Friday, November 13, 2009

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Taking a tumble

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

Emily McCord, 11, takes a spill while teaming up with Madeline Dungan, also 11, for a three-legged race during halftime of the Texas A&M women's basketball game against Oklahoma City University at Reed Arena on Thursday. The Aggies won 84-52. ...

CS to weigh trainers' use of city's parks

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

The College Station City Council will meet Monday to discuss proposed policies governing businesses' use of city parks.The special joint meeting with the parks and recreation advisory board will begin at 4 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 1101 ...

BPD vexed by false alarms

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

The Bryan Police Department spends about 45 minutes investigating every time a home alarm system is tripped. About 99 percent of the more than 2,500 alarm calls the department investigated in 2008 were false alarms. That comes to about 1,875 hours at ...

Doctor contradicts prosecution

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

The defense attorney for a College Station woman accused of causing brain injuries to a 14-month-old in her unlicensed day care questioned a doctor on Thursday to dispute prosecutors' allegations that she was to blame for the damage. The doctor sugge ...

Century 21 exec thanks agents

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

The chief operating officer of Century 21 Real Estate thanked a group of about 60 local Century 21 agents for their hard work Thursday at Camp Allen in Grimes County.Craig Leonard said he wanted to visit with agents from Century 21 Beal Inc., the Col ...

Police: Man stole ring and cut friend

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

A 31-year-old Bryan man was in jail Thursday, accused of assaulting a man with a box cutter and stealing a woman's Aggie ring.Police said a man confronted Eric Michael Finnigan, a friend, about taking his wife's Aggie ring. Finnigan denied taking the ...

Police say kitten trampled in fight

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 11:20 PM PST

An argument over a parking spot ended with the death of a family pet and one man charged with assault, authorities said.Bryan police said they were called to a fight at an Echols Street apartment in June.Witnesses told officers that Jamie Jemon Willi ...

Habitat celebrating 20 years in B-CS

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

DALLAS -- While Texas maintains a firm grip on the dubious title of the nation's most prolific industrial polluter, an environmental group's report Thursday found that wind power and other cleaner energy sources have helped cut emissions linked to gl ...

AP: Palin book goes after McCain camp but not Levi

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 11:32 PM PST

NEW YORK -- Sarah Palin's new memoir describes heart-wrenching anguish about her teen daughter's pregnancy playing out before a national audience. But the 413-page tome doesn't contain a single reference to the father of her granddaughter, soon-to-be ...

'Fast' food banquet

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

Ibi Tayyab (right) stirs curry while preparing to serve a fast-ending banquet at the annual Fast-a-thon on Thursday. A&M students skipped meals Thursday during the event, which is a fundraiser organized by the Muslim Student Association at Texas ...

'Fast' food banquet

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

Ibi Tayyab (right) stirs curry while preparing to serve a fast-ending banquet at the annual Fast-a-thon on Thursday. A&M students skipped meals Thursday during the event, which is a fundraiser organized by the Muslim Student Association at Texas ...

Feds may seize mosques

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

NEW YORK -- Federal prosecutors Thursday took steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government.In what could prove to be one ...

Friday the 13th phobia?

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

CHICAGO -- Henry Ford would have hated 2009, and not just because it's been a tough year to sell cars.Ford, as the story goes, refused to do business on Friday the 13th, and this week marks the third time this year that the 13th will fall on a Frida ...

Hasan charged with murder

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

FORT HOOD -- The Army psychiatrist in the Fort Hood massacre was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder Thursday as he lay in a hospital bed, and President Barack Obama ordered a review to determine if the government fumbled warning signs of t ...

Swine flu vaccine delivery uncertain

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

DALLAS -- More than a month after the swine flu vaccine began arriving in Texas, the doses are still showing up in piecemeal fashion, frustrating doctors who can't tell their patients exactly when the vaccine will arrive."We're being bombarded with r ...

Bush details vision for institute

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

UNIVERSITY PARK -- Educa-tion will be the first of four areas former President George W. Bush said his Dallas-based think tank will address.Global health, human freedom and economic growth are the other focus areas, Bush said during a Thursday speec ...

Teachers no longer in demand in U.S.

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- When Lilli Lackey started college, talk of a growing teacher shortage gave her confidence that a job would be waiting for her when she got out.Now, six months after graduating, she considers herself lucky just to find work as a subs ...

Palin reveals conflicts

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

NEW YORK -- The rumors are true, according to Sarah Palin: The McCain-Palin campaign was not a happy family.In Palin's new memoir, Going Rogue, she confirms reports of tension between her aides and those of the 2008 Republican presidential candidate ...

Obama facing challenges in Asia

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Facing a daunting array of Asian challenges, President Barack Obama left Thursday on his first major trip to the region, where a surging China and a newly assertive Japan are chipping away at America's standing on diplomacy and trade."O ...

Police: Mom ran animal house of horrors

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

SELDEN, N.Y. -- A mother of seven is accused of running a house of horrors for pets at her suburban Long Island home, forcing her children to help torture them and burying at least 20 dogs in her backyard -- animals neighbors now fear were beloved p ...

Obama sends messages on war

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's drawn-out decision-making on Afghanistan is sending messages. To the Afghan government: Clean up your act. To the Pentagon: I'm no rubber stamp. To the American public: More troops can't be the sole answer.Some ...

Texas poet laureate to speak at A&M

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 11:21 PM PST

The state's poet laureate for 2010 will speak at Texas A&M during a noon luncheon Friday at the Zone Club in Kyle Field. The event is open to the public.Karla Morton -- the first woman in 15 years to hold the prestigious official poet title -- wi ...

Adult smoking rate rises in U.S.

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent.Almost 21 percent of U.S. adults said they smoked, according to a 2008 national s ...

Winery hosting party for holiday cooking

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 02:38 AM PST

To assist with menu planning for the holidays, Messina Hof Winery and Resort will host a Thanksgiving-themed cooking party Thursday. "Thanksgiving Bounty" will feature holiday dishes paired with Messina Hof wines at the event, which kicks off at 6 ...

Data on Texas gas, oil industry released

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 02:38 AM PST

More than 2,000 jobs were gained from August to September in the state's oil and gas industry, an increase of about 1 percent, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. But the Texas Petro Index continued to decline despite the minor increase i ...

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