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- Holiday sites
- BV freeze could bring snow
- Ags may get a break
- Ogden says he's running
- 24 candidates file for area posts
- Perry praises A&M project
- Churches unite in area food drive
- Aggie charged in mudding incident
- Fort Hood officer talks career change
- 2 stadium workers hurt
- Guinea soldiers fire on president
- At least 22 killed by blast in Somalia
- Honduran lawmakers oppose Zelaya's return
- NATO allies expected to aid U.S. in Afghanistan
- Congress wary of plan for Pakistan
- Medicare cuts stay in Senate health bill
- Race for Kennedy seat a bit ho-hum
- 8 journalists in Philippine massacre buried
- Knox: I'm no murderer
- Lunchtime Facelift
- Ultrasound Reduces Biopsies for Women
- Bank of America bailout payment shifts pressure
- Ultrasounds Accurately Identify Skin Cancer
- Cancer Vaccine Implant Works in Mice
- Sixth graders have the true holiday spirit
| Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST Mareana Franklin, 10, climbs through one of the Christmas light displays at Sue Haswell Park while attending the city of Bryan's annual Holiday Magic event on Thursday. The free event featured a snow hill for sledding, a visit from Santa, food, craft ... |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST You probably won't need a snow shovel, but kids might be able to scrape up a good a snowball fight Friday afternoon as a winter storm blows into the Brazos Valley with near-record low temperatures.Forecasters with the National Weather Service said li ... |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST Texas A&M has been instructed to plan for how it would deal with no increase in tuition next year, Chancellor Mike McKinney said during a Board of Regents meeting Thursday. McKinney wrote in a letter last month to Texas A&M Interim President ... |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST State Sen. Steve Ogden filed for re-election Thursday -- a reversal from his September announcement that he wouldn't run in 2010. The Bryan oil and gas business owner will face Huntsville businessman Ben Bius in the March Republican primary for the D ... |
| 24 candidates file for area posts Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST Twenty-four candidates filed for local office on Thursday, the first day that candidates could officially file paperwork to run.Most of the candidates had already declared, but a few new names did emerge. Thomas Van Kinerd filed as a Republican for B ... |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST Gov. Rick Perry touted the opening of a new research building on the Texas A&M University campus Thursday as a vital step toward developing the state as a leader in biomedical and technological development. "This building is proof that here in Te ... |
| Churches unite in area food drive Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST Eight area churches have teamed up this holiday season in an effort to provide food for 1,500 Bryan and College Station families in need. Volunteers from First Baptist Church of Bryan, Community Church, College Heights Assembly of God, Living Hope Br ... |
| Aggie charged in mudding incident Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST Aggie charged in mudding incidentA Texas A&M University student has been charged with trespassing after getting his pickup stuck on private property at Traditions Golf & Country Club in Bryan.Bryan police said they've been working on the case ... |
| Fort Hood officer talks career change Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST FORT WORTH -- One of two civilian police officers who brought down the Army psychiatrist accused of going on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood said her wounds from the attack will cut short her career as street police officer.Sgt. Kimberly Munley said ... |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST DALLAS -- Two workers doing maintenance on the icy roof of towering Cowboys Stadium slipped and tumbled at least 50 feet Thursday morning before landing on a rain gutter. Authorities said both workers suffered "significant injuries."The two were work ... |
| Guinea soldiers fire on president Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST CONAKRY, Guinea -- A renegade faction of Guinea's presidential guard opened fire Thursday on the African country's leader, a government spokesman said, amid rumors of deep divisions within the army. It was not immediately clear if he was wounded.Pre ... |
| At least 22 killed by blast in Somalia Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A suicide bomber disguised as a woman attacked a graduation ceremony in Somalia on Thursday, turning a rare reason to celebrate into carnage that killed at least 22 people -- including medical students, doctors and three govern ... |
| Honduran lawmakers oppose Zelaya's return Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Honduras' Congress ended hopes of reversing a coup that has isolated one of the poorest countries in the Americas, voting against reinstating ousted President Manuel Zelaya despite intense international pressure to do so.The ... |
| NATO allies expected to aid U.S. in Afghanistan Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST BRUSSELS -- U.S. special envoy Richard C. Holbrooke acknowledged Thursday that the war in Afghanistan is unpopular, given "the legacy of Iraq and Vietnam," but he predicted that NATO allies will soon contribute more forces to join the 30,000 additio ... |
| Congress wary of plan for Pakistan Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Facing the prospect of more American deaths in Afghanistan as the war escalates, lawmakers lashed out at neighboring Pakistan on Thursday as an unreliable ally that could spare the U.S. its bruising fight with al-Qaida if it wanted."Th ... |
| Medicare cuts stay in Senate health bill Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Casting its first votes on revamping the nation's health care system, the Senate rejected a Republican bid Thursday to stave off Medicare cuts and approved safeguards for coverage of mammograms and other preventive tests for women.The f ... |
| Race for Kennedy seat a bit ho-hum Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST BOSTON -- The race for a Senate seat once held by John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, John F. Kennedy and "liberal lion" Edward Kennedy is shaping up as a battle of relative national unknowns, led by a state Democratic insider and a Republican lawmake ... |
| 8 journalists in Philippine massacre buried Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines -- A funeral procession for eight journalists among 57 people massacred in the Philippines' worst political violence was showered with flowers Friday, as security forces confiscated an entire armory from a powerful clan s ... |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST PERUGIA, Italy -- American student Amanda Knox tried one last time Thursday to convince the Italian court trying her for murder that she is not a killer, urging jurors not to brand her with "the mask of an assassin."Knox spoke at the end of a trial ... |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2009 05:41 PM PST SARASOTA, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- One of the most recent trends in cosmetic surgery is to plump and fill out the face with facial fillers. But it's not a permanent fix, and patients often return in less than a year for a touch up. Now, doctors ar ... |
| Ultrasound Reduces Biopsies for Women Posted: 03 Dec 2009 05:43 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) Targeted breast ultrasound of suspicious areas of the breast, including lumps, is a safe, reliable and cost-effective alternative to invasive biopsies for women under age 40, according to researchers. "By performing high-q ... |
| Bank of America bailout payment shifts pressure Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST NEW YORK -- Bank of America's surprise move to pay back $45 billion in federal bailout money ratchets up pressure on rivals Wells Fargo and Citigroup to get out from under the government's thumb. But don't expect it to happen anytime soon.That's beca ... |
| Ultrasounds Accurately Identify Skin Cancer Posted: 03 Dec 2009 05:48 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Ultrasounds with elastography may provide a noninvasive, convenient and cheaper alternative to biopsies in identifying skin cancers as either malignant or benign. Experts say dermatologists tend to biopsy any suspicious skin l ... |
| Cancer Vaccine Implant Works in Mice Posted: 03 Dec 2009 05:48 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A cancer vaccine carried into the body on a carefully engineered fingernail-sized implant has successfully eliminated tumors in mammals. Bioengineers and immunologists at Harvard University implanted plastic disks impregnated w ... |
| Sixth graders have the true holiday spirit Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST Eagle Editorial BoardAt a time of year when most children are looking forward to the presents they will find under the Christmas tree, a group of sixth-grade girls at Oakwood Intermediate School in College Station is making sure that others in the co ... |
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