Tuesday, October 20, 2009

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Do you see what I see?

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Twenty-month-old Avery Brown, with her mother, Andrea, points out a dog she spotted though a plastic bubble-window at a playground in Thomas Park in College Station on Monday afternoon. Conditions are expected to remain pleasant Tuesday, with a high ...

Event honors great service

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

The Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce recognized volunteers at its annual banquet Monday.A former CIA counterintelligence officer delivered the keynote speech about serving the country to more than 400 community members.The chamber recognized ...

Tickets available for Rice presentation at A&M

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 07:34 AM PDT

Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice will speak at Texas A&M University Nov. 9 in conjunction with the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.George Bush, 41st U.S. president, will host Rice, 66th secretary of ...

Rice player's family sues V-Bar

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

The family of a former Rice University basketball player who was stabbed to death last year at Northgate has filed a suit against the owners of a bar he attended the night of his death, claiming its owners were partially responsible for the incident. ...

Tickets available for Rice presentation at A&M

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 07:34 AM PDT

Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice will speak at Texas A&M University Nov. 9 in conjunction with the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.George Bush, 41st U.S. president, will host Rice, 66th secretary of ...

CS approves firm to handle waste program

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

A new entity will soon manage Bryan and College Station's solid waste operations. The College Station City Council on Monday approved hiring Nichols, Jackson, Dillard, Hager & Smith for $60,000 to create the corporation. The Bryan City Council on ...

Old Reliance/MLK bridge to close evenings

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 02:14 AM PDT

A southbound lane of Texas 6 at the Old Reliance Road/Martin Luther King Jr. Street bridge will be closed nightly beginning Monday while workers remove paint with asbestos from the bridge, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.TxDOT's c ...

Man accused of burglarizing Bryan businesses

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 07:24 AM PDT

Police said they arrested a 36-year-old man after catching him breaking into Bryan businesses.James Aron Black of Bryan was arrested Saturday on two charges of burglary of a building.Police said they responded to a burglary alarm at Brazos Valley Chi ...

Flu patients denied visitors

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Visiting a loved one in the hospital? Better check on new flu limits first. Hospitals around the country are turning away visiting children and tightening restrictions on adults, too, in hopes of limiting spread of swine flu in the hall ...

Economists: Jobs may never return

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Even with an economic revival, many U.S. jobs lost during the recession may be gone forever and a weak employment market could linger for years.That could add up to a "new normal" of higher joblessness and lower standards of living for ...

Associate of balloon boy's father questioned

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 01:29 AM PDT

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- An investigation into possible criminal charges for a Colorado couple who told authorities their son floated off in a balloon shaped like a flying saucer has spread to those who worked with them.Robert Thomas told sheriff's inv ...

Police release messages between McNair, Kazemi

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 01:28 AM PDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Text messages between a woman and former NFL quarterback Steve McNair made in the hours before police say she shot him to death and turned the gun on herself support authorities' contention that she was spiraling out of control.Na ...

Pot advocates: Looser guidelines leave questions

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 01:31 AM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO -- A new Obama administration policy loosening guidelines on federal prosecution of medical marijuana on Monday signaled to users that they had less to fear from federal agents but still left their suppliers to contend with a tangled me ...

Lots more planets found outside solar system

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 04:20 AM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Astronomers have found 32 new planets outside our solar system, adding evidence to the theory that the universe has many places where life could develop.Scientists using European Southern Observatory telescopes didn't find any planets q ...

Gusting winds, rain expected in Texas on Tuesday

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 11:43 PM PDT

Gusting winds and scattered showers were forecast across Texas on Tuesday.In northern Texas, skies were expected to be partly sunny with highs in the upper 70s, lows in the 60s and wind gusts as high as 30 mph, according to the National Weather Servi ...

Cleveland museum's Earhart 'hair' just thread

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 01:27 AM PDT

CLEVELAND -- A Cleveland museum has learned that what it thought was a lock of hair from Amelia Earhart is just thread.A group looking for DNA evidence of the pioneer aviator on a Pacific island recently asked the International Women's Air and Space ...

Texas Lottery unveils $2 veterans scratch-offs

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 11:44 PM PDT

AUSTIN, Texas -- Two days before Veterans Day, the Texas Lottery will start selling $2 scratch-off tickets for veterans.The state on Nov. 9 will roll out Veterans Cash scratch-offs, becoming the first such ticket dedicated to a cause other than publi ...

Target joins in price war on hardbacks

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- Target is throwing itself into a heated price war on books expected to be top sellers.The retailer says it will offer some of this season's most anticipated book titles at $8.99, in line with recent moves by Walmart.com and Amazon.com.Tar ...

Rising gasoline hurting consumers

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Despite persistently low demand, prices for gasoline have spiked over the past week along with crude oil, threatening one of the very few points of relief for the recession-striken U.S. consumer: Cheap gas.That may be frustrating for consumers with f ...

Faster Prostate Cancer Detection

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 07:11 PM PDT

(Ivanhoe Newswire) --  A team of Northwestern University researchers has detected previously undetectable levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in patients who have undergone a radical prostatectomy.  Thanks to the power of the nanopa ...

Reduce Brain Damage During Stroke

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 07:12 PM PDT

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new Ohio State study finds that increased oxygen may help stroke victims lessen their brain tissue damage. Previous studies have concluded that adding oxygen causes more damage to the brain, but these studies did not account ...

Help light the way for our children

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Safe Harbour is a gem of a program in the Brazos Valley and this week there is an opportunity to support it and have fun at the same time.There is no question that adults suffer in a divorce, particularly those that are acrimonious and spiteful. But ...

Picking a fight: Obama vs Fox News

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 02:31 AM PDT

NEW YORK -- President Barack Obama's communications director says it was Fox News Channel, not the White House, that picked a fight.Yet it was Anita Dunn's words during a CNN interview last week, saying Fox is like "a wing of the Republican Party," t ...

D'oh! Bash marks 'The Simpsons' 20th

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 02:30 AM PDT

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Forget red.The arrivals-line carpet leading into Barker Hangar was yellow -- appropriate, given the night's honorees: Homer, Bart, Lisa, Marge and Maggie Simpson, all on hand to celebrate 20 years of "The Simpsons." Their seri ...

'Hills' star Stephanie Pratt arrested for DUI

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 02:29 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES -- Authorities say reality television star Stephanie Pratt has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.Los Angeles police say the 23-year-old Pratt was arrested early Sunday outside a party in Hollywood. Pratt is featured on the MTV ...

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