| Getting ready to dance Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:09 PM PDT Johnson Elementary kindergartners Braden Bomnskie (left) and Juan Rios get into their dancing costumes with their classmates before a performance at a Hispanic heritage assembly at the Bryan school on Friday. ... |
| Bush School to gain Mosbacher program Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:09 PM PDT A new institute will shore up the Bush School of Government and Public Service's economic and trade credentials, officials say.The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents approved the Robert A. Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics and Pu ... |
| Aggie Game Day Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:07 PM PDT Kickoff is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. Saturday at Kyle Field as the Aggies (2-0) face the University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers (1-2).Texas A&M comes to the game off a 38-30 win last week against Utah State. The Blazers lost their most recent ... |
| Bryan teacher dies in morning accident Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:08 PM PDT A Bryan teacher died early Friday morning in a traffic accident on Texas 105 near Navasota, Department of Public Safety officers said. Four other people were injured. DPS troopers said the accident occurred about 6:45 a.m. about 21/2 miles east of Na ... |
| Fall Classic Special Olympics counts on helpers for success Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:08 PM PDT It takes about 1,000 volunteers to make the Fall Classic Special Olympics a success for the 1,600 or so athletes who compete in the games.So far, 500 people have signed up to volunteer during the three-day event that runs from Oct. 22 through Oct. 24 ... |
| CS to get $300K federal grant Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:08 PM PDT The city of College Station will soon receive nearly $300,000 that U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, said would be used to increase job growth and community development. The $299,821 from federal stimulus legislation comes in the form of a Community De ... |
| Blakely to head rural health school Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:08 PM PDT -- Eagle Staff ReportThe Texas A&M Health Science Center's associate dean for academic affairs and research at the School of Rural Public Health has been named the new dean of the school. Craig Blakely, who has served as interim dean of the schoo ... |
| Feds say two planned bombings in Texas, Ill. Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:07 PM PDT DALLAS -- Two men were in custody Friday after trying to blow up what they thought were vehicles packed with explosives outside a Texas skyscraper and an Illinois courthouse, authorities said.The two cases were unconnected to each other and to the in ... |
| Iran's new plant raises concerns Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:09 PM PDT VIENNA -- Iran's newly revealed uranium-enrichment plant is a heavily guarded, still-unfinished underground facility in the arid mountains near the holy city of Qom that will be able to produce nuclear fuel -- or the payload for atomic warheads -- We ... |
| Officials: NYC terror attack planned for 9/11 Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:06 PM PDT DENVER -- An Afghan immigrant wanted to carry out a New York City terror attack involving hydrogen peroxide bombs to coincide with the Sept. 11 anniversary before federal authorities foiled the plan, a U.S. prosecutor said Friday.Tim Neff told a fed ... |
| G-20 in accord on stimulus plans, peer review Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:06 PM PDT PITTSBURGH -- World leaders on Friday issued sweeping promises to fix a malfunctioning global economic system in hopes of heading off future financial meltdowns. President Barack Obama said actions taken so far had "brought the global economy back f ... |
| FEMA called 'army of bureaucrats' Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:07 PM PDT GALVESTON -- The mayor of a Texas town slammed by Hurricane Ike told federal lawmakers Friday that although residents were grateful for the government's help to rebuild homes and businesses, it was at times like working with an "army of bureaucrats." ... |
| Water restrictions loom Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:07 PM PDT AUSTIN -- The Lower Colorado River Authority could seek stricter water restrictions because heavy rains in mid-September did little to ease the drought."The drought is not over," said LCRA board member Tim Timmerman.The average elevation for Lake Tra ... |
| Post-coup leaders bet on Honduras vote Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:09 PM PDT TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Honduras' interim leaders are betting the country can vote its way out of a coup, even as presidential candidates struggle to campaign amid nationwide curfews and political turmoil.Global outrage, cuts in aid and diplomatic ... |
| Ready to take the field Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:07 PM PDT Richard Williams (right), a sophomore in Parsons Mounted Cavalry, scrubs saddles along with his classmates in preparation for Texas A&M University's game against the University of Alabama-Birmingham on Saturday. ... |
| Data point to bumpy recovery Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- A reminder that the path to an economic recovery will be a slow and bumpy one emerged Friday from weaker-than-expected data on durable goods orders and new-home sales.The reports "are a wake-up call for anyone expecting a smooth transit ... |
| Pruitt turned many pages in Bryan Posted: 25 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT By WILLIAM GREENSome years ago, a novice reporter was dispatched to Westminster Abbey, where the world renowned organist Diane Bish was in concert. The young journalist was awed by the majesty of the cathedral with its soaring ceilings, artwork, stat ... |
| Pruitt meant so much to so many people Posted: 25 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT By ALBERT S. BROUSSARDMell Pruitt was larger than life. At least that is the way she always appeared to me, even during the final three years of her life when poor health confined her to a wheel chair. When I arrived in College Station in 1985 and at ... |
| Documentary tells story of Pentagon Papers leaker Ellsberg Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:06 PM PDT LOS ANGELES -- Four decades after he stunned the nation by leaking the top-secret Pentagon Papers study of the Vietnam War, Daniel Ellsberg walks the halls of the past in his dreams.In his sleep, he imagines that he still works as a researcher at the ... |
| Rob Lowe teases romance in 'Brothers & Sisters' Posted: 25 Sep 2009 07:06 AM PDT TORONTO -- Sit tight, "Brothers & Sisters" fans. It looks like Rob Lowe and Calista Flockhart's characters are headed for a make up not a break up.Lowe, 45, plays Robert McCallister, a United States Senator, married to Flockhart's Kitty Walker.Th ... |
| Bijou Phillips knew Mackenzie had sex with father Posted: 25 Sep 2009 07:03 AM PDT CHICAGO -- Actress Bijou Phillips says she knew her half-sister Mackenzie Phillips had consensual sex with their father, Mamas and the Papas leader John Phillips.In a statement read by Oprah Winfrey on her talk show Friday, Bijou Phillips says she wa ... |
| Prison inspired bank robber to start ministries Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:10 PM PDT JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A slug from a .357-caliber Magnum ended Ken Cooper's 13-year career as a bank robber and started him on the path toward redemption and a network of five prison ministries.Cooper describes the moment when he encountered a sheriff ... |
| Religion notes Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:07 PM PDT Sunday* First Christian Church, 900 S. Ennis St. in Bryan, will celebrate Reconciliation Sunday at the 10:45 a.m. worship service. The Rev. Jesse Myers will preach on "Questioning Our Certainty," based on Luke 10:29-37, the story of the good Samarita ... |
| Anointment heals the body and the soul Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:07 PM PDT "Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up."-- James 5:14Hug me. Hold m ... |
| Calendar Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:07 PM PDT SaturdayEVENTSTrinity Community Fair, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Trinity Community Center. Parade starts at 10 a.m. An old-fashioned community fair and youth livestock auction with a carnival, musical entertainment, food and craft vendors and domestic arts ex ... |
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