| 'Pinwheels for Peace' Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT Kindergartners and first-graders from Bowen Elementary form a giant peace symbol as they prepare to plant pinwheels in the ground as part of the international program "Pinwheels for Peace" outside the school in Bryan on Monday. It was the Internation ... |
| 'She loved everybody' Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT The legacy of Mell Pruitt -- co-founder of the Brazos Valley African American Museum -- will be that she was a loving, selfless and tireless community activist, friends and family said Monday.The 79-year-old died Monday after spending several weeks ... |
| Council to hear deannexation plea Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT The Bryan City Council is expected to hear a familiar voice Tuesday when a longtime opponent of annexation once again asks officials to let just over 100 acres be removed from within the city limits.Karen Hall, who owns property off East Texas 21 and ... |
| St. Joseph's to offer free flu seminar Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT St. Joseph Regional Health Center will offer a free seminar on flu facts from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Education Annex.Coordinators will discuss the seasonal flu, the H1N1 virus and most available vaccines. Information regarding the latest facts ... |
| Man robbed while walking in CS, police say Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT College Station police are searching for two men who robbed a man of his cell phone and attempted to take other belongings late Monday.Police responded at 10:22 p.m. to a robbery report in the 500 block of Cherry Street. Prince Varghese, 22, of Colle ... |
| Man killed in motorcycle wreck on Texas 21, police say Posted: 21 Sep 2009 04:46 AM PDT Police said they have identified the driver of a motorcycle killed in a wreck on Texas 21 just west of Texas 6 as 29-year-old Eric Barker. An Impala was traveling eastbound on Texas 21 around 9:40 a.m. Monday when the driver turned left and hit Bark ... |
| Services pending for Mell Pruitt Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:08 AM PDT Longtime educator and community activist Mell Pruitt died Monday after a lengthy illness. She was 79. Services are pending at Jones and Washington Mortuary for the Bryan resident who first taught at Kemp High School before serving as a counselor at ... |
| Woman arrested after toddler found unattended, police say Posted: 21 Sep 2009 02:17 AM PDT A 21-year-old College Station woman was arrested after police said her young son got out of the house and darted onto a busy roadway. Shaunice Nicole Williams was arrested Sunday on a charge of abandoning or endangering a child, a state jail felony ... |
| Murder case expected to go to jury Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT The trial of a Bryan man accused of stabbing to death a man with whom he was smoking crack is expected to go to a jury Tuesday after the defense wrapped up its case Monday. Closing arguments are expected to begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the case involvi ... |
| Census: U.S. life altered Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The recession is profoundly disrupting American life: More people are delaying marriage and home-buying, turning to carpools yet getting stuck in ever-worse traffic, staying put rather than moving to new cities.A broad array of U.S. cen ... |
| Baucus revises health bill to calm Dems' concerns Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee was adjusting his sweeping health care bill Monday to address serious concerns from fellow Democrats and a key Republican about insurance costs, part of his ongoing struggle to deliver on Pre ... |
| A&M student found dead in Aston Hall Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT A 19-year-old Texas A&M University student was found dead over the weekend in his residence hall, authorities said. No foul play is suspected in the death of Robert Davis Briggs of Maple Valley, Wash., said A&M police Chief Elmer Schneider.Th ... |
| Study tests for flu before first sneeze Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Coughed on by somebody with the flu? Duke University researchers are developing a test to determine -- with a mere drop of blood -- who will get sick before the sniffling and fever set in. And they're turning to hundreds of dorm-dwellin ... |
| Officials warn of possible attack Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT A judge ordered an Afghanistan-born Colorado man who allegedly received al-Qaida training and had bomb-making instructions on his computer to be held pending a detention hearing Thursday, as the government warned law enforcement around the nation Mon ... |
| Group pleas for scent IDs to stop Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT The Innocence Project of Texas is calling on Texas prosecutors and the state's forensic science commission to ban the use of scent identification lineups, saying the technique has led to several false arrests.The group made its plea during a news con ... |
| Ousted leader is back in Honduras Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT Deposed President Manuel Zelaya defied threats of arrest and returned home to Honduras Monday, three months after he was forced into exile at gunpoint.Seeking safety at the Brazilian Embassy, Zelaya called on his countrymen to come to the capital for ... |
| Giant squid caught off Louisiana coast Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS -- Government scientists off Louisiana's coast reached down more than 1,500 feet and pulled up a giant squid -- the first ever caught alive in the Gulf of Mexico.The last time scientists got a giant squid from the gulf to study was in 195 ... |
| Hit man in Houston slayings of 3 set to die Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- A convicted hit man is set for execution for a triple slaying related to drug deals in Houston almost 14 years ago.Christopher Coleman faces lethal injection Tuesday evening in the state death chamber in Huntsville.He was condemn ... |
| Perry opens climate bill discussions Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas officials are gathering in Austin to discuss what the climate bill in Congress could mean for a state that emits more greenhouse gases than any other.Gov. Rick Perry has complained that efforts to drastically cut greenhouse emi ... |
| Documents: Anna Nicole Smith's doctors were warned about prescription drugs Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles pharmacist told Anna Nicole Smith's internist that the drugs the internist prescribed to the model after her son died were "pharmaceutical suicide," according to unsealed documents written by state officials.Smith's docto ... |
| NJ man, 82, charged with fondling Wal-Mart patrons Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT TRENTON, N.J. -- Police in New Jersey say an 82-year-old sex offender has been charged with fondling female Wal-Mart customers.Hector Castro of Hasbrouck Heights was arrested at a Wal-Mart in Secaucus on Sunday and charged with lewdness and four coun ... |
| Ex-Ohio coach gets 4 years for arson at own home Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT TROY, Ohio -- A former high school basketball coach in Ohio has been sentenced to four years in prison for setting fire to his home, which prosecutors said he had done to portray himself as the victim of a hate crime.Authorities who responded to the ... |
| NY Gov. Paterson mum after lukewarm intro by Obama Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT TROY, N.Y. -- Gov. David Paterson had weathered a weekend in which veiled messages were sent to him from Washington Democrats to drop out of the gubernatorial race and make room for the more popular Andrew Cuomo to lead a critical 2010 ticket.Then, o ... |
| Blood Test for Breast Cancer Posted: 21 Sep 2009 05:06 AM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) Researchers have developed a simple blood test that can help doctors assess treatment effectiveness for patients with metastatic breast cancer. "The current standard of care for metastatic disease involves the use of radiology s ... |
| Majority of Breast Cancer Patients Don't Get Tested Posted: 21 Sep 2009 05:06 AM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) Breast cancer patients may not be receiving the right medicine, a new study suggests. New studies reveal a lack of information about new testing technologies for breast cancer. According to standard care, women with early stage ... |
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