Friday, January 8, 2010

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Cold underlines hard times

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

A fleeting smile on Maggie Sims' face reveals a broken tooth neatly masked with cotton to protect it from the wind. It's the only dental care the 52-year-old grandmother can afford on her disability income of $600 and $50 in food stamps. On a biting ...

Robbery carries 50 years

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:04 PM PST

A Bryan man was sentenced to 50 years in prison Thursday after a jury found him guilty of holding up a convenience store with a shotgun. Christopher Leavele Patt, 32, was also convicted of evading arrest and received a 10-year sentence for that charg ...

Brazos Valley under hard freeze warning

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 12:24 AM PST

The National Weather Service on Friday warned of sub-freezing temperatures through the weekend for the Brazos Valley area.The weather service early Friday issued a hard freeze warning -- meaning sub-freezing temperatures are likely -- through Sunday ...

Classes offer inside peek at B-CS police

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:04 PM PST

Cautiously, Mary Jo Prince approached the stopped vehicle occupied by four "rowdy" teenagers.She asked them to turn the music down. They turned it up. When she explained to them the reason for the stop and started a line of questioning, the car empti ...

200 temporarily lose power in Bryan

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportAbout 200 Bryan Texas Utilities customers were without power briefly Thursday night after an equipment failure at a Kurten substation.BTU spokesman Bob Wheeler said the problem happened around 6:30 p.m. in Kurten and caused an imbal ...

Pills, gun reportedly found in traffic stop

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportAn 18-year-old Houston man faces felony charges after police reported finding a weapon and drugs during a traffic stop in College Station.Police said they stopped a vehicle driven by Zachary Allen Scheaffer near the intersection of ...

Bryan pair accused of selling narcotics

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportA Bryan man and woman were in the Brazos County Jail on Thursday night after police accused the pair of selling narcotics out of their home. Police said they served a search warrant at the Miller Lane home of Raessia Lanea Anderson, ...

Police: Man left cell phone during vehicle burglary

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:39 AM PST

College Station police said a 21-year-old man faces charges of breaking into a vehicle in October after he left his cell phone inside.Police arrested the Bryan man Wednesday on a charge of burglary of a vehicle.On Oct. 19 police said a man reported h ...

CS mayor to have talks over coffee

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportCollege Station's mayor will discuss the city's plans for the new year with residents next week over coffee. The year's first Coffee with the Mayor is set for Jan. 15 at 8 a.m. at the College Station Conference Center, 1300 George B ...

Local impersonator to perform at fair

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportRay Brooks, a local Michael Jackson impersonator known as The Prince of Pop, recently won a talent contest and will be performing in Dallas' Martin Luther King Jr. parade and festival as part of the prize. The 24th annual celebratio ...

Messina Hof bridal show set for Jan. 17

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportMessina Hof Winery & Resort will host its annual wedding showcase and bridal event Jan. 17.The event is open to the public and personal consultants are available by appointment from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the winery, 4545 Old Reli ...

Downtown redo

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:04 PM PST

Cache Tankersley (top) and Dustin Riewe remove scaffolding from a building being refurbished on Main Street in downtown Bryan on Thursday. ...

Vermont bill could require hunters to wear orange

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 11:01 PM PST

GRANBY, Vt. -- Lifelong hunter Calvin Noble opted not to wear an orange hat or vest that day in late 2008. Hunting with his son, he was shot by another hunter while sitting on a tree stump and using a moose call.Noble lost his right leg, his bladder ...

Obama vows to fix mistakes

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama declared Thursday "the buck stops with me" for the nation's security, taking responsibility for failures that led to the near-disastrous Christmas attack on a Detroit-bound airliner and vowing the problems would ...

On the verge of discovery

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:01 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Astronomers say they are on the verge of finding planets like Earth orbiting other stars, a key step in determining if we are alone in the universe.A top NASA official and other leading scientists say that within four or five years they ...

Texas roads, schools close

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

DALLAS -- Texas joined other states in the nation's icebox Thursday as temperatures plummeted into the teens and 20s through much of the northern part of the state and hovered just below freezing much of the day.School closings, traffic accidents and ...

Young inmates report abuse in national study

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Nearly one out of every three youths at 13 juvenile detention facilities have reported some type of sexual victimization, according to a government study issued Thursday that found widespread reports of youth sex abuse at correctional c ...

Perry, regulators blast smog limits

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

DALLAS -- Gov. Rick Perry and state environmental regulators on Thursday ripped a federal proposal to cut down on smog, saying it could kill jobs and force Texans to limit such everyday activities as mowing lawns or using drive-throughs.While enviro ...

Blackwater settles over Iraqi deaths

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:01 PM PST

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The security firm formerly known as Blackwater has reached a settlement in a series of federal lawsuits in which dozens of Iraqis accused the company of cultivating a reckless culture that allowed innocent civilians to be killed.Plai ...

Nations split on use of airport scanners

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:01 PM PST

BRUSSELS -- Fearing a rift with the United States, the European Union said Thursday it may force resistant member states to use the full-body scanners being pushed by the Obama administration in the wake of the failed Christmas Day bombing.Britain, t ...

Retailers optimistic due to holiday sales

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:01 PM PST

NEW YORK -- A firm stand on prices and a surge of last-minute holiday shoppers gave retailers a big present: modest December sales gains and healthy profits, a big improvement from last year's Christmas catastrophe.Many retailers raised their fourth- ...

St. Louis plant shooting suspect believed dead

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:01 PM PST

ST. LOUIS -- A disgruntled worker embroiled in a pension dispute with his company showed up at the plant and opened fire Thursday, killing three people and wounding five before apparently killing himself.The shooting spree at ABB Group's plant sent f ...

Cancer Survivors and Heart Disease

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 05:48 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Pediatric cancer survivors are at higher risk for high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol, all precursors to heart disease. In a new study, researchers looked at data from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study -- which ...

Old Antidepressant Protects the Heart

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 05:47 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Animal experiments demonstrate new potential for a 40-year-old antidepressant. A new study shows how clorgyline, an antidepressant no longer used by humans, can stall an elevated case of MAO-A, which ultimately leads to heart ...

Source: NBC weighing Leno return to late-night

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 11:00 PM PST

LOS ANGELES -- Jay Leno might get another another chance to reign as late-night king at NBC.The network, contemplating disppointing ratings for Leno's new prime-time show, is weighing a plan to return him to the 11:35 p.m. EST slot he held for 17 yea ...

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