Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Crowd was pumped for Kansas

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:18 PM PST

As around 800 students stood in the cold outside Reed Arena on Monday afternoon, many posed two questions while waiting to watch the Aggies challenge the number one ranked Kansas Jayhawks: Will the Aggies win? And should the students rush the court i ...

Shelter explains need for more funds

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:18 PM PST

The Brazos Animal Shelter receives an average of 28 new animals a day and they're required by contract to keep those pets 72 hours. By the end of the month, calculating in the average amount returned to owners and adopted, the shelter faces housing 4 ...

2 Republicans seeking education board seat

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:18 PM PST

A 12-year State Board of Education incumbent from Bryan is being challenged in the primary election by a political newcomer for the District 9 seat. Don McLeroy, a dentist, and Thomas Ratliff, a legislative consultant from Mt. Pleasant, are on the Re ...

Early voting starts Tuesday

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:18 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportEleven days of early voting for the March 2 primary begins Tuesday at five Brazos County locations.The Bryan sites include the Brazos County Administra-tion Building, 200 S. Texas Ave.; Arena Hall off Tabor Road and North Earl Rudde ...

Podcast: Girls basketball playoffs get started

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 03:53 AM PST

Eagle sports writer David Campbell's podcast: Girls basketball playoffs get started. If you can't hear the podcast, click here. ...

Crash gets DPS trainee suspended

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:18 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportA Department of Public Safety trainee accused of causing a five-car crash in College Station while drunk was suspended with pay Monday pending an internal investigation, authorities said. David Wayne Hartley, 24, was charged with in ...

Police: $1,850 check was forged

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:18 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportA Bryan man remained jailed Monday after police said he tried to cash a $1,850 check with an unusual request.John Keith Wallin, 42, raised suspicions at Ready 2 Go in the 1600 block of South College Avenue in Bryan after he offered ...

Rules of war slow offensive

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:16 PM PST

MARJAH, Afghanistan -- Some American and Afghan troops say they're fighting the latest offensive in Afghanistan with a handicap -- strict rules that routinely force them to hold their fire.Although details of the new guidelines are classified to keep ...

White House defends year-old stimulus

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 10:30 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama, defending his economic stimulus plan on its first anniversary, is dispatching his Cabinet across the country to try to calm an anxious public as Democrats head into potentially devastating midterm elections.A wee ...

Texas agencies must propose 5 percent budget cuts

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 01:48 AM PST

AUSTIN, Texas -- The deadline has arrived as state agencies are asked to recommend cuts as Texas faces a projected budget shortfall in 2011.Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and House Speaker Joe Straus in January asked all state agencies to o ...

18 killed in Belgium train crash

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:16 PM PST

BRUSSELS -- A morning rush-hour commuter train sped through a red signal and slammed into an oncoming train as it left a suburban Brussels station Monday, killing at least 18 people and disrupting rail traffic in northern Europe.Investigations into o ...

Relatives wonder how professor in slaying was hired

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 02:44 AM PST

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Grieving relatives of three professors gunned down at a university faculty meeting questioned why their accused colleague was hired despite a dispute with a former boss who received a pipe bomb and the shooting death of her brothe ...

All Oncor electricity restored after DFW snowstorm

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 10:30 PM PST

DALLAS -- An electric utility says all power has been restored following a snowstorm that affected more than 500,000 Texas customers.Oncor Electric Delivery on Tuesday had all customers back on line.Oncor says crews late Monday completed restoring po ...

Early voting starts Tuesday in Texas

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 01:48 AM PST

AUSTIN, Texas -- Early voting for next month's primary elections in Texas begins Tuesday.The Texas secretary of state's office says early voting runs through Feb. 26. The Democratic and Republican primaries are March 2.Election officials say a regi ...

Texas GOP ballot includes 5 nonbinding resolutions

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 01:52 AM PST

AUSTIN -- Texas Republican voters will have a chance to give their opinions on such issues as voter identification and federal stimulus spending through five nonbinding resolutions that will appear on the GOP primary ballot.The resolutions, which inc ...

Experts test new circumcision tool

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:17 PM PST

LONDON -- The most powerful force against AIDS in Africa may be circumcision, a procedure that's easily done in the developed world. But it's a challenge on a continent where there are too few medical workers and a reluctance by men for cultural reas ...

New JFK video on display in Dallas

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:14 PM PST

DALLAS -- New color video footage showing President John F. Kennedy's arrival in Dallas the day he was assassinated is the best home movie ever made of the event, the curator of the Dallas JFK museum said Monday.The short clip, shot on 8mm film by a ...

Kenneth Starr to lead Baylor

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:17 PM PST

WACO -- Baylor University named former Clinton White House nemesis Kenneth Starr its new president on Monday, saying the one-time independent prosecutor's Christian ideals and experience heading a law school made him the ideal candidate to lead the ...

Hiring of Alabama prof questioned

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:13 PM PST

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Disclosures that an Alabama professor accused of fatally shooting three colleagues was twice questioned by criminal investigators years ago raised concerns Monday of why background checks didn't prevent her hiring at the school in ...

Breast Cancer Patients Turn to Supplements

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 05:44 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Breast cancer survivors are turning to alternative therapies like supplements and vitamins to ease recovery, but researchers say they may be making uninformed choices. Research funded by the U.S. Department of Defense finds 57 ...

Breast Cancer Testing: MRI or Not?

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 05:44 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The addition of MRI to traditional testing methods for breast cancer may not be worth the cost, a new study finds.A study conducted at 45 United Kingdom medical centers shows the addition of MRI scans to conventional triple ass ...

Clarifications

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:05 PM PST

In The Eagle's recommendation for commissioner of Precinct 2, we left off some of Hugh Seale's experience. Seale spent seven years as a senior vice president in the trust marketing department at First Bank & Trust in Bryan, later serving as execu ...

No recommendation for lieutenant governor

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Editorial Board Three Democrats are vying to run against Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the November general election. Dewhurst is unopposed in the Republican Primary. On the Democratic side, controversial former Travis County District A ...

Picks in the GOP, Democratic governor's race

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Editorial Board Surely everyone knows there are three Republicans running for governor. It is hard to turn on the TV without seeing an ad for Gov. Rick Perry or U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. Newcomer Debra Medina is gaining appeal with R ...

Eagle picks in down-ballot races

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Editorial Board While the race for governor is capturing most of the interest in the party primaries, there are contested races for land commissioner, agriculture commissioner and railroad commissioner. In the Land Commission race, Bi ...

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