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- Schools celebrate black history
- Baby boomers needed for ideas
- Former Aggie coach dies of cancer
- State agency receives USDA grant
- Early voting ends; polls open Tuesday
- Preparing for battle
- Officials to discuss taxi ordinance
- Disagreements over health care linger
- Economic growth likely slowing after big year-end spurt
- Crews to test sewer lines with smoke
- Some call scrutiny of hockey bash sexist
- SeaWorld show to go on
- Tiger dropped by Gatorade
- Baptists to flood Texas with Bible CDs by Easter
- Religion Notes
- Lent as a time to think, pray and transform
- BOOM TOWN
- Bakery voluntarily pulls lemon Girl Scout cookies
- Washington teacher killed outside school before classes
- Snowstorm in Northeast, rain pounds New England
- Police investigating report of armed robbery
- SPORTS IN BRIEF
- Lt. governor's race tops downballot races for Dems
- Illegal immigrants with criminal records arrested in Texas
- Entergy Corp. hits snag in plan
| Schools celebrate black history Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:41 PM PST Sunday marks the end of Black History Month, a time, area school officials said, they've been certain to recognize in the classroom. Principals and teachers in the community have said keeping black history alive is just as important today as in the ... |
| Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:41 PM PST The baby boomer generation is expected to redefine retirement. Marci Rodgers, College Station's senior services coordinator, said people between the ages of 46 and 64 are more educated than previous retirees and would likely be interested in spending ... |
| Former Aggie coach dies of cancer Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:43 PM PST Jim Bob Helduser never had to command respect. He just got it.The Bryan Vikings assistant head football coach and former Texas A&M offensive line coach died of cancer Friday, one day before his 53rd birthday.Fellow coaches remembered Helduser's s ... |
| State agency receives USDA grant Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:41 PM PST A state agency in College Station has received grant funding from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to improve local and statewide responses to contaminated food and related outbreaks. The Texas Department of State Heath Services is administering ... |
| Early voting ends; polls open Tuesday Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:42 PM PST Early voting ended Friday, and elections officials said turnout was more than twice that of four years ago.All total, 5,350 Republicans and 703 Democrats cast ballots. There were 1,789 Republican votes and 213 Democratic votes cast Friday. Polls will ... |
| Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:59 PM PST Naval Junior ROTC Cadet Joseph Garcia and his teammates from Mary Carroll High School in Corpus Christi practice their armed marching drill on Duncan Field on Friday. Naval JROTC cadets from across the state are in town this weekend for the 17th ann ... |
| Officials to discuss taxi ordinance Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:41 PM PST A public meeting in which College Station officials will gather input on possible changes to the city's taxi ordinance has been rescheduled for Thursday.The transportation committee meeting will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the city's Municipal Court, 300 K ... |
| Disagreements over health care linger Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:43 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Democrats pushed hard to revive President Barack Obama's stalled health care overhaul on Friday -- and pointed to glimmers of hope -- but the long odds facing them seemed little changed after Obama's extraordinary summit with both parti ... |
| Economic growth likely slowing after big year-end spurt Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:43 PM PST WASHINGTON -- The recovery is losing steam.The economy is now likely expanding at just half the brisk 5.9 percent pace at which the government on Friday estimated it grew last quarter. Business spending will make up for some of a slowdown in consumer ... |
| Crews to test sewer lines with smoke Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:45 PM PST Crews from the city of Bryan will begin testing sewer lines next week in search of broken pipes and other problems.The testing will begin Wednesday and continue intermittently all month. The target area is within the boundaries of South College Drive ... |
| Some call scrutiny of hockey bash sexist Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:43 PM PST NEW YORK -- They worked hard, they triumphed, and then they played hard -- the way athletes so often do.And yet the photos of the Canadian women hockey players joyously feting their gold medal with beer, champagne and cigars struck some as jarring, o ... |
| Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:43 PM PST ORLANDO, Fla. -- Shamu is big business at SeaWorld, which owns more killer whales than anyone else in the world and builds the orca image into its multimillion-dollar brand, and the killing of a trainer this week won't change that.Shamu shows will re ... |
| Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:43 PM PST NEW YORK -- Add Gatorade to the list of endorsement deals that Tiger Woods has lost.A representative for the drink, sold by PepsiCo Inc., confirmed late Friday that it had ended its relationship with the golfer, who made a lengthy public apology last ... |
| Baptists to flood Texas with Bible CDs by Easter Posted: 26 Feb 2010 05:14 PM PST DALLAS -- The largest state Baptist group in the nation wants Christ's message of hope heard in every home in Texas -- about 9 million of them -- by Easter.That's a challenge in a state as big and diverse as Texas, where more than a third of househol ... |
| Posted: 26 Feb 2010 05:04 PM PST Saturday* Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, 1004 Hall St. in Bryan, will hold a black history celebration at 7 p.m. The guest speaker will be the Rev. George "Positive" Beckworth, and the musical guest will be Desire Choir. The public is invited. Sunday* ... |
| Lent as a time to think, pray and transform Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:41 PM PST By BRUCE CHABOT Living Lent in Aggieland gave rise to a very interesting experience for me yesterday. Here in the Brazos Valley, you meet neighbors from all over the world. Some are from Pakistan, for instance. Some have a gift for entrepreneurship.I ... |
| Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:52 PM PST College Station is seeking baby boomers to participate in focus groups to help officials plan programs and services for future retirees and their families.* Bryan-College Station residents between the ages of 46 and 64.* From 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursd ... |
| Bakery voluntarily pulls lemon Girl Scout cookies Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:05 PM PST LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- They promise to entice the senses with a "hint of cinnamon-ginger spice" and a "refreshingly zesty lemon creme filling," but some batches of Lemon Chalet Creme Girl Scout cookies didn't quite turn out that way.A Kentucky baker ... |
| Washington teacher killed outside school before classes Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:04 PM PST TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- A man who appeared to have an intense but intermittent obsession with a special education teacher shot and killed her as she walked into her elementary school Friday, shortly before classes were to begin.The suspect was killed i ... |
| Snowstorm in Northeast, rain pounds New England Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:59 PM PST PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A slow-moving winter storm packing heavy, wet snow and potentially flooding rain spread over the Northeast on Thursday, disrupting air traffic and closing schools. Utility companies braced for possible widespread power outages ov ... |
| Police investigating report of armed robbery Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:12 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 ... |
| Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:07 PM PST First-period onslaught sends U.S. hockey to finalVANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The United States will play for the Olympic gold medal in men's hockey after a 6-1 romp over a beleaguered Finland.Standing in the Americans' way is Canada, which beat Sl ... |
| Lt. governor's race tops downballot races for Dems Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:13 PM PST AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A nationally known retired labor leader, a powerful former district attorney and a local celebrity restaurant owner top the list of downballot candidates on the Democratic ballot Tuesday.The trio -- former AFL-CIO official Linda ... |
| Illegal immigrants with criminal records arrested in Texas Posted: 26 Feb 2010 05:10 PM PST DALLAS -- Federal agents arrested 284 immigrants with criminal records during a three-day immigration enforcement surge across Texas -- their biggest push so far, authorities said Friday.Dubbed Operation Cross Check, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enfo ... |
| Entergy Corp. hits snag in plan Posted: 26 Feb 2010 05:10 PM PST NEW ORLEANS -- Power provider Entergy Corp.'s proposal to spin off its wholesale nuclear power plants into a separate company has run into snags long past the time when it had hoped to close the deal.New York utility regulators may tighten conditions ... |
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