Says Pilar, Deion Prenup is Valid

A judge overseeing the divorce of Pilar and Deion Sanders says their pre-nuptial agreement is valid.

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The bitter divorce battle between Deion and Pilar Sanders continued in a Collin County courtroom Wednesday.

The couple is at odds over their prenuptial agreement and child support payments.

Pilar Sanders' attorneys alleged that the prenuptial agreement was partially forged and also was partially signed under pressure.

Deion Sanders said his wife took the deal more than 12 years ago and is now seeking more money.

"It's greed," he said. "You signed the contract. We had a prenuptial, and now you don't like the terms of it because of the realization that it's over, your lifestyle will no longer be the same way. It's greed."

On Wednesday afternoon, the judge overseeing the dispute said Pilar Sanders signed the agreement, that she did so voluntarily and that she cannot bring the claim that it is invalid before the court again.

"It's David and Goliath," said her attorney, Larry Friedman. "We stay the course. We're the underdog, and it's hard to win when you play by the rules."

Pilar Sanders also asked that her husband be held in contempt of court. The former model claims he's not paying the $10,500-per-month child support that the judge ordered.

"I'm not going to give up for my children," she said. "I'm going to continue to fight for what they want and deserve."

Deion Sanders insists that $10,500 is too much money, and he claims he has been paying the maximum amount that the state allows but didn't specify an exact amount.

An arbitrator will handle the divorce case from here. As the prenuptial agreement is written, Pilar Sanders received a $100,000 signing bonus when she signed it and will get $1 million when the divorce is final.

"I'm just tired of this," Deion Sanders said. "Move on. Go on with your life. Let's do it. You got a mil coming. Let's go. Let's do it."

"I didn't marry hm for money, obviously," Pilar Sanders said. "I've been married to him for 14 years. My intent was to marry forever, but obviously, it wasn't his."

NBC 5's Ellen Goldberg, Randy McIlwain and Kendra Lyn contributed to this report.

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American Airlines to Add 2,500 Pilots

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American Airlines plans to add 2,500 new pilots over the next five years in a combination of new hires and recalls of furloughed pilots, CEO Tom Horton said on Wednesday in a letter to employees.

The announcement, which comes amid tumultuous contract negotiations, was met with skepticism by the pilots' union.

First Officer Tom Hoban, a spokesman for the Allied Pilots Association, suggested the airline was "dangling" the prospect of new jobs as a negotiating tactic.

"Do they think we're stupid?" he asked. "This isn't our first rodeo."

He added both sides seem to be making progress in the face-to-face negotiations, which began nearly three weeks ago.

Company spokesman Bruce Hicks said the timing of the announcement had nothing to do with the talks.

In fact, the plans to hire new pilots were revealed in detail in a letter to pilots by Vice President of Flight John Hale on June 1, Hicks said.

Just last week, the bankrupt carrier  announced plans to hire 1,500 new flight attendants in the next year.

Horton said in his letter that the new jobs come as the airline expands internationally and buys new jets.

"We are rapidly building the youngest and most efficient fleet in the industry, with 550 new aircraft on their way," Horton wrote.

The Fort Worth-based airline plans to add flights from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to Seoul, South Korea, and Lima, Peru; from Chicago to Dusseldorf, Germany; and from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to Dublin.

"The new American is getting closer every day," Horton said.

American has already reached concessionary labor deals with flight attendants and ground workers, and a deal with pilots is seen as one of the last obstacles before the airline can emerge from bankruptcy.

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Surfer Was Killed by Great White Shark

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Deadly Shark Attack in Santa Barbara County

Nearly two years to the day after a deadly shark attack near Lompoc, another surfer was killed on Tuesday. The victim has been identified as 39-year-old Francisco Javier Solorio Junior. Gordon Tokumatsu reports from Surf Beach for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Oct. 23, 2012

Shark Behavior Remains a Mystery, Expert Says

In the wake of a fatal shark attack in Santa Barbara County, shark expert Dr. Christopher Lowe explains that while shark sightings along the coastline are up, the chances of a human being attacked remain low. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m., Oct. 23, 2012.

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A day after a 39-year-old surfer was fatally attacked in the waters off remote Surf Beach in Santa Barbara County, authorities said Wednesday that a 15-to-16-foot great white shark killed him.

Francisco Javier Solorio Jr. of Orcutt died Tuesday after having been bitten in the upper left torso, according to an investigation from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department.

A fellow surfer pulled Solorio ashore and performed CPR, which was taken over by responding paramedics from surrounding Vandenberg Air Force Base. He was pronounced dead at the beach, near Lompoc.

Experts had said it was likely that only a great white shark could inflict that kind of fatal harm, and the sheriff's department released its expert's findings Wednesday.

"The shark in this tragic incident has been positively identified as a 15' – 16' foot Great White Shark. Ralph Collier from the Shark Research Committee in Chatsworth, CA, made the determination today after examining the decedent's body," the sheriff's department said in a statement Wednesday evening.

Sgt. Mark Williams of the sheriff's department had said earlier in the day that there have been several shark sightings in the broader area in recent months.

Solorio's death came almost exactly two years after a great white attack killed 19-year-old bodyboarder Lucas Ransom at the same beach. A memorial for Ransom stands near the now-closed entrance to Surf Beach.

