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- A&M, UT share budget ideas
- Officials expect high voter turnout
- Port town hit hard in quake
- CSISD welcomes input on rezoning
- Young drivers face new license rules
- Trial for Northgate killing begins
- Police: Elderly woman attacked
- Police: Woman toting illegal weapon, drugs arrested
- Families invited to camp out in Bryan
- New HBO series appeals to young New York
- States may ban credit checks on job applicants
- Drug gangs using U.S. land
- Health bill might get more ayes
- Texas boy, 13, dies in sand tunnel collapse
- Fort Hood suspect moving from hospital to jail
- 'Idol' creator debuting new reality Web series
- High court hears Skilling's appeal
- Jake chooses Vienna on ABC's 'The Bachelor' finale
- Afghan residents air complaints
- Study: Teen drug, alcohol use rising
- Correction
- New 'Dancing With the Stars' cast revealed
- Hello again to Jay Leno, back as 'Tonight' host
- Streep has record Oscar noms, slim win percentage
- Letters for March 2
| A&M, UT share budget ideas Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:03 PM PST Texas A&M and the University of Texas at Austin are archrivals, but faculty members of the Lone Star State's two research giants united Monday. The UT faculty council -- the Texas A&M Faculty Senate's counterpart -- and top Longhorn officials ... |
| Officials expect high voter turnout Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:02 PM PST Brazos County election workers are expecting as many as 10,000 voters to a cast ballots in Tuesday's primary election. Sunny weather and high-interest local and statewide races might draw the relatively high turnout for a mid-term primary election. A ... |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:01 PM PST TALCAHUANO, Chile -- When the shaking stopped, Marioli Gatica and her family huddled in a circle on the floor of their seaside wooden home in this gritty port town, listening to the radio by a lantern's light.They heard firefighters urging Talcahuano ... |
| CSISD welcomes input on rezoning Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:01 PM PST Residents wanting to voice their opinions regarding the new College Station attendance zones being developed will have the first of three opportunities at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Lincoln Center.School officials said they hope to receive enough input ... |
| Young drivers face new license rules Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:01 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportA new state law requires 18- to 24-year-olds applying for a Texas driver's license to complete a six-hour education course before being approved.The law, which took effect Monday, is aimed to improve the safety of drivers on Texas r ... |
| Trial for Northgate killing begins Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:01 PM PST Opening arguments are set to begin Tuesday morning in the case of a former Marine accused of taking the life of a Rice basketball player outside a Northgate bar in 2008.Lawyers in the trial of Ronald Andrew Johnson spent Monday picking a jury for the ... |
| Police: Elderly woman attacked Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:02 PM PST A recent attack on an elderly woman in McLennan County has law enforcement officials trying to determine whether the assault is linked to a serial rapist who is tied to a dozen similar crimes.Officials said someone broke into the woman's home in Mood ... |
| Police: Woman toting illegal weapon, drugs arrested Posted: 01 Mar 2010 02:08 PM PST A Bryan woman faces two separate felony charges and one misdemeanor after police said they found prohibited weapons and drugs in her possession. Homemade knuckles, a double-edged switchblade and less than a gram of methamphetamine were found on the ... |
| Families invited to camp out in Bryan Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:01 PM PST Registration is under way for the city of Bryan's spring family campout April 10-11. The $5 per person event begins at 1 p.m. on April 10 at Austin's Colony Park, located in the Austin's Colony subdivision behind Harvey Mitchell Elementary School. Fa ... |
| New HBO series appeals to young New York Posted: 01 Mar 2010 11:25 PM PST NEW YORK -- It's "Sex and the City" for twenty-somethings, but without the couture and cosmos.HBO's new series "How to Make It in America" looks at urban youth as they chase success in today's murky economic climate. The show follows a crew of hip, s ... |
| States may ban credit checks on job applicants Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:55 AM PST ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- It's hard enough to find a job in this economy, and now some people are facing another hurdle: Potential employers are holding their credit histories against them.Sixty percent of employers recently surveyed by the Society for Human ... |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:01 PM PST SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. -- Not far from Yosemite's waterfalls and in the middle of California's redwood forests, Mexican drug gangs are quietly commandeering U.S. public land to grow millions of marijuana plants and using smuggled immigrants ... |
