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- Feelin' the beat in Bryan
- Obama visit to CS anticipated
- Presidential forum details
- 11 Points of Light award recipients are tied to B-CS
- Biographies on the Points of Light recipients
- About 700 attend BV breast cancer fundraiser
- A&M prof to join renowned panel
- Bryan man faces felony after fight with brother
- Navasota man hurt in motorcycle crash
- Balloon boy gets sick twice during TV interviews
- Bryan man jailed on false-report charge
- Community health center gets $3.9M
- Overpass project to close Texas 6 ramp
- Bryan traffic stop yields drug arrests
- Bush says Obama's Texas visit not about politics
- Raise out for those on SS
- Court files: Blackmail threats 'alarmed' Letterman
- Report validates bans on smoking
- Low-Income Breast Cancer Patients Less Likely to Survive
- Report: Foreclosures rise 5 percent
- Insurers cancel policies on drywall from China
- In bad economy, banks trade their way to profits
- MAU: Austin will have trouble replicating big day
- Prog Panelists can't earn passing grade
- Judge Justice made Texas better for all
| Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT Grimy Styles keyboardist Martin Moeller plays with the band at Revolution Cafe and Bar on Thursday during the first night of Rock the Republic in downtown Bryan. The three-day music and sound extravaganza features 140 acts at 12 downtown venues. Tic ... |
| Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT Texas A&M University was buzzing Thursday as workers began cordoning off roads and areas of campus in anticipation of President Barack Obama's visit on Friday. He will speak, along with President George H.W. Bush and nonprofit leaders, at Rudder ... |
| Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT * How can I watch it? If you don't have a formal invitation, go to www.theeagle.com, which will stream the speech courtesy of KAMU. The speech will also be broadcast live on KAMU-TV Channel 4, campus cable Channel 82 and Suddenlink Cable Channel 700 ... |
| 11 Points of Light award recipients are tied to B-CS Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT It might be hard to find a social worker or community volunteer who got into the business for recognition or money.Some came into service because they were taught its importance early on in life. Others made the decision after one life-changing event ... |
| Biographies on the Points of Light recipients Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT Dr. Karim Haji (Bryan, March 1998, Health For All)In 1987, Dr. Karim Haji started offering free medical care to those who couldn't afford private insurance but earned too much money to qualify for government health programs. The efforts began in a ro ... |
| About 700 attend BV breast cancer fundraiser Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT Caroline McDonald wasn't sure this time last year if she was a breast cancer survivor. She had just finished her last cancer treatment when she attended the Surviving and Thriving luncheon in October 2008."Last year, when they asked for survivors to ... |
| A&M prof to join renowned panel Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT A Texas A&M nutrition and food science professor has been elected as a member of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine. Joanne Lupton was one of 65 new members and five foreign associates elected this year to the ins ... |
| Bryan man faces felony after fight with brother Posted: 15 Oct 2009 03:26 AM PDT A 19-year-old Bryan man faces a felony assault charge after police said he got into an argument with his brother about walking a dog and threatened him with a knife.Terrance Vonshea Darnell was taken into custody Wednesday on a charge of aggravated a ... |
| Navasota man hurt in motorcycle crash Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT A motorcycle rider was taken to St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan Thursday night after he ran into a vehicle that had slowed in front of him, authorities said.College Station police said Travis Higginbotham of Navasota failed to control the ... |
| Balloon boy gets sick twice during TV interviews Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:58 PM PDT FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The 6-year-old boy at the center of the runaway balloon saga got sick twice on national television when he and his father were asked during separate TV interviews what he meant about his comment that "we did this for a show."S ... |
| Bryan man jailed on false-report charge Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT A 27-year-old Bryan man was in jail Thursday after calling emergency dispatchers and making up a story, authorities said.Officials said Steven Wayne Garrett called College Station dispatchers around 10:15 a.m. Thursday and was transferred to Brazos C ... |
| Community health center gets $3.9M Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT A center within the Texas A&M Health Science Center's School of Rural Public Health has been awarded $3.9 million over five years by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency awarded the Center for Community Health Developme ... |
| Overpass project to close Texas 6 ramp Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT The Texas 6 northbound entrance ramp north of W.D. Fitch Parkway will be closed for about seven months, starting at 1:30 p.m. Friday, for construction of the Barron Road overpass.Traffic will be directed to the next available entrance ramp just south ... |
| Bryan traffic stop yields drug arrests Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT Four people are facing felony drug charges after police found marijuana during a traffic stop in Bryan, authorities said.Bryan police said they stopped the car on Military Drive on Wednesday and discovered six ounces of marijuana and $3,017 in cash.O ... |
| Bush says Obama's Texas visit not about politics Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- With conservative groups planning to protest President Barack Obama's visit to Texas A&M University on Friday, former President George H.W. Bush says the trip is not about politics but community service.Obama is coming t ... |
| Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Social Security recipients won't get a cost-of-living increase next year for the first time in more than a third of a century, and that could boost President Barack Obama's plan to send seniors another round of $250 payments before the ... |
| Court files: Blackmail threats 'alarmed' Letterman Posted: 15 Oct 2009 08:37 AM PDT NORWALK, Conn. -- David Letterman felt "threatened, alarmed and concerned" about the impact to his family life and career after a newsman tried to blackmail him by disclosing his sexual affairs, according to court documents released Thursday.CBS News ... |
| Report validates bans on smoking Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- A major report confirms what health officials long have believed: Bans on smoking in restaurants, bars and other gathering spots reduce the risk of heart attacks among nonsmokers."If you have heart disease, you really need to stay away ... |
| Low-Income Breast Cancer Patients Less Likely to Survive Posted: 15 Oct 2009 07:08 PM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women from low-income areas are less likely to receive an early diagnosis of breast cancer and less likely to survive the condition, according to new research. The new study suggests making breast cancer screening and treatment ... |
| Report: Foreclosures rise 5 percent Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The number of households caught up in the foreclosure crisis rose more than 5 percent from summer to fall as a federal effort to assist struggling borrowers was overwhelmed by a flood of defaults among people who lost their jobs.The for ... |
| Insurers cancel policies on drywall from China Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- James and Maria Ivory's dreams of a relaxing retirement on Florida's Gulf Coast were put on hold when they discovered that their new home had been built with Chinese drywall that emits sulfuric fumes and corrodes pipes. It go ... |
| In bad economy, banks trade their way to profits Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT NEW YORK -- The big banks are showing that they can still make money, even as Main Street struggles -- though not from lending, refinancing homes or other bread-and-butter business.They're doing what Wall Street does best: betting big on stocks, bond ... |
| MAU: Austin will have trouble replicating big day Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT Week 5 was an eye-opener for fantasy football owners. Nine players topped 25 points in standard scoring systems, yet only one or two were likely to be in many lineups. They're the kind of numbers that start waiver wire panics.Dallas wide receiver Mil ... |
| Prog Panelists can't earn passing grade Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT Luckily, there's not a no-pass, no-pick rule for The Eagle's 18-mammal Prognosticator Panel.Several student-athletes throughout the Brazos Valley couldn't suit up last week for extracurricular activities because they failed a class.That's OK -- if 70 ... |
| Judge Justice made Texas better for all Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT Eagle Editorial BoardWilliam Wayne Justice probably had more detractors than the Texas prison system has inmates, but time and again, when the Texas Legislature refused to do its duty, he spoke up for minority children, for the downtrodden and for th ... |
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