Monday, March 22, 2010

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Second-round heartbreaker

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:22 PM PDT

Texas A&M's B.J. Holmes is consoled by student coaching assistant, Bryson Graham, after he missed a shot at the end of overtime against Purdue in an NCAA second-round college basketball game in Spokane, Wash., on Sunday. Purdue beat Texas A&M ...

Family, friends, laud A&M professor

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:18 PM PDT

Richard "Dick" Chilcoat's daughter, Ashley, stood at his bedside two weeks ago and told him she was proud to have him as a father. "Why?" asked Chilcoat, the first permanent dean of Texas A&M's Bush School, in a whisper as sickness limited his ab ...

Congress passes health care bill

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 02:55 PM PDT

The House passed landmark health care reform legislation Sunday night, voting 219-212 for a divisive measure pushed hard by President Obama and Democratic congressional leaders.Widely viewed as dead two months ago, the Senate-passed bill cleared the ...

Cold makes way for bluebonnets

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:18 PM PDT

Horticulture experts say Texans can look forward to a colorful spring, thanks to a wet and cold winter. Wildflowers have begun to show themselves across the state and in many parts of Brazos Valley. Washington County officials said residents have spo ...

Ags fall to Purdue in overtime, 63-61

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 12:06 PM PDT

Fifth-seeded Texas A&M lost to Purdue 63-61 in overtime Sunday evening in Spokane, Wash. Fourth-seeded Boilermakers now will advance to the regional semifinals, playing top-seeded Duke in Houston on Friday. For more, read Richard Croome's blog an ...

67-year-old Bryan man charged with felony DWI

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:18 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA 67-year-old man from Bryan was charged with his fourth DWI after he was pulled over for not wearing his seatbelt, according to police. Doroteo Lopez was driving on F.M. 2818 Saturday night when he was pulled over by a trooper from ...

Police: Man in local bar found with gun

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:18 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA 21-year-old from Richmond was arrested after employees at a local nightclub discovered a handgun on him, according to Bryan police. Tim Phap Nguyen was on the dance floor of Whiskey River when a security employee approached him af ...

Congress passes health care

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:18 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The House passed landmark health care reform legislation Sunday night, voting 219 to 212 for a divisive measure pushed hard by President Obama and Democratic congressional leaders.Widely viewed as dead two months ago, the Senate-passed ...

Critics not satisfied with abortion compromise

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:16 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- A last-minute compromise that swung a half-dozen anti-abortion Democrats behind President Barack Obama's health care bill -- virtually ensuring its passage -- failed to placate outside activists on either side of the issue, and drew der ...

Bricks shatter glass at NY Democratic offices

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 02:05 AM PDT

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Authorities are trying to find out who threw bricks through windows and doors at two Democratic Party offices in western New York before Sunday's health care vote.Monroe County Democratic Committee officials say a brick shattered g ...

D.C. draws immigration rally

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:18 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Frustrated with the lack of action to overhaul the country's immigration system, thousands of demonstrators rallied on the National Mall and marched through the streets of the capital Sunday, waving American flags and holding homemade s ...

Toyota investors sue over losses

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:16 PM PDT

MIAMI -- Toyota shareholders angry over a sudden drop in the Japanese automaker's stock price are heading to court with lawsuits claiming company executives deliberately misled investors and the public about the depth of accelerator problems in milli ...

Weather-related crash shuts down Texas interstate

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 12:09 AM PDT

DALLAS -- Icy roads from a first-day-of-spring snow caused an accident that killed one person and closed an interstate for about eight hours in the suburban Dallas-Fort Worth area, officials said Sunday.Five vehicles, including two 18-wheelers, were ...

Hispanics in Texas less likely to graduate college

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 12:06 AM PDT

DALLAS -- Texas follows the national trend with Hispanics less likely to graduate from public and private universities compared to whites.The study by the nonprofit American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research used data from six-year grad ...

Girl killed in Houston carjacking attempt

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 12:05 AM PDT

HOUSTON -- Houston police say an attempted carjacking and shooting at an apartment complex left a 4-year-old girl dead and her toddler brother injured.Houston police Sgt. J.J. Wilson told The Associated Press that the search continued Monday for th ...

Calls for recount add to tensions in Iraq

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:17 PM PDT

BAGHDAD -- Iraq's president on Sunday demanded a recount in this month's historic parliamentary elections, intensifying the political conflict over the not-yet-completed tally and increasing the chances that the vote will be a long, chaotic test of t ...

2 dead in Converse, murder-suicide investigation

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 12:05 AM PDT

CONVERSE, Texas -- Concerns about a couple not seen and their usually tidy yard turning unkept led Converse police to the bodies of a man and a woman.Assistant Chief Rex Rheiner says it appears the couple had been dead at least two weeks. Police be ...

'Bird Lady' fixes up wildlife in Texas

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:18 PM PDT

By ERIN QUINNWaco Tribune-HeraldROBINSON -- As the area's only licensed wildlife rehabilitator, Jane Thomas cares each year for 600 to 800 battered, bloodied and needy animals that otherwise wouldn't have a prayer.Hawks that slam into 18-wheelers. De ...

Freezing Out Breast Cancer

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 06:45 PM PDT

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Interventional radiologists have opened the door to an encouraging potential for treating the nearly 200,000 U.S. women who are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. The procedure is called image-guided, multiprobe cryot ...

Potential for New Treatment for Peripheral Arterial Disease

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 06:49 PM PDT

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Bone marrow stem cells suspended in X-ray-visible microbubbles dramatically improve the body's ability to build new blood vessels in the upper leg -- providing a potential treatment for those with peripheral arterial disease (P ...

Rylance, Weisz win Olivier acting awards

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:20 PM PDT

LONDON -- Rachel Weisz added a stage accolade to Hollywood stardom Sunday, winning the best-actress prize at London's Laurence Olivier theater awards for her role in A Streetcar Named Desire.The prize for a Londoner made good in the U.S. was fitting ...

Pregnancy and Stress Causes Asthma in Kids?

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 06:47 PM PDT

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Stressed out pregnant women may be putting their babies at risk for developing asthma. Researchers compared the cord blood of infants born to moms in high stress environments to moms in lower stress situations, and discovered c ...

Letters for March 22

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:05 PM PDT

I have known Buddy Winn since 1977. As former county tax assessor-collector from Polk County, I have worked with Buddy on many issues in favor of our taxpayers. We spent many hours in Austin testifying before the Legislature on bills that affected ...

Calendar

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:22 PM PDT

MondayCLUBSTAMU Women's Club, 10 a.m. to noon. College Station Conference Center. Program: Charlie's 7 Easy Fitness Strategies with Charlie Lima. 690-0153.College Station Noon Lions Club. Hilton Hotel. 690-8525.EVENTSIntermediate Computer Class for S ...

Snowmobiles, ATVs and boats used for census

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:20 PM PDT

PORTLAND, Maine -- Census workers are using snowmobiles, airplanes, all-terrain vehicles -- even lobster boats -- to visit the most far-flung, hidden-away dwellings when counting the nation's populace.Hand-delivering 2010 census questionnaires in the ...

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