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- Last-minute shoppers out on the hunt
- BV political field packed full in '10
- B-CS outlook getting brighter
- Tornado watch extended until 6 a.m.
- Volunteers put on Christmas show for inmates
- Accident on Harvey Mitchell Parkway
- Accident on Harvey Mitchell Parkway
- Van driver cited in motorcycle wreck
- Two men arrested for burglarizing bar, police say
- Two suspected of vandalizing vehicles
- Holiday closings
- Man in wheelchair surrenders after Va. standoff
- Bill close to passage
- Kerrville woman could be prosecuted for 911 calls
- Grandma gave 3-year-old grandson pot cookie
- Abbott against Senate provision
- Escaped otters delay Ohio-bound flight in Houston
- Tax deductions practically everywhere
- Jet overshoots runway
- Aide: Brazilian family giving up fight for U.S. boy
- Study: Vaccine means more holiday hugs, fewer bugs
- Man freed by DNA suing 2
- Balloon boy parents are sent to jail for hoax
- H-E-B, United Realty earn friendly awards
| Last-minute shoppers out on the hunt Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST You don't have to be an Aggie to take part in this tradition: Christmas shopping on a tight deadline. The parking lots of local shopping centers were packed Wednesday, as they are expected to be Thursday, the last shopping day of the season. "We're a ... |
| BV political field packed full in '10 Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST The year 2010 will be a busy one in Brazos County politics, initial candidate filings for county offices indicate. There is more than a week left in the filing period, but the primary ballot is full with what appear to be potentially competitive race ... |
| Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST The Bryan-College Station economy is beginning to show signs of improvement, but a monthly gauge of the area's economic conditions slipped yet again last month.November's economic index fell to 116.9, from 117.5 in October. The index was started in J ... |
| Tornado watch extended until 6 a.m. Posted: 23 Dec 2009 06:47 AM PST A tornado watch in effect for parts of the Brazos Valley has been extended through 6 a.m. Thursday.The National Weather Service issued the watch at 2 p.m. Wednesday, and the revised area includes Brazos, Washington, Madison, Burleson and Grimes count ... |
| Volunteers put on Christmas show for inmates Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST Deviating from normal routines, about 60 Brazos County inmates were treated to an hourlong Christmas music special Wednesday evening by volunteers with the Restorative Justice Ministries."When you're locked up, it can be very traumatic for a person - ... |
| Accident on Harvey Mitchell Parkway Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST Passengers are treated and taken to local hospitals as rain falls at the scene of a traffic accident on Harvey Mitchell Parkway near Gabbard Road in Bryan on Wednesday. Weather conditions were cited as a possible factor in a number of area wrecks as ... |
| Accident on Harvey Mitchell Parkway Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST Passengers are treated and taken to local hospitals as rain falls at the scene of a traffic accident on Harvey Mitchell Parkway near Gabbard Road in Bryan on Wednesday. Weather conditions were cited as a possible factor in a number of area wrecks as ... |
| Van driver cited in motorcycle wreck Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST -- Eagle Staff ReportThe driver of a van involved in an accident with a motorcycle has been cited by Bryan police for running a red light, officials said Wednesday.Officials said a 63-year-old motorcyclist was riding east on Old Hearne Road just afte ... |
| Two men arrested for burglarizing bar, police say Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:27 AM PST Two Bryan men were arrested early Wednesday on burglary charges after police followed a trail of items leading from a bar on Texas 21, authorities said.Police said a caller reported seeing two men dragging trash cans from the bar into a wooded area b ... |
| Two suspected of vandalizing vehicles Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST -- Eagle Staff ReportTwo men have been charged with criminal mischief related to reports of rocks being thrown at cars, authorities said.One of the men, Cody Bair Massey, 18, of Bryan, has been in jail since early October on charges of theft and assa ... |
| Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST A list of some of the closings in the Bryan-College Station area over the next two days. ... |
| Man in wheelchair surrenders after Va. standoff Posted: 23 Dec 2009 11:43 PM PST WYTHEVILLE, Va. -- A disabled man in a wheelchair who authorities say held three people for more than eight hours inside a small-town Virginia post office surrendered to police after freeing the hostages unharmed.Warren "Gator" Taylor of Sullivan Cou ... |
| Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Democrats pushed sweeping health care legislation to the brink of Senate passage Wednesday, crushing a year-end Republican filibuster against President Barack Obama's call to remake the nation's health care system.The 60-39 vote marked ... |
| Kerrville woman could be prosecuted for 911 calls Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:26 AM PST KERRVILLE, Texas -- Prosecutors in Kerrville will review the case of a woman accused of calling 911 to complain that her husband refused to eat his dinner.A police report says the 53-year-old woman at the scene was also yelling "about things that h ... |
| Grandma gave 3-year-old grandson pot cookie Posted: 23 Dec 2009 11:42 PM PST DENVER -- A Denver grandmother who recently took her own life was under investigation for giving her 3-year-old grandson a marijuana cookie.Family members say 44-year-old Erin Marcove gave the toddler at least one peanut butter cookie made with canna ... |
| Abbott against Senate provision Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST AUSTIN -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is vowing to fight what he called an "outrageous" decision to give Nebraska multimillion-dollar tax breaks as part of a deal to get enough votes for the health care overhaul working its way through Congres ... |
| Escaped otters delay Ohio-bound flight in Houston Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:25 AM PST COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Passengers on a Continental Airlines flight couldn't believe it when they saw an otter scurry from the plane's cargo hold and onto the tarmac at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport.The daring escape by a pair of otters delayed t ... |
| Tax deductions practically everywhere Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST To itemize or not to itemize. That is the question.Sometimes it's advantageous for a taxpayer to itemize deductions on his or her income tax return, but in many cases it isn't, experts say. Sometimes it's best to go with a standardized deduction, the ... |
| Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Passengers on American Airlines Flight 331 had endured the crowded airports and delays of holiday travel, and were moments from their Caribbean destination. Suddenly, everything seemed to spin out of control.Touching down Tuesday ... |
| Aide: Brazilian family giving up fight for U.S. boy Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST RIO DE JANEIRO -- David Goldman's bitter five-year battle to regain custody of his son neared conclusion Wednesday, when the child's Brazilian family halted its legal efforts as a court-ordered deadline for delivering the boy loomed.Goldman has said ... |
| Study: Vaccine means more holiday hugs, fewer bugs Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST LOS ANGELES -- More hugs, fewer bugs. Holiday visits have become safer for grandparents thanks to a childhood vaccine that has dramatically curbed infections spread by kids, a new study finds.For years, serious bacterial infections spiked among older ... |
| Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST DALLAS -- A second wrongly convicted man freed by DNA evidence has sued his civil lawyer and an Innocence Project of Texas official in a dispute over attorney fees in DNA exoneration cases.Patrick Waller, wrongly imprisoned from 1992-2008, says the a ... |
| Balloon boy parents are sent to jail for hoax Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The parents who pulled the balloon boy hoax in hopes of landing a reality TV show were sentenced to jail Wednesday -- 90 days for him, 20 days for her -- and barred from profiting from their newfound celebrity status for the ne ... |
| H-E-B, United Realty earn friendly awards Posted: 23 Dec 2009 10:43 PM PST Two local companies were presented with an award that recognizes their friendliness. H-E-B Grocery in College Station and United Realty received the awards by the International Programs Office at Texas A&M University and the Bryan-College Station ... |
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