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- Thousands attend B-CS parade
- Texas A&M football team to battle Georgia on Dec. 28
- A&M to play Georgia in Independence Bowl
- Authorities say man bit sheriff's deputy
- Foggy driving conditions expected in Brazos Valley
- Police say woman had crack cocaine
- Where's Bin Laden now?
- Obama urges Dems to pass health bill
- Pearl Harbor survivor back for 1st time since war
- Researchers link missing DNA to childhood obesity
- Pirate payoffs raise prices in Somalia
- Man dies in fall from roof of Houston hotel
- 4 detained in Russian club fire as death toll hits 112
- UN says deal closer in climate talks
- Manufacturing areas lead surprise job comeback
- Some cities forgo Christmas tree
- Eastwood, Freeman sound off
- Men, horses killed in Ohio barn fire are mourned
- Informed Women Unlikely to Take Tamoxifen
- Catching Lung Cancer Early
- It's time for the camera issue to go away
- Caring & Sharing
- 2009 B-CS Christmas Parade winners
- Calendar
- Good Stress Can Help After Surgery
| Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST Those who lined the rain-soaked parade route Sunday afternoon saw a deeper meaning in the 3 mph flow of tractor trailers and tricked-out lowrider cars: an unshakable community spirit. Many who watched the Bryan College Station Christmas Parade said t ... |
| Texas A&M football team to battle Georgia on Dec. 28 Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST The Texas A&M football team is hopeful that the last AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl game between the Big 12 and the Southeastern Conference will be the start of something big -- an annual postseason success for the Aggies.A&M, 6-6, accepted ... |
| A&M to play Georgia in Independence Bowl Posted: 06 Dec 2009 08:12 AM PST Texas A&M and Georgia â€" as expected â€" accepted invitations Sunday afternoon to play in the Independence Stadium in Shreveport, La., on Dec. 28. The game will kick at 4 p.m. and be televised by ESPN2. A&M, 6-6, will be making its t ... |
| Authorities say man bit sheriff's deputy Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST A 21-year-old in custody on a public intoxication charge was tased after authorities said he bit a sheriff's deputy who was escorting him to jail.North Zulch resident Jackie Lee Voorhies was charged with resisting arrest and public intoxication, both ... |
| Foggy driving conditions expected in Brazos Valley Posted: 07 Dec 2009 12:51 AM PST The National Weather Service on Monday advised Brazos Valley area drivers of possible poor visibility.The weather service issued a hazardous weather outlook for north Texas -- including Leon, Milam and Robertson counties -- stating that areas of fog ... |
| Police say woman had crack cocaine Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST Charges against a Bryan woman whom police said was caught with less than a gram of crack cocaine were made more severe because authorities said she was within 1,000 feet of a school.Bryan police pulled over a car for a traffic violation Saturday and ... |
| Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Osama bin Laden may be slipping back and forth from Pakistan to Afghanistan. Or the U.S. might not have a clue, more than eight years after the al-Qaida leader masterminded the terrorist attacks on America.Given a chance Sunday to clear ... |
| Obama urges Dems to pass health bill Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Casting health care overhaul as a legacy for the American people and failure as politically unthinkable, President Barack Obama on Sunday rallied Senate Democrats to deliver on their party's half-century quest to expand the social safet ... |
| Pearl Harbor survivor back for 1st time since war Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii-- Ed Johann will always remember the sound of planes diving out of the sky to bomb U.S. battleships, the explosions and the screams of sailors. He still recalls the stench of burning oil and flesh.The 86-year-old retired firefig ... |
| Researchers link missing DNA to childhood obesity Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST NEW YORK -- Some children get severely obese because they lack particular chunks of DNA, which kicks their hunger into overdrive, researchers report.The British researchers checked the DNA of 300 children who'd become very fat, on the order of 220 po ... |
| Pirate payoffs raise prices in Somalia Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST BOSSASO, Somalia -- A parcel of land here that sold for $12,000 two years ago now costs more than $20,000. The price of a nice pair of men's shoes has gone up from $20 to $50.The reason: pirates.The influx of millions of dollars in ransoms has chang ... |
