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- Making the grade: AVID helps 7th-grader succeed
- Nobel physicist to join A&M
- Firm takes on LaSalle Hotel
- Fire safety week focuses on burn prevention
- Bryan firefighters search creek
- Man accused of taking truck, lawn equipment from boss
- Breaking down the basics of buying bulls
- Networking event on tap for Thursday
- Health bill survives GOP attacks
- Madisonville to host mushroom festival
- China goes all out for 60th birthday
- West goes to Iran talks -- and readies sanctions
- Idaho man says he posted doctored Obama images
- Treating mild diabetes during pregnancy beneficial
- Distracted driving called 'menace'
- Drugs becoming deadlier than cars
- Troops' motorcycle deaths spur training
- Woman jailed in hot-car death of 17-month-old son
- Growers, suppliers offering breakfast
- Democrats rebrand Senate climate bill
- Maine neighbors honor Bush with Navy anchor
- Two businesses hold ribbon-cuttings
- State regulation of banks debated
- Two businesses hold ribbon-cuttings
- High court to take look at Chicago's handgun ban
| Making the grade: AVID helps 7th-grader succeed Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT Seventh-grader Tyrik Wilder has always wanted to be a principal. When Hurricane Katrina hit Tyrik's hometown in 2005, his life changed drastically. But an academic program at his College Station school has given him the determination to keep working ... |
| Nobel physicist to join A&M Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT Texas A&M has hired a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, the fifth recipient of the prestigious international award to join the university's faculty. David Lee, who shared the award with two colleagues in 1996, will move his research program and labo ... |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT The LaSalle Hotel is under new management.Magnolia Hotels took charge of the seven-story landmark in downtown Bryan on Thursday.Visitors won't see significant changes immediately, officials said, but the company does plan to make adjustments to how t ... |
| Fire safety week focuses on burn prevention Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT For 85 years, fire departments across the nation have participated in Fire Prevention Week. Next week, Bryan and College Station firefighters will be continuing that tradition. The week was established to commemorate the Chicago fire of 1871, which l ... |
| Bryan firefighters search creek Posted: 01 Oct 2009 01:37 AM PDT Bryan firefighters on Thursday morning had a water-rescue crew out on the creek at the intersection of Booneville Road and Briarcrest Drive.Firefighter John Lubanski said firefighters had a boat out on the creek and were checking to see if anyone was ... |
| Man accused of taking truck, lawn equipment from boss Posted: 30 Sep 2009 08:02 AM PDT A 48-year-old man remained in jail Wednesday after police said he took a pickup truck, trailer and other items from his employer.Joseph Lewis Dloniak of Bryan was arrested Tuesday on a charge of theft of property from $1,500 to $20,000.On July 16 pol ... |
| Breaking down the basics of buying bulls Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT Fall bull-buying season is around the corner, and buyers should consider some selection basics before purchasing herd sires. "As a customer, you have to know what you want to do with your herd," said Steve Densmore, cattle manager at Circle X Land an ... |
| Networking event on tap for Thursday Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT The Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Business After Hours on Thursday. The free program will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Brazos County Expo Complex, 5827 Leonard Road in Bryan.Food, drinks and networking will be offered a ... |
| Health bill survives GOP attacks Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- A White House-backed overhaul of the nation's health care system weathered repeated challenges from Republican critics over taxes, abortion and more on Wednesday, and the bill's architect claimed enough votes to push it through the Sena ... |
| Madisonville to host mushroom festival Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT The eighth annual Texas Mushroom Festival will be held Oct. 16 and 17 in downtown Madisonville. The weekend celebration of mushrooms and Texas wines will begin with a dinner featuring Nolan Ryan Beef and Monterey Mushrooms paired with Texas wines. Th ... |
| China goes all out for 60th birthday Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT BEIJING -- To mark 60 years of communist rule, China put together its biggest-ever military parade: hundreds of thousands of marchers, batteries of goose-stepping soldiers and weaponry from drone missiles to amphibious assault vehicles.China blocked ... |
