Monday, November 30, 2009

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Too bad it's not real

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

Three-year-old Evelyn Zarraga of College Station checks out a wooden super-sized gift Sunday afternoon. The prop is part of the Christmas in the Park display at Stephen C. Beachy Central Park in College Station. Christmas in the Park includes more th ...

Students getting more options with career, tech classes

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

Two years ago, Mark Jenkins didn't have a career goal in mind and couldn't stand the thought of working with food. But the A&M Consolidated High School junior said things changed after he took a career and technology foods course last year. "I to ...

Gattis out; says Ogden will run

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

State Rep. Dan Gattis announced late Sunday that he will drop out of the race to represent District 5 in the Texas Senate and said that incumbent Steve Ogden will seek re-election. The Republican from Georgetown, who represents Williamson and Milam c ...

Gattis: Dropping out of senate race, Ogden back in

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 03:11 PM PST

State Rep. Dan Gattis announced late Sunday that he will drop out of the race to represent District 5 in the Texas Senate and said that incumbent Steve Ogden will seek re-election. The Republican from Georgetown, who represents Williamson and Milam ...

A&M student dies after hitting tree

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

A Texas A&M University student died Sunday after crashing her vehicle into a tree, authorities said. Texas Department of Public Safety officials said Lauren Nicole Baker, 20, was returning to College Station after the Thanksgiving holiday around ...

Bryan man facing fifth DWI charge

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

A Bryan man was charged with driving while intoxicated for the fifth time Sunday, authorities said. Bryan police said they noticed a vehicle swerving on East 29th Street around 1 a.m. The vehicle stopped at a green light, then drove into the oncoming ...

Rental company reports stolen TV

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

A 20-year-old Bryan woman faces a theft charge because she failed to make payments on a rented television, authorities said.Workers at Rent-a-Center in Bryan reported to police in March 2008 that the woman had stopped making payments on the televisio ...

Walmart reports $150 stolen items

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

A 25-year-old Calvert woman was in the Brazos County Jail on Sunday, accused of stealing jewelry and a digital camera from a Bryan store.Police said Walmart employees watched Saturday as Treloni Dion Whatley tore tags off the jewelry and took the cam ...

Man reportedly yells, kicks at cops

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

Authorities said a 26-year-old Bryan man who got into a fight with his girlfriend was arrested early Sunday after refusing to cooperate with officers.Police said they were talking to a woman shortly before 1 a.m. at a motel on Texas Avenue when the m ...

No arrest yet after 4 cops shot, killed

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

PARKLAND, Wash. -- One of four police officers killed in an ambush at a coffee house Sunday fought with the gunman and may have wounded him before the officer died just outside the doorway, a sheriff's spokesman said.Pierce County sheriff's spokesman ...

Iran plans 10 new nuke sites

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran approved plans Sunday to build 10 industrial scale uranium enrichment facilities, a dramatic expansion of the program in defiance of U.N. demands it halt enrichment and a move that is likely to significantly heighten tensions wit ...

Report: Prank letters found near Baylor

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:09 PM PST

WACO, Texas -- Some residents near Baylor University are upset after discovering prank letters that falsely stated the school is seizing their homes to make way for a new, $255 million football stadium.The Waco Tribune-Herald reports Sunday that pran ...

Businesses trying to ward off flu

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

TRENTON, N.J. -- Big businesses are spending serious time and money trying to limit the swine flu pandemic's impact on operations, from bankrolling video on good hygiene to training employees to cover for co-workers with critical jobs.Companies from ...

Rainy weather with cold temps due Monday in Texas

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:10 PM PST

Rain, temperatures as low as 39 and fog were expected in parts of Texas on Monday.In Houston, National Weather Service forecasters called for a 90 percent chance of rain with thunderstorms before noon. The high should be near 58 with wind gusts as hi ...

Swiss ban mosque towers

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

GENEVA -- Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional ban on minarets on Sunday, barring construction of the iconic mosque towers in a surprise vote that put Switzerland at the forefront of a European backlash against a growing Muslim popul ...

For-profit colleges raking in federal aid

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Students aren't the only ones benefiting from the billions of new dollars Washington is spending on college aid for the poor.An Associated Press analysis shows surging proportions of both low-income students and the recently boosted ...

Record 105 kids have drowned in Texas

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:12 PM PST

HOUSTON -- The drowning of a 2-year-old Houston boy is the 105th child drowning in Texas this year -- the most since the state began tracking such deaths in 2005.Joseph Enriquez wandered away from a lunchtime barbecue Sunday at a business where his f ...

Boston brewer pushes new limits on extreme beer

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:13 PM PST

BOSTON -- It is banned in 13 states and sure doesn't come in a six-pack.The maker of Samuel Adams beer has released an updated version of its biennial beer Utopias -- now the highest alcohol content beer on the market. At 27 percent alcohol by volume ...

Woods addresses crash on Web site

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

WINDERMERE, Fla. -- Tiger Woods finally gave his side of the story Sunday -- on his Web site, not to police -- and took the blame for an "embarrassing" car crash that gave him cuts, bruises and public scrutiny like never before.His statement failed t ...

Autism treatment works in toddlers

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

CHICAGO -- The first rigorous study of behavior treatment in autistic children as young as 18 months found two years of therapy can vastly improve symptoms, often resulting in a milder diagnosis.The study was small -- just 48 children evaluated at th ...

Stocks rebound after Dubai gets support

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

HONG KONG -- Asian stock markets rebounded Monday from their steep fall last week after the United Arab Emirates moved to contain the fallout from Dubai's debt crisis.Major markets jumped by 2 percent or more after tumbling on Friday amid fears Dubai ...

Races key in Atlanta mayoral runoff

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

ATLANTA -- Just a few weeks ago, some suggested Atlanta was about to name its first white mayor in a generation. Instead, the Nov. 3 election set up a hard-fought runoff battle that's expected to break down largely along racial lines when voters retu ...

Conservative leads Honduran vote

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Ruling party candidate Elvin Santos has conceded defeat to conservative rancher Porfirio Lobo in post-coup Honduran elections.Santos says it is time for "unity, the only path to confront the future and ensure the victor of al ...

Senate opens health care debate

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- The 60 votes aren't there any more.With the Senate set to begin debate Monday on health care overhaul, the all-hands-on-deck Democratic coalition that allowed the bill to advance is fracturing already. Yet majority Democrats will need 6 ...

Senator: Afghan forces key in war

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- The leading Senate Democrat on military matters said Sunday that President Barack Obama's anticipated plan for significantly expanding U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan must show how those reinforcements will help increase the size of th ...

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