Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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A peek at the past

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:19 PM PST

Visitors from a home-school group near Cameron look over a full-body taxidermy mount of an African Lion, originally from Botswana, which is part of the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History's permanent Ice Age Exhibit Tuesday afternoon. The lion di ...

Suspect arrested in woman's death

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:20 PM PST

A Franklin ranch worker was arrested Tuesday on murder charges related to the death of a 27-year-old woman found last week face-down on a driveway outside a Bryan home. The arrest of Michael Allen Peck, 44, came after an investigation in which police ...

A&M study: B-CS air poor

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:20 PM PST

Checked your AQI forecast for Bryan-College Station lately?You're likely not alone if the answer was: "Huh?"But one day soon, the Air Quality Index might not be so meaningless to area residents. Found at www.airnow.gov, the map that color-codes air q ...

A&M study: B-CS air poor

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:20 PM PST

Checked your AQI forecast for Bryan-College Station lately?You're likely not alone if the answer was: "Huh?"But one day soon, the Air Quality Index might not be so meaningless to area residents. Found at www.airnow.gov, the map that color-codes air q ...

Franklin man charged in death of woman found in Bryan

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 03:24 AM PST

A Franklin man was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder in the death of a 27-year-old woman found in a Bryan driveway last week.Michael Allen Peck, 44, is accused of killing Julie Perez by strangulation or asphyxiation, according to a police repo ...

Bryan graduates jailed in sex assault

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:20 PM PST

Two college athletes from Bryan remained jailed late Tuesday after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman who, according to court documents, unknowingly was drugged at the time. Huntsville police said Sean Curtis Weatherford and Torlan Rashad P ...

Bryan extends zone for project

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:20 PM PST

The Bryan City Council on Tuesday approved the expansion of a tax increment reinvestment zone to include a 42-acre development between Briarcrest Drive, North Earl Rudder Freeway and Boonville Road.The development will include retail space, restauran ...

CS man faces felony drug charge

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 01:56 AM PST

A jail inmate is facing an additional felony charge after College Station police said they found drugs on him at the jail.Brian Eduardo Terraza of College Station was arrested Monday on charges of prohibited substance in a correctional facility, poss ...

Massive generator continues trek north

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:20 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportThe massive generator that has spent the past 11 days slowly moving through the Brazos Valley came to rest Tuesday night at Morris Branch Bridge on F.M. 46 in Robertson County.It will continue north on Wednesday until it reaches U.S ...

Sam's Club workers given new option

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:20 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportAs many as 20 area residents who are losing their jobs at Sam's Club may apply for their positions with the company that will perform their duties for the wholesale club, officials announced.About 11,200 demonstration and recruiting ...

Meeting will focus on Blinn programs

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:21 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportCommunity members are invited to an informational meeting about Blinn College on Tuesday. The showcase is being sponsored by Gear Up, a federally funded program that aims to educate students on opportunities available through higher ...

Sam's Club workers given new option

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:20 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportAs many as 20 area residents who are losing their jobs at Sam's Club may apply for their positions with the company that will perform their duties for the wholesale club, officials announced.About 11,200 demonstration and recruiting ...

Fair set for special needs kids, families

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:20 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportAn informational fair for special education students and their families is set for Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Brazos Center in Bryan.The fair will highlight community assistance available to students as they transition out ...

New testing system will replace TAKS

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:55 PM PST

AUSTIN -- The next generation of student testing in Texas will be called the STAAR.Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott announced Tuesday that the much-maligned Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills will be replaced with the State of Texas As ...

PETA proposes robotic groundhog for Pa. festival

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:41 AM PST

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. -- An animal rights group wants organizers of Pennsylvania's Groundhog Day festival to replace Punxsutawney Phil with a robotic stand-in.People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says it's unfair to keep the animal in captivity an ...

Officials fear another whooping crane die-off

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:36 AM PST

DALLAS -- The world's last remaining natural flock of endangered whooping cranes, which suffered a record number of deaths last year, will probably see another die-off because of scarce food supplies at its Texas nesting grounds this winter, wildlife ...

Tents for Haitian quake victims in short supply

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:19 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The dusty soccer field lined with spacious tents is an oasis for earthquake survivors among Haiti's homeless sheltering by the hundreds of thousands in squalid camps.Competition for the canvas homes has boiled into arguments ...

Economy poised for recovery

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:19 PM PST

Americans are feeling better about the economy, home prices are on the rise and companies are forecasting a brighter 2010.While no one doubts the economy has a long way to go to come back from the punishing recession, the reports Tuesday were signs o ...

Toyota halts US sales of Camry, 7 other models

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:44 AM PST

WASHINGTON -- Toyota suspended U.S. sales of some of its most popular vehicles -- including the best-selling car in America, the Camry -- to fix sticking gas pedals that could make the cars accelerate without warning.In another blow to the world's No ...

Engineers watching homes in San Antonio

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:19 PM PST

SAN ANTONIO -- Residents of 25 homes evacuated after a landslide split a retaining wall and threatened to topple hilltop homes will not be allowed to return for at least 10 days as engineers watch for further soil movement, the developer said Tuesday ...

Tablet may change gaming industry

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:19 PM PST

NEW YORK -- When Apple introduced the iPhone, it shook up the cell phone business but it also changed the way people play video games. About a quarter of the 100,000 applications that you can download to the iPhone are games, ranging from the simple ...

GM to sell Saab for $74M

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:17 PM PST

DETROIT -- Saab got a new life Tuesday as General Motors Co. agreed to sell the Swedish car brand to the small Dutch luxury carmaker Spyker Cars NV.Under the deal, GM will get $74 million in cash plus $326 million worth of preferred shares in Saab. ...

Obama set to address nation

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:19 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will try to pivot past rocky times for the nation and himself Wednesday night in his first State of the Union address, offering a skeptical public repackaged plans to energize the economy, stem a tide of red ink a ...

Tax breaks are a payday for most

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:17 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- The deep recession that hung over the nation in 2009 has led to new tax credits and deductions -- attempts by Congress to boost consumer spending and get the economy moving again.These, along with increases in the standard deduction, p ...

Gibson in film after long break

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:17 PM PST

LOS ANGELES -- The last time Mel Gibson starred in a movie, he was grappling with alien invaders and a misplaced faith in the sci-fi thriller Signs.That was seven and a half years ago. In the intervening time, Gibson became a cultural firebrand, dire ...

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