Monday, October 12, 2009

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Revved for chow

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Reveille VII gobbled doggie cake Sunday as a couple hundred guests dropped by, including Texas A&M's interim president and the head of the university system. All this for a retired mascot's ninth birthday, which doesn't have the official-sounding ...

Revved for chow

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Reveille VII gobbled doggie cake Sunday as a couple hundred guests dropped by, including Texas A&M's interim president and the head of the university system. All this for a retired mascot's ninth birthday, which doesn't have the official-sounding ...

Naked man jailed after police chase

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

A naked man from Palestine was arrested Sunday afternoon in College Station after a car chase that spanned almost 60 miles through three counties while reaching speeds of more than 100 mph.A Bryan-based Department of Public Safety trooper -- who was ...

Authorities make 10 alcohol-related arrests over weekend

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Authorities arrested 10 people on 13 alcohol-related charges over a 25-hour period ending Sunday morning.College Station police accounted for seven of the arrests, while Texas A&M officers made four and the Department of Public Safety troopers ma ...

Rain, fog in forecasts for Brazos Valley Monday

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 01:28 AM PDT

The National Weather Service expected a rainy day in the Brazos Valley Monday, and warned drivers of possible foggy patches.The weather service forecast a warm front across southeast Texas -- including Brazos, Burleson and Washington counties -- alon ...

Taliban's strength growing in Pakistan

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD -- A week of terror strikes across Pakistan, capped by a stunning assault on army headquarters, show the Taliban have rebounded and appear determined to shake the nation's resolve as the military plans for an offensive against the group's ...

U.S. weapons fail in fight

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- It was chaos during the early morning assault last year on a remote U.S. outpost in Afghanistan and Staff Sgt. Erich Phillips' M4 carbine had quit firing as militant forces surrounded the base. The machine gun he grabbed after tossing t ...

Hawaiian priest among 5 named saints

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

VATICAN CITY -- A 19th-century priest whose courageous work with leprosy patients in Hawaii has been likened to the efforts of those battling the stigma of AIDS was elevated to sainthood Sunday by Pope Benedict XVI, along with four other Catholics he ...

Last Nobels to be given

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

STOCKHOLM -- As the globe grapples with the problem of greenhouse gases and tries to restore the battered economy to health, research into the economics of climate change or the key to what truly makes consumers tick could be contenders for this year ...

Perry confident despite setbacks

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- What should be Gov. Rick Perry's time to shine and shore up support for an unprecedented third term has turned lately into a series of missteps and accidents that are rare for such an experienced politician.Whether they are coincidences, a ...

Deadly Irish group may disarm

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

DUBLIN -- The Irish National Liberation Army, an IRA splinter group responsible for some of the most notorious killings of the Northern Ireland conflict, renounced violence Sunday and signaled it could hand over weapons soon to disarmament officials. ...

Tens of thousands march for gay rights

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Tens of thousands of gay rights supporters marched Sunday from the White House to the Capitol, demanding that President Barack Obama keep his promises to allow gays to serve openly in the military and work to end discrimination against ...

Statistics reveal artifact looters often skip jail time

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

SALT LAKE CITY -- Stepping into the afternoon sun last month, Jeanne Redd and her daughter Jericca walked away from a federal courthouse with probation papers -- not prison time -- for their role in the theft and illegal trafficking of Indian artifa ...

Paddle wheel relic going in for repairs

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

DAYTON, Ohio -- Steam-driven paddle wheel towboats once plied Midwestern rivers by the hundreds, pushing barges to feed the nation's industrial appetite for coal and steel.Those days are long gone, though. And the only intact, steam-driven sternwheel ...

Smart grid will be tested

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

HONOLULU -- A 4-square-mile patch of Maui in the nation's most fossil-fuel dependent state soon will be home to a new kind of power grid, one that saves energy by turning off household appliances when electricity is expensive and makes better use of ...

Lincoln-NYC links on display

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- Abraham Lincoln visited New York City only five times in his life, and only once as president, yet the growing 19th-century metropolis played a central role in burnishing his enduring public image.That's the point of a new exhibition, "Li ...

Feds face differing needs for Internet

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The federal government will soon start handing out the first $4 billion from a pot of stimulus funds intended to spread high-speed Internet connections to more rural communities, poor neighborhoods and other pockets of the country clamo ...

Sheriff declines to start using Tasers

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

FORT WORTH -- The Tarrant County sheriff is bucking the trend of issuing Tasers to his deputies.Sheriff Dee Anderson says he was concerned that an officer might cause someone's death with a Taser. Anderson says he conducted his own research in which ...

Texas police sort 2,000 cases found in garage

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

DALLAS -- The Dallas Police Department is trying to determine if more than 2,000 family violence cases stored haphazardly in the garage of one of its 35-year veterans were handled properly.Family violence advocates, prosecutors and police are worried ...

Chavez: Obama isn't worthy of Nobel Prize

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says President Barack Obama does not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.Chavez believes Obama didn't make any notable accomplishments to merit winning the prize, saying that rather than promote peace ...

Enzyme Variation Influences Effectiveness of Breast Cancer Treatment

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 07:08 PM PDT

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Among women with early stage breast cancer, genetic variation of a certain enzyme appears to be associated with clinical outcomes for women treated with tamoxifen, according to a new study. Researchers state, "Tamoxifen has be ...

Causes of Cervical Cancer Identified in India

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 07:09 PM PDT

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- India shoulders one-fourth of the global burden of cervical cancer caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV), and it's the most common cancer among women in the country. Researchers are now one step closer to a more effective v ...

Antidepressants During Pregnancy Puts Newborns at Risk

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 07:08 PM PDT

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Exposure to a certain class of antidepressant medications during pregnancy may put a baby at risk for preterm birth, a low five-minute Apgar score (a measure of overall health of the baby) and admission to the neonatal intensiv ...

Caring Through Sharing -- Life Changing Stories

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 07:11 PM PDT

By Melissa Medalie, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Thanks to advances in the fields of medicine and science, people all over the world are receiving better health care and living longer, healthier lives. It's our m ...

Letters for October 12

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Happy memories of days growing up with BryanTravis Bryan and I grew up living next door to each other as our two grandmothers were sisters. Our mothers smiled often as they enjoyed our fun days as we grew up. I can see Travis with a rubber gun in eac ...

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