Sunday, November 22, 2009

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Family cheers for both Aggies, Bears

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:40 PM PST

When Mike Sherman showed up at the Eppersons' doorstep, indirectly offering Ryan Epperson a chance to face off against his brother in Big 12 football, all other options were off the table. Derek Epperson, a junior, punts for Baylor, and Ryan, his you ...

Aggies bowl eligible with 38-3 win over Baylor

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 09:49 AM PST

Texas A&M freshman Christine Michael scored on a 97-yard run for the longest play from scrimmage in school history and the Aggies secured bowl eligibility with a 38-3 win over Baylor on Saturday.A&M (6-5, 3-4 Big 12) rushed for a season-high ...

Former cadets join Corps in walk on field

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:40 PM PST

Those who lined up along Houston Street to watch the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets file into Kyle Field behind the Aggie Band on Saturday saw about 600 more cadets than they were used to. Weldon Floyd, a 1981 Aggie graduate, was standing in anticipat ...

Gramm's moves rivet Aggieland

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:40 PM PST

Gov. Rick Perry backed Phil Gramm's stealth 2002 candidacy for Texas A&M president, but the former U.S. senator isn't returning the favor in the governor's re-election bid.The 67-year-old was one of more than 60 Aggies or those with ties to the u ...

Bryan PD seeking public's feedback

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:42 PM PST

The Bryan Police Department is gearing up for reaccreditation and is seeking public input.Residents are invited to a public forum Dec. 14 from 7 to 8 p.m. to offer compliments or complaints about the department."Last year, the responses we got were s ...

'Round and 'round we go

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:42 PM PST

Worker John Wieland prepares the carousel before opening the Wright's Amusements carnival at Post Oak Mall on Saturday. The carnival features many traditional, hair-raising rides as well as food, games and prizes. Sunday is the last day to catch it b ...

Annual Cotillion Ball set Saturday

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:42 PM PST

-- Eagle Staff ReportThe Woman's Bethune Club of Bryan will host its annual Cotillion Ball at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Ramada Inn of College Station. The event will benefit the North Bryan Community Center and provide an opportunity for the club to pre ...

Health bill advances

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:40 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama ...

CS man charged in 3rd DWI incident

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:45 PM PST

-- Eagle Staff ReportA 35-year-old College Station man was arrested on his third driving while intoxicated charge after crashing his vehicle Friday night, authorities said.A Texas Department of Public Safety officer could smell alcohol on Juan Jose O ...

Hasan ordered held until trial

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:42 PM PST

FORT WORTH -- The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday.During a hearing at Maj. ...

Surfing mecca demolished

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:41 PM PST

Beaumont EnterpriseGILCHRIST -- Mark Faggard remembers the cheering of the crowds lined up on Meacom's Pier to watch surfing competitions in years past.The Beaumont lawyer with a passion for surfing remembers that hooting and hollering would break ou ...

More to travel for Thanksgiving

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:37 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.The group, which surveyed 1,350 households, said there will be about 33.2 milli ...

Soccer player fuels debate

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:37 PM PST

NEW YORK -- The vicious hair-pulling of an opponent was inexcusable. But prominent advocates of women's sports say that so, too, has been much of the commentary generated by the popular video of college soccer player Elizabeth Lambert's combative tac ...

College students drop, rethink study abroad plans

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:38 PM PST

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Economic reality and money problems may be cooling the enthusiasm of U.S. college students to study abroad, just two years after students' interest in foreign study was at an all-time high.Four times as many students went abroad i ...

Golden arches goes chic

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:37 PM PST

NEW YORK -- Danish Modern furniture. Flat-screen TVs. Free Wi-Fi.You want fries with that?A McDonald's in midtown Manhattan became the first in the U.S. this fall to undergo a sleek, European-style make-over similar to what McDonald's has done at tho ...

Obama: Asia trade to boost U.S.

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:47 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he said talks with Asian allies could help create thousands of jobs and open new markets for American goods in the future.Citing pro ...

No clear-cut court rules

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:47 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it ...

No baby yet for dad in space

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:37 PM PST

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.Expectant father Randolph Bresnik and Michael Foreman were so ...

Uranium in Nev. water traced to mine

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:41 PM PST

YERINGTON, Nev. -- Peggy Pauly lives in a robin-egg blue, two-story house not far from acres of onion fields that make the northern Nevada air smell sweet at harvest time.But she can look through the window from her kitchen table, just past her backy ...

Report finds wide disparities in gifted education

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:41 PM PST

ATLANTA -- When Liz Fitzgerald realized her son and daughter were forced to read books in math class while the other children caught up, she had them moved into gifted classes at their suburban Atlanta elementary school.Just 100 miles down the road i ...

Atheist groups blossoming on college campuses

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:41 PM PST

AMES, Iowa -- The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: "Ask an Atheist."Whenever a student gets within a few feet, Anastasia Bodnar waves and smiles, trying to make a good first impression before eyes drift down to a word many Am ...

Stanford investors object to liquidator

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:40 PM PST

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua -- A group of investors is urging an Antiguan court to remove a British accounting firm appointed to collect assets of a Caribbean offshore bank at the center of an alleged Ponzi scheme by Texas financier R. Allen Stanford.Martin ...

Celebrate astronomy with Bryan museum

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:05 PM PST

Somehow, they perform magic at the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History -- finding another nook or cranny of space to display yet another exhibit, and still have it all look remarkably like the genuine museum it is. The latest hocus pocus has "Fro ...

Here are some quick projects that make great holiday gifts

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:05 PM PST

There's nothing like a handmade gift. And one that is knit will last longer and have fewer calories than one from the oven.The recent do-it-yourself trend has given a boost to knitting, and many new knitters may be ready this holiday season to apply ...

Our Neighbors

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:05 PM PST

TEXAS DEMOCRATIC WOMENTexas Democratic Women of the Brazos Valley held its fall meeting and election of board members this month at C&J Barbeque in Bryan. The featured speaker, Brazos County Commissioner for Precinct 4 Irma Cauley, spoke to a roo ...

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