| Health bill might get more ayes Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:01 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Nine House Democrats indicated in an Associated Press survey Monday they have not ruled out switching their "no" votes to "yes" on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, brightening the party's hopes in the face of unyielding Re ... |
| Texas boy, 13, dies in sand tunnel collapse Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:49 AM PST SANTA FE, Texas -- A Santa Fe-area boy has died in the collapse of a sand tunnel he was digging in the family's back yard.The Galveston County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as 13-year-old Josh Stone.A news release says the victim was disco ... |
| Fort Hood suspect moving from hospital to jail Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:46 AM PST FORT WORTH, Texas -- After four months in a military hospital, the Army psychiatrist charged in the worst mass shooting on a U.S. military base will soon be moved to a county jail near Fort Hood.Defense attorney John Galligan said Monday that Maj. Ni ... |
| 'Idol' creator debuting new reality Web series Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:01 PM PST NEW YORK -- Reality television, dominant on the tube, is making its most dramatic foray onto the Web.On Tuesday, Simon Fuller, the creator of a little show called American Idol, will debut If I Can Dream on Hulu.com. The magnitude of the event -- a T ... |
| High court hears Skilling's appeal Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:01 PM PST WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court appeared troubled Monday by the selection of the jury that convicted former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling as well as the use of a federal fraud law against him.Several justices appeared receptive to arguments by Skilling' ... |
| Jake chooses Vienna on ABC's 'The Bachelor' finale Posted: 01 Mar 2010 11:27 PM PST NEW YORK -- Jake Pavelka chose Vienna Giraldi on "The Bachelor" finale, concluding his lovey-dovey stint on the ABC reality television show, just as he prepared to join another: "Dancing with the Stars."Pavelka revealed his decision on the 14th seaso ... |
| Afghan residents air complaints Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:01 PM PST MARJAH, Afghanistan -- One by one, residents of Marjah stood up before Afghan officials Monday to voice complaints -- their houses damaged, relatives killed during this month's massive military offensive in southern Afghanistan.The frank litany of pr ... |
| Study: Teen drug, alcohol use rising Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:01 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Alcohol and marijuana use among teens is on the rise, ending a decade-long decline, a study being released Tuesday found."I'm a little worried that we may be seeing the leading edge of a trend here," said Sean Clarkin, director of strat ... |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PST In Sunday's recap of The Eagle's recommendations in the contested Republican and Democratic Primary races today, we inadvertently left off the Republican race for Brazos County Precinct 2 constable. In that race, incumbent Constable Donald Lampo ... |
| New 'Dancing With the Stars' cast revealed Posted: 01 Mar 2010 11:29 PM PST LOS ANGELES -- A "Baywatch" babe, an astronaut and a gold medal figure skater are among those who will compete on the spring season of "Dancing With the Stars."Host Tom Bergeron and former finalist Melissa Rycroft revealed the cast Monday. It include ... |
| Hello again to Jay Leno, back as 'Tonight' host Posted: 01 Mar 2010 11:27 PM PST NEW YORK -- Jay Leno started Monday's show by spoofing the end of "The Wizard of Oz," where Dorothy awakens to find all those crazy goings-on were only a dream.Jay, seen in sepia tones in what was meant to be a Kansas farmhouse, said, "I went away to ... |
| Streep has record Oscar noms, slim win percentage Posted: 01 Mar 2010 11:26 PM PST LOS ANGELES -- Meryl Streep has a record 16 Academy Awards acting nominations, yet her batting average is minor league when it comes to winning.Streep has two Oscars but also has by far the worst winning percentage among acting recipients who have ea ... |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PST sportswriter who described the last seconds of the game as " thrilling" could not have been watching the same game I viewed portions of. For a fan of basketball, watching an alternating cast of Gulliverian millionaires running up and down be ... |
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