Monday, October 5, 2009

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Power ahead

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Alex Arumi, a 41-year-old expert class trail rider, is covered in mud after racing Sunday around Lake Bryan during Power Pedal 2009. Hundreds of cyclists in three main divisions participated in the event, with proceeds benefitting Snook's Kingdom Ran ...

Student body president up for the challenge

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Kolin Loveless can conquer a Rubik's Cube -- that classic and frustrating '80s-era puzzle -- in a couple of minutes while answering a reporter's questions. It's that love of problem-solving that attracted Loveless, Texas A&M's student body presid ...

Front headed for B-CS

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Next weekend might be time to break out the hoodies: Meteorologists expect a cold front to move through the area that will bring with it morning temperatures in the 50s. "It will be the coolest of the season," said Don Oettinger, a meteorologist with ...

Man dies in crash near Rockdale

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 01:32 AM PDT

Funeral services have been set for a 30-year-old Rockdale man who died in a Milam County crash early Saturday.Brian Conrad Stauffer, a construction worker, died at the scene, five miles north of Rockdale, a Texas Department of Public Safety official ...

CS man accused of burglarizing vehicles

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

A College Station man was arrested Sunday after someone reported seeing him burglarize vehicles near the Campus View Apartments on Harvey Road, police said. The 21-year-old -- who had $15 worth of change on him believed to have been stolen from one o ...

A helping hand

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Dylan Ennis, 14 (right), helps Frank Velleca, operations committee member for VFW Post 4692, pack donations for U.S. troops in Afghanistan during the monthly turkey shoot held behind the VFW building in Bryan on Sunday. Money raised from the turkey s ...

Woman reports sexual assault in CS

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 01:33 AM PDT

Police said they are investigating the sexual assault of a woman at her College Station home early Sunday.Police said they responded to a report of a sexual assault around 12:40 a.m. in the 800 block of Spring Loop. A woman reported when she answered ...

8 U.S soldiers die in battle

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

KABUL -- Hundreds of insurgents armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a pair of remote outposts near the Pakistan border, killing eight U.S. soldiers and capturing more than 20 Afghan security troops in the deadliest assau ...

Now on sale: Everything

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- There has never been a better time to be a consumer. America is on sale.The recession has caused massive job losses and hardship for millions, but it has also fostered a shoppers' paradise. Anyone who still has the means to spend can find ...

Mass held ahead of new court term

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the archbishop of Galveston-Houston, lead the annual Red Mass on Sunday, a day before the opening of the Supreme Court term.DiNardo issued a plea for the rights of the unborn at the service, attended by Vice President Joe Bid ...

Studies: 1 in 100 kids has autism

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Two new government studies indicate about 1 in 100 children have autism disorders -- higher than a previous U.S. estimate of 1 in 150.The new estimate would mean about 673,000 American children have autism. Greater awareness, broader definitions and ...

UN sets date to visit Iran

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

TEHRAN, Iran -- The visiting head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog set Oct. 25 as the date for his inspectors to check Iran's newly revealed uranium enrichment site and struck an upbeat note Sunday, saying Tehran's confrontation with the West is shifting ...

Greenspan: Jobless rate likely to pass 10%

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan predicts that the unemployment rate will push past 10 percent and stay at that level for a while."Pretty awful" is how Greenspan describes Friday's report that the unemployment rate has ris ...

Fund cuts threaten nursing homes

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

HARTFORD, Conn. -- The nation's nursing homes are perilously close to laying off workers, cutting services -- possibly even closing -- because of a perfect storm wallop from the recession and deep federal and state government spending cuts, industry ...

IOC: TV rights in U.S. now worth less

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

COPENHAGEN -- The cost of Chicago's defeat in its bid to host the 2016 Olympics will be felt in the value of the next U.S. broadcast deal.The International Olympic Committee's top negotiator said the U.S. rights are worth less after the 2016 Games we ...

AP sources: FBI probes disruption of Perry's site

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

AUSTIN, Texas -- The FBI is investigating allegations that Internet hackers deliberately sabotaged Gov. Rick Perry's campaign Web site during a re-election announcement last week, several Republicans with knowledge of the investigation told The Assoc ...

Crash kills ex-death row inmate month after freed

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

FORT WORTH, Texas -- A Texas death row inmate freed after an appeals court overturned his capital murder conviction has died in an East Texas pickup truck crash.Michael Roy Toney, 43, died in an 11 a.m. Saturday crash in Cherokee County when his truc ...

Hormones may Fight Colorectal Cancer in Women

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 07:08 PM PDT

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study that shows a woman's chance of surviving colorectal cancer decreases with age suggests hormones may be an effective treatment. After screening nearly 53,000 patients who suffered metastatic colorectal cancer between ...

Treat Gestational Diabetes to Reduce Birth Problems

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 07:08 PM PDT

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Treating pregnant women for mild gestational diabetes resulted in fewer cesarean sections and other serious birthing problems associated with larger than average babies, according to a study conducted in part at the University ...

What's New: Surgery TV

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 07:11 PM PDT

Ivanhoe delivers life-changing and highly promotable reports to your news department and 200 other stations around the country. We now offer a new free service designed specifically for our client's web sites. Surgery TV offers web users a chance to ...

Letters for October 5

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 05:05 PM PDT

Politicians should slow down and get it right On Sept. 20, I learned that my son was diagnosed with cancer in his brain, lungs and spine. He is a terminal patient. Since that time I've spent many hours at a major teaching hospital. I've observed ...

Calendar

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

MondayCLUBSBrazos Valley Republican Club and Republican Women of the Brazos Valley joint meeting, 11:45 a.m. Hilton Hotel in College Station.College Station Noon Lions Club, Hilton Hotel. 690-8525.Brazos Valley Men's Garden Club meeting, 7 p.m. Texas ...

Jordan teen to have hearing in Dallas bomb plot

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

DALLAS -- A teenager from Jordan who is accused of trying to blow up a Dallas skyscraper returns to federal court Monday for a hearing to decide if there is enough evidence to move ahead with his prosecution.The probable-cause hearing for Hosam Maher ...

Pa. woman killed by pet bear caged near her home

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Authorities in northeastern Pennsylvania say a woman was killed by her pet black bear as she cleaned its cage.State police say 37-year-old Kelly Ann Walz was mauled to death Sunday evening by the 350-pound bear.A state Game Commissi ...

Wildfires char Calif., Ariz. mountain areas

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. -- A wind-fanned wildfire that charred some 51/2 square-miles of the San Gabriel Mountains continued to rage Sunday as firefighters worked to prevent flames from advancing toward a mountain resort community.The 3,500-acre Sheep Fir ...

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