Saturday, January 30, 2010

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Career Day from Antarctica

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST

Allen Academy student Marley Klaus gives her father the thumbs-up sign while speaking to him on a computer from a classroom at the school Friday. Adam Klaus is a scientist on the research ship JOIDES Resolution, currently in Antarctica. He and other ...

Aggies to aid some taxpayers

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST

Texas A&M University students will be available to help low-income residents prepare tax returns while earning class credit. The Mays Business School at Texas A&M University is partnering with the United Way of the Brazos Valley for the secon ...

Budget cuts challenging Bryan

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST

The biggest issue facing the city of Bryan in the coming year is the budget, officials said Friday during the first part of two-day strategic planning meeting.City Manager David Watkins said after the meeting that cities across the nation are being h ...

Sergeant on leave after arrest

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:09 PM PST

A Bryan police sergeant likely will remain on paid administrative leave while an investigation is conducted into a family violence call at his home."It's really difficult to say how long he could be on leave," Chief Eric Buske said. "I've experienced ...

Police investigate report of a robbery at Bryan apartment

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 02:31 AM PST

Police on Friday said they are investigating a report of an aggravated robbery at a Bryan apartment a day earlier.Bryan Officer Jason James said police responded to a report of an aggravated robbery shortly after midnight at an apartment in the 1800 ...

Portion of F.M. 1179 closed

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:05 AM PST

The Texas Department of Transportation has closed F.M. 1179 at the intersection with Grassbur in Brazos County because of water over the roadway.It was unclear how long the closure will remain in effect. Authorities urged drivers to use caution at al ...

Area schools make list of high performers

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST

Three years ago, Bryan's Mitchell Elementary school received a rating of unacceptable from the Texas Education Agency because of student performance on state accountability tests. That's why being recognized as a 2009 higher-performing school by the ...

Wastewater spills into Bryan creek

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:07 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportAbout 2 million gallons of wastewater spilled from Bryan's Burton Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility after a power outage Friday morning.The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has inspected the area near University Drive whe ...

Bryan woman faces two assault charges

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:09 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportAn 18-year-old Bryan woman was in jail Friday on two charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon -- one for threatening to hit her ex-boyfriend with a car, the other for striking his best friend with the vehicle -- authoritie ...

First 100 days

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST

Sam Houston Elementary kindergartner Cooper Blevins puts on glasses celebrating the first 100 days of school on Friday. Students at the Bryan school participated in a parade and other activities to observe the occasion. ...

Businesses could get credits for new hires

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:05 PM PST

BALTIMORE -- President Barack Obama renewed his call for tax incentives to create jobs Friday, saying a greater effort is needed even though his administration has "stopped the flood of job losses."Obama wants to give companies a $5,000 tax credit fo ...

Obama faces off with GOP

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:06 PM PST

BALTIMORE -- In a remarkably sharp face-to-face confrontation, President Barack Obama chastised Republican lawmakers Friday for opposing him on taxes, health care and the economic stimulus, while they accused him in turn of brushing off their ideas a ...

Blair: Joining Iraq war was right

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:07 PM PST

LONDON -- He was right and he'd do it again.That was Tony Blair's message Friday as he fought for his place in history against critics who contend it was folly to join the Americans in invading Iraq based on intelligence that was faulty and weapons o ...

GOP candidates clash in debate

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST

DALLAS -- U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and political activist Debra Medina ganged up on front-running Gov. Rick Perry on Friday in the final televised debate before the March 2 Republican gubernatorial primary.Both women sought to undermine Perry' ...

Greece, others deny EU bailout

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:06 PM PST

DAVOS, Switzerland -- Greek and European officials moved Friday to quash market buzz that Athens could find itself in too deep a financial hole to save itself, potentially saddling European governments with a costly bailout.Prime Minister George Papa ...

Wintry blast strikes Panhandle

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:07 PM PST

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Southeastern states were bracing Friday as snow began to fall from a storm that has already toppled Midwestern power lines, closed major highways, buried parts of the southern Plains in heavy ice and snow and left tens of thousan ...

Two men who can cook

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:07 PM PST

College Station Fire Chief R.B. Alley (left) and Assistant Chief Jon Mies serve desserts at the 50 Men Who Can Cook event at the Brazos County Expo Complex on Friday. The event raised money for the College Station Independent School District. ...

HBO airing views on family life

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:06 PM PST

PASADENA, Calif. -- HBO wasn't looking for a political film when it asked Rosie O'Donnell to make a documentary about families, but realized in progress that it had one.A Family Is a Family Is a Family: A Rosie O'Donnell Celebration debuts Sunday at ...

Religion Notes

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST

Sunday* Faith United Church, UCC, 2901 Austin's Colony Parkway in Bryan, will welcome back Pastor Karl Tewold and his wife, Gwen, from Mexico. The 9:15 a.m. Sunday study is over the prophet Hosea. Fellowship begins at 10 a.m., followed by worship at ...

Book: John Paul was quick to forgive shooter

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:07 PM PST

VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II decided to forgive his would-be assassin while he was in the ambulance on his way to the hospital moments after being shot in St. Peter's Square, according to a new book by the Polish prelate spearheading his sainth ...

Priests struggling to anoint the sick

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:06 PM PST

NEW ORLEANS -- It was John B. Baus's 82nd birthday. When he was getting ready to go out with his wife, he had a heart attack and ended up on his way to the emergency room instead.Doctors there worked to stabilize him and performed surgery to implant ...

Groups get creative to encourage abstinence

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:06 PM PST

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Jeiel Ballard and his girlfriend, both 16, are dressed up in their best attire, ready for a night of dancing and fun.But there will be no close embraces or risque moves to test chaperones on the dance floor. The "purity ball" spon ...

Letters

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:05 PM PST

I do not live in Brazos County. I live in a much worse place: Robertson County where the leaders do not care what happens to animals. If the Brazos Animal Shelter truly put forth an effort to reducing the number of animals euthanized, it could ...

Calendar

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST

SaturdayEVENTSNavasota Athletic Booster Club golf tournament fundraiser, 8 a.m. Pecan Lakes Golf Course. Team cost for the 4-man scramble is $300 or $75 for individuals. The tournament will benefit boys and girls athletics from junior high through hi ...

Bryan sergeant arrested on family violence charge

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 02:30 AM PST

A Bryan police sergeant with 13 years experience remained behind bars Friday on a misdemeanor assault charge after officers responded to a family violence call at his home. Three police â€" two sergeants and an officer â€" responded to the call at 12:44 ...

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