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- A party in the Big Easy
- Community mourns boy who died in ATV accident
- Getting by on faith
- Allies may help Toyota out
- Iran plans to enrich uranium
- Economic development failing
- Review: 9/11 workers exaggerated
- Palin publicly backs Gov. Perry
- NASA trying for another launch
- At least five dead in plant explosion
- Mexico not as dangerous as many believe
- Candidate quits race in Illinois
- 'Avatar' streak comes to an end
- Letters to the Editor
- Calendar
- How To Help
- 'Historic' snow strands countless in Mid-Atlantic
- Evacuees return to LA-area homes swamped with mud
- An engineering marvel takes shape near Hoover Dam
- THIRD & SHORT
- SPORTS IN BRIEF
- Saints' Payton pushes right buttons
- JIM LITKE: Brees' stellar performance caps fairy-tale season
- Dat a champion: Saints win Super Bowl
- Skier survives 17 hours under Swiss avalanche
| Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:10 PM PST New Orleans Saints fans celebrate on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter after the Super Bowl between the Saints and the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday. The Saints defeated the Colts 31-17 to attain their first championship in franchise history. ... |
| Community mourns boy who died in ATV accident Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:10 PM PST Funeral services are set for Tuesday for an 11-year-old Navasota boy who died in an all-terrain vehicle accident on Saturday. Friends and family members will gather at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Navasota to celebrate the life of Thomas Moore, ... |
| Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:09 PM PST Kenny and Kristi O'Quinn don't give up easily. When Kristi O'Quinn began noticing last year that her husband was constantly tired, he put off going to the doctor because, he said, he didn't have time.The father of four young children was also a pasto ... |
| Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:08 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker.The company has sought to sow good will and win allies with lobbying, charitable giving, racing in the American- ... |
| Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:08 PM PST TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's president on Sunday ordered his atomic agency to significantly enrich the country's stockpile of uranium, angering Western nations that want the Islamic republic to halt its nuclear program.Mahmoud Ahmadinejad maintained, howev ... |
| Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:08 PM PST KANDAHAR, Afghanistan â€" About 90 factories sit vacant in the economic capital of southern Afghanistan. They could fight militants in a way no army could, employing thousands of people and giving them a reason to shun the Taliban.A lack of reliable el ... |
| Review: 9/11 workers exaggerated Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:08 PM PST NEW YORK -- As the first cases in a massive battle over illnesses linked to 9/11 near trial, an Associated Press investigation has found that several of the initial 30 suits contain inconsistent or exaggerated claims about how workers got sick or how ... |
| Palin publicly backs Gov. Perry Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:08 PM PST CYPRESS, Texas -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stumped for Gov. Rick Perry at a rally Sunday in suburban Houston, adding some national Republican star power to Perry's re-election campaign."I doubt there is another public figure in our country who ... |
| NASA trying for another launch Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:11 PM PST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Despite more clouds on the horizon, NASA fueled Endeavour for the second straight night Sunday in hopes of sending the shuttle on the last big space station construction mission.The launch team began pumping millions of gallon ... |
| At least five dead in plant explosion Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:11 PM PST MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- An explosion that sounded like a sonic boom blew out walls of an unfinished power plant and set off a fire during a test of natural gas lines Sunday, killing at least five workers and injuring a dozen or more.The explosion at the ... |
| Mexico not as dangerous as many believe Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:34 PM PST MEXICO CITY -- Decapitated bodies dumped on the streets, drug-war shootings and regular attacks on police have obscured a significant fact: A falling homicide rate means people in Mexico are less likely to die violently now than they were more than a ... |
