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- Bryan approves agency mandate
- Bryan courts biotech firm
- Corps names top two student leaders
- Flood warning for Navasota River in effect
- Attorney to run for CS school board
- More than a hobby
- D.C. gets by without Uncle Sam
- Psychiatrists' bible up for review
- Flood warning issued near Normangee
- Target pulls Valentine's toys over lead concerns
- HISD could drop higher pay for advanced teachers
- Texas educators react to abstinence-only study
- Taliban prepare for siege
- Prison for worker over Texas credit union theft
- Iran warned to stop increased nuclear enrichment
- New fires show signs of arson
- Some educators praise abstinence-only study
- Shuttle inspected on way to space station
- Authorities search landfill for infant
- Tamoxifen Use Down
- Dubai skyscraper closes after tourists trapped
- Fans delighted by DeGeneres' 'Idol' debut
- Bowl ad angers White Stripes
| Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:11 PM PST Top: Sul Ross Elementary School kindergartner Janna Groce and other students wave their flags while singing during the school's annual Valentines for Vets program on Tuesday. More than 500 handmade valentines were presented to veterans for delivery t ... |
| Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:11 PM PST A new agency that would take over operations at Bryan and College Station landfills is a step closer to reality after the Bryan City Council on Tuesday signed off on the basic procedures under which the agency would operate.The College Station City C ... |
| Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:11 PM PST The Texas A&M University System and local government leaders are working to firm up plans to bring a large biomedical research and vaccination manufacturing center to Bryan, officials said Tuesday. The proposal hasn't been finalized, but official ... |
| Corps names top two student leaders Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:03 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportThe Texas A&M Corps of Cadets has named its two top student leaders for the 2010-11 school year. David Keim, a junior history major from College Station, will be the commander, the highest-ranking cadet in the more-than-1,700-me ... |
| Flood warning for Navasota River in effect Posted: 09 Feb 2010 02:07 AM PST National Weather Service officials said a flood warning for the Navasota River near Normangee will continue until late Wednesday night. At 10 a.m. Tuesday the river was at 15.1 feet, just above the flood stage of 15 feet. Officials expected the rive ... |
| Attorney to run for CS school board Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:03 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportA College Station attorney filed paperwork to run for the College Station school board on Tuesday.Jeff Harris will seek the Place 4 seat in the May 8 election.Three seats are open, and filing for candidates ends March 8.Place 4 Trus ... |
| Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST Don L. Clark displays a few of his woodworking creations at Carriage Inn in Bryan on Tuesday. Clark, who taught industrial education at Texas A&M in the late 1960s, has been woodworking since he was a child. In addition to wood, Clark also create ... |
| D.C. gets by without Uncle Sam Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:09 PM PST WASHINGTON -- If snow keeps 230,000 government employees home for the better part of a week, will anyone notice?With at least another foot of snow headed for Washington, Philadelphia and New York, we're about to find out. The federal government in t ... |
| Psychiatrists' bible up for review Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:10 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Don't say "mental retardation" -- the new term is "intellectual disability." No more diagnoses of Asperger's syndrome -- call it a mild version of autism instead. And while "behavioral addictions" will be new to doctors' dictionaries, " ... |
| Flood warning issued near Normangee Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:11 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportA National Weather Service flood warning was expected to remain in effect for the Navasota River near Normangee until Wednesday night.On Tuesday, minor flooding was occurring in the area. The river was expected to crest near 15.2 fe ... |
| Target pulls Valentine's toys over lead concerns Posted: 10 Feb 2010 12:05 AM PST OAKLAND, Calif. -- Target Corp. said Tuesday it was pulling its Valentine's Day "Message Bears" from store shelves after California's attorney general raised concerns that the toys have illegal levels of lead.The response comes a day after a letter s ... |
| HISD could drop higher pay for advanced teachers Posted: 09 Feb 2010 11:28 PM PST HOUSTON -- The Houston Independent School District is studying whether to abandon the traditional practice of paying teachers more for having advanced degrees.The largest public school system in Texas, which has more than 200,000 students and 295 sch ... |
| Texas educators react to abstinence-only study Posted: 09 Feb 2010 03:30 AM PST Associated Press DALLAS -- An abstinence-only study that allowed students to explore the drawbacks of having sex at early as age 12 has attracted praise from some Texas educators.Texas law requires an emphasis on abstinence when it comes to sex educ ... |
| Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:08 PM PST NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan -- U.S. and Afghan forces pushed Tuesday to the edge of the southern Afghan town of Marjah, poised to seize the major Taliban supply and drug-smuggling stronghold in hopes of building public support by providing aid and servi ... |
| Prison for worker over Texas credit union theft Posted: 09 Feb 2010 11:28 PM PST AMARILLO, Texas -- A remorseful robber who confessed to Amarillo police that she was stealing from her workplace is going to prison.A federal judge in Amarillo sentenced Shannon Leigh Layton to 30 months behind bars for the theft of $221,000 from ... |
| Iran warned to stop increased nuclear enrichment Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:10 PM PST TEHRAN, Iran -- Iranian nuclear technicians set dozens of centrifuges spinning Tuesday to begin enriching uranium stocks to a significantly higher level, prompting President Barack Obama to warn of a "significant regime of sanctions."Iran's accelerat ... |
| Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:10 PM PST TYLER -- A spate of recent fires that destroyed or damaged several churches in East Texas were intentionally set, likely by the same person or group, federal authorities said Tuesday.Fires that broke out at two churches near Tyler on Monday have not ... |
| Some educators praise abstinence-only study Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:10 PM PST DALLAS -- An abstinence-only study that allowed students to explore the drawbacks of having sex as young as age 12 has attracted praise from some Texas educators.Texas law requires an emphasis on abstinence when it comes to sex education in public sc ... |
| Shuttle inspected on way to space station Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:10 PM PST By MARCIA DUNNAssociated PressCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship early Tuesday for any launch damage as they raced toward a 200-mile-high rendezvous with the International Space Station.Barely a day after blasting int ... |
| Authorities search landfill for infant Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:09 PM PST By MICHELLE ROBERTSAssociated PressSAN ANTONIO -- Police began excavating a landfill Tuesday in search of a body or other evidence in the disappearance of an 8-month-old Arizona boy who was last seen with his mother at a San Antonio hotel on the day ... |
| Posted: 09 Feb 2010 05:44 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research shows tamoxifen use is down among women who need it most, and researchers can't pinpoint exactly why. The drug tamoxifen is prescribed for reducing the risk of breast cancer in women who are at high risk. Researche ... |
| Dubai skyscraper closes after tourists trapped Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:08 PM PST DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Visitors on the observation deck of the world's tallest tower heard a loud boom, then saw dust that looked like smoke seeping through a crack in an elevator door 124 floors above the ground. The 15 people inside were tr ... |
| Fans delighted by DeGeneres' 'Idol' debut Posted: 09 Feb 2010 11:34 PM PST LOS ANGELES -- Ellen DeGeneres hit the right notes with "American Idol" viewers.Fans took to the Internet to express their pleasant surprise over the 52-year-old funnylady's debut as the singing competition's fourth judge. DeGeneres assumed her judgi ... |
| Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:08 PM PST DETROIT -- The White Stripes say the Air Force Reserve used one of their songs without permission in a Super Bowl ad, and that they are insulted their song was used to encourage recruitment during a war they don't support.The two-member band, which ... |
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