| Man dies in fall from roof of Houston hotel Posted: 06 Dec 2009 11:25 PM PST HOUSTON -- A man attending a holiday party in Houston accidentally fell to his death from the roof of the seven-story hotel.The name of the 30-year-old victim was not immediately released. Police are trying to determine if alcohol played a role in th ... |
| 4 detained in Russian club fire as death toll hits 112 Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST PERM, Russia -- Four people were ordered to remain in jail on Sunday pending an investigation into a nightclub fire that killed at least 112 people in Russia's worst blaze in decades, investigators said.About 130 remained hospitalized, many in criti ... |
| UN says deal closer in climate talks Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST COPENHAGEN -- Delegates converged Sunday for the grand finale of two years of tough, sometimes bitter negotiations on a climate change treaty, as U.N. officials calculated that pledges offered in the last few weeks to reduce greenhouse gases put the ... |
| Manufacturing areas lead surprise job comeback Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST As record numbers of orders flow through Legacy Furniture Group's manufacturing plant, workers toil between towers of piled foam and incomplete end tables precariously stacked five pieces high.With a 10 percent sales growth this year, Legacy has quic ... |
| Some cities forgo Christmas tree Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST FRESNO, Calif. -- It's beginning to look a lot like ... any other day.In some cities and towns across America, tight budgets have become a cruel Grinch, forcing drastic cutbacks in the municipal holiday displays and celebrations that people have enjo ... |
| Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST By REED JOHNSONLos Angeles TimesNEW YORK -- Real Hollywood tough guys can wear Nike trainers or tasseled loafers.Tough guys -- the old-school variety, that is, as opposed to today's preening, pumped-up action heroes who yell out for a digital avatar ... |
| Men, horses killed in Ohio barn fire are mourned Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST LEBANON, Ohio -- Stunned horse owners, trainers and stable hands visited the blackened site Sunday where a barn fire killed two workers and 43 horses at a harness-racing track in southwest Ohio.Warren County fairgrounds officials quickly hired excava ... |
| Informed Women Unlikely to Take Tamoxifen Posted: 06 Dec 2009 05:44 PM PST By Kirsten Houmann, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- While as many as 10 million women could be eligible to take the drug tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer, side effects like hot flashes, sexual problems and blood clots discourage ... |
| Posted: 06 Dec 2009 05:49 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) The discovery of genetic markers in the blood which indicate early-stage lung tumors could lead to a simple blood test to detect lung cancer in its earliest phases, when it can be most successfully treated. Lung cancer is the mo ... |
| It's time for the camera issue to go away Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST Friday's decision by visiting District Judge Suzanne Stovall that College Station's Nov. 3 red light camera vote was invalid could have thrown the whole issue into turmoil and uncertainty. But it won't. Members of the College Station City Council cou ... |
| Posted: 06 Dec 2009 05:46 PM PST ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Thanks to advances in the fields of medicine and science, people all over the world are receiving better health care and living longer, healthier lives. It's our mission at Ivanhoe Broadcast News to inform people ... |
| 2009 B-CS Christmas Parade winners Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST Grand Prize: Bus 12 (No. 42)Judge's Award: MCM Dance Studio (No. 82)Award of Excellence: Blinn College Dental Hygiene (No. 18)Category: IndividualFirst Place: Bus 12 (No. 42)Second Place:Car in the Hat (No. 5)Category: Schools/CollegiateFirst PlaceBl ... |
| Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST MARK YOUR CALENDARSThe Hidden Oasis Carriage Company is offering carriage rides in Downtown Bryan on Dec. 11 and 18. Go to www.hiddenoasisranch.com or call 778-3688.MondayCLUBSCollege Station Noon Lions Club. Hilton Hotel, 801 University Drive E. 690 ... |
| Good Stress Can Help After Surgery Posted: 06 Dec 2009 05:46 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The right kind of stress response in the operating room could lead to quicker recovery for patients after surgery. Simple, inexpensive blood tests performed while patients are on the operating table could predict how well ... |
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