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- Giving back to nature
- $600K to fund airport changes
- Big highs, lows for area schools
- A&M patron inspired others
- Police: Strip club customers skips out on bill, nearly runs over person
- Police investigate Bryan shooting
- Restaurants reopen after health closures
- Man runs away during traffic stop
- Man flees without paying for lap dances
- City workers spread cheer to soldiers
- 9 needles left in 2-year-old's body
- Obama addresses security 'failure'
- Hutchison sets sights on roads
- Iran arrests key figures' relatives in crackdown
- Volunteers fight Medicare fraud
- Consumer confidence rising but still weak
- Family treks offer children a real-world education
- Understanding the Genetics of Colon Cancer
- Sentencing for chief in celebrity surrogate case
- The '90s set the table for a decade of good eats
- Chilies change to red as they ripen
- Restaurant Monitor
- Not in the mood to mash? Try scalloped potatoes
- Demand for bargain fizz bubbles up
- Crostini an easy, party-perfect food
| Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST Dennis Krc, compost crew leader at the Bryan Compost Facility off Pleasant Hill Road in Bryan, throws a Christmas tree onto a pile of brush destined for composting Tuesday. Krc expects many trees after the new year, when most people pack up their Chr ... |
| Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST The Navasota Municipal Airport is preparing for takeoff.The Texas Department of Transportation recently approved funding for improvements at the airport that city officials hope will draw businesses to the community.About $600,000 will be awarded for ... |
| Big highs, lows for area schools Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST For Bryan and College Station students, the year's not really over -- they've still got another semester to get through. But for school administrators, the beginning of 2010 means the end of an eventful year. College Station officials have been plann ... |
| A&M patron inspired others Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST Cynthia Woods Mitchell shopped for clothes at secondhand stores and packed her children into a station wagon to visit national parks for annual summer road trips. "Everything about their way of living is no different than yours or mine in grandeur," ... |
| Police: Strip club customers skips out on bill, nearly runs over person Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:02 AM PST Police are asking for the public's help to track a man who skipped out on his tab at a strip club, then drove his car directly toward a person as he fled. The person, who wasn't identified in a press release as either a customer or an employee, was ... |
| Police investigate Bryan shooting Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST A Bryan man was hospitalized Tuesday afternoon after being shot, but police were releasing few details about the incident.Police said two black men approached the 36-year-old just before 2 p.m. to ask about a vehicle that was for sale on his Saunders ... |
| Restaurants reopen after health closures Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST Roaches and a lack of hot water briefly shut down two area eateries recently.Taqueria Cruz, at 216 Martin Luther King Jr. St. in Bryan, and Freebirds, at 319 University Drive in College Station, had their permits suspended after routine inspections b ... |
| Man runs away during traffic stop Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST -- Eagle Staff ReportAuthorities were working Tuesday afternoon to obtain an arrest warrant for a man who got away while being detained during a traffic stop. Around 2 a.m. Tuesday, Department of Public Safety troopers stopped a speeding vehicle on ... |
| Man flees without paying for lap dances Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST -- Eagle Staff ReportA man who skipped out on a tab at a College Station strip club then drove his car toward a manager as he fled was under investigation Tuesday.The employee wasn't injured, but an awning at the entrance of the building received min ... |
| City workers spread cheer to soldiers Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST -- Eagle Staff ReportA former Bryan employee now serving with troops in Iraq received a special gift for the holidays as part of a package that city employees sent to troops stationed overseas.Employees in the city manager's office and the city secre ... |
| 9 needles left in 2-year-old's body Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST Brazilian doctors have decided not to immediately remove nine of the 31 needles found in a toddler's body because his life is no longer in danger.Dr. Roque Aras said Tuesday that the remaining needles are small and don't pose a significant threat. Ar ... |
| Obama addresses security 'failure' Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST HONOLULU -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the intelligence community had bits of information that should have been pieced together that would have triggered "red flags" and possibly prevented the Christmas Day attempted terror attack on a ... |
| Hutchison sets sights on roads Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST AUSTIN -- U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison vowed Tuesday to "clean up" the Texas Department of Transportation, reduce traffic congestion and start building a high-speed rail network connecting Dallas, Houston and San Antonio if she is elected Texas gov ... |
| Iran arrests key figures' relatives in crackdown Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST TEHRAN, Iran -- Iranian security forces intensified their crackdown on anti-government supporters Tuesday, arresting relatives of the country's Nobel laureate and the main opposition leader and limiting the movement of another top opposition leader.I ... |
| Volunteers fight Medicare fraud Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST MIAMI -- The first box that arrived at Shirley Shupp's door was filled with braces to help with her arthritis. Then came a motorized scooter, just like the one the 69-year-old already owned. She hadn't asked for any of it -- but Medicare was apparent ... |
| Consumer confidence rising but still weak Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST NEW YORK -- Americans are ending 2009 feeling better about the economy than when the year began, buoyed by optimism that job prospects will improve in the first half of 2010.Consumer expectations for the job market reached their highest level in two ... |
| Family treks offer children a real-world education Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST DALLAS -- When Carla Fisher and her husband announced plans to travel the globe with their adolescent daughters for a year, some friends called them crazy.Seven years later, with wonderful memories and a book documenting their world trek, the Fisher ... |
| Understanding the Genetics of Colon Cancer Posted: 29 Dec 2009 05:47 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- As researchers and clinicians search for causes and cures for colorectal cancer, 160,000 cases are diagnosed and 57,000 patients die of the disease each year. It is the second leading cause of death from cancer among adul ... |
| Sentencing for chief in celebrity surrogate case Posted: 29 Dec 2009 10:46 PM PST ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio -- A former Ohio police chief faces sentencing in an alleged break-in at the home of a woman who bore twin girls for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick.A jury last month convicted Barry Carpenter on charges of receiving ... |
| The '90s set the table for a decade of good eats Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST Want an easy way to sum up how Americans ate during the first 10 years of the new century? Three words should do it.Sushi at 7-Eleven.For this was the decade of the gourmeting of America, an era when cola wars and burger battles made way for artisana ... |
| Chilies change to red as they ripen Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST Dear Lisa: Could you help settle a question that came up over holiday cooking? What is the difference between green and red chilies? I'm betting they are different varieties. -- R.W.Dear R.W.: Oops. Hope you didn't bet your new Snuggie on it. The col ... |
| Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST The Restaurant Monitor is a weekly listing of scores for restaurants inspected by the Brazos County Health Department.Inspection scores are on a 100-point scale. Generally, scores below 80 might cause the department to schedule a follow-up visit. A s ... |
| Not in the mood to mash? Try scalloped potatoes Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST These scalloped potatoes can be prepped up to a day ahead. Prepare them up to the point of adding the cheese, then refrigerate. Continue with the recipe when ready to bake and serve.It may seem unusual to refrigerate the potatoes just before putting ... |
| Demand for bargain fizz bubbles up Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST NAPA, Calif. -- Stock market and real estate bubbles may have deflated, but consumers still are looking for the frisson of fizz in their glasses. Just not the expensive stuff.While sales of Champagne from France have slipped considerably, figures for ... |
| Crostini an easy, party-perfect food Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST If the holidays have you scrambling for party-worthy grub, consider crostini (Italian for bread with stuff piled on it).The beauty of crostini is that the components often can be prepared ahead of time. The bread, for example, can be sliced, drizzled ... |
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