Saturday, January 23, 2010

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Generating buzz

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:07 PM PST

A star has emerged and has people across Brazos County talking. Is it the new president of Texas A&M University? Yawn. You don't see people walking half a mile to take R. Bowen Loftin's picture. Or maybe it's the Aggie football team's new defensi ...

Regents OK transportation research centers

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST

The Texas A&M System Board of Regents established a pair of transportation research centers this week within the Texas Transportation Institute, a state agency of the Texas A&M System. The Center for Strategic Transportation Solutions will fo ...

Mumford gets high marks

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST

Teachers and students at Mumford High School recognize that when it comes to doing something right, it's about quality, not quantity. The Robertson County school is home to barely 200 students, but that didn't stop it from being recognized as one of ...

Fire school open to residents

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:07 PM PST

You might remember the basics -- stop, drop and roll -- but you probably don't recall too much else from that elementary school fire safety course. College Station officials want to change that and are offering residents the opportunity to attend a C ...

Autopsy: Baby's death an accident

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportThe death of a 5-month-old baby in College Station this week is being called an accident after preliminary autopsy results were released Friday.Lt. Rodney Sigler, a spokesman for the College Station Police Department, said an invest ...

Man found with felony amount of drugs near daycare, police said

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 02:36 AM PST

Police said they arrested a 27-year-old Bryan man on a felony drug charge along with two felony warrants after finding cocaine in his vehicle, reports state.Xavier Jermaine Duren was arrested Thursday on a charge of manufacturing or delivering a cont ...

CS student accused of painting graffiti

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportA student at A&M Consolidated High School is accused of spray-painting several areas of campus.Chuck Glenewinkel, a spokesman for College Station schools, said the student painted graffiti on the outside walls of the school and ...

Watchful neighbor aids in man's arrest

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportA vigilant neighbor is being credited with a man's arrest after noticing suspicious vehicles at a Waterway Drive home that is used as a seasonal residence by its owner.The neighbor reported license plate numbers to police while the ...

Cruises stir controversy, help Haiti tourism

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:06 PM PST

LABADEE, Haiti -- With the Celebrity Solstice cruise ship anchored just offshore this beautiful expanse of white sand Friday, vacationers stretched out on beach chairs in the sun, sipped cold beer and pina coladas with pineapple slices on the rim and ...

Astronaut tweeting from space

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:07 PM PST

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In a high tech first -- really, really high -- astronauts in space finally have Internet access.Space station resident Timothy Creamer had been working with flight controllers to establish Internet access from his orbital post ...

Rare finds from years ago

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:26 PM PST

Greg Pieratt sits behind his silver counter at the Continental Shows Antique Sale at the Brazos Center on Friday. The sale features silver, furniture, art, books, dolls and many other items sold by vendors from across the country. Guests can also hav ...

Boy reportedly hanged himself

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:07 PM PST

THE COLONY -- A 9-year-old boy was found hanged in the bathroom of a Dallas-area elementary school in an apparent suicide, police said Friday.Authorities in The Colony say the fourth-grader was found by staff at Stewart's Creek Elementary School on T ...

Bush endorses Hutchison

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST

HOUSTON -- U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison secured a high-profile endorsement Friday from former President George H.W. Bush in the increasingly contentious battle for the Texas GOP gubernatorial nomination.Bush said he and his wife, Barbara, are suppo ...

Once-squalid Superdome given the chance to shine

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:06 PM PST

NEW ORLEANS -- If desperation has a smell, it permeated the Louisiana Superdome after Hurricane Katrina -- rancid and overpowering as thousands sweltered in a cauldron of human misery.The stench was so wretched that it still haunts the people prepari ...

Obama revamps job message

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:06 PM PST

ELYRIA, Ohio -- President Barack Obama tried to revive his battered agenda and rally despondent Democrats on Friday with a renewed emphasis on jobs. His visit to this struggling Rust Belt city capped a tough first-anniversary week for a presidency th ...

Conan says goodbye

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:06 PM PST

NEW YORK -- On his final Tonight show, Conan O'Brien said walking away instead of accepting a demotion is the hardest thing he's ever had to do.Despite the rancor that led to his $45 million buyout, the red-haired comic urged fans not to be cynical a ...

American furloughs pilots

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:06 PM PST

FORT WORTH -- American Airlines says it will furlough up to 175 pilots beginning next month because it has a too many pilots after reducing its flight schedule.American said Friday it sent notices to 80 pilots that they will lose their jobs at the en ...

BK to open Whopper Bar to sell beer with burgers

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 05:57 AM PST

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Burger King is opening a restaurant in Miami Beach that will serve beer along with burgers and fries, the chain's first U.S. location with alcohol.At the Whopper Bar South Beach, guests can pair a Whopper sandwich with Anheuser-B ...

Working together can aid us all

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST

By BRUCE CHABOT"Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it." -- 1 Corinthians 12:31We have lots going on here in the Brazos Valley.We have the mother of all gargantuan machines creeping its titanic way through our fair valley, sna ...

Faith calendar

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST

Sunday * Faith United Church, UCC, 2901 Austin's Colony Parkway in Bryan, will host guest preacher Ana Deter during its 10:30 a.m. service. Fellowship is at 10 a.m. Guests are welcome. * Christ United Methodist Church, 4201 Texas 6 in College Station ...

ON THE MOVE

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:10 PM PST

A giant power generator is continuing its slow trek through the Brazos Valley toward its destination in Riesel. Though there may be open lanes or detours around the load, motorists along its path should expect delays and are encouraged to find altern ...

Calendar

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:07 PM PST

SaturdayCLUBSPhotography club meeting, 9 a.m. Martha's Bloomers, Navasota. All levels of experience are invited to attend. 936-825-7400, ext. 100 or photoclub@marthasbloomers.com.EVENTSPhotography Made Simple seminar, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. College Station ...

Students learn to manage money

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:06 PM PST

MIAMI -- Each day after school, 17-year-old Phyllis Quach goes to a warehouse filled with silk flowers, stuffed animals and other gift items her parents sell through their South Florida wholesale business.The recession hit the family hard and they ca ...

NY man accused of beheading claims he was battered

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 06:01 AM PST

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A western New York man accused of beheading his wife at the Muslim-oriented television station they founded will claim he was a victim of years of abuse at home.Muzzammil Hassan was in a Buffalo courtroom Friday, where he fired the l ...

Stuck gas pedal causes 2nd major Toyota recall

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 02:54 AM PST

NEW YORK -- Toyota Motor Corp. built its reputation in the U.S. as a maker of safe and dependable vehicles, but the quality of the Japanese automaker's fleet continues to be tarnished by serious safety recalls.Toyota said Thursday it is recalling 2.3 ...

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