Wednesday, March 31, 2010

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Grand champion

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Kolton Schuler's steer placed 10th at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo recently, but only the top nine of each breed are sold. That was a disappointment for the Bryan family. Tuesday at the Brazos County Youth Livestock Show, Schuler's steer was ...

CS rebuts Wellborn residents

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Citizens for Wellborn can collect signatures from College Station residents all its wants, city leaders said Tuesday, but it won't influence the City Council's decisions when it comes to allowing the community to incorporate.Because Wellborn is withi ...

Leader to visit A&M

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:07 PM PDT

Gen. David Petraeus, who served as the top commanding general in Iraq during the "surge" of troops in 2007, will be the spring commencement speaker at Texas A&M, officials said Tuesday. Petraeus, now the commander of U.S. Central Command, will sp ...

Bryan to send proposal to BTU

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportThe Bryan City Council on Tuesday, in a 4-3 vote, opted to ask the Bryan Texas Utilities board for a recommendation on a proposal to add the mayor to the utility's board as a non-voting member.Bryan Mayor Mark Conlee said he already ...

Group forms to oppose reservoir on Navasota River

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 09:44 AM PDT

A group of residents opposed to a proposal to build a dam on the Navasota River to build a reservoir is meeting tonight to discuss the issue.Guardians of the Navasota, formed by a landowner whose property would be flooded if the proposal goes forward ...

CS council to clarify info on Wellborn at meeting tonight

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 06:38 AM PDT

The College Station City Council will gather tonight for a special meeting to discuss the Wellborn incorporation issue. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 1101 Texas Ave., to discuss the request for consent to incorpora ...

Bedias man accused of sexual assault

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:07 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA Bedias man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl.Grimes County authorities said Bobby Lewis Winn, 39, was arrested Monday in connection to the assault a week earlier.Investigators said Winn moved to Bedias f ...

Information needed on assault suspect

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:07 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a 24-year-old Bryan man wanted on a felony warrant for sexual assault of a child.Bryan police and Brazos County Crime Stoppers are offering up to $250 for informatio ...

Rudder sold out for Stephen Hawking

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportsTickets to see renowned physicist Stephen Hawking at Texas A&M are no longer available, officials said Tuesday. All 2,500 tickets to the 7 p.m. Monday event at Rudder Auditorium were sold out by Friday night, the day after offi ...

Fundraiser for sick fireman on April 9

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportThe Bryan Fire Department is holding a lunch benefit at 11 a.m. April 9 to raise funds for Lt. Mark Jones, who is battling cancer.Chili, beans and rice will be served at Bryan Central Fire Station on William Joel Bryan Parkway for $ ...

Donations needed for benefit auction

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportTwo Texas A&M University student organizations are asking for item donations for a silent auction.Every year, members of the Omega Phi Alpha and Phi Delta Theta fraternities organize a cancer benefit dinner and donate proceeds t ...

Audit: Texas must improve food stamp system

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 08:35 AM PDT

SAN ANTONIO -- The state agency that oversees Texas' food stamp program is outdated and staffed by inexperienced workers, leading to long delays and inaccurate processing, said the state auditor in a report released Tuesday."To improve the timeliness ...

Plane diverted because passenger 'acted unusually'

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 08:35 AM PDT

CHANTILLY, Va. -- No one has been charged after an American Eagle flight from Chicago to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was diverted to Dulles International Airport because of a report of a suspicious passenger, officials said Tuesday.Amer ...

Texas DA seeking strategy to prosecute porn case

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 02:49 AM PDT

LUBBOCK, Texas -- The state attorney general advised a district attorney that he can prosecute a father accused of forcing his young daughters to watch pornography, despite a law that apparently protects the father from prosecution.Attorney General G ...

Facebook to scrap 'become a fan of' for 'like'

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 06:12 AM PDT

NEW YORK -- Facebook is about to change the way it asks its users to connect to brands on the site. Instead of asking people to "become a fan" of companies such as Starbucks, Facebook will let them click on a button that indicates they "like" the bra ...

School staffs face tough questions on bullying

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 06:11 AM PDT

BOSTON -- School officials in western Massachusetts didn't follow all the anti-bullying advice they were given months before a harassed freshman girl committed suicide, according to a consultant who offered the tips."Schools need procedures to protec ...

Report: Texas agency outdated

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:05 PM PDT

SAN ANTONIO -- The state agency that oversees Texas' food stamp program is outdated and staffed by inexperienced workers, leading to long delays and inaccurate processing, said the state auditor in a report released Tuesday."To improve the timeliness ...

Teen's death stirs debate over bullying

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:03 PM PDT

BOSTON -- A gay teenager in New York wins $50,000 from a school district that failed to stop taunts about his sexual orientation. The Justice Department investigates complaints that administrators ignored racial bullying in a Philadelphia school.And ...

Putin talks tough after bombings

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:05 PM PDT

MOSCOW -- The old Vladimir Putin is back, confronting a terrorist attack in Moscow by using the same kind of coarse and colorful language that helped him win the presidency a decade ago.A day after twin suicide bombings in the subway that killed 39 ...

Leaf's sticker price near $25K

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:03 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday its new electric car will cost just over $25,000 in the U.S., a move that could force rivals to lower prices on similar vehicles.The Leaf, a four-door hatchback due in showrooms late this year, will have a ba ...

Breast Cancer: Deciding on Treatment

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 06:45 PM PDT

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Two new studies look at the overall survival rate of two treatment options for women with breast cancer: breast conserving therapy (BCT) and risk-reducing mastectomy (RRM). In the first study, a team from the Department of Med ...

Index: Home prices up

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:05 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES -- A surprisingly strong rebound in California's real estate market helped lift a key home price index for the eighth month in a row.That's good news for people who plan to sell their homes this spring. Prices are now up almost 4 percent ...

Diabetes Increases Cancer Surgery Risk

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 06:48 PM PDT

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- People with diabetes who undergo cancer surgery are more likely to die in the month following their operations. A new study finds that newly diagnosed cancer patients -- particularly those with colorectal or esophageal tumors - ...

Pregnancy Alert: DVT Forms in Left Leg

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 06:48 PM PDT

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in pregnant patients is more likely to occur on the left side, and in particular in the left leg. "In nonpregnant patients, DVT, the formation of a blood clot, is most common in the calf veins," Dr. ...

Chocolate adds magic to candy

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Easy to make and fun to do with your kids, this colorful no-bake Easter treat also is a good way to use up all that Easter candy. Candy coating chocolates can be found at most craft stores in the candy and cake decorating aisle, as well as in the bak ...

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