Thursday, January 21, 2010

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Moving a hefty load

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:02 PM PST

Cranes lift traffic lights as a huge generator makes the turn from Texas 105 approaching Texas 6 on Wednesday. ...

Field narrowed down to the final 2

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:04 PM PST

Two candidates remain for Texas A&M's presidency from a pool of more than 300, officials said. A final selection could be made at the Board of Regents meeting Thursday in College Station. The search committee looking for the campus' 24th leader i ...

One killed, three injured in Robertson County wreck

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 12:49 AM PST

A 73-year-old man was killed and three were injured after his vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic near Hearne late Wednesday, officials said.Tracy Tidwell, of Jacksonville, died at the scene of the wreck that happened about 7 p.m. on U.S. 79 just ...

Republicans vie for seat in House

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:02 PM PST

The five candidates vying for the Republican nomination in the race to represent Brazos County in the U.S. House put little distance between their stances on the issues during a two-hour debate Wednesday night. They all agreed that they dislike the p ...

Bryan liquor store robbed, police say

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 02:52 AM PST

Eagle Staff ReportPolice on Wednesday said they are investigating reports of a man armed with a knife robbing a Bryan liquor store the night before.An employee at JJ's Wholesale Liquor & Beer at 1219 Texas Ave., called police just before 9 p.m. s ...

Police probing fishy deaths

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:05 PM PST

Bryan police on Wednesday were investigating as suspicious the death of a Hispanic woman.The woman's body was found on private property in the 3900 block of Sandy Point Road around 11:40 a.m., officials said.It was the second body found in Bryan in a ...

Businesses lend a hand to Haiti

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:04 PM PST

Several area businesses are trying to help earthquake victims in Haiti by staging benefits and donating proceeds from sales to relief organizations.From noon to midnight Thursday, Spoons Yogurt in College Station will donate all of the money from sal ...

Police: Man tried to swallow baggie of drugs after arrest

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 01:19 AM PST

Eagle Staff ReportA 33-year-old man faces a felony drug charge after police said he attempted to swallow a plastic baggie containing marijuana and cocaine while in a patrol car.Sherrond Lakeith Cole of Caldwell was arrested Tuesday on charges of poss ...

Aggie to run for CS City Council

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:04 PM PST

A business owner and Texas A&M student announced Wednesday that he plans to run for College Station City Council.Jess Fields, 21, said his experience as the owner of Texas Avenue Cigars can help the city become more fiscally responsible.Candidate ...

Company might be scamming residents

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:07 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportA Mansfield business that has been calling Bryan-College Station residents claiming to represent A&M Consolidated High School and asking for donations appears to be running a scam, local officials said.Several area residents hav ...

Residents tapped about Bryan's history

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:04 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportBryan officials are encouraging residents to contribute to a survey of historic resources west of the city's downtown. The survey is being used to identify the area's historical resources and evaluating them for land-use planning pu ...

Pianist, violinist to play at Texas A&M

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:07 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportThe Museum of Fine Arts in Houston will host a free piano and violin performance at the George Bush Presidential Library on Monday.The event will feature pianist Kathryn Woodard and violinist Theresa Salomon. Woodard is a Texas A&am ...

Edwards admits he fathered videographer's child

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:55 PM PST

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has finally come forward to admit that he is the father of a child born to a videographer he hired before his second White House bid. "It was wrong for me to ever deny she was my ...

Registration open for softball league

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:04 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportRegistration is under way for College Station adult softball.Players can sign up from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday through Jan. 29 at the Parks and Recreation office in Stephen C. Beachy Central Park or online at parksweb. ...

Police investigating 5-month-old's death

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:07 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportCollege Station police on Wednesday were investigating the death of a 5-month-old boy.Officers said they received a call about a child not breathing and responded to a Luther Street apartment around 2 p.m. The baby was pronounced de ...

Charlie Daniels suffers mild stroke in Colorado

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 07:11 AM PST

DURANGO, Colo. -- Fiddler-guitarist Charlie Daniels said he suffered a mild stroke while snowmobiling in Colorado and has some stiffness and numbness in his left hand and arm.Daniels, 73, suffered the stroke Friday just outside Durango, about 230 mil ...

Authorities probing two-vehicle accident

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:07 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportThe Texas Department of Public Safety was investigating an accident on U.S. 79 in Robertson County late Wednesday.Officials said two vehicles were involved, but no information was available about how the accident happened or whether ...

Feds probing rash of church fires in East Texas

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:49 AM PST

TYLER, Texas -- Federal authorities are investigating a rash of church fires in East Texas, where seven such blazes have been reported since Jan. 1.Police said the latest Tyler-area fire at Bethesda House of Prayer in Lindale was quickly contained We ...

Couple says wedding photographer duped them

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:04 PM PST

A wedding is supposed to be a once-in-a-lifetime event. Many brides start to imagine their fairytale ceremony in grade school, and the perfect day is planned by the time they're prompted to answer that special question. Amy Davis, 28, was one such br ...

Health care bill facing overhaul

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Chastened by the Democratic Senate loss in Massachusetts, President Barack Obama and congressional allies signaled Wednesday they may try to scale back his sweeping health care overhaul in an effort to at least keep parts of it alive.A ...

Appeals court: blacks excluded from Dallas jury

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:02 PM PST

DALLAS -- A federal appeals court has overturned a robbery conviction in Dallas, saying that prosecutors in 2002 illegally struck two black jurors from the panel.The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Wednesday reversed the armed rob ...

Katrina cited for surge in Texas population

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:02 PM PST

DALLAS -- Texas could add four congressional seats following the 2010 Census because of a population jump partly linked to Hurricane Katrina, demographers say.Demographer William Frey with the Brookings Institution looked at population growth rates f ...

UN report riddled with errors

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:02 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Five glaring errors were discovered in one paragraph of the world's most authoritative report on global warming, forcing the Nobel Prize-winning panel of climate scientists who wrote it to apologize and promise to be more careful.The er ...

Gathering in the name of science

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:07 PM PST

Faculty members gather to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Texas A&M Health Science Center at its academic convocation at the George Bush Presidential Conference Center on Wednesday. The event also included an unveiling of some original B ...

Deductions, credits different for 2009 tax year

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:02 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- More forms to file. New and expanded credits and deductions.When taxpayers sit down to file their 2009 returns, they will find plenty new -- some the result of adjusting for inflation, and others changes passed by Congress last year to ...

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