Friday, November 27, 2009

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Longhorns garner Thanksgiving win over Ags

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

Some fans may have been reminded of the Aggies' past glory on Thursday as they geared up for the University of Texas and Texas A&M football game outside Kyle Field.For the first time in more than a decade, the intrastate rivalry match was being p ...

Longhorns garner Thanksgiving win over Ags

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

Some fans may have been reminded of the Aggies' past glory on Thursday as they geared up for the University of Texas and Texas A&M football game outside Kyle Field.For the first time in more than a decade, the intrastate rivalry match was being p ...

Ags lose to Longhorns, 49-39

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 02:48 PM PST

Texas A&M lost 49 to 39 to the University of Texas in a hard-fought game at Kyle Field. ESPN announcers covering the Thanksgiving day game described it as one of the wildest in the 116-game history of the series. ...

Property taxes are due for some

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

Money is an unavoidable issue this time of the year as the holiday season hits, but Kristeen Roe has a friendly reminder that impacts your wallet: Pay your property tax bill by Monday.The Brazos County tax assessor-collector said that's the deadline ...

Texans share thanks, food

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

The line for Thanksgiving lunch started forming before 8:30 a.m. outside Twin City Mission's Community Cafe in Bryan.Across town in College Station, many volunteers already were in place by that hour, waiting to deliver 1,200 meals to folks in need, ...

Philanthropy Day honors area donors

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

Donors, volunteers and community grant recipients recently were honored at an annual celebration called National Philanthropy Day.The Community Foundation of the Brazos Valley gave the awards at a reception hosted by Gina and Bill Flores.Among the do ...

46-year-old reports robbery at residence

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

College Station police said no arrest had been made Thursday in the aggravated robbery of a 46-year-old woman at an apartment on Luther Street a night earlier.According to police, the woman suffered minor bruising and scrapes on her neck, but was not ...

Podcast: David Campbell on high school sports

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 03:55 AM PST

Eagle sports writer David Campbell talks high school sports. If you can't play the podcast, click here. ...

Climate debate powers up

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Americans' day-to-day lives won't change noticeably if President Barack Obama achieves his newly announced goal of slashing carbon dioxide pollution by one-sixth in the next decade, experts say, except for rising energy bills.And how mu ...

Heed these tips on Black Friday

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportThe day after Thanksgiving isn't just one of the biggest shopping days of the year: Black Friday marks a special day for crooks interested in exactly what you are buying.Though consumers are nervous about the future, prices have co ...

Analysts expect more online sales this season

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

SAN FRANCISCO -- Online retailers hope the convenience of the Web, plus discounts and deals, spur still-nervous shoppers to spend more online this holiday season -- even as traditional retailers brace for mediocre sales.Internet analysts at comScore ...

Ship offers archaeologists 'frozen moment in time'

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

Los Angeles TimesUnderwater archaeologists recently said they have found a virtual time capsule of life during Canada's Klondike Gold Rush: a sunken Yukon River sternwheeler so preserved that researchers can document the last minutes of the five-man ...

Insurance mandates hard to enforce

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

DENVER -- Thousands of drivers on the nation's roads don't carry auto insurance, despite laws in all but two states requiring it. Critics of President Barack Obama's health overhaul plan ask: What are the chances scofflaws will treat a requirement to ...

Mild temps forecast in Texas on Friday

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 11:20 PM PST

Mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s were forecast throughout Texas on Friday, according to the National Weather Service.Wind chill values in the 20s and 30s were expected around Amarillo in the morning with a high near 70 and a low in the ...

Little has changed in Mumbai since attacks

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

MUMBAI, India -- A grandfather visited the room where his grandson was orphaned. A young man returned to the hotel where he narrowly escaped death. Mumbai residents went in droves to donate blood at a train station overrun in the 60-hour siege of Ind ...

Dubai's request for fiscal reprieve raises fears

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Just a year after the global downturn derailed Dubai's explosive growth, the city is now so swamped in debt that it's asking for a six-month reprieve on paying its bills -- causing a drop on world markets Thursday and r ...

Iran investigation at 'dead end'

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

VIENNA -- The outgoing head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday his probe of Iran's nuclear program is at "a dead end" and that trust in Tehran's credibility is shrinking after its belated revelation that it was secretly building ...

Iran seizes lawyer's peace Nobel

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, her lawyer and Norway's government said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps Tehran is taking against any dissent.In Norway, where the pe ...

Perry blasts climate effort

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

DALLAS -- While the U.S. Senate considers a climate bill aiming to dramatically slash air pollution linked to global warming, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and other Republican leaders in the state that leads the nation in greenhouse gas production are watc ...

House arrest for Polanski

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

GENEVA -- Roman Polanski will be moved from jail to house arrest at his Alpine chalet as soon as he posts $4.5 million bail and meets other conditions set by a Swiss court, the Justice Ministry said Thursday.The ministry said it would not appeal a d ...

New faces join immigration fight

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Beyond the noisy town hall meetings, Tea Party protests and sky-is-falling speeches characterizing much of the health care debate is a less visible, but no less intense push to broaden the face of the immigration reform movement.With th ...

Lawyers: Feds have acted wrongly

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 04:05 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Defense lawyers are alleging misconduct by Justice Department prosecutors in the case against one of five Blackwater security guards accused in the killings of 17 Iraqis in Baghdad.Recent pretrial proceedings that took place behind clos ...

Morphine May Stimulate Cancer Growth

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 05:49 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Morphine is a common pain relief medication used to treat postoperative patients after chronic cancer pain, but new research shows it may stimulate cancer growth. In laboratory studies, morphine has been shown to directly boos ...

Some leftover picks from the Prog Panel

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

The Eagle used to run its Prognosticator Panel on Thanksgiving, but readers complained that 18 more turkeys were overkill. We tended to agree.Prog and Black Friday has been a perfect match ever since -- and more so now that we feature Michael "The Po ...

The Who to perform at halftime during Super Bowl

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 11:36 PM PST

NEW YORK -- The Who will perform at halftime of the Super Bowl this season.The NFL announced during Thursday's game between the Oakland Raiders and Dallas Cowboys that the longtime rock band known for classic hits such as "Pinball Wizard" and "Baba O ...

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