Friday, February 26, 2010

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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From snow to sails

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:01 PM PST

Texas A&M students and members of the Texas A&M Sailing Club, Pablo Madrid (left) and John Reavis prepare for a sail Thursday on Lake Bryan. Although temperatures reached the 60s on Thursday, rain is expected today and the high is supposed to ...

Initiative focused on child car safety

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 10:37 PM PST

Wish you could send a message to that annoying driver next to you on the road?If that message is, "Please properly restrain your children," there are a few local organizations that can help."Just stop by one of our many locations and pick up some pos ...

CS official says cuts in future

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:01 PM PST

The city of College Station will have to cut back this fiscal year, the city's chief financial officer said Thursday.Jeff Kersten told the City Council that projections show sales tax revenues falling about $545,000 below what was initially estimated ...

Man sentenced on 2007 sex charge

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST

A former Texas A&M student was sentenced to shock probation Thursday after pleading guilty to having sexually explicit online conversations with what he thought was a 13-year-old girl and then arranging to meet her in Bryan. The shock probation s ...

A&M gets grant to build labs

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST

Texas A&M University has received a $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to complete labs in the $100 million Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building that opened last fall. The money from the American Recovery and Reinvestme ...

Police investigating report of armed robbery

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:52 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportCollege Station police late Thursday were investigating a report of an armed robbery near College Main and Cherry Street.Police said a man was unloading groceries from the back seat of his truck around 9:15 p.m. when he was approach ...

Early voting ending today

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:04 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportFriday is the last day to vote early in next week's primary election.The Democratic and Republican primaries are Tuesday. Early voting began Feb. 16.Registered Brazos County voters may go to any of the five early voting locations to ...

A&M looking for administration VP

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:04 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportTexas A&M's vice president for research, Jeffrey Seemann, will head a search committee that will look for the senior vice president for administration, officials said Thursday. The new position -- which President R. Bowen Loftin ...

Aggie Band has spot in Houston parade

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:04 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportTexas A&M's Aggie Band will march Saturday in the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Downtown Parade. The event begins at 10 a.m. and features floats, thousands of riders on horseback and other marching bands. It kicks off the H ...

SeaWorld San Antonio still deciding on Shamu show

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 05:24 AM PST

SAN ANTONIO -- The SeaWorld in San Antonio will reopen Saturday, but no decision has been made yet on whether the killer whale shows will go on as scheduled after a trainer's death at the SeaWorld in Orlando, a park official said Thursday.Chris Bello ...

Father, son accused of selling marijuana

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:04 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportA father and son were released from jail Thursday after being arrested on charges of selling marijuana out of their home. College Station police served a search warrant at the Inlow Boulevard home of William Paynter Leland, 52, on W ...

Museum to host annual open house

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportThe Museum of the American G.I. will host its annual Open House and Military Market on March 19-20 from 8 a.m. until dusk.Admission is $5 per person and parking will be free both days. At 2 p.m. Saturday, a World War II battle re-en ...

Bryan man charged for assault with car

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:04 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportA 38-year-old Bryan man remained behind bars Thursday on a charge of intoxicated assault with a vehicle after police blamed him for causing an accident that sent two people to the hospital. Witnesses told police that a pickup travel ...

Dinner Saturday for Christian kids' camp

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:01 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportOfficials from Camp of the Hills will host a celebratory dinner at 6 p.m. on Saturday at the Zone Club at Kyle Field. For nearly 20 years, disadvantaged children have been visiting the Christian camp near Marble Falls. Officials sai ...

Drug dogs sniff out marijuana in car

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:04 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportA 38-year-old Bryan man was being held on $300,000 bail after police reported finding nearly eight pounds of marijuana in his car. College Station police said an informant led them to believe George Darnell Lee would be returning fr ...

Obama may be giving up on GOP input

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- After a day of debate and disagreement, President Barack Obama concluded Thursday's unprecedented live talkfest on health care with the bleak assessment that accord between Democrats and Republicans may not be possible. He rejected Repu ...

Exercise routines can be condensed

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:01 PM PST

LONDON -- People who complain they have no time to exercise may soon need another excuse.Some experts say intense exercise sessions could help people squeeze an entire week's workout into less than an hour. Those regimens -- called interval training ...

Jobs data spurs recovery worries

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Layoffs are no longer dropping as they were in the final months of last year, reinforcing fears that the jobs crisis will weigh down consumer spending and the economic rebound.Severe weather contributed to a rise in jobless claims last ...

Study: Race Determines How we View Cancer?

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 05:48 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study finds preconceived notions of lung cancer could interfere with prevention and treatment. Investigators of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute examined results from the 2005 Health Information National Trends Survey (HI ...

Diabetes a Worldwide Problem

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 05:48 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Major diabetes complications constitute a huge economic burden to health care systems around the world, adding new evidence in an area that has focused almost exclusively on cost estimates in the developed world. Philip Clarke ...

Pregnancy Pounds Add up to Diabetes

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 05:48 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women who gain excessive weight during pregnancy, especially in the first trimester, may increase their risk of developing diabetes later in pregnancy. A three-year study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research of 1,145 ...

Wait until spring to make decisions on plants

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST

Note to readers: Many of you have sent questions pertaining to plants that were damaged by January's cold spell or, in some areas, February's snow loads. I've received dozens of questions about sago palms, regular palms, gardenias, live oaks, oleande ...

Garden Calendar

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST

Friday* Spring Wreath Class, 10 a.m. 112 Rock Prairie Road in College Station. Presenter: Tricia Barksdale. Make a wreath for your mantle or door. $50, includes materials. 693-5387.Saturday* Brazos Valley Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon. Texas Avenue ...

Make sure to take proper care of peach trees, tomato plants

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST

The last crop of some cool-season vegetables may be started as soon as the soil becomes crumbly. Earlier this week, the soil temperature was 40 degrees, and about 4 inches of snow added more moisture. If clay soil is moved when muddy, it will be comp ...

Practice makes perfect

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST

A group of A&M Consolidated High School swimmers wade in the shallow end of the natatorium at College Station Middle School as mist flows past them from an open entryway after practice Thursday morning before the start of classes. The team is hea ...

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