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- This time around, resolve to party safely
- Year meant tight funds in Bryan, CS
- CS site getting a fresh start
- Tech's coach fired
- Man killed, 2 injured in Grimes accident
- Probationer arrested for stealing from man who tried to help him
- 2009 bad for U.S., poll finds
- Closings
- Bryan man accused of making false report, resisting arrest
- Worlds of fun
- Texas Tech fires head football coach Leach
- Texting while driving, smoking target of '10 laws
- AP source: CIA officers believed killed in attack
- Dad jailed in girl's death
- Airlines improving baggage handling
- Fight threatens channels
- Data: Admissions odds stacked in favor of athletes
- Airports wary of new scanners
- Swine flu spreads less than other viruses
- Yemeni forces raid al-Qaida hideout; clashes erupt
- GM continues with Saab shutdown as talks continue
- Business briefs
- Oil, gas industry waiting for better days
- Drought may be subsiding
- Take care if celebrating tonight
| This time around, resolve to party safely Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST Keeping guns holstered, noise at a moderate level and fireworks unlit will help area law enforcement agencies ensure those ringing in the new year with dinner, drinks or Mass can do so safely. Last year, Bryan and College Station police departments e ... |
| Year meant tight funds in Bryan, CS Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST Bryan and College Station budgets and water supplies came in lower than expected this year. Smokers can no longer light up in College Station bars, and Bryan's mayor repaid a bar tab after using a city credit card to purchase alcohol. Red light camer ... |
| Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST The site of a former College Station business with a colorful and checkered past has entered a new era, with a small Texas restaurant chain breaking ground this month for what will be a Mexican grill.The Al Carbon Street Taco Grill will cover about 2 ... |
| Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:15 AM PST Texas Tech fired coach Mike Leach on Wednesday, just two days after he was suspended by the school as it investigated his treatment of a player with a concussion. The school handed a termination letter to Leach’s attorney, Ted Liggett, just minutes ... |
| Man killed, 2 injured in Grimes accident Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST -- Eagle Staff ReportA 77-year-old Iola man died Wednesday and two other people were injured in an auto accident in Grimes County.Authorities said a vehicle was stopped on F.M. 244 near Iola waiting to make a left-hand turn into a private drive when ... |
| Probationer arrested for stealing from man who tried to help him Posted: 30 Dec 2009 02:35 AM PST A 43-year-old man remained jailed Wednesday after police said he was arrested for taking more than $4,000 worth of jewelry and other items in June from a Bryan home.Michael John Brauer was arrested Tuesday on a charge of theft of property from $1,500 ... |
| Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST WASHINGTON -- For all their differences, Americans largely agree on two things: 2009 was a lousy year for the nation, and 2010 is likely to be better.Nearly three-fourths of Americans think 2009 was a bad year for the country, which was rocked by job ... |
| Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST Thursday Friday* Schools Closed ... |
| Bryan man accused of making false report, resisting arrest Posted: 30 Dec 2009 03:31 AM PST Police said a 26-year-old Bryan man was arrested after police said he made a false report claiming his brother's drugs were his own.Pierre Reshard Thomas was arrested Tuesday on misdemeanor charges of making a false report to an officer or law enforc ... |
| Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST Maria Bustos, 12, displays her creation, "The Blue Planet," while participating in the 2009 Winter Mini-Camp at the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History on Wednesday. The camp's theme was centered around the museum's current exhibit, "From Earth t ... |
| Texas Tech fires head football coach Leach Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST LUBBOCK -- Texas Tech fired Mike Leach on Wednesday after the coach took the school to court to try to overturn his suspension for alleged mistreatment of an injured player."I'm very sad to say there's only one person to blame for this, and it's Mike ... |
| Texting while driving, smoking target of '10 laws Posted: 30 Dec 2009 06:17 AM PST MADISON, Wis. -- Texting while driving, smoking in public and cooking with artery-clogging trans fats will be that much harder under a bevy of state laws set to take effect Friday.Faced with huge budget shortfalls and little extra money to throw arou ... |
| AP source: CIA officers believed killed in attack Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST WASHINGTON -- CIA employees are believed to be among the dead in Wednesday's suicide bombing inside a base in eastern Afghanistan, a congressional official said.A former senior CIA officer who was stationed at the base said a combination of agency of ... |
| Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST DENTON -- A Texas man is accused of fatally shooting his 10-year-old daughter on Christmas Eve while recklessly handling a revolver. Court records show the man has been investigated repeatedly by Child Protective Services.A state investigator said he ... |
| Airlines improving baggage handling Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST DALLAS -- With fewer flights and less luggage to deliver, airlines are doing a better job handling travelers' bags.That recent good fortune has been put to the test during the holiday travel season, as planes have been packed with passengers and bags ... |
| Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST LOS ANGELES -- Bart Simpson and the Sugar Bowl game could disappear from the TVs of Time Warner Cable subscribers in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin and other markets in a bitter dispute over fees that the Fox television network i ... |
| Data: Admissions odds stacked in favor of athletes Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST If grades make you a long shot for college, you're much more likely to get a break if you can play ball.An Associated Press review of admissions data submitted to the NCAA by most of the 120 schools in college football's top tier shows that athletes ... |
| Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST WASHINGTON -- High-tech security scanners that might have prevented the Christmas Day attempt to blow up a jetliner have been installed in only a small number of airports around the world, in large part because of privacy concerns over the way the m ... |
| Swine flu spreads less than other viruses Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST How contagious is swine flu? Less than the novel viruses that have caused big world outbreaks in the past, new research suggests.If someone in your home has swine flu, your odds of catching it are about one in eight, although children are twice as su ... |
| Yemeni forces raid al-Qaida hideout; clashes erupt Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST SAN'A, Yemen -- Yemeni forces raided an al-Qaida hideout and set off a gunbattle Wednesday as the government vowed to eliminate the group that claimed it was behind the Christmas bombing attempt on a U.S. airliner.The fighting took place in an al-Qai ... |
| GM continues with Saab shutdown as talks continue Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:06 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) -- General Motors Co. is pressing ahead with plans to shut down Saab, though it will continue to hear bids for the Swedish car brand, a company spokesman said Wednesday.Tom Wilkinson said the automaker is not commenting on reports that ... |
| Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST H-E-B development among new onesRecent new development in College Station includes:* H-E-B Tower Point Retail has submitted a site plan for a commercial retail lot on 3.87 acres at 949 William D. Fitch Parkway.* College Station Independent School Dis ... |
| Oil, gas industry waiting for better days Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST One of the oldest rules of the energy industry is that it's subject to cycles. Which may not be a lot of comfort at the bottom of one. Texas energy producers -- and the businesses that serve them -- are profoundly affected by changes in the price of ... |
| Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST Summer 2009 was hot and dry even for a state where "hot," "dry" and "summer" generally work as a single phrase. It was more than ordinarily miserable, though, since it continued the worst drought the state has seen in half a century.But with the arri ... |
| Take care if celebrating tonight Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST Eagle Editorial Board What a year this has been. Many of us will greet the new year with some relief tonight. No doubt there will be many parties and celebrations throughout the community. We hope everyone has a good time tonight, but t ... |
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