On Wednesday, family members would not speak about Solorio, but a neighbor said the surfer had lived with a wife a young daughter.

Solorio's friend Brent Lieberman said his buddy's passion was surfing, though he worked in construction.

"He always had a good time when he was out surfing," said Lieberman said, who provided the photo at right of his friend.

"Any time you enter the ocean, you become part of the food chain. It's just something you understand when you paddle out," Lieberman added.

Vandenberg officials had closed all beaches adjacent the Air Force base for 72 hours beginning Tuesday.

"The intent is to allow time for any potential hazard to leave the area," said Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, in a statement. "Officials from Vandenberg and Santa Barbara County are working together to reopen our beaches."

Solorio's death marks the first fatal shark attack in the United States this year.

In 2011, there were 75 cases of unprovoked shark attacks against humans worldwide, with 29 U.S. attacks, according to annual records kept by the Florida Museum of Natural History's International Shark Attack File.

Of all 2011 attacks, three were in California.

The worldwide figure for 2011 included 12 fatal attacks, none of which were in the United States.

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Brewer HS Briefly Placed on Lockdown Thursday

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Brewer High School in Fort Worth was briefly placed on lockdown Thursday morning after a student assaulted another.

According to district officials, a student entered a classroom at about 8 a.m. and assaulted another student.

At 8:24 a.m. the campus was placed under a full lockdown to search for the student who committed the assault.

District officials said that since school begins at 7:57 a.m., "the lockdown was conducted in order to clear the halls and search for the student."

After a search of the entire campus, the student was not found and is no longer on campus.

The parents of the assaulted student were notified and the student was picked up by his or her mother.

Officials have not said what led to the assault.

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Passenger Stabbed on DART Green Line

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A passenger on a Dallas Area Rapid Transit train was injured Wednesday night in a stabbing in Dallas. Authorities are searching for the attacker.

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A passenger on DART's Green Line was injured in a stabbing on the train Wednesday evening.

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A passenger on a Dallas Area Rapid Transit train was injured Wednesday night in a stabbing in Dallas.

The passenger was stabbed on a southbound Green Line train at about 6:45 p.m. The train stopped at the Lake June Station, where the victim was transported to Baylor Medical Center.

There has been no information on the victim's condition.

Police said there was some sort of arguement before the passenger was attacked. There has been no additional information regarding whether or not the two knew each other, or if this was a random attack.

The attacker did get off the train after the passenger was stabbed. No one is in custody.

Investigators examined the train car where the stabbing occurred and authorities are actively searching for this person.

DART spokesman Morgan Lyons told NBC 5 the Lake June Station is equipped with cameras. It was not known if the cameras captured any video of the stabbing, but any video would be used in the investigation, Lyons said.

"We've taken many steps to strengthen safety this year," said Lyons. "We will look for areas to improve while we investigate this incident."

Train service on the Green Line has not been interrupted. The other passengers were put onto another train.

NBC 5's Omar Villafranca and Ben Russell contributed to this report.

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Electrical Short Caused Big Tex's Demise

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Fairgoers React to the Big Tex Blaze

Attendees at the State Fair of Texas react to the destructive fire that burnt through the iconic Big Tex.

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Dallas fire officials say an electrical short in Big Tex's wiring caused the fiery demise of the towering cowboy who had been an icon of the State Fair of Texas for 60 years.

Dallas Fire-Rescue released the official cause of the fire on Tuesday, saying it was due to an "unspecified electrical short."

The 52-foot-tall cowboy who greeted fair-goers with a "Howdy, folks!" was destroyed by fire on Friday.

After the blaze was extinguished, the tarp-covered remains were hauled from the fairgrounds on a flatbed truck in a procession resembling a funeral.

Fair organizers have vowed to rebuild Big Tex for next year.

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Police Shoot Armed Man After McDonald's Altercation

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The Texas Rangers are investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened at a Lewisville McDonald's Wednesday night.

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Lewisville police shot  and killed an armed man after he threatened a drive-thru customer at an area McDonald's Wednesday night, police say.

According to police, the armed man, 31-year-old Roger Preston Hamill of Durant, Okla, walked up to and threatened a customer at the drive-thru at the McDonald's on Farm-to-Market Road 3040 at about 10:20 p.m.

An employee inside the restaurant saw the armed man and, fearing the restaurant was about to be robbed, called the police.

As the Hamill ran away, the employee was able to get a description of him, his truck and Oklahoma license plate.

Police in the area quickly caught up with Hamill as he tried to slip away through a strip mall parking lot behind McDonald's.  As he approached the frontage road to Interstate 35 near the Vista Ridge Mall, three Lewisville police officers ordered the gunman out of the car.

Capt. Kevin Deaver, with the Lewisville Police Department, said that when Hamill got out of the truck he pointed his weapon at the officers and they opened fire.

Right now, police are not saying how many of the three officers shot at Hamill,  though evidence shows at least a dozen rounds were fired.

Paramedics rushed Hamill to the hospital in an unknown condition where he was later confirmed to have died.

Police said the drive-thru customer, who was not injured in the altercation, and Hamill did not know each other and that they aren't sure why the man was targeted. They also say that Hamill didn't demand any money from the customer or restaurant.

All three officers involved in the shooting are on routine administrative leave as the incident is investigated.  The Texas Rangers are assisting in the investigation.

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