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- BV sees little snow
- Camera election ruled invalid, but devices will stay down in CS
- A&M unveils 2 new buildings
- Regents confirm Crocker as dean
- Sunday parade falling in place
- Three men arrested on drug charges
- Family sets up fund for local fire victim
- Switch will detour Wellborn traffic
- Madison, Boyett file for area positions
- Knox convicted, sentenced to 26 years in Italy
- On a mission
- Judge rules on red light camera issue
- Taking a jab at it
- Unemployment rate diminishes
- White in race for governor
- Army unit hit in shooting deploys
- Va. Tech report shows more mistakes
- Treasury gets $146.5M for Capital One warrants
- GE to buy $345 mln of ads from NBC Universal
- 5 Houston-based restaurants pay back wages
- Judge hears arguments on Six Flags reorganization
- Kraft takes $16.3B offer to Cadbury shareholders
- GM's new CEO vows to end bureaucracy
- Senate votes in favor of long-term insurance plan
- Obama: Jobs plan solid
| Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:06 PM PST A lack of moisture was blamed for the blizzard that never hit the Brazos Valley Friday. "The main thing is that a lot of that moisture didn't make it very far inland," said Mark Keehn, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Houston. "Th ... |
| Camera election ruled invalid, but devices will stay down in CS Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:06 PM PST College Station officials say red light cameras will stay down despite a judge's ruling that the November election calling for the removal of the cameras was invalid. On Friday, visiting District Judge Suzanne Stovall declared the election void in a ... |
| A&M unveils 2 new buildings Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:06 PM PST A building dedication Friday was also an event honoring a 90-year-old man whose fascination with physics and astronomy has helped shape the Texas A&M physics department.George Mitchell -- a billionaire oilman, founder of The Woodlands, and, perha ... |
| Regents confirm Crocker as dean Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:06 PM PST George W. Bush's last ambassador to Iraq was appointed dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service on Friday.Ryan Crocker begins in his new role at the graduate school Jan. 25. "I'll have to work on the accent," said Crocker, who speaks ... |
| Sunday parade falling in place Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:06 PM PST Before you head out for the 83rd annual Bryan-College Station Christmas Parade on Sunday, you may want to take note of some changes, and the weather. Meteorologists predict the high will be 56 degrees Sunday, and there is a 30 percent chance of showe ... |
| Three men arrested on drug charges Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:13 PM PST -- Eagle Staff ReportThree men in their 20s were arrested Friday on felony charges of marijuana possession after police served a search warrant on the home of a Bryan man. Five other people who were at the home when the warrant was served were arrest ... |
| Family sets up fund for local fire victim Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:08 PM PST -- Eagle Staff ReportFamily members of a man who was burned in what officials are calling a suspicious fire have set up a fund to help with medical expenses.College Station firefighters responded to a report of fire in the 2800 block of Longmire Driv ... |
| Switch will detour Wellborn traffic Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:13 PM PST -- Eagle Staff ReportFor most of Saturday and Sunday, the Texas Department of Transportation's contractor will be making a traffic switch on Wellborn Road from F.M. 2818 to Capstone Drive -- moving traffic east of its current location to the newly co ... |
| Madison, Boyett file for area positions Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:14 PM PST -- Eagle Staff ReportBryan City Councilman Paul Madison filed to run for Precinct 4 County Commissioner in the Democratic primary Friday. Madison, who has served on the Bryan council for seven years, announced his intention to run on Nov. 17. He will ... |
| Knox convicted, sentenced to 26 years in Italy Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:40 PM PST PERUGIA, Italy (AP) -- American college student Amanda Knox was found guilty of murdering her British roommate and sentenced to 26 years in prison early Saturday after a year-long trial that gripped Italy and drew intense media attention.Her co-defen ... |
| Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:10 PM PST Brad Garrett of Garrett Demolition surveys the rubble of the old Twin City Mission on Friday. The building, which was vacated when the mission moved to its new home, is being torn down. ... |
| Judge rules on red light camera issue Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:28 AM PST A judge on Friday threw out the November election results favoring the removal red light cameras in College Station. The city, however, has no plans to start the revenue-generating program again, officials said. In November, a majority of College ... |
| Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:06 PM PST Licensed vocational nurse Esther Marcel administers the swine flu vaccine to 8-year-old Maria Vasquez at the Brazos County Health Department on Friday. The shots were offered as part of a two-day vaccine clinic. ... |
| Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST WASHINGTON -- A surprising drop in the unemployment rate and far fewer job losses last month raised hopes Friday for a sustained economic recovery.The rate unexpectedly fell to 10 percent, from 10.2 percent in October, as employers cut the fewest num ... |
| Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:10 PM PST HOUSTON -- Houston Mayor Bill White abandoned his campaign for U.S. Senate on Friday in favor of a run for Texas governor.The Democrat immediately becomes his party's strongest candidate with $4 million in his Senate campaign fund that he can transfe ... |
| Army unit hit in shooting deploys Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:08 PM PST FORT HOOD -- More than 40 Army reservists dedicated to counseling troubled soldiers in war zones deployed to Afghanistan on Friday, a month after a shooting spree at Fort Hood left nearly a fourth of their unit dead or seriously wounded.The soldiers ... |
| Va. Tech report shows more mistakes Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:07 PM PST RICHMOND, Va. -- Some Virginia Tech officials warned their own families and the president's office was locked down well before a campus-wide alert was issued in the 2007 slayings of 32 people, according to a revised state report that details new fumb ... |
| Treasury gets $146.5M for Capital One warrants Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:22 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Treasury Department said Friday it received $146.5 million for the warrants of Capital One Financial Corp. in the first auction of the warrants the government received as part of the $700 billion financial system bailout.The au ... |
| GE to buy $345 mln of ads from NBC Universal Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:21 PM PST PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- General Electric Co. has promised to buy at least $345 million in advertising from NBC Universal over five years after selling a controlling stake in the entertainment company to Comcast Corp., according to a regulatory filing Fr ... |
| 5 Houston-based restaurants pay back wages Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:20 PM PST HOUSTON (AP) -- Salary disputes led to five Houston-based restaurants paying a total of about $334,000 to 154 current and former employees.The Labor Department on Friday announced the minimum wage and overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards ... |
| Judge hears arguments on Six Flags reorganization Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:19 PM PST WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- Attorneys for theme park operator Six Flags Inc. and a group of its noteholders squared off in Delaware bankruptcy court Friday over the company's proposed Chapter 11 reorganization plan.After listening to a full day of testi ... |
| Kraft takes $16.3B offer to Cadbury shareholders Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:18 PM PST PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Kraft Foods Inc. took its $16.3 billion hostile takeover offer for Cadbury PLC straight to shareholders of the British candy company on Friday.The deal is nearly unchanged from an earlier offer that was rejected by Cadbury. But ... |
| GM's new CEO vows to end bureaucracy Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:13 PM PST DETROIT -- When auto industry veteran Bob Lutz returned to General Motors in 2001 after 30 years with other companies, he quickly grew tired of GM's numbers-oriented bureaucracy, printing up post-it notes that asked, "Says Who?"Lutz stuck his credo o ... |
| Senate votes in favor of long-term insurance plan Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:12 PM PST Associated PressWASHINGTON -- Keeping faith with the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the Senate voted Friday to preserve a new long-term care insurance program to help seniors and the disabled in its health overhaul bill.But the vote exposed the difficu ... |
| Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:12 PM PST ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Even as he trumpeted a slowdown in the nation's job losses Friday, President Barack Obama put finishing touches on a proposal he'll unveil next week to "jump-start" business hiring across America.In a speech from Washington on Tuesd ... |
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