Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Aggie housekeeping

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

Construction worker Chris Hartmangruber checks the rigging on a crane while removing the flag pole at the Academic Plaza on the Texas A&M campus Tuesday. The aging pole had to be removed because winds caused it to tilt. ...

Cold inching into B-CS

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

The community spirit that shined in November when residents donated coats and blankets is needed again as an Arctic cold front is expected Thursday, officials from a local shelter said. The cold snap expected to last until Sunday could bring temperat ...

Accident victims named

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

The deaths of two men walking along Texas 21 on Monday doubled the number of people killed in traffic accidents along the highway in the past 12 months. Bryan police identified the men killed in the accident in the 3800 block of East Texas 21 as Timo ...

Family waits for justice

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

More than a year after their son was fatally shot, the parents of William Rufus Stephens Jr. are still struggling to come to terms with his death, a friend said Tuesday. The man accused of killing Stephens remains in the Brazos County Jail awaiting ...

Two men arrested on drug charges during traffic stop

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 02:40 AM PST

Officers said they arrested two Bryan men after finding cocaine and marijuana in a vehicle in Brazos County Monday.Jose Miguel Garcia, 27, was arrested on charges of possession of less than two ounces of marijuana, manufacture or delivery of a contro ...

SWAT team called to pair's altercation

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:05 PM PST

-- Eagle Staff ReportA Burleson County SWAT team spent nearly three hours talking to a man who had locked himself in a trailer off County Road 305 after he threatened his wife, authorities said.Sheriff Dale Stroud said deputies were sent to the home ...

Theft suspect linked to another incident

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:05 PM PST

-- Eagle Staff ReportA woman recently arrested on a theft charge has been connected to a November theft at House of Tires, authorities said.Bryan police responded to House of Tires on Nov. 5 after the owner reported that the store was missing $750 wo ...

Housing fuels worries

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- The number of people preparing to buy a home fell sharply in November, an unsettling new sign that the housing market may be headed for a "double-dip" downturn over the winter.The figures Tuesday came after a similarly discouraging repo ...

Mom faces woman accused of trying to cut baby out

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:59 AM PST

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. -- A woman who survived an attempt to cut her unborn baby from her womb has come face-to-face with her alleged attacker in a Maryland courtroom.Teka Adams attended a preliminary hearing Tuesday where a judge found probable cause t ...

Texas AG threatens lawsuit over health insurance

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:37 AM PST

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said Tuesday that the push in Washington to force most Americans to buy health insurance may violate the U.S. Constitution and eventually trigger a lawsuit.Abbott and 13 other attorneys general have ...

Salaries, stakes high for football coaches

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- The players at Texas and Alabama will compete Thursday night for the chance to be called national champions and for a beautiful crystal trophy to be placed outside their locker room.Their coaches have even more at stake.Mack ...

Woman dies after SUV sinks into frigid Dallas pond

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:38 AM PST

DALLAS -- A 39-year-old woman is dead after the sport-utility vehicle she was driving veered into a frigid pond in far north Dallas.Police say fire-rescue workers arrived about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday and dove into the pond dressed only in their uniforms, ...

Saintly inspirations

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

A painted gourd titled "N.S. Guadalupe" by Shiner-based saintmaker and novelist James A. Mangum is on display Tuesday at the Arts Council of Brazos Valley as some of his work is prepared for an exhibit. Mangum is known for his colorful carved and pai ...

Google's gone mobile

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- It's official: Google Inc. will sell its own mobile phone in an effort to protect its online advertising empire as people increasingly surf the Web on handsets instead of personal computers.The phone announced Tuesday had bee ...

NYPD: Jayson Williams charged with DWI after crash

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:57 AM PST

NEW YORK -- Former NBA star Jayson Williams was charged with drunken driving after his SUV veered off an exit ramp and struck a tree early Tuesday, police said, the latest legal woe for the troubled ex-player.Williams, who is awaiting a manslaughter ...

Brownsville banning use of plastic shopping bags

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:34 AM PST

BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- Plastic shopping bags commonly supplied to customers by retailers will be banned in Brownsville in a move to protect the environment.The Brownsville City Commission on Tuesday approved the ban, to take effect in 2011.Commissio ...

Forecasters will send storm warnings earlier

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:53 AM PST

MIAMI -- Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say they will issue storm warnings and watches about half a day sooner than before.They hope warnings about 36 to 48 hours ahead of the storms will give coastal residents more advance notice. They ...

Obama: We have to do better

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama asserted on Tuesday the government had enough information to foil the attempted bombing on a Christmas Day airline flight but intelligence agencies "failed to connect those dots" and left nearly 300 passengers and ...

Son accused of killing mother in San Antonio

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:35 AM PST

SAN ANTONIO -- Police say a 57-year-old San Antonio man who is accused of killing his mother called 911 to report the slaying.Ralph Wayne Nunley remained in the Bexar County Detention Center on Wednesday on a murder charge. A jailer, who declined t ...

Texan accused of possessing 269 pounds of Ecstasy

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 06:30 AM PST

Associated PressHAYS, Kan. -- A Texas man is charged in western Kansas with possessing nearly 400,000 illegal Ecstasy pills valued by authorities at roughly $7.8 million.Twenty-year-old Edgar Juarez of San Antonio was arrested Dec. 4 and bound over f ...

Mansion's renovation slammed

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

AUSTIN -- Historic preservationists told Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday they object to a renovation plan for the fire-ravaged Texas governor's mansion because a proposed new building on the property would be an "unsightly appendage." A two-story building ...

Prostitutes get help, not jail

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

DALLAS -- It was nearly midnight in a cramped mobile courtroom in the back of an 18-wheeler, and a prostitute in a Tweety Bird shirt was apologizing to a judge for falling asleep during her hearing.She hadn't slept for three days and was coming down ...

Bomber coerced to work for Jordan

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

ZARQA, Jordan -- The suspected Jordanian double agent who killed eight people on a CIA base in Afghanistan was recruited by his country's intelligence agency after it threw him in jail to coerce him into helping them track down al-Qaida's No. 2 leade ...

Pomegranates Prevent Breast Cancer?

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 05:45 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Researchers have linked fruits that contain anti-aromatase phytochemicals, such as pomegranates, to a reduced risk of hormone-dependent breast cancer. "Phytochemicals suppress estrogen production that prevents the proliferatio ...

Bacon honored for SixDegrees charity

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:01 PM PST

LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood's awards season is just beginning, and Kevin Bacon has already won.The 51-year-old actor, nominated for Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe awards for his starring turn in the TV movie Taking Chance, will receive the Joel Si ...

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