| Archie Clark not ready to retire Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:06 PM PST Archie Clark has spent more than 40 years in law enforcement and he's not quite ready to give it up just yet, he said.Clark has been Brazos County's Precinct 1 constable since 2004, but lost Tuesday's Republican primary for the seat to Brian Bachmann ... |
| Ruling won't affect region Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:08 PM PST A state district judge's ruling that the death penalty is unconstitutional will likely have little impact statewide or in the Brazos Valley, area attorneys said Friday. "People may agree with his reasoning, that the death penalty is unconstitutional, ... |
| Head of Fox News speaks at A&M Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:08 PM PST The head of Fox News blasted the media for what he called liberal bias during a visit to Texas A&M on Friday and held his network as a beacon of financial security amid an industry of declining revenue. "Yogi Berra once said, 'If nobody wants to ... |
| A tale of two lawyers Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:07 PM PST City of Bryan officials said on Friday that Bryan Texas Utilities was not authorized to hire an attorney for a joint meeting with the City Council this week.Assistant City Attorney Janice Hampton said she learned about an hour before Thursday's meeti ... |
| Citations issued during patrol Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:07 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportComplaints from residents across Bryan prompted the police department to coordinate a patrol operation in three neighborhoods this week.Sgt. Demond Oliver said the Neighborhood Enforcement Team focused on areas near Sonnenblick Apar ... |
| Jail trustees to begin move to new site Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:08 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportStarting Monday, officials will begin moving Brazos County Jail trustees to the new minimum security facility on Sandy Point Road. Brazos County Sheriff Chris Kirk said officials with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards inspected ... |
| Police say woman took purse from bar Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:08 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportA 29-year-old Bryan woman was arrested on a theft charge after she took a purse from a Northgate bar, police said.According to a police report, Irene Ramirez was stopped by a College Station police officer on Boyett Street just befo ... |
| Anderson-Shiro to open new school Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:07 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportAnderson-Shiro school officials will host a ribbon cutting ceremony Sunday to mark the opening of a new junior-senior high school. Community members who attend the event will have the opportunity to tour the building. Instruction in ... |
| Group searching for A&M senior adviser Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:08 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportAn eight-person committee will search for Texas A&M's next senior vice president for administration, officials said Friday. Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin announced last week the creation of the position, which will be ... |
| Battle for the golden broom Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:06 PM PST Bryan Police Sargent Ryan Bona pushes the ball past an outstretched P.J. Brown of College Station Police during a broomball match between the two departments at the fourth annual Brazos County Coalition Against Domestic Violence Broomball Tournament ... |
| Jobless rate holds steady Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PST WASHINGTON -- At last, the unemployment crisis seems to be easing. That's the good news.The bad news? Job creation remains scant because companies still lack enough confidence in the economy to ramp up hiring.The U.S. jobless rate held steady at 9.7 ... |
| When raw anger becomes violent Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:06 PM PST WASHINGTON -- The river of discontent running through America turned toxic in the fevered mind of the Pentagon shooter and others of his ilk. In a culture awash in conspiracy theories and raw anger at government, they are lone wolves who find a sense ... |
| Panel questions Toyota testing Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PST WASHINGTON -- A House committee on Friday questioned the rigor of Toyota's sudden acceleration tests, challenging the automaker's commitment to finding the causes of safety problems that have led to millions of recalled vehicles. Other lawmakers zero ... |
| Gang violence up in Austin Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PST Associated PressAUSTIN -- Authorities have charged an eighth-grader and a 17-year-old with first-degree murder in the death of a 75-year-old woman, in what appears to be an escalation of random gang violence in the city, police said Friday.Jennie McC ... |
| Student protests held across U.S. Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:06 PM PST BERKELEY, Calif. -- Anger over increasing tuition and school budget cuts boiled over as students across the country staged rowdy demonstrations that led to clashes with police and the rush-hour shutdown of a major freeway in California.Students, teac ... |
| GM to reinstate 600 dealerships slated to be cut Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:54 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) -- General Motors Co. will reinstate 661 dealerships it sought to drop from its sales network.GM executives said Friday that the dealerships -- more than half of those seeking to stay with the automaker -- will receive letters giving th ... |
| Religion Briefs Posted: 06 Mar 2010 12:03 AM PST Church banning gay man causes protestsAMSTERDAM -- Dutch gay rights groups have called for an end to protests against a Roman Catholic parish southwest of Amsterdam after the church said it would no longer seek to bar gays from taking Holy Communion. ... |
| Religion notes Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:08 PM PST Sunday * St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 217 W. 26th St., in Bryan. Worship services at 7:30, 9 and 11:15 a.m, and downtown worship at 5 p.m. At 10:15 a.m., coffee and refreshments will be served, while a series on the Book of Genesis is shown. Nurser ... |
| Entitlement, greed are big problems in our society Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:08 PM PST By MATT IDOMAnd he said to them, 'Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.' Luke 12:15Father Andrew Greeley writes, "The most serious spiritual problem in the country tod ... |
| German Catholic schools at center of abuse scandal Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:06 PM PST BERLIN -- In the home country of Pope Benedict XVI, new revelations of child abuse by Roman Catholic priests at German high schools are surfacing almost daily.The Catholic church in Germany -- where around 30 percent of people consider themselves Cat ... |
| Letters for March 6 Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PST Supreme Court is for all How sad that Walter Kamphoefner (Eagle, Feb. 11) thinks only his principles are important. His explanation that there is a mockery only make his ridicule of the Supreme Court an obvious ignorance on his part. So glad ... |
| Calendar Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:07 PM PST SaturdayEVENTSWalk Across Texas! Recharge event. Sue Haswell Park. www.brazoswat.com or walkacrosstexas.tamu.edu or 823-0129.Rio Brazos Audubon Society -- Birding 101, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Lick Creek Park, 13600 E. Rock Prairie Road in College Station. ... |
| Newly constructed Texas 6 lanes opening Posted: 05 Mar 2010 01:27 AM PST The Texas Department of Transportation plans to open the remainder of the newly constructed southbound lanes on Texas 6 from Westward Ho to the Navasota River today.There will be lane closures in the area to perform work needed for the opening.The wo ... |
| Summary Box: Google dangles ultrafast broadband Posted: 05 Mar 2010 07:20 AM PST SEARCH HERE!: Many cities are trying to get Google to install an experimental fiber-optic network in their towns to deliver Internet access that is 100 times faster than what most people get now. Google said several thousand people have nominated the ... |
| Parents of Pentagon shooter warned authorities Posted: 05 Mar 2010 07:17 AM PST HOLLISTER, Calif. -- The man who opened fire in front of the Pentagon had a history of mental illness and had become so erratic that his parents reached out to local authorities weeks ago and warned them that their son was unstable and might have a g ... |
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