| Candidate quits race in Illinois Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:10 PM PST CHICAGO -- The Democratic nominee for Illinois' lieutenant governor dropped out of the race Sunday night, less than a week after winning the nomination, amid a political uproar about his past.Announcing his decision at a Chicago bar packed with patro ... |
| 'Avatar' streak comes to an end Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:08 PM PST LOS ANGELES -- A sci-fi love story has given way to an earthbound romance at the box office, livening up typically slow times at theaters over Super Bowl weekend.Released by Sony's Screen Gems banner, Dear John debuted as the No. 1 movie with $32.4 m ... |
| Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:05 PM PST All letters pertaining to the March 2 party primaries must reach The Eagle no later than 5 p.m. on Feb. 19. All political letters will run by Feb. 25. Should there not be room for all political letters, they will run in proportion to the number ... |
| Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:10 PM PST MondayCLUBSAmerican Association of Individual Investors (AAII), 9:30 a.m., second-floor meeting room, Bryan Public Library, 201 E. 26th St. Roundtable-style meetings featuring various topics and speakers. Guests are welcome. 846-0551. College Station ... |
| Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:10 PM PST * For updates on Kenny O'Quinn's condition, visit www.carepages.com/carepages/kennyoquinn. Registration is required, but free.* Donations to help the O'Quinn family can be sent to Wagon Wheel Ministry, 3518 Old Boone Prairie Road, Franklin, Texas, 77 ... |
| 'Historic' snow strands countless in Mid-Atlantic Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:48 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- Planes were grounded, trains stood still and Greyhound buses weren't rolling in the Mid-Atlantic region on Sunday, leaving stranded travelers wondering when they'll be able to escape the icy, gray mess created by a major snowstorm. ... |
| Evacuees return to LA-area homes swamped with mud Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:44 PM PST LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. (AP) -- Residents evacuated from foothill communities deluged by weekend mudslides north of Los Angeles were allowed to return home Sunday as crews moved debris and started clearing catch basins in anticipation of more ra ... |
| An engineering marvel takes shape near Hoover Dam Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:40 PM PST BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Less than a mile downstream from one of the nation's best-known engineering marvels, the Hoover Dam, a second is taking shape.A soaring 1,900-foot span across the gorge created by the Colorado River on the Arizona-Nevada bo ... |
| Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:01 PM PST COLLEGE BASKETBALLAUSTIN -- Brittainey Raven scored a game-high 22 points to help No. 17 Texas rout Texas Tech 81-51 on Sunday.Raven hit four 3-pointers as the Longhorns shot 50 percent from behind the arc. Kat Nash and Cokie Reed each scored 13 poin ... |
| Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:01 PM PST Stricker wins, moves to No. 2 in world rankingLOS ANGELES -- Steve Stricker won the Northern Trust Open on Sunday for his fourth victory since May to move to No. 2 in the world ranking.Starting the final round with a six-shot lead at Riviera, Stricke ... |
| Saints' Payton pushes right buttons Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:01 PM PST MIAMI -- Sean Payton put in an MVP-like performance.From the sideline.The New Orleans coach made all the right calls in the Super Bowl -- even one that didn't look so good at first, well, it turned out just fine. Thanks in large part to Payton's brav ... |
| JIM LITKE: Brees' stellar performance caps fairy-tale season Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:01 PM PST MIAMI -- Drew Brees grew up in Texas and started playing for pay in faraway San Diego. But he made New Orleans his home and its cause uniquely his own.After 43 years of futility and one of the finest quarterbacking performances ever delivered in a Su ... |
| Dat a champion: Saints win Super Bowl Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:01 PM PST MIAMI, Fla. -- The ultimate underdogs, they ain't. Not anymore. The Saints are Super Bowl champions now.Who Dat? Try Drew Brees, Sean Payton and a team that has reversed its embarrassing past, carrying an entire city to the top with it.Put away those ... |
| Skier survives 17 hours under Swiss avalanche Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:32 PM PST EVOLENE, Switzerland (AP) -- A skier was buried beneath an avalanche for 17 hours in the Swiss Alps before being pulled from the snow with only mild hypothermia, police said Sunday.The 21-year-old man appeared to have survived because he was trapped ... |
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