| West goes to Iran talks -- and readies sanctions Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT GENEVA -- The U.S. may hold rare face-to-face negotiations between American and Iranian diplomats at a meeting Thursday on Iran's nuclear program, a senior official said.The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the private nature ... |
| Idaho man says he posted doctored Obama images Posted: 30 Sep 2009 07:50 AM PDT SANDPOINT, Idaho -- A former sheriff's deputy is claiming responsibility for posting manipulated images of President Barack Obama wearing a Nazi uniform on the doors of three northern Idaho schools.The Bonner County Human Rights Task Force this week ... |
| Treating mild diabetes during pregnancy beneficial Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Treating even mild diabetes that develops during pregnancy helps keep moms and babies from gaining too much weight and makes for easier deliveries, new research shows.Pregnant women in the U.S. are routinely tested and treated for high bl ... |
| Distracted driving called 'menace' Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Driving while distracted is a growing peril in a nation reluctant to put down its cell phones and hand-held devices even behind the wheel, the Obama administration declared Wednesday. Officials said Congress and the public must team up ... |
| Drugs becoming deadlier than cars Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT ATLANTA -- In 16 states and counting, drugs now kill more people than auto accidents do, the government said Wednesday.Experts said the startling shift reflects two opposite trends: Driving is becoming safer, and the legal and illegal use of powerfu ... |
| Troops' motorcycle deaths spur training Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Sgt. Adam Bosley was back from his third tour of duty in Iraq and waiting to head to Afghanistan when he bought a sleek, souped-up motorcycle capable of high-speed cornering and explosive acceleration.Days after buying the m ... |
| Woman jailed in hot-car death of 17-month-old son Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT ARLINGTON, Texas -- A 37-year-old Arlington woman is free on bond after she was charged with first-degree felony injury to a child in the death of her 17-month-old son.Arlington police say Keashia Dyon Matthews turned herself in Friday to face the ch ... |
| Growers, suppliers offering breakfast Posted: 01 Oct 2009 12:22 AM PDT Brazos Valley residents can taste breakfast foods contributed by local growers and suppliers Nov. 24. The Taste of the Brazos Ag Breakfast will be held from 7 to 8:30 a.m. at the Brazos County Expo Center at 5827 Leonard Road in Bryan. The event i ... |
| Democrats rebrand Senate climate bill Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats tried out a new catch phrase Wednesday to sell their global warming bill: pollution reduction and investment, or PRI.But it's just another name for cap and trade, a term derided by Republican critics as "cap and tax" be ... |
| Maine neighbors honor Bush with Navy anchor Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine -- Former president and World II naval aviator George H.W. Bush has been honored by some of his neighbors in Kennebunkport. The group unveiled a Navy anchor and a plaque acquired as a way to thank Bush for his service as presiden ... |
| Two businesses hold ribbon-cuttings Posted: 01 Oct 2009 12:25 AM PDT A senior retirement community and an insurance company have joined the Bryan community as new businesses. Colonial Life, at 1716 Briarcrest Drive, held its ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday. Waldenbrooke Estates, at 2410 Memorial Drive ... |
| State regulation of banks debated Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Moderate House Democrats are drafting a proposal that would continue to shield big banks from potentially tougher state regulations of credit cards, mortgages and savings accounts.The plan would differ from President Barack Obama's pro ... |
| Two businesses hold ribbon-cuttings Posted: 01 Oct 2009 12:25 AM PDT A senior retirement community and an insurance company have joined the Bryan community as new businesses. Colonial Life, at 1716 Briarcrest Drive, held its ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday. Waldenbrooke Estates, at 2410 Memorial Drive ... |
| High court to take look at Chicago's handgun ban Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court said Wednesday that it would consider a challenge to Chicago's ban on handguns, opening the way for a ruling that could set off a vigorous new fight over state and local gun controls across the nation.A victory fo ... |
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