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- A toast to things to come
- A&M model fuels debate
- Noted leaders have left mark on B-CS
- Co-worker seeks aid for mother, four kids
- Holiday fires stir giving spirits
- Publisher Moser retires in Brenham
- Suspect sought in Houston arsons
- Closings
- Sources: Bomber was invited
- Feds seek immigrants in green-card marriage scam
- Colorado's minimum wage becomes 1st in U.S. to drop
- '09 sets jobless benefits record
- Once-presidential phrase casualty of word war
- Fox grants 'brief extension' in cable dispute
- Growing New Tooth Enamel
- Limbaugh reported chest pains
- Rototilling organic matter may kill weeds
- Make choice to use water well
- Making good use of green, red
- Gene Therapy to Help Emphysema Patients
- Doctors Outsmart CT Scans
- Jailed Bryan man faces extra charge
- Calendar
- Florida detention officer fired for joining the KKK
- Americans fall short on health
| Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST From left: Lori Doriocourt and Tony and Jennifer Morton make a toast with chilled water to wet their whistles with their friends as they wait to be seated for dinner at Fish Daddy's in College Station on Thursday night. They met fellow revelers at th ... |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST A long-term land-use prediction model created by Texas A&M researchers has become a point of contention in a debate over proposed legislation on climate change. The model predicts that food prices may increase if a bill -- which is expected to go ... |
| Noted leaders have left mark on B-CS Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:12 PM PST Many local community leaders who died in 2010 spent decades serving the public; others were here only a few years, but each made a lasting impact on Bryan-College Station and its residents.Travis Bryan: After two years of being in and out of hospital ... |
| Co-worker seeks aid for mother, four kids Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST Pam Richardson and her four children aren't starting out the New Year as planned. The Bryan family lost their home on William Joel Parkway to a fire on Christmas Eve, and Richardson said they've been living in a hotel until she can find a permanent r ... |
| Holiday fires stir giving spirits Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST It took less than 24 hours to collect enough donations to completely furnish a new home for four Texas A&M University students whose residence was destroyed by arson."Within the first day we had eight to 12 TVs at our disposal, 12 queen-size beds ... |
| Publisher Moser retires in Brenham Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST Don't write off the newspaper industry just yet, said a 40-year editor and publisher of Brenham's community paper who retired Thursday. "Just like every industry, we're going to be working with fewer people than in the past," said Charles Moser, 66. ... |
| Suspect sought in Houston arsons Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST -- Eagle Staff ReportPolice are asking for help in finding a man with local ties believed to be responsible for recently starting several fires in the Houston neighborhood of the Heights.Houston Fire Department arson investigators are searching for E ... |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:10 PM PST * Schools: ClosedPublic schools will reopen on Monday in Bryan and on Tuesday in College Station. * Texas A&M: Closed* Blinn College: Closed* Banks: Closed* Brazos County Courthouse: Closed* Bryan Municipal Court: Closed* CS Municipal ... |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:10 PM PST WASHINGTON -- The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA workers at a remote outpost in southeastern Afghanistan had been invited to the base and had not been searched, two former U.S. officials told The Associated Press Thursday.A former senior intelli ... |
| Feds seek immigrants in green-card marriage scam Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST FORT WORTH -- For more than two decades, Maria Refugia Camarillo played matchmaker for her family members.Camarillo, known as Cuca, found spouses for her children, her nieces, a nephew and even her three teenage grandchildren, all of whom lived withi ... |
| Colorado's minimum wage becomes 1st in U.S. to drop Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:14 PM PST DENVER -- Colorado's minimum wage will drop slightly in the new year -- the first decrease in any state's minimum wage since the federal minimum was adopted in 1938.Colorado's wage is falling 3 cents an hour, from $7.28 to the federal level of $7.25. ... |
| '09 sets jobless benefits record Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:10 PM PST WASHINGTON -- A record 20 million-plus people collected unemployment benefits at some point in 2009, a year that ended with the jobless rate at 10 percent.As the pace of layoffs slows, the number of new applicants visiting unemployment offices has be ... |
| Once-presidential phrase casualty of word war Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:14 PM PST DETROIT -- In its annual effort to protect the Queen's English, a Michigan university is insisting that "shovel ready" be buried, "tweet" be tossed and all "czars" be banished.Lake Superior State University shamed those and several other words and ph ... |
| Fox grants 'brief extension' in cable dispute Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:52 PM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Fox television network allowed its broadcast signal to be carried by Time Warner Cable for a brief extension past a midnight deadline as talks over fees continued.Time Warner Cable Inc. made the announcement as the clock rolle ... |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2009 05:48 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- An amino acid and protein that's found within the center of a tooth's enamel is what makes teeth strong and resilient, new research shows. For the study, researchers examined proline repeats, or amino acids repeated in the cent ... |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST HONOLULU -- Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh remained hospitalized in Hawaii on Thursday after experiencing chest pains similar to a heart attack, according to the guest host on his nationally syndicated radio show.Limbaugh was rushed to a H ... |
| Rototilling organic matter may kill weeds Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST Dear Neil: I hope you can help me with a weed problem that I've been battling for two years. We tilled in hay a couple of years ago, and we've had weeds ever since. I spray them with Round Up, and it kills everything above ground, but new weeds sprin ... |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST It's that time of year again when we promise ourselves to do things better or differently. Consider making some gardening resolutions to conserve water and make your landscape more environmentally responsible. Water is a valuable natural resource. I ... |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST The darkest time of year, when days are shortest and the sun hangs lowest in the sky, is surely an odd time to pick for celebration. Then again, what better way to show faith in the continuity of life?A sprig of greenery does it, or a whole tree awas ... |
| Gene Therapy to Help Emphysema Patients Posted: 31 Dec 2009 05:48 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Scientists have identified a protein deficiency associated with emphysema. The discovery could lead to new future treatments for the disease using gene therapy. Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine have discovere ... |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2009 05:48 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study suggests a doctor's knowledge might trump the advances of technology when it comes to spotting neurological complications after surgery. Researchers found physicians conducting bedside exams did a better job than CT ... |
| Jailed Bryan man faces extra charge Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:12 PM PST -- Eagle Staff ReportAn 18-year-old Bryan man -- who has been behind bars on a burglary charge for more than a month -- recently was charged with another crime.According to a police report, Terry Lyn Guyton came to the home of his ex-girlfriend on Ga ... |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:09 PM PST SaturdayGARDEN & MARKETSBrazos Valley Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon. Texas Avenue and William Joel Bryan Parkway in Bryan. Locally grown fresh produce and other items. www.brazosvalleyfarmersmarket.com, hpw@tconline.net or 229-5503.Navasota Farm ... |
| Florida detention officer fired for joining the KKK Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:50 PM PST GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- An Alachua County Sheriff's Office corrections officer who acknowledged being a member of the Ku Klux Klan has been fired for belonging to a subversive or terrorist organization, a violation of the agency's code of ethics.Wa ... |
| Americans fall short on health Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST ATLANTA -- About 10 years ago the government set some lofty health goals for the nation to reach by 2010.So how did we do?By many measures, not so hot.There are more obese Americans than a decade ago, not fewer. We eat more salt and fat, not less. Mo ... |
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