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- A&M gets ready for the Longhorns
- Longhorns learn to live with Aggies
- 'I am a living miracle'
- Brick to vie for Texas House
- Man accused of hiding stolen meat in pants
- B-CS economy dips
- Thanksgiving meals offered across BV
- CS man faces felony marijuana charge
- Area closures for Thanksgiving holiday
- Sunshine expected throughout Texas on Thursday
- Truck with immigrants goes off 45-foot Texas cliff
- Revitalizing Texas Avenue?
- Police: Dad visits strip club, leaves boy in truck
- Jobless claims plummet
- Visits with health lobbyists reported
- Shop ignites
- Thanksgiving may spread swine flu
- Probe expands to U.S. drywall
- Obama anticipates support for war strategy
- Black Friday death haunts Wal-Mart
- Israel proposes halt to West Bank construction
- Pakistan charges 7 men in attacks
- AT&T attack ads neglect key facts
- Salvation Army begins testing new 'plastic kettles'
- 18 injured when truck falls off cliff
| A&M gets ready for the Longhorns Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST No one can ensure an Aggie victory over the Longhorns this Thanksgiving, but a few hundred people are working to make sure the experience at Kyle Field is enjoyable no matter the game's final score."When you invite 85,000 people into your house, ther ... |
| Longhorns learn to live with Aggies Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST When University of Texas graduate Christina Seidel moved to Bryan-College Station, she was reluctant to show her true colors: burnt orange and white. "Everything is 'saw 'em off' this and 't.u.' this," she said. She didn't put a Longhorn sticker on h ... |
| Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST Bryan resident Amos Trejo laid on highway pavement as three strangers tried to revive his heart: A teacher who took a different route that morning, a cardiac nurse who happened to be driving by, and an EMT worker leaving a scene nearby. Just over six ... |
| Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST A Blinn College administrator has joined the field of candidates who have announced their intentions to run for Bryan-College Station's District 14 seat in the Texas House of Representatives. Blanche Brick, head of the junior college's Social Science ... |
| Man accused of hiding stolen meat in pants Posted: 25 Nov 2009 02:38 AM PST Police said they arrested a 45-year-old man after he tried to steal meat by hiding it in his pants at a Bryan store Tuesday.David Lee Davis Jr. of Bryan was arrested on a charge of theft of property less than $1,500 with two or more previous convicti ... |
| Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST For nearly a year, the Bryan-College Station economy has been going downhill each month. October was no exception. The area's economic index fell to 117.5 last month from 118.2 in September, according to a report compiled by Karr Ingham, an Amarillo- ... |
| Thanksgiving meals offered across BV Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST Hundreds of free meals will be served Thursday across the Brazos Valley to the needy, shut-ins and students who didn't go home for the Thanksgiving holiday.The locations include Twin City Mission's Community Cafe, 410 S. Randolph St., from 11 a.m. to ... |
| CS man faces felony marijuana charge Posted: 25 Nov 2009 01:47 AM PST A 20-year-old College Station man remained jailed Wednesday on a felony drug possession charge after police said marijuana was found in his home.Roy Lee Dickson was arrested Tuesday on a charge of possession of marijuana in an amount from four ounces ... |
| Area closures for Thanksgiving holiday Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST The following will be affected in the Bryan-College Station area in recognition of the Thanksgiving holiday:Thursday, Friday* Schools: Closed, Closed* Texas A&M: Closed, Closed* Blinn College: Closed, Closed* Banks: Closed, Open* Courts: Closed, ... |
| Sunshine expected throughout Texas on Thursday Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:09 PM PST Sunny skies and mild temperatures were forecast throughout Texas on Thanksgiving, according to the National Weather Service.In northern Texas, skies should be sunny and clear with highs in the mid-60s and lows in the 40s.Highs in the mid-60s were als ... |
| Truck with immigrants goes off 45-foot Texas cliff Posted: 25 Nov 2009 06:08 AM PST ALICE, Texas -- A pickup hauling at least 18 people plunged off a more than 40-foot embankment and came to rest upside down south of Alice.Patrol car dash cam video showed the rescue efforts.Capt. Joe Martinez with the Jim Wells County Sheriff's Of ... |
| Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST Richard Ruffino has seen his share of changes along Texas Avenue where his business -- Readfield Meats and Deli -- has been open for four decades. Ruffino said many businesses that were there when he moved in, or came shortly after, have closed or mo ... |
| Police: Dad visits strip club, leaves boy in truck Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST INDIANAPOLIS -- Police say they've arrested an Indiana truck driver who went drinking at a strip club after leaving his 5-year-old son in his semitrailer watching cartoons.An Indianapolis police report says 39-year-old Donald Crawford was arrested ea ... |
| Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST WASHINGTON -- A flurry of good news this week -- including falling jobless claims, stronger consumer spending and higher new-home sales -- suggests the economic rebound, modest though it is, might just be here to stay.While analysts caution that the ... |
| Visits with health lobbyists reported Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's top aides met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry heavyweights as his administration pieced together a national health care overhaul, according to White House visitor records obtained Wednesday by ... |
| Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST Bryan firefighters work amid smoke from a blaze on 1900 Water Oak in Bryan that started around 6:45 p.m. Wednesday at an automotive shop. Bryan firefighters said one man lived in an apartment in the shop. Officials say the fire appears accidental but ... |
| Thanksgiving may spread swine flu Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST ATLANTA -- Let us give thanks and pass the Purell.Your family might be sharing more than turkey and pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving. Swine flu may also be on the table -- and at crowded airports and shopping malls.Just as the pandemic seems to be wanin ... |
| Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and ... |
| Obama anticipates support for war strategy Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will announce his plan to bolster the war in Afghanistan in a speech Tuesday night from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, his spokesman said, a surge that military officials say could top 30,000 troops.The ... |
| Black Friday death haunts Wal-Mart Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST VALLEY STREAM, N.Y. -- Victoria Rogers had originally planned to make an early stop the day after Thanksgiving last year at the Walmart store in Valley Stream on Long Island. Her last-minute decision against it might have saved her life.What she saw ... |
| Israel proposes halt to West Bank construction Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST JERUSALEM -- Israel on Wednesday proposed a 10-month halt to new construction in West Bank settlements as a step toward restarting Mideast peace negotiations.Washington welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offer, but the Palestinians swiftly ... |
| Pakistan charges 7 men in attacks Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan charged seven men in last year's Mumbai attacks, its first indictment in a case being monitored by India and the United States to see if Islamabad makes good on promises to bring those responsible to justice.Despite a crackdown ... |
| AT&T attack ads neglect key facts Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST NEW YORK -- What would the holidays be without bickering between siblings? AT&T and Verizon are swamping TV with ads attacking facets of each other's wireless networks. While the ads stick fairly close to the truth, there's a lot they don't say.A ... |
| Salvation Army begins testing new 'plastic kettles' Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- There could be less jingle in the Salvation's Army's hallmark red kettles this season. The charity is testing kettles that take debit and credit cards.The growth of so-called "plastic kettles" comes as fewer shoppers carry ... |
| 18 injured when truck falls off cliff Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST McALLEN -- A truck carrying illegal immigrants from Guatemala and Mexico plummeted 45 feet off a southwest Texas cliff, injuring all 18 people aboard, authorities said Wednesday.The pickup went off the road near Alice, about 40 miles west of Corpus C ... |
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