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- Climbing to the top
- Airport at center of dispute
- Man rams plane into building
- Drought in Texas is over
- H-E-B expanding
- CS golden arches are back in business
- A&M to host forum of scholars in Bryan
- Man faces charges for cocaine, DWI
- Fire department's ISO rating upgraded
- Work on overpass to close Texas 6 lane
- Learn to swim at Bryan Aquatic Center
- Nonprofits can still sign up for grants
- Sex offender jailed on assault charge
- Kazakh comes to College Station
- Toyota chief to meet Congress
- Tough competition takes its toll on Walmart
- 'Botnet' hits corporations, agencies
- Battling pandemics is getting high-tech
- 'Idol' hopeful gets the boot
- Not much hope for true tropicals
- Conserve the beauty of crape myrtles: Don't prune
- Garden Calendar
- Letters to the editor
- Calendar
- FDA issues asthma drug warning
| Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST Neal Elementary fifth-grader Andrea Jenkins climbs an artificial rock wall at the Bryan school on Thursday. The wall was a part of a character- and confidence-building exercise. ... |
| Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:03 PM PST The Bryan City Council will discuss next week the reporting structure of a Coulter Field advisory committee after members complained that the city manager was stifling its input on the future of Bryan's small airport. City Manager David Watkins said ... |
| Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST AUSTIN -- A software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service launched a suicide attack on the agency Thursday by crashing his small plane into an office building containing nearly 200 IRS employees, setting off a raging fire that sent wor ... |
| Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:03 PM PST One of the worst droughts in the state's history is over.After two years of parched pastures and receding waterways, a federal drought map indicated there were no parts of Texas in a drought as of Thursday, said John Nielsen-Gammon, the state climato ... |
| Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST A new H-E-B will open in College Station this fall, officials said Thursday.Andy Weiner of Weiner Development said the San-Antonio based company will build what is expected to be the largest grocery store in the region -- an estimated 88,000 square f ... |
| CS golden arches are back in business Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST A College Station McDonald's got a perfect score on a health inspection Wednesday, a day after being closed for failing a similar inspection.Brazos County Health Department inspectors gave the George Bush Drive restaurant a score of 61 during the fir ... |
| A&M to host forum of scholars in Bryan Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:05 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportTexas A&M University will host a conference in downtown Bryan next month featuring scholars from across the country."Rhetoric, Politics and the Obama Phenomenon" will include discussions about the rhetorical dimension of Preside ... |
| Man faces charges for cocaine, DWI Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:37 AM PST A 59-year-old man faces charges of drunken driving and cocaine possession after a trooper said he pulled the man over for speeding.Daryle Lane Wilson of Alvin was arrested Thursday on charges of possession of less than a gram of a controlled substanc ... |
| Fire department's ISO rating upgraded Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:05 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportThe Bryan Fire Department has earned an improved insurance ranking, which could result in lower premiums for businesses and property owners.The city's Insurance Service Organization rating was upgraded from a Class 4 to a Class 2, p ... |
| Work on overpass to close Texas 6 lane Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:05 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportOne lane of southbound Texas 6 will be closed at 6 a.m. Saturday from the Barron Road exit ramp to Barron Road in College Station while construction crews hang beams for a new overpass.The southbound Texas 6 entrance ramp at the Tex ... |
| Learn to swim at Bryan Aquatic Center Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:05 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportRegistration will begin March 1 for swimming lessons at the Bryan Aquatic Center.Lessons will be offered at 4:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. from April 5-16 and April 19-30.Lessons are $35 for each two-week session and are for age ... |
| Nonprofits can still sign up for grants Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportBrazos Valley nonprofit organizations have until March 31 to apply for $1,000 grants through the Entergy Community Partnership grant program. More than $300,000 has been awarded to Texas organizations since the program started 1995. ... |
| Sex offender jailed on assault charge Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:04 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportA man was arrested Thursday on charges of assault and failure to register as a sex offender after his brother called police wanting a woman kicked out of the house.When College Station officers arrived at the Treehouse Trail apartme ... |
| Kazakh comes to College Station Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:05 PM PST Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History intern Tara Avett walks through a cutaway model of a yurt, a traditional Kazakh domed tent dwelling. The tent is part of the museum's exhibit, "Enduring Transformation: The Kazakh People in a Changing World." ... |
| Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Toyota president Akio Toyoda said Thursday he will testify at a congressional hearing next week about the automaker's massive recalls in the United States, meeting face to face with lawmakers after enduring criticism that he responded t ... |
| Tough competition takes its toll on Walmart Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST NEW YORK -- After nearly 50 years of hammering competitors with discounts, Walmart is getting a taste of its own medicine.The world's largest retailer has seen sales at its U.S. Walmart stores fall for the first time, as price-cutting competitors lur ... |
| 'Botnet' hits corporations, agencies Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO -- Security experts have found a network of 74,000 virus-infected computers that stole information from inside corporations and government agencies. The unusual thing about the incident is not that it happened but that it was discovered ... |
| Battling pandemics is getting high-tech Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST PHILADELPHIA -- A tap on the HealthMap iPhone application brings up a cluster of red pins on a map, representing nearby cases of swine flu. Another tap brings up a form for ordinary Americans to add to the collection by reporting bouts they have or k ... |
| Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST LOS ANGELES -- American Idol contestant Chris Golightly was dropped from the top 24 semifinalists because of a "lack of veracity" during the audition process, a person close to the Fox TV show said Thursday.Golightly didn't disclose that he'd had a m ... |
| Not much hope for true tropicals Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:04 PM PST By NEIL SPERRYDear Neil: I have several houseplants (schefflera, ficus, Norfolk Island pine, tropical hibiscus and others) that were outdoors during the really cold weather a month ago. I covered them while it was cold, but they look terrible now. I' ... |
| Conserve the beauty of crape myrtles: Don't prune Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:04 PM PST By: CHARLA ANTHONYIntroduced from China, crape myrtles have been grown in the U.S. since the American Revolution and were well-established on plantations throughout the South before the Civil War.Old, unpruned crape myrtles offer some of the most spe ... |
| Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:04 PM PST Saturday* Brazos Valley Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon. Texas Avenue and William Joel Bryan Parkway in Bryan. Locally grown fresh produce and other items. Enjoy live music, raffles and treats and activities for children. www.brazosvalleyfarmersmarket ... |
| Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:05 PM PST Today is the deadline to receive all letters pertaining to the March 2 party primaries. Political letters The Eagle no later than 5 p.m. Friday. All political letters will run by Feb. 25. * Should there not be room for all political letters, the ... |
| Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:03 PM PST FridayCLUBSBryan Breakfast Lions Club, 6:30 a.m. Longhorn Tavern. 764-9200.Brazos County Senior Citizens Association luncheon, noon. 1402 Bristol St., Bryan. 822-6873.EVENTSFriday Bridge, 9 a.m. to noon. College Station Teen Center, 1520 Rock Prairie ... |
| FDA issues asthma drug warning Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST WASHINGTON -- The government is taking steps to curb use of some long-acting asthma drugs taken by millions, issuing safety restrictions Thursday to lower an uncommon but potentially life-threatening risk that asthma could worsen suddenly.The Food an ... |
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