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- Season's greetings
- Year a tumultuous one for A&M
- Area home market is tops, report says
- Tax zones benefiting Bryan
- Police: Bryan man threatened family
- Fresh off the farm
- U.S. probes plane scare
- Highly resistant TB strain found
- Cornyn's priority not home state
- Fort Hood is Texan of the year
- Joblessness may linger a while
- Suit over Van Gogh piece imperils others, Yale says
- Snow, rain disrupt travel
- 50 things that changed our lives in the aughts
- Young fashion fans know how to pull it together
- OPAS gala infused with 007 intrigue
- Our Neighbors
- Calendar
- Murphy-Pustay
- Alamo-VanVliet
- Livestock
- Runner on journey for sister
- Fear not, for 2010 promises some great stuff
- Needs a Headline
- Calendar
| Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:08 PM PST Santa's Wonderland employee Steven Warren adds a log to the fire at Santa's Town as visitors listen to music at the holiday-themed park. The site, on Texas 6 between College Station and Navasota, features more than 3 million lights, hay rides, food, ... |
| Year a tumultuous one for A&M Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:09 PM PST Years of faculty discontent over the perceived politicization of decisions at Texas A&M erupted into an all-out slugfest between A&M System leadership and the flagship university's academic community. In the middle of it all, Texas A&M U ... |
| Area home market is tops, report says Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:08 PM PST Bryan-College Station recently made a list that one economist calls an "impressive accomplishment" for the community. Together, the twin cities are among 10 areas in the country that have experienced the greatest price increases in the housing market ... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:08 PM PST Ten years ago, Bryan officials tried a new method to spur economic development, and it's worked.A designated tax increment reinvestment zone allows the city to divert money from rising property taxes to a special fund used to invest in other projects ... |
| Police: Bryan man threatened family Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:09 PM PST -- Eagle Staff ReportA 22-year-old Bryan man was in jail Saturday, accused of breaking into a home and pulling his girlfriend out by her hair.Bryan police said when they responded to an assault in progress on Wellington Avenue on Friday, occupants of ... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:08 PM PST Large carrots rest in a crate as local farmer Lois Vaughn chats with customer Virginia Falcone at the Brazos Valley Farmers Market on Saturday at the intersection of William J. Bryan Parkway and Texas Avenue. The Brazos Valley Farmers Market is put o ... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:06 PM PST DETROIT -- A 23-year-old Nigerian man who claimed ties to al-Qaida was charged Saturday with trying to destroy a Detroit-bound airliner, as authorities learned his father warned U.S. officials of concerns about his son's religious beliefs.The suspect ... |
| Highly resistant TB strain found Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:06 PM PST LANTANA, Fla. -- It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.Then came the fevers. They bathed and chilled the skinny frame of Oswaldo Juarez, a 19-year-old Peruvian visiting to study English. His lungs clattered, his chest tighte ... |
| Cornyn's priority not home state Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:07 PM PST Houston ChronicleWASHINGTON -- When Texas Sen. John Cornyn recently voted against legislation funding NASA -- with its thousands of jobs at Houston's Johnson Space Center -- it caused a bit of a stir back home.After all, the Republican senator always ... |
| Fort Hood is Texan of the year Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:08 PM PST DALLAS -- Declining to single out just one, the Dallas Morning News named "the heroes" of Fort Hood its Texan of the Year.The recognition comes less than two months after a shooting spree at one of the nation's largest military posts left 13 dead and ... |
| Joblessness may linger a while Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:08 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Call it the Terrible Teens.The decade ahead could be a brutal one for America's unemployed -- and for people with jobs hoping for pay raises.At best, it could take until the middle of the decade for the nation to generate enough jobs to ... |
| Suit over Van Gogh piece imperils others, Yale says Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:06 PM PST NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The ownership of tens of billions of dollars of art and other goods could be thrown into doubt if a lawsuit seeking the return of a famous Vincent Van Gogh painting is successful, according to a court filing by Yale University.The ... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:06 PM PST OMAHA, Neb. -- Drifting snow and cold rain that have plagued much of the country for days stranded drivers and airline passengers Saturday trying to get home after Christmas.Storms from Texas to the Upper Midwest that dumped 23.9 inches of snow in Gr ... |
| 50 things that changed our lives in the aughts Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST Was it only a decade ago that a blackberry was a mere summer fruit? That green was, well, a color, and reality TV was that one show sandwiched between music videos on MTV?There were, of course, huge political and social upheavals that roiled our worl ... |
| Young fashion fans know how to pull it together Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST Dressing down -- for the office, special occasions and even supposed black-tie affairs -- has been around so long that today's teenagers and 20-somethings are over it.Instead of embracing the sloppy look that society has come to expect from its youth ... |
| OPAS gala infused with 007 intrigue Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST For all that MSC OPAS offers the Brazos Valley each year -- on the big stage, the quaint stage, the kids' stage and even in the classroom -- the group certainly isn't afraid to stray from the norm and offer a little change. And now, with the upcomin ... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST BRIDGE CLUBStar Duplicate Bridge Club met Dec. 7 at the College Station Conference Center. Winners were: N/S -- 1. Beth Coker and Alan Bachman; 2. Richard Duble and Jim Hibbetts. E/W -- 1. Lila Palmer and Freddye Thompson; 2. Sally Koestler and Bob Y ... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST Monday* College Station Noon Lions Club. Hilton Hotel, 801 University Drive E. 690-8525.Tuesday* Brazos County Senior Citizens Association lunch. Noon. 1402 Bristol St., Bryan. 822-6873.* College Station Kiwanis Club. Noon. Hilton Hotel. 846-2778.* C ... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST Sarah Ann Murphy and Scott Buckley Pustay were joyfully united in marriage on September 5, 2009 at the Kincaid Chalet in Anchorage, Alaska. Guests enjoyed a view of Mount McKinley, some 175 miles distant. Sarah is the daughter of John and Kelly Murph ... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST Debbie and Leslie Hill of College Station are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Beth Ann Alamo, to Robert Alexander VanVliet, son of Alex and Cindy VanVliet of Vancouver, Washington. Beth is a 2000 graduat ... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:09 PM PST â€" Special to The EagleBuffaloResults of the Buffalo Livestock Commission's Dec. 19 sale:Head: 1,840Steers: 150-200 lbs., $110-$150; 200-300 lbs., $110-$135; 300-400 lbs., $103-$123; 400-500 lbs., $91-$115; 500-600 lbs., $80-$104; 600-700 lbs., $78-$9 ... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:13 PM PST I began training more than a year ago to run a marathon in San Antonio, but a day before the race I learned my sister had cataracts and, without eye surgery, was likely to go blind within a year.My sister, Leslie, is severely mentally retarded, but h ... |
| Fear not, for 2010 promises some great stuff Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:08 PM PST Well, now. We've made it, just barely, through another year. But it was really close, so I'm keeping my supply of candles, dehydrated meals, bottled water and extra propane for the outdoor grill/emergency kitchen. Buying more bullets wasn't possible, ... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST Our president once again did what he does so well: spoke eloquently in Oslo after he received the Nobel Peace Prize. But as one who aspires to see peace in the Middle East, I was disappointed. The president's lofty talk of concern for human suffer ... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:08 PM PST MondayCLUBSCollege Station Noon Lions Club. Hilton Hotel, 801 University Drive E. 690-8525.ENTERTAINMENTKathy Ross Band, 7 p.m. Santa's Wonderland. $10.EVENTSAboriginal skills class, 1 to 5 p.m. Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History. For teenagers ... |
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