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Leading Off (3/30/17)

Dallas Zoo gets a new Simba and the fatal outcome of Wednesday's wild storms.
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Two Boys Fatally Electrocuted by Felled Power Lines at a Fort Worth Park. The power lines were still arching and energized when the rescue team reached the scene. Oncor asks that everyone treat downed power lines as if they are energized by staying away and immediately calling 911.

More About Those Storms. The National Weather Service confirmed that tornadoes touched down in the Keller and Lewisville areas early Wednesday morning—an EF-0 and EF-1, respectively. Rockwall didn’t get a twister, but winds in the 90 mph range damaged almost 20 homes.

Dallas Zoo Welcomes a Fur-Ocious Addition. The lion cub’s name is Bahati Moja, Swahilia for “lucky one.” His March 17th birth comes about a year after mama lion Lina delivered two stillborns, and 44 years since the zoo last welcomed a lion cub. Word is Bahati’s nursing like a boss.

Shake Shack Opens at Legacy West in Plano. Don’t everyone take advantage of the reportedly short lines all at once now, you hear?

Wild Detectives Uses Clickbait For Good, Not Evil. I’m generally anti-Facebook, but this is cool.

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